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CASE STUDY NO. 16
LACCD HARBOR COLLEGE SCIENCE BUILDING
(Below, Left) Slide from eco- charrette presentation provid- ed by LACCD to pre-qualified design-build teams. This slide: site orientation factors.
The District conducted a mandatory “eco-charrette” prior to the proposal submittals, in which the integrated design process was described to the firms invited to submit a proposal. The “eco- charette” basically described how to achieve a ZNE performance for this particular building at the Harbor College site. The three teams then developed their proposals and, after formal presenta- tions to the District, the HGA-Pinner team was selected for the project In June, 2009.
Design Process and Low Energy Design Strategies
Many of the design strategies were adopted during the development of the design-build pro- posals, which required at least a schematic level design in order to assign reliable costs to the building features and systems. This was the primary reason for providing the eco-charrette, so that appropriate design strategies for the program and site would be analyzed and the results presented to the design-build teams for their consideration.
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