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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> </head> <body lang=EN-US link="#000000" vlink="#000000" style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>From:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                              </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>jwoodink@aol.com<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Sent:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                               </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Tuesday, May 19, 2009 12:39 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>To:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                                   </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Scott@rodwinarch.com<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Cc:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                                   </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Susan Cousins<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:120.0pt;text-indent:-120.0pt;tab-stops: 120.0pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Subject:<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; color:black'>Re: Columbine DAT letter<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Scott,<br> <br> Thanks for your attention, consideration, and this reply.&nbsp; The information on constraints, sustainability, envelope, and the critique on Charles Heartling was particularly edifying. <br> <br> Hopefully some of the extra budget comes thru on time to make proper changes in strategy to lower the LIfe cycle cost, rather than the first cost.<br> <br> I am looking forward to see/hear more of what the new facility is shaping up to be, as well as what I might do to best contribute.<br> <br> Good Day,<br> <br> John</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<br> From: Scott Rodwin &lt;Scott@rodwinarch.com&gt;<br> To: jwoodink@aol.com<br> Cc: Susan Cousins &lt;susan.cousins@bvsd.org&gt;<br> Sent: Fri, 15 May 2009 5:04 pm<br> Subject: Columbine DAT letter</p> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_5a250e50-588a-4587-b38d-36b93d9f2c2d"> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:blue'>Hi John,</span></p> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>Thanks for your terrific letter last week.&nbsp; The DAT is extremely fortunate to have your expertise on board.&nbsp; I'll respond to your individual&nbsp;suggestions in a moment, but let me begin by giving you a quick overview of our general design approach to sustainable design for the project.</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>Architecture is often borne of its constraints and in this case we have more than our normal share of those.&nbsp; Our first consideration is to create a great school for the kids, so the functional layout of the spaces is paramount (playgrounds off of the cafeteria and gym; media center towards the front; classrooms receiving north and south daylight, inclusion of a courtyard, etc.).&nbsp; To&nbsp;a large&nbsp;degree this drives the overall shape of the school.&nbsp; We then overlay that&nbsp;with a long list of neighborhood concerns that also&nbsp;influence the shape (preservation of views, trees&nbsp;and open space).&nbsp;Going hand in hand with that is our responsibility to meet the budget.&nbsp;It's extremely tight, so seeking out the most cost-efficient design is a requirement (double loaded corridors, rectangular envelope, a regular structural system, and off-the-shelf mechanical systems and building materials).&amp;nb sp; Keeping the existing school open during construction not only&nbsp;offers the least disruption to the students during their school year (vs. being bussed across town), but saves roughly $1M in extra expense for portable classrooms, so we have striven to create a layout that accommodates that additional challenge.&nbsp;&nbsp;All our decisions regarding the design of the school pass through all these filters.</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>As far as the sustainability strategies that we will be employing, we&nbsp;&nbsp;are still in the early phases or exploring those.&nbsp; We'll bring a description of our thoughts on these options to the next DAT.&nbsp; We've heard the DAT's strong request for a green school and totally agree with it.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We&nbsp; have completed LEED Platinum buildings before, so we know how to do it.&nbsp; BVSD is strongly committed to creating a green school.&nbsp; That said, the budget will drive many of our decisions in this area.&nbsp; We are looking for additional funding from Xcel, GEO and Boulder's EET, but we have to design to the budget we have currently, which is less than we would need for many of the most sustainable options.&nbsp; </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>We began with passive solar, which is why the long, two story acad emic wing sits on the north and runs east west.&nbsp; There will be proper solar shading devices and window protection&nbsp;located appropriately around the building.&nbsp; The windows will be sized and tuned per their orientation.&nbsp; Second, we have designed a high-performance, but conventionally constructed&nbsp;envelope (R-30 walls, R-60 roof) with special attention to eliminating thermal breaks.&nbsp; Next the mechanical systems - we're just starting this conversation, so I can't tell you what we will use, but we are attempting to find the best balance between efficiency and cost.&nbsp; We are considering all potential strategies&nbsp;(including&nbsp;with&nbsp;operable windows&nbsp;with sensors to tie into the HVAC&nbsp;).&nbsp; Superior IAQ, individualized thermal controls&nbsp;and excellent natural daylighting are very high on our list, as they directly affect student and teacher health and performance.&nbsp; Lighting and appliances will be very high-efficiency across the board (we're shooting for 30% better than IECC 2006 as our overall energy baseline), and utilize intelligent controls (occupancy sensors, etc.) for system optimization.&nbsp; We'll attempt to include local, renewable&nbsp;an recycled/recyclable materials where possible and affordable.&nbsp; Our landscape architect is including xeric landscaping and to some degree permaculture, along with&nbsp;a Learning Landscape, Garden to Table food production, incorporation of the exiting trees, re-use of some playground materials, and increased accessibility from the neighborhood to=2 0the site via walking and biking paths (we will include your specific comment regarding the extra path to the bike rack - note that what you have seen so far is just conceptual and has been far from completely developed.)&nbsp; Finally, we would love to include renewable energy options, but at the moment, they appear likely to be outside the budget. That said, we are designing to allow their inclusion in the future (pre-wire, pre-plumb for solar, create available optimized space for solar panels and a mechanical space).&nbsp; </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>You listed&nbsp;dozens of highly detailed technical recommendations. While we appreciate effort, we cannot take the time necessary to reply to each one (or this email would go on for pages and pages). However, the design team has read through them and considered them.&nbsp; Your approach is generally consistent with our thinking, and there are lots of good ideas in there.&nbsp; We will include those that make sense in the overall system recommendations.</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>I think the&nbsp;paragraphs above may have covered most of your specific points - I'll try and cover the rest here:</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>Yes, we li ke Charles Haertling's work, but the Mushroom House is probably not an ideal inspiration for several reasons including poor acoustic &amp;&nbsp;passive solar properties, the difficulty of placing things like bookshelves and blackboards on curved walls,&nbsp;and most of all the fact that round spaces are extraordinarily expensive to construct (Hearting had a reputation for going wildly over budget). We will be presenting rendered conceptual elevations at the next DAT meeting.&nbsp; We spent some time looking at what would be an appropriate style for Boulder and this unique neighborhood. We decided that the current trends in school style would not be the&nbsp;best fit.&nbsp; We needed something lower, warmer, more timeless and more residential in appearance.&nbsp; We settled on a modern interpretation of Prairie style architecture&nbsp;reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright.&nbsp;&nbsp; It also has the side benefit of wide overhangs useful for passive solar. We're pleased with how is is shaping up and look forward to showing the DAT our first attempts shortly.&nbsp;</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>We are using both LEED and CHPS as starting points for our sustainability strategy options list.&nbsp; While we may not have the budget for a full commissioning, we agree that it is very important and will find&nbsp;a way to include some level of commissioning and client orientation.&nbsp; </span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>The design team has been working with BVSD to develop an OPR since the Visioning Process was complete.&nbsp; It is not a formal document, but is generally based upon the Ed Spec, and modified per the available budget, site and specific programmatic requests of the DAT and staff.&nbsp; Creating a formal one now doesn't make much sense as the conceptual plan is nearly complete and is based upon those requirements.</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>Lastly, our traffic consultant has studied the driving patterns of Columbine attendees in considerable detail.&nbsp; We hope that in the future the new school will attract more of the local neighborhood students, and&nbsp;are planning for that likelihood -&nbsp;at the same time&nbsp;we do need to accommodate the reality of the current demographics.&nbsp; The site plan should make it easier for people to bike and walk, and the community seems to be interested in creating a complimentary campaign to encourage reduced driving.&nbsp;We&nbsp;are attempting to mitigate the serious problem of the backup and illegal parking on Repplier by moving the queuing line interior to the site.&nbsp;Other than that, we are attempting to keep the patterns of arrival (loads on each street) to be roughly the same as they are now.&nbsp; The curr ent parking plan includes the same number of parking spots as currently exist, even though the eventual school population will likely be substantially larger - so as a percentage, driving is being under-accommodated in a future model that anticipates more neighborhood attendance.</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>I hope that covers everything.&nbsp; Feel free to chat with us after the DAT meetings or email me further if you have more questions.</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>Thanks for all your efforts.</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>Warm regards,</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>Scott Rodwin, the entire design team and the BVSD administration</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:gray'>RODWIN ARCHITECTURE</span></b> <br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>1245 Pearl Street, Suite 202</span> <br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>Boulder, CO 80302</span> <br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>p 303 413 8556</span> <br> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:gray'>f 303 413 8557</span> <br> <a href="http://www.rodwinarch.com/" target="_blank"><u><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;color:navy'>www.rodwinarch.com</span></u></a> </p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:jwoodink@aol.com"><u><span style='color:blue'>jwoodink@aol.com</span></u></a> [<a href="mailto:jwoodink@aol.com?"><u><span style='color:blue'>mailto:jwoodink@aol.com</span></u></a>] <br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 05, 2009 11:44 AM<br> <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:tom.blahak@bvsd.org"><u><span style='color:blue'>tom.blahak@bvsd.org</span></u></a>; <a href="mailto:don.orr@bvsd.org"><u><span style='color:blue'>don.orr@bvsd.org</span></u></a>; <a href="mailto:susan.cousins@bvsd.org"><u><span style='color:blue'>susan.cousins@bvsd.org</span></u></a>; Scott Rodwin; <a href="mailto:awebber@bwgarchitects.com"><u><span style='color:blue'>awebber@bwgarchitects.com</span></u></a><br> <b>Subject:</b> Columbine DAT</span></p> </div> <div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tom,<br> <br> As I have not received a response (other than a verbal confirmation of receipt), and I do not see it on the recently added link to </span><a href="http://bvsd.org/bondproject/schools/Columbine%20Correspondence/Forms/AllItems.aspx" target="_blank" title=""><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>&quot;</span></u></a><strong><a href="http://bvsd.org/bondproject/schools/Columbine%20Correspondence/Forms/AllItems.aspx" target="_blank" title=""><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:blue'>Correspondence sent&nbsp;to th e Columbine DAT/BVSD, &quot;</span></u></a></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I am wondering how widely you have disseminated the questions I sent you mid-March to the design professionals, and whether any responses are developed.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have attached that letter here again.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br> <br> Especially in light of the emphasis on community school and bicycling, and sustainability, I am alarmed at the amount of time we have spent in the DAT reviewing parking lot requirements.&nbsp; I can't imagine that this issue is schedule critical, and perhaps it can be revisited by the DAT prior to demolition phase activities.&nbsp;&nbsp; It would also be beneficial to wait for the traffic impact study results before expanding the current parking area.&nbsp; It also might be worthwhile to consider, as was raised for consideration by a DAT member, a one way Repplier Drive, with possible addition of a small round about for drop offs.&nbsp; <br> <br> Perhaps we can reduce the time spent, and the size of the parking lot to allow for more space and discussions regarding:<br> <br> 1. Discussions of passive solar analysis (thermal massing, etc.),<br> <br> 2. Selection of the mechanical systems (other DAT member brought up radiant floor heating combined with solar thermal).&nbsp; As I mentioned, it would be beneficial to obtain the environmental performance criteria for the spaces.&nbsp; It may be geothermal is not an optimal strategy, especially if there is limited need for cooling based on the passive strategies, and the occupancy schedule in the summer.&nbsp; Quite possibly, much cooling might be done without refrigerant and compressors such as an underground thermal storage water sump that is cooled at night with radiant panels or an evaporative cooling tower or fountain.&nbsp; The school has operated for many years with no cooling systems.<br> <br> 3. Considerations for Boulder architecture might include Charles A Heartling designs of rounded, or &quot;mushroom house.&quot;&nbsp; While the current rendering is quite handsome, I am wondering about the possibilities and larger percentage of square footage per perimeter length from using more rounded spaces like the auditorium, the pre-school, or even the classrooms.&nbsp; Currently much of the school classrooms are not using traditional square furniture, and are rather sprawled.&nbsp; This might lend itself better to rounder spaces.<br> <br> 4.&nbsp; More communication regarding additional funding to promote &quot;greening&quot; the school.<br> <br> 5.&nbsp; In the current &quot;bubble diagrams&quot; in the 4-14-09 meeting minutes, there is no paved connection shown to the north bike rack from the north bike lane/sidewalk.&nbsp;&nbsp; Especially in wet conditions, this would be helpful.&nbsp; Please also consider the width of the biking lanes in boulder and apply to the lanes in and around the school.<br> <br> Since next week is the last DAT, we might consider scheduling more meetings to address these issues.</span>&lt; br&gt; <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br> Global and local energy interdependence and net zero buildings are more important to present and future community members and their children than a large event center style parking lot /drop off area that takes up the entire footprint of the existing school (isn't a parking lot/drop off the size of the school unprecedented? I googled Foothills Elem and it looks like the parking area is approximately 15% of the school area).&nbsp; It might be helpful to see or get a copy of the class project graph on the class door in Columbine that showed how ~15% of students were driven there in a private car, the remainder took the bus, walked, biked, scootered, etc.<br> <br> <br> John Wood<br> Neighbor/prospective parent</span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tom, </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks for asking for email instead of a phone message, it is a great way to communicate and document communications for sharing, posterity, etc. After the last DAT meeting, and reading the visioning &quot;Design Principles&quot; document, I have a several (nine) items for discussion: </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. During the first DAT meeting at Columbine Elementary, there was some discussion about LEED, CO-CHPS, etc. I am wondering whether any programs as these are targeted at this time. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If not, it might be wort hwhile as a group to do a nominal group technique session on a LEED or CHPS list to determine what elements are worth preserving, what our &quot;scorecard&quot; would look like. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Here is the CO-CHPS program: <a href="http://www.chps.net/states/colorado2.htm" target="_blank"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.chps.net/states/colorado2.htm</span></u></a> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also, the Architect mentioned that the LEED rating costs more for third party verification. However, studies have shown lifecycle cost reductions attributed to third party verification. Otherwise, to what extent can we rely on the contractors, design professionals and owner representatives to thoroughly review, demonstrate, and document their work? </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. I got this statement form the bond pages (&quot;what is green&quot;): </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>&quot;Commissioning is planned for all projects. Commissioning is a systematic process of ensuring that all building systems perform interactively according to the contract documents, the design intent and the district s operational needs. No matter how carefully a school is designed, if the building materials, equipment and systems weren t properly installed or aren t operating as intended, the health, productivity, and other benefits of high performance design will not be achieved.&quot; </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How will this be implemented on Columbine? One thought I have is consideration for Voluntary Parental Commissioning on some systems (edible gardens, smart grid and demand response, etc.). However, with many systems, it might be best to hire a commissioning professional to orchestrate this. Some key systems that are typically targeted for commissioning are: </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-HVAC </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-Lighting </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-Renewable Energy </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-Envelope </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-Other (irrigation, backup power, etc.) </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. Recommend development of an OPR (owner's project requirement) document. This could incorporate elements from the visioning, as well as the space program, environmental performance criteria (EPC), etc. This might be a nice document to hold our focus at the DAT. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This document is key in the commissioning process and usually is developed in the programming or early design phase. (see ASHRAE guidline 0-2004). The usual process is that the OPR documents the owner's project requirements, this is then answered by the design professional in a Basis of Design (BOD) document. Through verification and testing during the construction, acceptance, and warranty phase s, the work is evaluated using the OPR. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It would also be worthwhile for the owner to target a few systems for a formal commissioning process (as in item #2 above). These would be the HVAC, lighting, and renewable energy systems, others to include possibly irrigation, building envelope, edible gardens, etc. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Some other ideas for consideration: </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-Smart Grid Technology (Educational Display) </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-Enforma fault detection diagnostics: <a href="http://www.enformadiagnostics.com/" target="_blank"><u><span style='color:blue'>http://www.enformadiagnostics.com/</span></u></a> </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-M&amp;V to verify energy conservation and other goals. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>-benchmarking target specific energy (i.e. kW or btu/sf) </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It might be worthwhile to consider which systems and how as a team. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I can send documents for EPC and OPR for your consideration upon request. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. Recommend an overview document of all the programs underway to set goals for the school (program goals, SIT, visioning, DAT, etc.). Please let me know if there is somewhere I can comprehensiv ely review the structure of all these programs, as well as their outcomes. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5. Recommend maintaining humidity levels above ASHRAE 55 thermal comfort standards (which has no minimum humidity for thermal comfort, but is frequently referenced). With Energy recovery wheels, all outside air could recapture humidity and heat leaving the school in the winter and give it to the outside air. However, it may be best to add some humidity at times as well. This could be accomplished with a direct evaporative cooling section. Low humidity causes stress to the immune system by drying out mucous membranes. Recommend a low humidity threshold of 30%. Some studies have shown great results in schools. I can forward some. Consider a direct/indirect evaporative cooling (DIEC) dual-duct variable volume (DDVAV) system (DIECDDVAV). </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6. Recommend an emphasis on energy use modeling with a focus on key modeling assumptions to reduce energy use. Will Xcel s Energy Design Assistance, or other energy consultant assist in modeling life cycle energy costs? Does an elementary school need a chiller, or any refrigeration other than indirect or direct evaporative cooling? Consider how the &quot;smart grid&quot; program in Boulder might help verify the model? </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7. Consider CFD (computational fluid dynamics) to help show effectiveness of passive ventilation=2 0 strategies as mentioned in operable windows (guiding principles), and by architects at DAT meeting. Recommend sash sensors to &quot;sense&quot; whether a window is open to allow for appropriate responses (shutting down, etc. ) of active systems if any are installed. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>8. Consider that function becomes a priority driving form. While many nice pictures were presented at the last DAT, function of these architectural elements was only briefly discussed, with no illustrations, etc.. Recommend making durability, active and passive solar cooling and heating strategies, envelope tightness (insulation, low-e, high shg windows, etc.) a priority that drives the &quot;look&quot; of the facility. Southern facing glass with overhangs and trombe walls, thermal chimneys, wing walls, pagodas, etc. Recommend focus on discussion and illustration of these types of &quot;functions.&quot; </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>9. I also wrote a list of type of &quot;feeling&quot; or &quot;themes&quot; of the space that the architects requested. Here they are for the team s consideration: </span></p> </div> <ol start=1 type=1> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>School as a mini-universe  mind/soul expansion - imagination </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Space exploration technology (computer rooms that look like space shuttle interior) </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'>Explore Cultural heritage in Colorado, particularly, but not only, Spanish.. </li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Agriculture/earth connection </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Sustainability (convergence of social, economic, and environmental considerations) </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Deep sea/high atmosphere type spaces. </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Open/empty uncluttered spaces </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Spirituality (happy child, etc.) </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Transcendental Meditation Spaces (<u><a href="http://www.schoolofthoughtthemovie.com/" target="_blank"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.schoolofthoughtthemovie.com/</span></a></u>) </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Global mountain culture (Himalayas, Andes, Alps, Rockies, Zagros etc.) </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Sister cities (Tajikistan, etc.) </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Rote memory  multiplication, spelling </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Fun with math  imaginary numbers 0A </span></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Allowances for wandering and wonder, supervised, yet self directed play </span></li> </ol> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks for listening. I am eager to help in other ways too, and to listen to what the design professionals are requesting in terms of community design assistance. </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>John Wood </span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Neighbor/Parent </span></p> </div> <div style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>