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Design Competition Guidelines (Continued)
Design Criteria
- The center must be self-sustaining, meeting all energy, water and
waste treatment requirements form on-site resources.
- The technologies providing for these functions must be integrated
into a building and site design with high aesthetic values consistent
and compatible with the historic setting of the area.
- The center must visibly demonstrate self-sustaining technologies
either through intrinsic design or through educational displays.
- Entries will also be evaluated based upon projected life-cycle costs
of the conceptual design.
- The welcome center component of the building shall be based upon
1200 net square footage.
- The water supply and waste treatment systems shall be designed to
meet the following projected visitor usage:
The design should address the approach used to meet the initial
and future demand. If the concept is based upon adding additional
components to meet future demand this shall be discussed, including
the number of components and the cost.
- The building shall include sufficient square footage to house rest
room and waste treatment technology to serve these visitor projections.
- Seasonal temperature, humidity and wind data, precipitation averages
and extremes should be based on data available from the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). For purposes of comparison, all
teams shall use the TMY2 Meteorological Data for Sterling VA (Dulles
Airport) as the basis for their performance projections/simulations.
We recommend use of version 1.6 of the Energy-10 program that was developed
by the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
in conjunction with the Sustainable Building Industry Council (SBIC),
which incorporates this database. Other software may be used for such
calculations, but, again, for purposes of comparison, presentation of
results must be in comparable formats (discrepancies, if results are
obtained with other software, must be noted and explained if possible).
Version 1.6 Energy-10 software can be obtained through SBIC: http://www.sbicouncil.org/enTen/index.html.
Final determination of specific information to be included and
formats for the presentation of performance projections will be announced
in the near future.
- All designs must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines.
- All designs must comply with the following building, electrical and mechanical codes.
- 2000 International Building Code (IBC)
- 2002 National Electrical Code
- 2000 International Plumbing Code
- 2000 International Mechanical Code
- 2000 National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Fire Prevention Code
- All competitors will be required to visit the site and incorporate
relevant information in the formation of their submission.
- All submissions must address applicable local regulations regarding
water supply/treatment and waste water treatment with fail safe contingency
strategies specified. A workshop is being planned on the relevant technologies
and corresponding regulatory issues. Representative of each team are
required to attend the workshop, which will also be open to the public.
- While at this time construction funding is not available, the initial
estimate is $750,000 for the construction of the facility. It is intended
that a significant percentage of the technology utilized at the facility
will be donated to the project. The estimates developed by the entrants
should focus on the cost of the building and associated site improvements
necessary to the successful implementation of their concept. Each entry
shall detail the specific manufacturer technology upon which the concept
is based.
- The intent is that each design concept shall be based upon meeting
100% of the demand. Entrants should address how they would propose to
address extremes in terms of temperature, prolonged sunless days, prolonged
drought, etc.
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