The existing 200,000 square foot Cannon Health Building was the subject of this design charrette. The concept behind the event was to take an existing building and show various design ideas that look at the impact on first costs, performance, and even consider a smaller building with satellite office telecommuting.

This is a time of change in the building and design professions. Trends today encourage "design build", there is increasing pressure to cut design fees, and increasing building complexity. Coordination and time delays push us toward fastrack solutions. Financial incentives encourage low "first cost" solutions. With pressure on design fees, its easier to be safe and oversize equipment which increases energy consumption.

The building and design process is not getting easier. However, advances are being made and solutions include improved fee structures (design plus performance fees), enhanced design teams, less professional isolation, and the use of sustainable design.

This workshop was an opportunity to hear from and work with design professionals who articulate and practice these concepts.

7:30 AM - Registration and continental breakfast
8:30 AM - Welcome and introductions
8:45 AM -

• Introductions
• Harry Gordon, AIA: Partner, Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates
• Nancy Clanton, President, Clanton Engineering
• Break
• Kevin Hydes, Professional Engineer, Keen Engineering, Co. Ltd.
• Greg Franta, Principal Architect, ENSAR Group, Inc.

11:00 AM -

Discuss workshop concept and format

Base case building profile and analysis

11:45 AM - Organize interdisciplinary design teams before lunch
12:00 PM - Lunch (provided)
1:00 PM - Breakout teams begin

Idea generation

Linkages developed

Break

Barriers identified

Strategies for removing barriers

4:00 PM -

Breakout team presentations to the whole group

Cross boundary discussions

5:30 PM - Reception in Atrium at Cliff Lodge
6:30 PM - Dinner on your own

8:30 AM - Continental breakfast
9:00 AM - Breakout teams (continued)

• Continue design teams
• Life cycle cost estimation
• Implementation Strategies

12:00 PM - Lunch (provided)
1:00 PM - Initial breakout team presentations to the whole group
2:45 PM - Break
3:00 PM - Connections, solutions, next steps
5:00 PM - Conclusion
7:00 PM - Awards banquet

Gregory Franta, FAIA
For over 20 years, Greg Franta has pioneered environmentally sustainable architecture resulting in successful "green" buildings throughout the world. As president, Mr. Franta has led ENSAR Group in producing over 400 energy efficient and environmentally sound offices, laboratories, educational buildings, health facilities, libraries, homes, and other buildings--many considered the most energy efficient in the U.S. Greg has authored or compiled numerous documents on sustainable design. He is the co-author of Solar Building Architecture, MIT Press (1990), Energy Design for Architects, AIA (1988), Energy in Architecture: Techniques and Applications, AIA (1981), and the Solar Design Workbook, SERI (1981). Greg's projects are widely recognized and he has received many design awards, including the Grand Prize as the Laureate of the First International Biennial of Architecture in Georgia, "Avenisis World Youth Campus." Greg has been instrumental in developing new environmental resources and design methodologies for architects. He has served on the National Board of Directors for the American Institute of Architects and is the 1994 Chairman for the AIA Committee on the Environment. Greg holds a Master of Architecture degree from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Colorado.

Harry T. Gordon, AIA
Architect Harry Gordon is a principal of Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates, Washington, D.C. For over 20 years, Harry has been a leader in developing energy and environmentally responsive building design. In addition to his design work, he has directed innovative building research projects, authored several publications, and taught and lectured extensively, both in the U.S. and internationally. He is a founding member and current chairman of The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment, past director of the American Solar Energy Society, and a founder of the Potomac Region Solar Energy Association. Among his "green building" projects are: Greening of the White House; the architectural and environmental master planning of Dewees Island, an environmentally sensitive community located on a barrier island off the coast of south Carolina; National Public Radio's 150,000 sq. ft. headquarters and broadcasting facility incorporating technology designed to maintain a healthy working environment, energy efficiency, recycled content materials, and resource conservation.; the International Institute for Energy Conservation, that has been included on EPA's Green Building Tour; and Grand Canyon National Park, for which he led the "Resources" team in developing a sustainable design approach to the General Master Plan for the future development of the Park.

Nancy Clanton, P.E., EIS, IALD
Nancy Clanton, president and principal of Clanton Engineering, Inc., is a graduate of the University of Colorado with a major in Architectural Engineering. As Principal of Clanton Engineering for 15 years, Nancy has managed or been involved with over 400 projects. She has had extensive experience in a variety of lighting projects including office, residential, retail, restaurant, schools, hospitals, roadways, airports and urban projects. Among its many diverse projects, Clanton Engineering has provided lighting designs for the new Denver Central Library, and the Denver International Airport Boulevard as well as extensive audits and analyses for the City and County of Denver and for the Army Corps of Engineers at Ft. Hood, Texas. Nancy has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Illuminating Society of North America (IESNA) and is chairperson of the IESNA Outdoor Environmental Lighting Committee. Nancy has taught seminars and workshops throughout the country for groups such as IESNA, ASID and AIA. Nancy served as the leader for the lighting group for the "Greening of the White House."

Kevin Hydes, P.E.
Kevin Hydes, a principal of Keen Engineering, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada, directs the design of many large institutional projects involving complex HVAC systems. He has designed numerous schools and hospitals using traditional engineering methods. Kevin expanded into sustainable design working on the Center for Asian Research Building at the University of British Columbia which utilizes natural ventilation, recycles heat, has superior indoor air quality, and is not hooked up to a sewer system. Kevin has worked in the building services industry since 1973. He is responsible for the design and contract supervision of institutional and commercial projects involving complex heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems. As head of Keen Engineering's environmental design team, Kevin works with clients to find innovative ways to design environmentally sensitive buildings.

The workshop will demonstrate the strength and efficiency of approaching a project using an integrated team process rather than developing an architectural design, throwing it over the wall to the electrical engineer for lighting, and then over the wall to the mechanical engineer for mechanical design and so on. Integrated teams have been shown to significantly speed up the design process as well (Chrysler has cut the design to showroom process from 7 years to 4 years using integrated teams). After the keynote speech and other presentations, workshop attendees will form design teams to work on one of three design assignments:

• Retrofit Team,
• Redesign Team, or
• Re-Program/Re-Design Team.

Each team will take a different approach to lowering energy use, improving operations and Maintenance performance, and increasing overall sustainability. The resulting designs will be compared to the existing base building.
The integrated design teams will be comprised of architects; electrical engineers; mechanical engineers; maintenance managers; cost estimators; energy analysts; and experts in transportation, tele-computing, water, landscape and pollution. Each team will have 6-10 members. The workshop speakers will join the design teams as coaches.

Retrofit Team
The retrofit teams will be given the task of looking at how the existing building could be retrofit to accomplish maximum operations, maintenance and energy efficiency. Building orientation and floor plan organization will be maintained, but major design changes within these parameters may be proposed.

Redesign Team
Another set of teams will re-design the facility to meet the needs of the original program. Any creative approach to improving the building may be proposed. The building may be re-oriented, any shading device may be used, any energy efficient lighting system may be proposed, and an integrated and dynamically analyzed mechanical system may be used.

Re-Program/Design Team
These teams will take a fresh look at the building's program to see what opportunities exist for of tele-computing, satellite offices, home offices, and down-sizing the building. Alternatives that provide savings in transportation, pollution, and energy will be examined.

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Table: Quantitative Results From the Workshop

Utah Power funded the Covin Engineering, DOE II energy performance study of two of the selected workshop teams designs. Here are the summary results:

	Base	Retro-Fit	Re-Design
Energy Costs/Square Foot	$1.17	$0.93	$0.58
% Reduction Goal	n/a	25%	50%
% Savings Achieved in Workshop Design	n/a	20.5%	50.4%
Total Cost in Millions	$21.06	$21.56	$23.29

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Feedback: What Did You
Like Best About the Workshop?

"(Its) evident that architects and engineers can collaborate very early, at the very beginning of the conceptual process, with marvelous and exciting results."

"Personal involvement - It wasn't a one-way information seminar where everybody goes to sleep a 2:00."

"I felt, rarely, do fellow architects, engineering profession come together to cooperatively solve real problems. There seemed to be an acceptance that the issues and ideas discussed at this conference were valid and all worth exploring and implementing. I commend the moderators."

"Interdisciplinary approach and chance to meet other like-minded professionals from different sides of the industry."

"Availability of individuals working on leading edge of "green" design."

"I really enjoyed working with the teams bringing multiple disciplines & personalities together in decisions. Good job!!"

"Encourage green design approach - close coordination of architect/engineer."

"Demand "greener policies". Integrate with designers & engineers from beginning."

"Focus on sustainable architecture."

"I will encourage team approach to design and design with sustainability and energy efficiency in mind."

"I will get more resource information into our office & incorporate these ideas into my designs. I will talk to my consultants about everything."

"The workshop showed more possibilities in the sustainable design."

"Any design team I can influence will be a mix of (architects and engineers) at inception of program."

"Change design approach. Charrette (is a) beginning."