Project Goals, Targets, & Strategies

Goal 1: Use of Natural Materials

• Measure:  measure the amount of natural materials (timber and bamboo if it is included in the design and greenery) that are exposed to the visitors
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: 50% exposed natural materials
• desired/target value: 80% exposed natural materials
• note: I could not find an established metric for this concept, so these are arbitrary numbers and will be explored throughout this project.
• Strategies:
• one design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal: using timber and bamboo as my main building material
• a second design strategy for achieving this goal: incorporating plentiful landscape architectural design

Goal 2: Net Energy Reduction

• Measure:  measure the amount of energy the building produces and the amount it consumes
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: building produces 80% of its electricity consumption
• desired/target value: zero net energy
• Strategies:
• one design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal: designing the building for energy efficiency so as to reduce energy consumption (i.e. maximizing solar heat gains and reducing heat loss)
• a second design strategy for achieving this goal: incorporating renewable energy in the form of photovoltaics

Goal 3: Allow daylighting

• Measure:  measure UDI (Useful Daylighting Illuminance)
• Targets:
• minimally acceptable value: 500 lux
• desired/target value: 1,500 lux
• note: I do not currently know much about UDI measurements, so choosing these values were semi-arbitrary and will be explored more as I continue on with the project. The values were based off the LEED requirement being a minimum of 300 lux, and the knowledge that sufficient UDI is between 300 and 3,000 lux.
• Strategies:
• one design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal: have large windows, but making sure that the windows have a high R value and glazing so as to not compromise heat loss and thus energy usage
• a second design strategy for achieving this goal: utilize light shelves to bounce daylighting to the ceiling and thus better diffuse the light into the space