Practice Exercise - Module 3

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Module 3 - Project Goals Targets & Strategies
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Jan 6, 2025 12:34 AM
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Goal 1: Healthy Indoor Environment (Air Quality)

  • Measure:  Use air quality data and ensure indoor levels meet requirements
  • Targets:
    • minimally acceptable value: follow indoor air quality guidelines to ensure there are no negative health affects. Example: minimum 100ppm CO2
    • desired / target value: Use the most amount of fresh air possible without increasing energy usage due to open windows and atrium. Get the maximum amount of air changes per hour
  • Strategies:
    • one design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal: The use of horizontal and vertical atriums, and windows that are all automatic and open and close when needed
    • a second design strategy for achieving this goal: Having indoor vertical gardens and potted plants in as many places as possible to increase oxygen levels and decrease carbon dioxide which makes people sleepy
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Goal 2: Healthy and Sustainable Building Materials

  • Measure:  Check databases for toxic materials that have negative affects on human health or high emissions and utilize better options that are backed by data
  • Targets:
    • minimally acceptable value: Limit the use of these harmful materials, especially when there are easy, economical, and alternative options (like mass timber)
    • desired / target value: Use healthier alternatives whenever possible (80%) as long as it does not affect the strength of the building
  • Strategies:
    • one design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal: Use mass timber wherever possible for the structure as well as design elements
    • a second design strategy for achieving this goal: Look into recycled materials and biobased plastics, especially for nonstructural aspect of the building
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Goal 3: Maximize Natural Lighting (for wellbeing and electricity)

  • Measure: Ensure every room has at least one window if not a curtain wall.
  • Targets:
    • minimally acceptable value: One small window in every room
    • desired / target value: Curtain walls on 70% of the building, instead of concrete or steel walls
  • Strategies:
    • one design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal: Balancing the use of natural light and keeping the building at a comfortable temperature (not getting too warm from the sun)
    • a second design strategy for achieving this goal: Big open spaces, an atrium in the center of the building that lets in light, light colors that bounce light throughout a space, also skylights where possible.
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Goal 4: Energy Efficiency to Reduce Consumption

  • Measure:  Measure the amount of energy used per hour through energy analysis
  • Targets:
    • minimally acceptable value: Meet US average energy usage levels for a building of the same size
    • desired / target value: meet LEED plantinum requirements for EUI
  • Strategies:
    • one design strategy that I’d like to explore in my design to achieve this goal: Conserve energy by using overhangs to provide shading to keep the building cool and reduce air conditioning usage
    • a second design strategy for achieving this goal: Use renewable energy (wind and solar) to produce electricity to use from sustainable sources rather than the grid
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Other ideas:

-recycled rain water for gray water system (water conservation)

-zero net energy

-waste reduction

-durability, cost, and feasability