Post on 28-Jun-2015
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my journey
day 12,265
mapping my pursuit of
sustainability
influence | learn | practice | teach | research
influence
dad’s waste paper recycling plant (godown)
year 0 - 16
influence
toys from found objects at dad’s godown
year 0 - 16
influence
year 0 - 16
building clay houses at
grandma’s village during
summer break
influence
year 16 - 20
concrete strength testing with replacement of cement with local red sand
influence
year 16 - 20
volunteer at NSS (national student
services) – rural India flood water
management project
influence
year 16 - 20
volunteer at NSS (national student services) – rural India community water tank project for clean water
learn
year 20 - 21
product research – ETFE – fluorine based plastic with high insulation characteristics
learn
year 20 - 24
adaptability and sustainability – thesis – college building design
Anidolic Lighting Systems
Radiance
learn
year 20 - 24
adaptability and sustainability – thesis – daylighting analysis
learn
year 20 - 24
technology award – book on ‘building skins’ for integrating sophisticated tool into design process
practice
year 24 - 27
introduced RADIANCE as a daylighting tool to optimize fenestration design
practice
year 24 - 27
initiated and championed process of compliance with IECC using COMCheck program
practice
year 24 - 27
first tool to help infuse sustainability into design process
practice
year 27 - 30
led LEED project pursuit on first state funded LEED Silver certified Elementary School in AZ
practice
year 27 - 30
championed architecture 2030 – led the
communication efforts on 2010 imperative – a global
emergency teach-in
practice
year 27 - 30
led Phoenix office green team in
influencing office culture and design
process
practice
year 27 - 30
initiated the thought process for sustainability discussions within the group using MS Sharepoint
practice
year 27 - 30
created a sustainability action plan for the Phoenix office
practice
year 27 - 30
assembled a list of services based on expertise around
the company
practice
year 27 - 30
part of Community Building Consortium, a member committee within Greater Phoenix Economic Council and developed a road map document for ‘sustainable cities’
practice
year 30+
version 3 of DLR SOM to accommodate LEED 2009 rating systems using MS Excel macros
practice
year 30+
developed a database to capture high performance design services profit
and loss for analysis and forecasting
practice
year 30+
created a ‘K-12 Energy Reduction Worksheet’ to handout to clients in pursuit of ENERGY STAR awards
practice
year 30+
developed a complete rainwater harvesting system design to comply with City of Tucson future mandates
practice
year 30+
created a dynamic online tool using MS Sharepoint to investigate rainwater harvesting potential based on landscape design
practice
year 30+
created a tool to size rainwater/condensate water storage tanks
practice
year 30+
AZ first near-net zero elementary school with an intelligent rainwater harvesting system
practice
year 30+
conducted post-occupancy survey on
first leed silver certified college in AZ
practice
year 30+
created a unique way to measure a
performance of a school dubbed ‘amoeba map’
practice
year 30+
created and continue curating an online portal for all things sustainable
within the organization using MS Sharepoint
practice
year 30+
developed a unique way to communicate energy performance of a building using sankey flow diagrams (dubbed ‘predicted energy use diagram’)
practice
year 30+
used sankey diagrams to compare energy
consumption between design
solutions
practice
year 30+
used sankey diagrams to compare peak loads
between design solutions
teach
year 30+
teach courses on energy and conceptual
building energy analysis tools
teach
year 30+
started ‘www.visualizegreen.com’ as personal blog to communicate passion for sustainability
research
year 30+
selected as one of the two thought leaders within the firm to participate in LBNL
Guaranteed Energy Performance Partnership
towards research activities
research
year 30+
researching on biodynamic and climate sensitive
building facades using Rhinoceros, grasshopper,
firefly and DIVA
my journey
day 12,265
mapping my pursuit of
sustainability
influence | learn | practice | teach | research
my journey
year 30+
tools I continue to learn through the journey