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NC-2009 IDc1:Innovation in Design

Reducing Building Floor Space

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David Hubka
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Transwestern Sustainability Services
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I am involved with a project in which the design team would like to select compact storage bins. This strategy will greatly reduce the size of the building compared to an identical building with "regular storage bins". Will this achieve an ID credit?? thanks for any input.

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Tristan Roberts
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Vermont House of Representatives
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Tue, 03/29/2011 - 01:47

David, what kind of building is this? From the sounds of it, are the storage bins quite central to the building type and design?I think the challenge here is going to be demonstrating through with credible analysis that this building type has a certain baseline, and that the "design case" uses a much smaller baseline through truly innovative process. If all buildings of this type are now using this kind of bin, I don't think this would work.Even so, I'm not sure it would work, but I would give it a shot.
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David Hubka
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Transwestern Sustainability Services
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Tue, 03/29/2011 - 18:51

Hi Tristan. I found what I was looking for in the Innovation Catalog, Building Downsizing may achieve an Innovation point. INTENT: Reduce the impact of the building. REQUIREMENTS: Identify opportunities to reduce the need for built space including shared facilities and better location. SUBMITTALS: Narrative describing specific measures that lead to a reduction in built area and specific environmental advantages of the reduction. The building will be a newly constructed office building. The owner's product line is "compact storage bins" (located as needed throughout the building). He asked about an Innovation point through building downsizing. If they can significantly reduce the size of their building square footage, compared to a similar building, through compact storage devices an ID credit might be achieved. Thanks for your response.

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