E-BOOKS, PANELS & CASE STUDIES

This case study highlights how an integrated design-build team leveraged technology during the pursuit phase to complete early-stage design analysis, collaborate across the team in real-time, and identify a unique and cost-effective approach to finding the lowest carbon solution. 

This study uses cove.tool to highlight the impact of orientation on energy use intensity (EUI) and daylight quality in a typical medical clinic building. EUA Architects, in collaboration with RTM Engineers, took steps to evaluate their design decisions with data and contribute to the global effort to mitigate climate change. Find out how:

This case study discusses PHA’s design goals - carbon reduction, resiliency, and equity – and examines how the design team used these goals to achieve net-zero carbon and net-zero energy while prioritizing the unique nature of the residents’ needs.

When TruexCullins started designing the Burlington City Arts Studios, a 33,000 square foot art and educational center, they were tasked with meeting a net-zero energy target while remaining within budget.

Learn how a conversation on strategies to meet the baseline 2030 target for energy reduction, quickly turned into the firm designing its first net-zero carbon project.

Renovating historic buildings is the best way to save embodied carbon as the steel structure and foundation components are already there. With this in mind the design team led by Cooper Carry and Vines Architecture used analysis to show how minimal edits could save the library.

The 53,000 sq.ft multi-disciplinary building provides students and faculty modern general classrooms as well as health science labs on the Beatrice campus. The high performance three-story structure showcases day-lit, glare free spaces…

When it comes to urban design, analysis is a powerful tool for understanding the effect of context on the site. 

To realize its mission of design for the greater good, HMC Architects takes on the AIA 2030 commitment by focusing on typologies and built environments that positively impact communities, now and in the future. 

Passively cooled with a unique central atrium, the common areas harness the climate avoiding energy use for ventilation, heating, and cooling. The design team used cove.tool to quantify the energy and cost savings. Armed with this data…

In the fall of 2019, BSA's design team worked with the University of Colorado to imagine an upcoming high performance student housing project. Following the principles of high performance design, Josh Vel, Design…

At 30,000 sq. ft., the new Campus Safety Building will give GTPD a home to enhance its work in maintaining a safe campus environment. The department will be expanding to include a Criminal Investigations Division, a K9 program, an...

Modern design is a rarity in the mountains north of Atlanta. With few exceptions, houses tend to be kitschy recreations of log cabins so it was surprising when developers Paige Thornton and Kim Bucciero approached Patrick Chopson,...

SUNY Cortland’s largest student residence is starting the new year with a $30 million renovation aimed at making the Casey and Smith Tower complex more modern, comfortable and energy efficient. As with all major construction and…

Praxis3, an architecture and multi disciplinary  design firm based in the Atlanta, GA, is a leader in the design of automotive dealerships, historic renovations, and higher education.  They are great example of a firm with visionary... 

By using a data driven design process, the integrated team incorporated building performance and budget with every design iteration from project pursuit all way to completion.

Check out the new grid-based analysis method that provides a quantitative metric for evaluating floorplan layouts, called COVID Occupancy Assessment Score (COAS).

By using a data driven design process, the integrated team incorporated building performance and budget with every design iteration from project pursuit all way to completion.