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Design Specializations:
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- energy-efficient affordable (low- & moderate-income) housing
- efficient space planning to optimize building performance
- "design with nature" to optimize building performance through site selection, building orientation and site design
- energy-efficient design for reduced utility costs through optimized interior thermal mass to glass ratio, envelope design, solar shading, daylighting
- documentation of energy-efficiency, utility costs, & life-cycle costing to assist in financing & budgeting
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- design with innovative construction types for energy efficiency & enhanced performance:
- Structural Insulated Panel (SIP)
- Insulated Concrete Form (ICF)
- log & timber
- re-used steel containers, "Intermodal Steel Building Units" (ISBUs)
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- emergency housing (e.g. Gulf Cost renewal post-Katrina / Rita, Greensburg KS renewal post-tornado)
- design for rebuilding "liveable communities" at the "neighborhood" scale
- "smart growth" design for "walkable communities" through mixed-use zoning (residential / commercial / municipal)
- design for affordable living and reduced suburban sprawl through mixed-income single / multi-family housing
- design for community living with a variety of compatible traditional and contemporary styles
- design for rigorous performance standards, including wind resistance, based on the applicable codes or International Residential Code
- design for accessibility based on the ANSI 117.1 requirements
- design for energy conservation and reduced utility costs based on the International Energy Conservation Code
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- additional specializations
- educational planning & design
- architectural acoustics
- religious architecture
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