Design Journal Entry - Module 3

Journal Entry For
Module 3 - Project Goals Targets & Strategies

List your three or four guiding design goals using this format for each goal:

Goal 1: Buildable: Reduce Building/Construction Cost

  • Measure:  % of sustainable / environemntal-friendly / recycable building materials
  • Targets:
    • minimally acceptable value: 50% of building materials can meet the environment-friendly target
    • desired / target value: 70% of building materials are environment-friendly
  • Strategies:
    • Use recycable roof, wall materials as many as possible
    • Use prefabrication construction materials/parts to save construction time and cost
    • Utilizing smart construction scheduling method to plan efficient construction schedule
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Goal 2: Operable: Reduce Energy Usage/Building Operation Cost

  • Measure:  EUI (Energy Use Intensity)
  • Targets:
    • minimally acceptable value: Achieve 80% reduction since this is 2020 goal
    • desired / target value: Achieve 90% reduction (2025 goal)
  • Strategies:
    • Control the internal and external heat gain or loss by designing an efficient building HVAC
    • Installing PV system to reverse the energy usage
    • Design reasonable building indoor layout
    • Utilizing the natural light efficiently
    • Design overhang, reasonable building orientation, window ratio, and distance from indoor core space to window area
    • Based on the geographic location, design suitable renewable energy generation equipment (wind, geo-thermal, hydraulic electric generation system, but most cases are PV system)
    • Utilizing the smart home AI management to monitor the indoor energy usage

Goal 3: Operable: Reduce Water Consumption

  • Measure:   LEED v4 for BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION-INDOOR WATER USE REDUCTION
  • Targets:
    • minimally acceptable value: Achieve 40% of water usage reduction
    • desired / target value: Achieve 50% of water usage reduction
  • Strategies:
    • Collecting the rain water, use it for house consumption
    • Reclaim the kitchen water (no-detergent) for watering plant
    • Reclaim the waste water for toilet flush
    • Install the smart water monitoring system, remind the resident the water usage
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Goal 4: Usable: Maximizing User Experience-Provide Pleasing Views

  • Measure:  How resident satisfy the indoor building
  • Targets:
    • minimally acceptable value: People will score 7/10 for the aesthetic view of building
    • desired / target value: People will score 9/10 for the aesthetic view of building
  • Strategies:
    • Applying an architecture thinking into the model
    • Achieving the perfect combination of human and building
    • Think building as a plant or tree, integrate it into the ecosystem (modern city)
    • Think the building is part of the socity/system, increase the interactions
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