Journal Entry For
Competitive Analysis
- Competitive Analysis
- Who are the competitors and their current technologies?
- The Doerr School of Sustainability
- Leed Gold certified, which is a step below Platinum (like most Engineering quad buildings are)
- It’s kind of just an award, I’m not sure how much it really matters
- The Jen-Hsun Huang engineering center used a lot of non-domestic materials which had to be shipped over for construction, which we learned hurt the sustainability score e.g importing French marble from overseas is NOT a sustainable construction practice
- What are the advantages of your product / approach?
- A focus on locally sourced materials
- Added aesthetic and symbolic value due to nature-inspired design
- It actually looks like a “sustainability” center
- Makes sustainability accessible to those not following the dedicated educational pipeline, through an atmosphere that encourages emotional learning
- Promise & Ask
- Given funding, will result in better learning center that brings in students passionate about sustainability, and educates them in a way that doesn’t drain their soul