CAD 265 - Design for Sustainability

1. Differentiate successful green building strategies in case studies.
2. Diagram (graphically summarize) various sustainable design principles.
3. Integrate (execute) specific building information modeling techniques to compare design options.
4. Generate a sustainable building design proposal based on design criteria.

1. Green Building
   1. Economic, social, cultural, health, and environmental implications
   2. Heating, cooling, and lighting needs of buildings
      1. Climate and typical Meteorological Year Data
      2. Human thermal comfort
      3. Psychometric chart
   3. Prescriptive- and performance- based criteria
   4. Life-cycle cost analysis
   5. Architecture 2030 Challenge
   6. Leadership in energy and environmental design
   7. Insight 360 and other analysis tools
   8. Regional and vernacular design solutions
   9. Case studies
2. Sustainable Design Principles
   1. Site context
      1. Latitude and longitude
      2. Land form and drainage
      3. Flora, fauna, and geology
      4. Culture and visitor flow
      5. Utilities and infrastructure
      6. Transportation access
      7. Community services
      8. View sheds
   2. Building massing
      1. Thermodynamic principles
      2. Material conductivity and capacity
      3. Enclosure options
   3. Solar orientation
      1. Daylighting
      2. Occupation schedule
      3. Altitude and azimuth angles
      4. Summer and winter solstices
      5. Shading devices and light shelves
      6. Heat island effect
      7. Visible Transmittance
      8. Solar Heat Gain Coefficient
   4. Passive cooling
      1. Thermal mass with night flushing
      2. Roof pond, cool roof, green roof
      3. Evaporative cooling, fountains, cool tower
      4. Thermal chimney/ stack effect
      5. Cross-ventilation, vegetation, badgirs
      6. Design priorities per climate region
   5. Energy use
      1. Heating and cooling systems
      2. Solar photovoltaics
      3. Solar thermal systems
      4. Key performance indicators, Energy Use Intensity
      5. Factors, ranges, and specifications
   6. Hydrology
      1. Fixture efficiency
      2. Waste conveyance
      3. Rainwater harvesting
      4. Site grading
      5. Plant selection
      6. Permeable materials
   7. Material selection
      1. Form and texture
      2. Vernacular tradition
      3. Resourcefulness
      4. Regional source location
      5. Rapidly renewable
      6. Recycled content
      7. Toxicity
      8. Maintenance and end-of-life
      9. Heat capacity, emittance, and reflectivity
3. Building Information Modeling Techniques
   1. Site context
      1. Site model and sections
      2. CAD import
      3. Topo surfaces
      4. Aerial photographs
      5. Landscape elements
      6. Floor Area Ratio
      7. Net cut and fill volumes
      8. Slope analysis
      9. Wind roses
   2. Building massing
      1. Modeled space adjacencies
      2. Tabular inventory of programmatic space needs
      3. Volume to surface area ratio calculations
      4. Total UA limit
      5. Roof conductance
   3. Solar orientation
      1. Parametric family for daylight penetration based on window height
      2. Daylight mapping using rendering tools
      3. Visibility settings for sun path per geographic location
      4. Solar animation
   4. Passive cooling
      1. Modeling strategies
      2. Visualization techniques
   5. Energy use
      1. Basecase model
      2. Case variations
   6. Hydrology and water efficiency
      1. Estimated water use
      2. Catchment area calculation
      3. Cistern sizing
      4. Roof and parking lot design
      5. Stormwater management
   7. Material selection
      1. Material library
      2. Wall, roof, and floor family material compositions
      3. Take-off schedule
      4. Percentage of volume calculation
4. Building Proposal
   1. Building Information Modeling and parametric design
   2. Design challenge criteria
   3. Inspiration for project solution
   4. Integration of sustainable principles
   5. Experiential sequence for building occupants
   6. BIM model and documentation
   7. Evaluation of design effectiveness