Meeting the 2030 Challenge With integrated design - BetterBricks

Commissioning and post-occupancy evaluation are two additional activities, not directly related to the design
process, which should be added to the project schedule because of the quality of the information they can provide.
Commissioning is critical to assure that the design intent and owner’s requirements are met and that systems function
as designed. Post-occupancy evaluation will help measure, verify, and document building performance and occupant
satisfaction; and provide important feedback about the success of integrated design solutions that the design team
can incorporate into a continuous improvement process.
Integrated design, with the potential to spur rethinking of the design process, can make an enormous contribution
toward achieving 2030 Challenge goals.
Kent Duffy, FAIA, SRG Architects, when speaking of his experiences exploring integrated design solutions on projects
such as the Lillis Business Complex (University of Oregon, Eugene, OR) and the Mount Angel Abbey Academic Center
(Saint Benedict, OR) has said:
“Creating buildings of this caliber requires a
remarkable level of collaboration founded upon
four important cornerstones: 1) a knowledge base
that comes from in-depth research; 2) exceptional
engineering that efficiently reaps the rich potential of
latent environmental forces such as daylight, radiant
energy, wind, and pressure differentials; 3) great care
in shaping spaces that inspire the people who occupy
them as well as thoroughly addressing their comfort;
and 4) clearly communicating all of this to those who will
occupy, operate and maintain these buildings so that
the buildings can, in fact, live up to projected levels of
effectiveness and environmental benefit.”
Mt. Angel Abbey Library
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