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Appendix D: Transformative Action Through Systems-Based Thinking--Robert Berkebile
Appendix D: Transformative Action Through Systems-Based Thinking--Robert Berkebile
Pages 83-94
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rating system. Even more importantly, we have seen other benefits, including human health and productivity effects and positive social, economic, and environmental impacts on the surrounding community, which are a direct result of using a more systems-based approach.
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to analyze many scenarios quickly to advance the best concepts -- those that would satisfy a range of stakeholders and create an environment within which the people processing tax returns could feel good about their environment and experience increased health and productivity. BNIM Architects has used BIM technology on a variety of projects including a band shell in North Charleston, South Carolina (Figure D.2)
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bitmap fig d-3.eps FIGURE D.3 Conceptual plan for North Charleston, Southbitmap using 5- and 10-minute walking circles centered on exist Carolina, ing schools. SOURCE: Courtesy of BNIM Architects.
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The design team built the Noisette Rose tool to inform our team about the design commitments, to inform our client about their investment options, and to provide the community with a way to monitor the results. It tracks the social, environmental, and economic goals; at some point we renamed these "people, planet, and prosperity," which we refer to as the Triple Bottom Line.
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fig d-5.eps bitmap using these tools and what I call a "creative dialogue of discovery," it becomes much easier to improve the relationships between people, planet, and prosperity. In 2007, a category EF5 tornado destroyed every structure except the grain elevator in the town of Greensburg, Kansas (Figure D.5)
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SOURCE: Courtesy of BNIM Architects. fig d-7.eps bitmap FIGURE D.8 Conceptual design for streetscape, water capture, and storage, Greensburg, Kansas.
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. It evolved with input from many, including Janine Benyus, Jason McLennan, and a major study funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, to become what is known as a "Living Building." The Packard Foundation hired my firm to design a new headquarters, and we signed a contract to deliver a LEED Platinum building.
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Green Building Council. SOURCE: Courtesy of BNIM Architects.
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SOURCE: Courtesy of BNIM Architects. fig d-11.eps bitmap
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We believe that incorporating biomimetic materials in buildings could result in building materials that are self-cleaning and self-healing or materials whose thermal value changes as needed. By utilizing BIM on the Odum building project, or more specifically a green BIM, we can "testdrive" this building and compare it to the two best-performing buildings on campus.
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Using this tool on the School of Nursing to gain access to a much larger body of information improved the environmental impacts of our selections, as well as the performance of the building. But our client was even more excited about the economic impacts of these decisions.
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fig d-15.eps bitmap available to help you assess possibilities during the design-alternatives period of planning, and then, once the project is complete or begins implementation, the user can receive a regular, ongoing follow-up. One Planet Communities was originally developed by BioRegional (a not-for-profit in the United Kingdom)
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