Design Goals

It is important for the building and site to fit sustainability metrics, but I also want to think about the impact on the surrounding systems. I would like to include building metrics and also present goals about the impact on transportation and resources for my design.

Goal 1: Zero Net Site Energy

• Measure:  Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: 30% reduction
• desired / target value: 55% reduction (using AIA 2030 challenge for a Public Assembly building)
• Strategies:
• Use passive cooling and heating by analyzing the building orientation to decrease the amount of energy used by HVAC systems
• Take advantage of daylight time to naturally light the building and decrease energy input used for lighting features

Goal 2: Reduce Single Occupancy Vehicle Trips

• Measure:  number of SOV trips / year (within a radius of 50 miles)
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: 10% reduction in SOV trips / year
• desired / target value: 20% reduction in SOV trips / yer
• Strategies:
• Implementing bike parking spaces on site to encourage cycling to the location (would consider working with the local authority to add a bike lane leading to the site)
• Creation of a bus route to the location to encourage the use of public transportation

Goal 3: Increase Total Green Space

• Measure:  Green Area (in feet squared) / Total Area (in feet squared)
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: 30% green area of total site
• desired / target value: 50% green area of total site
• Strategies:
• Create green roofs on 30% the building area
• Make use of outdoor exhibitions for the museum

Goal 1:

• Measure:  the metric that you’ll use to measure this goal
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value
• desired / target value
• Strategies:
• one design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal
• a second design strategy for achieving this goal