Practice Exercise - Module 3

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

Goal 1: Clean energy

• Measure:  Percentage of energy demand met by clean energy sources
• Targets:
• at least 50% of the energy demand of the building to come from clean energy sources
• 100% of the energy to come from solar energy
• Strategies:
• Install on-site solar panels to generate renewable energy
• Integrate battery storage systems to store excess renewable energy generated on-site for later use.

Goal 2: Use of sustainable materials

• Measure:  Embodied carbon in materials
• Targets:
• 20% reduced carbon in the structural system
• Achieve a 50% reduction in embodied carbon
• Strategies:
• Mass timber design
• Low-carbon concrete like fly ash concrete
• Use recycled steel for either reinforcement in concrete or the actual steel shapes (be it a steel design or a R.C. design

Goal 3: Maximize Sunlight hours

• Measure: Average daily sunlight hours
• Targets:
• at least 4 hours of direct sunlight daily in most of the building’s occupied spaces
• achieve 6+ hours of direct sunlight
• Strategies:
• Optimize building orientation
• The extensive use of large windows and skylights
• Reflective surfaces for deeper sunlight exposure