Design Journal Entry - Module 7

UPDATED Insight (3/12/2025)

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1)

• the wall and roof surfaces:
• Exterior Walls: Brick or Brick and CMU on metal studs
• Exterior Finish: Brick and/or CMU
• Membrane Layer: Air Infiltration Bar
• Plywood
• Metal studs
• Membrane Layer: Vapor Retarder
• Interior Finish: Gypsum Wall Board
• Roof: Accessible part (lower level):
• Struct - 3” Concrete on 2” Metal Deck (Accessible Roof = higher Live Load)
• Half of it was left as it is for mounting solar panels (will apply insulation and finishing)
• The other half is a green roof containing earth and grass (higher load again thus should be designed more as a floor rather than a typical roof)
• Roof: (higher level):
• Struct - Metal deck with insulation and EPDM Membrane
• Will be used for mounting small scale wind turbines
• the openings/glazed surfaces
• Honeycomb curtainwalls on the front side of the building
• Typ. 1” glazed panels
• Typical Storefront curtainwalls on the first floor, on the right side and back
• Typ. 1” glazed panels
• Main Entrance shown below, Emergency exit on the left side of the building
• Roof exit
• One skylight made of honeycomb glass panels (on top of the atrium)

2. Use your Building Element Model to create an Energy Model.

3. Use one of the Daylight Analysis methods demonstrated to assess the daylighting levels available with your proposed building envelope design:

• Paste an image of the resulting Illuminance Map.
• First Floor: