Design Journal Entry - Module 3

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

Goal 1: Recycling of water recourse

• Measure:  The proportion of water consumed by circulating water & the proportion of water consumed by collecting natural rainwater
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: 30%
• desired / target value: 50%
• Strategies:
• Incorporating rainwater harvesting to irrigate expansive green spaces and landscaping.
• Use waste water for toilet flushing and other cleaning purposes
• Design indoor water circulation system

Goal 2: Reduce heating/cooling system energy consumption

• Measure:  EUI
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: reduction by 20%
• desired / target value: reduction by 50%
• Strategies:
• Adjust the window wall ratio and overhangs
• Facilitate indoor and outdoor air circulation by designing the position of vents
• Selection of building envelope materials
• Passive solar design

Goal 3: Use sustainable material

• Measure:  Ratio of sustainable material used
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: 30% of the whole building
• desired / target value: 60% of the whole building
• Strategies:
• Use recycled/biodegradable materials
• More use of wood structures rather than concrete

Goal 4: Increase green area and open space

• Measure:  Average green area of buildings
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: 30% of the whole building
• desired / target value: 40% of the whole building
• Strategies:
• Create rooftop gardens
• Increase garden area
• Extent some part of the building into natural space (corridors or sightseeing trails)