DesignColumbus 2020

Education Day & Expo

101 Catching Up Columbus

Central Ohioans have a long way to go to becoming good environmental stewards- how are we doing now and what can we do to close the gap?
  • Explore several different measures of sustainability including the AIA 2030 challenge, Architects Advocate Pledge, and climate opinion data from Yale.
  • Identify the new ethical standards for Architects by AIA that focus on sustainable construction.
  • Contextualize the environmental stewardship present in Central Ohio.
  • Plan ways in which to increase the sustainability of Columbus in order to address challenges ahead.

1 GBCI CE, 1 AIA LU/HSW

Where is Columbus in the great race, or rather slow plod, towards sustainability? Information about current initiatives in sustainability and general support within the Central Ohio region provide some different ways of assessing how good our community is at being environmental stewards. Demonstrated by AIA’s revised Code of Ethics and AIA National Committee on the Environment (COTE)’s support of the 9/20/19 Climate Strike, one of the big questions in the field of architecture is how to be a sustainable professional. Furthermore, AIA Columbus COTE is in the process of surveying sustainable practices for architecture firms in order to create a benchmark for the Central Ohio region. This initiative hopes to provide resources for filling in the gaps between typical practice and practice of architecture that will meet the AIA 2030 challenge. This session will explore these events as well as climate opinion data (Marlon et al, 2019) as different measures of sustainability. Given the greater contexts of the country, world, and climate change science, understanding where we stand is crucial to making the changes necessary to meeting our future on the best terms possible. The session will conclude with identifying ways in which we can work as individuals and organizations to address the challenge of being sustainable.

102 The Game of Zones: Using Gaming Theory to Explain Commissioning Paths

Hillary Hanson serves as EEI’s Marketing Manager, leading a team of professionals for all marketing-related activities, company-wide. She is proud to be celebrating seven years of Marketing and Business Development experience specific to the A/E/C community. She is active in many professional associations including SMPS and APPA, recently attained a Graduate Certificate in Marketing Management through Harvard Extension School, and she spends her (minimal) free time hatching new plans to get STEM brains to forget about logic. Hillary enjoys an active and multifarious lifestyle in Colorado with her husband and toddler son.

Michael Ball

Using a fun and interactive board game, attendees get to play through different phases (i.e. “Zones”) of a new construction project.
  • Differentiate between LEED Enhanced, Full Scope, and IECC Commissioning paths, and understand nuiances in commissioning with the newest version of LEED.
  • Understand how building analytics contributes to the level of commissioning that an owner would pursue.
  • Learn about the benefits of timely project completion, and how unexpected setbacks can affect entire teams.
  • Think critically about how you would run a project if you were in an owner’s shoes and be able to offer insight to your organization’s leadership from a different perspective.

1 GBCI LEED specific BD+C, 1 AIA LU/HSW

The Game of Zones was created with A/E/C professionals in mind to start a unique conversation about experiences in new construction projects. This AIA-accredited presentation gives attendees the opportunity to play through each phase (or “Zone”) of a new construction project. You’ll see the benefits and challenges of starting on a LEED Enhanced, Full Scope, or IECC commissioning path, and through twists and turns, traffic obstacles, and even an Analytics Expressway or two, you’ll come away from this presentation with a deeper understanding of the levels of commissioning in new constructions.

103 Higher Education Challenges and Opportunities & The Future of Energy Infrastructure

This presentation will explore the challenges and opportunities facing higher education institutions as they attempt to balance the need to modernize critical energy and building infrastructure while also achieving campus sustainability goals and high performance environments for campus stakeholders.
  • Become familiar with challenges and opportunities facing Higher Education campuses regarding their energy future
  • Understand the process and projects Universities and Colleges have deployed to address their energy and sustainability goals.
  • Learn about the creative mechanisms (funding, student led work etc.) to achieve campus energy and sustainability goals utilizing innovative techniques and partnership approaches.
  • Hear different perspectives on how today’s students are impacting campus sustainability and energy discussions.

1 GBCI, 1 AIA LU

This panel discussion will include University facility/sustainability leadership from a group of panelists from regional higher education facilities and is intended to explore the opportunities and challenges facing these schools in achieving the many (and sometimes competing) goals on the campus built environment. Facility and sustainability personnel must balance support of operations, providing optimal stakeholder experiences, and achievement of long-term sustainability and resilience goals. Attendees will be able to participate in this interactive session to learn directly from those on campus responsible for operations and facilities, hear diverse perspectives on priorities and approaches to campus infrastructure, and learn more about unique approaches, programs, and projects being deployed on campus in support of these goals. We’ll discuss the biggest challenges each of the Higher Education institutions are facing relative to maintaining, improving and supporting campus infrastructure; and learn more about the near-term outlook for each College or University energy and sustainability goals.

104 Design with Responsibility

How can Columbus join the Global Design Movement to support the health and wellness of building materials.
  • Recognize the role and influence that design has for the health and wellness of our population and our planet.
  • Learn about industry programs like Living Product 50, Mindful Materials, AIA 2030 Challenge, and the Brightworks Materials Tool.
  • Translate how WELL, LBC, and LEED v 4.1 materials requirements into to good design value propositions.
  • Learn how Columbus can join other design leaders globally to participate in this movement.

1 GBCI CE, 1 WELL specific, 1 AIA LU/HSW, 1 IDCEC CE

How can manufactures and design professionals collaborate to address the global challenge we have to the health and wellness of our planet and our population through the building materials that we specify? This session will show how the our industry is moving to from building material transparency into understanding building material carbon,health, and wellness impacts. This will be explained thorough the following industry programs like LEED v4.1, WELL, LBC, as well as new national programs like the Healthcare Without Harm Healthy Hospital Initiative and the Harvard Healthy Campus Initiative. We will also show how industry programs like Mindful Materials, Brightside Materials tool, and the LP 50 (Living Product 50) will help simplify this work.

201 Mitchell Hall: Servin’ Up Student Success with a Side of Sustainability

Columbus State’s new Mitchell Hall delivers leading-edge culinary education with intentional sustainable practices from curriculum to program and design.
  • Allowing for innovation in processes, curriculum, design and food.
  • Learn the latest statistics on food waste and design strategies addressed at Columbus State.
  • Integration of student voices/needs during the design process.
  • Learn unique food partnerships that can be leveraged on any design project.

1 GBCI CE, 1 AIA LU/HSW

Columbus State’s new culinary facility, Mitchell Hall boasts a new 80,000-square-foot building includes a 100-seat culinary theater, 12 teaching kitchens, a mixology lab, a cafe and bakery, a 50-seat student-run restaurant and a 400-person conference center. Columbus State integrated creative strategies to provide opportunities for student success and innovation while also balancing the very real implications of facility of this nature: Food waste. Discover the partnerships and solutions that helped reduce the footprint of a facility of this magnitude and led to new learning opportunities for students.

202 Sustainable Historic Preservation

In this panel discussion, attendees will gain insight through the presentation of various case studies that explore the intersection of preservation and sustainability.
  • Exposure to methods of enhancing the building performance for historic rehabilitation.
  • Understanding the inherent complexities of applying historic rehabilitation standards while improving overall energy performance.
  • Viewing architectural sustainability through a preservation lens including community impact and cultural significance.
  • Resolving the applicability of green building technologies to historic preservation standards.

1 GBCI CE, 1 AIA LU/HSW

Our expert panel with representatives from the architecture, construction and energy design industry will draw upon past projects to illustrate a holistic approach to sustainable historic preservation. Having worked together as a team to revitalize the historic fabric of downtown Cleveland including the Halle Building, Residences at 668, East Ohio, the Hanna Building, and the Leader Building, this panel understands the solutions necessary to meet both Historic and Sustainability requirements. Navigating the Historic Tax Credit process while striving to meet LEED standards requires innovation and the ability to infuse historic projects with green building technologies. In this presentation, our team will outline several strategies to develop a green building while maintaining the building’s vital historic features.

203 Creating Space for Change: How The Ohio State University is Changing College Campus’ Response to Mental Health through Design for [WELL]-being

Designed to become the first WELL certified building at The Ohio State University, the expansion to Newton Hall will serve as a laboratory for how college campuses can better support mental wellness through attention to aspects of the physical environment.
  • Describe the epidemic of the current climate of mental health disorders in the United States and how human-centric design rooted in evidence-based research can influence positive outcomes.
  • Discuss the influence the built environment has on the state of health, and a space’s effect on behavioral choices that influence health and wellness.
  • Identify building design strategies used to facilitate positive mental health, with concepts for implementation that support healthy lifestyles leveraging both LEED and WELL.
  • Illustrate an appropriate approach to incorporating discussions surrounding LEED and WELL principles into key design strategy meetings with clients.

1 GBCI LEED specific BD+C, 1 WELL specific, 1 AIA LU/HSW

One out of four people living in the United States today suffers from a mental health condition. The suicide rate for college students has tripled since 1950, with the World Health Organization just announcing one suicide occurs every 40 seconds. There is an opportunity to create space for change, through the built environment, prioritizing mental wellness through human-centric design that enhances, and encourages, behavioral choices that influence our health and wellness outcomes. Research proves the physical and social environment has a significant impact on determining the state of health, with a higher level of impact outweighing other contributing factors like lifestyle behavior, medical care, and even genetics. The success of the space is achieved by providing an environment that supports healthy lifestyles including physical activity, good nutrition, and mental health, leveraging both LEED v4 and WELL v2. This session will address the University’s vision to be the healthiest university and academic community on the globe, the project team is designing a future that supports the University’s mission to facilitate the highest level of wellness for faculty, staff and students across the University and community. The Newton Hall addition will be an extension of the programming work that the College of Nursing leads at the University to help foster good mental health and emotional well-being as a foundation to overall health and happiness. The design team will share how insights into WELL are working to create a positive human experience. The team’s acumen in the WELL system has led this innovative design to incorporate an abundance of natural light, views to nature, natural materials and a variety of social spaces, all rooted in evidence-based design. It’s time to promote mental well-being through our building design. It’s time to break social stigmas and create a new precedent for mental health priorities in our academic and work environments.

204 Designed for Life: How Meaningful Experiences are Shaped Though Wellness and Purpose

Explore how Well concepts and brain science can influence design decisions and bring about more purposeful spaces that are designed for all life.
  • Understand how principles of Experience Design Process is used to create spaces that improve occupant performance.
  • Understanding Qualitative Data: Learn how Brain Science is being applied to design processes.
  • Understand why designing for purpose, reasoning and empathy can improve engagement with human performance.
  • Understand strategies to apply WELL principles at various scales of projects.

1 GBCI CE, 1 WELL specific, 1 AIA LU/HSW, 1 IDCEC CE

Space has the profound ability to influence, not only building performance, but human performance as well. Great spaces can make us think, work and live better, through many attributes such as having access to daylight and views, being able to achieve focus, and creating connections. These attributes directly impact effectiveness, comfort and culture. They effect wellness. We’ll examine this concept through various scales and markets- from a commercial urban developments that build community culture, to healthcare environments that care for the caregiver.

301 26 E Park Drive: Floodway Constraints Lead to Creativity

The design of an 18,000 square foot medical/professional building meets stringent floodway requirements yet adheres to modern architecture principles.
  • Learn the difference between FEMA’s floodway and floodplain designations and how they shape development opportunities.
  • Examine ways of designing for resilience.
  • Understand the challenges of implementing design-build into a historically underutilized business (HUB) zone.
  • Incorporate the tenets of modern architecture in a rural context.

1 GBCI CE, 1 AIA LU/HSW

26 E Park Drive is an 18,000 square foot medical/professional office building located in Athens, Ohio. The project won a 2019 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Columbus Chapter merit award in the “large project” category for its creative response to the building’s site: the floodplain of the Hocking River. The design meets FEMA’s “floodway” definition, a designation even more stringent than “floodplain.” It is raised on 42 concrete piers to permit flood waters to flow through the building site. The Athens Planning Commission granted a variance to build on the delicate site based on BDT Architects & Designers’ minimally invasive design. The aesthetics of 26 E Park were derived from the site’s practical requirements yet adhere to modern architecture principles. Design features include a dramatically curving roof, shiplap cedar siding and full-height windows. Clerestory lites that run the entire south length of the mezzanine level contribute to the building’s passive solar design, warming the interior in the winter and daylighting workspaces.

302 Midwest Mixed-use

The Future of Mixed-Use development in the Midwest.
  • Value of Mixed-use Projects.
  • Study of different kinds of Mixed-Use projects.
  • Sustainable opportunities in Mixed-use projects.
  • Challenges of doing True Mixed-use Projects.

1 GBCI LEED specific BD+C, 1 AIA LU/HSW

With Rising prices for land and need for more density the Midwest is leading the way with innovative approaches to Mixed-use Development. We will review projects from 250 High Street, 80 on the commons, Gravity and Market Tower. Each taking a different approach to Design, Mix and Sustainability. Each of these projects being a TRUE Mixed-use with office, residential, retail and hotels. Mixed-use projects make our cities more sustainable by bringing 24 hour activity to our cities.

303 Mid-Century Engineering Lab Renovation/Addition: An Energy-Efficient Model

This program will discuss strategies to sustainably improve aging engineering and research buildings on college campuses.
  • Understand energy-saving features determined to be optimal for a fully renovated 50-year-old university engineering lab building.
  • Understand water-saving features specific to a renovated university lab building.
  • Understand best-practice architectural planning criteria for a multi-phase addition/renovation project on a university campus.
  • Understand best-practice architectural planning criteria for a multi-phase addition/renovation project on a university campus.

1 GBCI CE, 1 AIA LU/HSW

Creating a sustainable, energy-efficient building expansion/renovation has become one of the most important goals of Phase 1 of the Ohio State University Advanced Materials Corridor project. The project can be considered an instructive prototype for improving the many aging engineering and research buildings throughout Ohio and the Midwest. The Mars G. Fontana Laboratories, currently under construction at a prominent location on The Ohio State University’s main campus, is a complete renovation and large addition to a 1960s lab building. When completed, it will be a 127,000 SF biomedical and materials engineering building. It is the first phase of the Biomedical and Materials Engineering Complex, which will be an interconnected series of existing renovated buildings and new construction providing efficient teaching and research spaces. As a result of co-locating two highly ranked engineering departments, the new lab has been designed to a high level of operational and energy efficiency. Pursuing a goal of LEED Silver, the predicted EUI of 190 kbtu/sf/yr results in an energy savings exceeding 40% when compared to national benchmarks for the building type. In recognition of water as a valuable resource the users were educated about the impacts of cooling scientific equipment with once-through domestic water and opted for a process chilled water system to meet the scientific equipment needs.

304 Is a WELL Platinum renovation with a Tight Budget possible? You Betcha!

Witness the trials and tribulations of pursuing the WELL Platinum dream on a tight office budget.
  • Recognize.
  • Learn.
  • Understand
  • Translate.

1 GBCI CE, 1 WELL specific, 1 AIA LU/HSW, 1 IDCEC CE

A small Cincinnati Regional business had a dream to be a healthier place for its staff and to set an example of what is possible on a tight budget. Enriching Spaces reached out to Yasha Ogg, WELL Faculty of emersion DESIGN, to help navigate the WELL Platinum pending renovation while keeping costs at a minimum. This session will share their successes and struggles along the way.

 

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From Private to Public: Reclaiming Euclid’s Waterfront

Allison Lukacsy-Love, City of Euclid
Jason Stangland, SmithGroup

Once recognized as the birthplace of zoning due to its role in the landmark zoning case of ‘Euclid v. Ambler Realty’, this community now stands poised to achieve national acclaim for this innovative, precedent-setting public access project.

  • Government and Private Sector Collaboration.
  • Climate Resilency / Green Infrastructure.
  • Community Consensus Building.
  • Landscape Architecture.

1 GBCI, 1 AIA LU/HSW

In 2009, the Euclid Waterfront Improvement Plan established a $30M vision for the city’s Lake Erie shoreline, of which only six percent was publicly accessible. Through a public consensus-building process, the first phase of improvements – a fishing pier and ADA-accessible trails linking the lakefront to downtown – were constructed in 2013. Phase II is currently under construction, featuring a three-quarter mile public all-purpose trail at the water’s edge, erosion mitigation, shoreline stabilization and habitat/beach reclamation, providing for environmental tourism and recreational opportunities. This milestone represents a decade public-private partnerships to bring from concept to reality one of the longest coastal projects permitted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Through land donations and easement agreements from nearly 100 land owners, the vision reinforces regional goals for healthy communities and sets a precedent for catalytic economic development along Lake Erie. Euclid is the 17th largest city in Ohio, with a diverse population. Historically, the lakefront was publicly accessible, but a 20th-century housing and industrial boom changed the landscape. Now, the city is reclaiming its best natural asset for the benefit of all. This project is positioned to transform not only the deteriorating shoreline and natural habitats of Lake Erie, but to elevate property values, quality of life and overall attractiveness of the lakefront city to new investment, and to serve as a model for other lakefront communities.

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Existing Buildings (Can Be) Green Buildings

Melinda Shah, Schooley Caldwell
Matt Quijada, Schooley Caldwell

Working with a building’s existing assets, whether it be large windows and high ceilings or an urban site and existing mechanical pathways, can result in a sustainable building.

  • Explain the concept of embodied energy and why it maters when discussing existing buildings.
  • Analyze how the location of existing buildings is frequently more sustainable than locations for new buildings.
  • Examine how energy efficiency can be improved in existing buildings without damaging the historic fabric.
  • Discuss how the features and characteristics of different styles of existing buildings and identify how to work with them to maximize the sustainability of the buildings.

1 GBCI CE, 1 AIA LU/HSW

Existing buildings may not be built with the latest and greatest insulation, air barriers, and other newer technologies but they provide a ready stock for sustainable construction. The former Lazarus department store, Clinton Elementary School, and OSU South Campus Highrises are all very different types of buildings built at different times but have one thing in common – they are all certified LEED gold. This course will examine how working with a building’s existing assets, whether it be the large windows and high ceilings or urban sites and existing mechanical pathways, can result in a sustainable building. Accounting for the benefits of historic preservation and adaptive reuse, the concept of embodied energy helps quantify benefits of using materials longer. These buildings are also typically in ideal locations for development – their incorporation into urban fabric lands all the benefits of existing utilities and public transportation. One concern one might have is how to update the buildings to be more energy efficient without disturbing the historic fabric. We’ll review some best tips for context-appropriate renovation.

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From LEED Gold to NetZero: A Practical Approach to Getting There

Brian Schenck, Heapy Engineering
Dennis Paben, Legat Architects

This presentation demonstrate how Net Zero Energy can be achieved in a typical public school building.

  • Describe how to define NET Zero Building Standards and explain how to calculate.
  • Identify clear steps to moving from LEED gold to Net Zero.
  • Organize a matrix of pros and cons and return on your investment.
  • Verify examples of applications and funding sources.

1 GBCI LEED specific BD+C, 1 WELL specific, 1 AIA LU/HSW

The speakers will introduce a real OH school project that has achieved LEED Gold. They will show and step by step process to achieving Net Zero with the same building program showing budget, schedule, and maintenance impacts to the project. The presentation will include: Improved orientation and site design; Improved the building envelope design including increased insultation in walls, roofs, and foundation; Improved systems design including more efficient alternatives; Improved evaluation of improvements; Creating the balance of needed energy with renewable sources; Proving it over a one-year application; Calculate pay back cycle and return on your investment.

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Tackling Transparency

Lindsey Freel, Moody Nolan
Alexis Gerhart, Moody Nolan

Basic Concepts, Client Conversations, and Strategies for Execution of Healthy Materials.

  • Express fundamental concepts associated with LEED Building Product Disclosure and Optimization credits and material transparency.
  • Engage clients in conversations related to material transparency and reducing carbon footprint.
  • Compare products for health and environmental attributes, extrapolating details from EPD’s/HPD’s.
  • Achieve successful implementation – from early, integrated design to construction administration.

1 GBCI LEED specific BD+C, 1 WELL specific,  1 AIA LU/HSW, 1 IDCEC CE

LEEDv4 has introduced new concepts for furthering material selection to support stronger health and environmental outcomes. While some view these concepts This session focuses on defining key concepts related to material transparency and exploring different strategies for having related conversations with clients. We will also explore strategies to ensure successful implementation of healthy, environmentally responsible materials in projects, both certified and not.