Karen P. Butler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Stephen Jurovics, PhD, LEED AP, The Cadmus Group Inc., Chapel Hill, N.C.
John F. Kennedy, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Green Building Studio Inc., Petaluma, Calif.
Gail Lindsey, FAIA, Design Harmony Inc., Wake Forest, N.C.

      Explore the process by which architects and engineers achieve superior energy and environmental performance and the innovative tools that facilitate those results. Review how design team members collaborate about energy design and integrate tools into the process, and how increased knowledge about expected energy use empowers architects and owners to bridge the gap between design intent and energy consumption.

Learning objectives:

• Explore how practitioners are using energy and environmental rating systems during the design process to make decisions, calculate savings, and measure the success of design intent
• Illustrate how using an integrated building design process and setting energy-use goals can lead to exemplary energy performance and client savings
• Demonstrate how CAD tools can interface with energy modeling software, a connection that makes it easy to investigate strategies to help achieve energy and design goals.