The American Institute of Architects (AIA) released a major update to its Design Data Exchange (DDx) platform this month. Today's post shares 'what's new' and a graph showing ten year's of progress at Lake Flato, as an AIA 2030 Commitment signatory.
Be sure to sign up for one of two overview sessions the AIA is hosting via the links below.
Meet the new DDx!
Here are the highlights from a recent email about the refreshed platform...
The new Design Data Exchange (DDx) is here! We worked closely with current DDx users to design a new experience that will streamline workflows and save time when entering and reporting on projects.
For privacy and data security reasons, you will need to reset your password to access the site. Simply click "Forgot your password?" and follow the prompts.
New features include:
We’ll continue to roll out new features to make participating in the AIA 2030 Commitment easier than ever. In the interim, sign up for a demo of the new experience from 1-2pm ET on October 28 or November 12
- custom company, individual, and project dashboards to drill deeper into projects and see your progress toward energy goals
- the ability to add collaborators from your firm or other companies
- embodied carbon and offsite renewables tracking so you see the complete carbon picture for every project
- a simplified portfolio submission process
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Lake Flato Stats
Lake Flato has been a signatory of the AIA 2030 Commitment since 2012; for 10 years.
Here is what our website says about the 2030 commitment:
For over 30 years, Lake|Flato has passionately advocated for environmental stewardship through sustainable design. We have adopted Architecture 2030’s 2030 Challenge, and joined the AIA 2030 Commitment to measure our projects’ progress towards carbon neutrality.Each year, we measure predicted energy use intensity (pEUI) and actual energy use intensity (EUI) for all of our projects. Making the connection between design intent and actual building performance is critical to our progress towards carbon neutrality by 2030. Ongoing monitoring and reporting of data is the single best way to drive higher building performance, informing how issues such as occupant behavior or unanticipated building usage impact building performance in the real world.Each year, the nationwide firms participating in the AIA 2030 Commitment report their average pEUI reduction, weighted by gross square footage (GSF). Combined, the firms’ reporting saw an average of 43% pEUI reduction from the national average EUI in 2016.
In the graph below, the grey is the national predicted EUI (pEUI) portfolio and orange is our firm's portfolio!
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