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The Top 5 Ways An Architect Can Drive Sustainability
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Architects currently struggle to carry out vital sustainability analysis throughout the design process because of the lack of data or readily useable tools.
The early design stages are run at a brisk pace, on average a week for massing studies and up to three weeks for presenting a proposal to a client.
What Challenges do Architects Face?
Above: Some energy analysis outputs
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These challenges mean that in the absence of rapid analysis and credible, understandable outputs, analysis is being neglected until further in the process when the design parameters are set.
Sustainability measures therefore become ill-fitting add-ons instead of integrated solutions - The full efficiency potential of buildings are, as such, never fully investigated or actualised.
Architects & Sustainability
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The Top 5 Things An Architect Can Do To Drive Sustainability
Above: Annual Energy Consumption Graphs
1 Identify the right form & orientationMinimise energy consumption by analysing the combined impact of form orientation and aspect ratio.
2Do you understand the effect your selected glazing type, ratio and location will have on energy use, comfort and indoor environmental quality?
Optimise the facade
4Is your envelope reducing energy use and improving indoor environmental quality?
Optimise your specifications
3Ensure the efficiency of your natural ventilation measures by considering interelated factors such as thermal mass, airflow, operable area and heat gain control.
Holistically design for natural ventilation
5Credible building physics data could enable a fluid merge of sustainability and your design intent.
Understand & share design performance
The Top 5 Things
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The Top 5 Things An Architect Can Do To Drive Sustainability
Fundamental design decisions, which have a significant impact on sustainability, are the responsibility of architects – They have a key opportunity to shape a building’s performance from its inception.
Discover more about the five key areas of impact that architects can leverage to dramatically improve a building’s performance in the earliest design stages by following the link to Sefaira’s Whitepaper, “The Top 5 Ways an Architect Can Drive Sustainability.”
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