Three Synergies

THE CALL TO IMPROVE

"The more brains you use the less material you need"

Optional Credit in LEEDv4

This points out the VALUE in assessment of:

• Topography
• Hydrology
• Solar Exposure
• Vegetation
• Soils
• Human Views
• Human Health

Have we studied the wind, the sun, the soil, the water systems? What are we putting into our buildings that can build on nature's systems? What does nature tell us we can consider? Remember that this is as much risk control as value add.

EXAMPLES

"Nature is redundant, diverse, and collaborative"

Wind Study/ Solar Study

Informs several things:

1) the type of windows

2) the placement of windows

3) the orientation of windows and building

And all of these are existing aspects of the building that we can TUNE at little construction cost for better performance.

DASNY UPGRADES

What do we do well, and what must we improve?

Challenges

Achievements

Lessons Learned

Master Planning

Experience

Consultant relationships?

Low Bid

LEED

Owner's Project Requirements?

Contracts

Tools for Current and Future Climate

Code and Constuctability

Design Performance Modeling

Professional Expertise

THE CALL TO IMPROVE

"If I had had more time I would have written you a shorter letter"

Energy Code, need for exemplary energy cost control, comfort issues, RE goals in NY...

• Has the building been optimized within itself?

• Is the envelope as tight as we can make it?

• Are the systems right-sized?

• Do the systems communicate with the building?

"I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow"

Woodrow Wilson

EXAMPLES

Optimize systems in tandem

High performing windows means smaller energy systems

Tight detailing means higher comfort

Modular systems mean better control

DASNY UPGRADES

Efficiency = acting on what brings us closer to our goals

Considerations

Owner Project Requirements (OPR) - Why? To set expectations.

Living Basis of Design (BoD) - Why? To research and design to meet expectations.

Iterative Design Process - Why? To allow gathered information to inform, and reform.

Construction Phase Mock-ups - Why? To ensure design goals are met and to keep contractors focused.

Construction Phase Testing - Why? Required by code, and to ensure performance of windows, installation details, systems integrations.

Commissioning - Why? We know it works, and we do it well.

User Training - Why? So building users don't override all our good design and construction.

THE CALL TO IMPROVE

A reminder that we build buildings for people

EXAMPLES

"A building is not a toaster"

Omega - changed filter schedules based on conference center menu.

Syracuse CoE - windows trigger cut-back of ventilation and conditioning systems.

DASNY - changed setpoints AND dress code.

Do they know how to live/work/play/learn in this building?

• Do they know what the switches do and don't do?
• Do they understand the goals for operations?
• Do they have a vehicle to talk with operations folks?

DASNY UPGRADES

What do we do to transition the building into operations?

Does the building work for the building operators?

Have they been trained in the systems (and did they inform the system choices)?

Do they know the goals of the buildings?

Do they have a maintenance schedule in-place?

ZNE Res Hall presented at SUNY PPAA

Deep post-Greenbuild training

NYS Goals

EO #4

Knowledge Bites, CWM goals and more...

EO #111, Cx, and more

EO #88

POE discussions

Reorganization

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