Design Journal Entry - Module 3

I plan to make a sustainability/environmental education center in New Jersey. My design goals are as follows:

Goal 1: Maximize green space on building/property

• Measure:  Area covered by impervious materials (plan view)
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: 50% green space
• desired / target value: 70% green space
• Strategies:
• One design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal: Green roof
• A second design strategy for achieving this goal: Build into the ground/topography to not disrupt natural infiltration and runoff patterns as much

Goal 2: Be extremely energy efficient

• Measure:  Insight energy analysis
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: ASHRAE 90.1
• desired / target value: Architecture 2030
• Strategies:
• one design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal: Maximizing window usage for both lighting and heating purposes
• a second design strategy for achieving this goal: Spending properly on good ventilation and wall/insulation designs and materials to maximize temperature control
• third strategy: solar arrays and storage onsite

Goal 3: Be water conscious

• Measure:  Recycled water usage
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: 50% of water recycled
• desired / target value: Full graywater system usage
• Strategies:
• one design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal: planning building plumbing locations in a somewhat convenient linear fashion to allow for maximum effectiveness of graywater system and minimal piping
• a second design strategy for achieving this goal: Capture rainwater on sight from not green spaces for usage (as long as it does not disrupt existing watershed conditions)