Kiel Moe, an assistant professor of architectural technology at Harvard, will discuss the formation of energy in contemporary architecture at the College of Design.

As the area coordinator of the sustainable design concentration in the advanced studies MDesS program at Harvard, Moe will address the use of energy practices in decision-making practices within architecture. The main case study he will cover is a design-build project from central Colorado.

Moe was a participant in a discussion of architecture and energy at the University of Pennsylvania in January that looked into the question of whether the architectural design of a building has an affect on the energy consumption of that building.

Moe has received multiple awards over the past several years. He most recently received the 2011 Architectural League of New York Prize, the 2011 AIA National Young Architecture Award, the 2009-2010 Gorham P. Stevens Rome Prize in Architecture and is a fellow of the American Academy in Rome.

The American Institute of Architects, the North American Wood Design Awards and the Boston Society of Architects have all granted awards to Moe for individual projects he has completed.

The lecture is part of the Architecture Advisory Council Lecture Series. It starts at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Kocimski Auditorium in the College of Design.