Green, Sustainable, and High-Performance Design

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For over twenty years Jonathan Lucas, the principal of What on Earth Architecture, has practiced a practical approach to sustainable/green design. Jonathan is a LEED Accredited Professional, is familiar with Healthy Built Homes standards, and has extensive experience, over a wide range of projects, with the issues and practices in green, sustainable, and high-performance design, including:

Site Considerations

• Solar orientation and modeling
• Low impact site design
• Runoff mitigation
• 3D building on-site modeling

Building Design

• Building envelope design and energy analysis
• Passive solar design and modeling
• Efficient task lighting
• Day-lighting design and modeling

Materials and Products Selection

• Non-toxic material selection
• Material and product life cycle analysis
• Indoor air quality
• Use of local and reclaimed material

Systems Analysis and Coordination
Analysis and coordination of building and site systems design including:

• High efficiency heating,
• Ventilating and cooling
• Water supply, storage and purification
• Low impact septic systems
• Grey water systems
• Cost benefit analysis for solar thermal and solar electric systems