Economic Models for Integrated Project Teams
Daniel M. Arons,
Tsoi/Kobus & Associates
J. Erik Mollo-Christensen,
Tsoi/Kobus & Associates
Objectives:
Laboratory users and developers often have differing
perspectives on how to approach laboratory design; lab users want
more space, more equipment and more capacity. Developers—whether
institutional, governmental or independent for-profit entities—look
for quick permitting, lowest first cost, and highest return-on-investment.
Quantitative and qualitative models define each perspective.
To create high performance environmentally sound laboratories requires
each stakeholder in laboratory design to understand the system through
a lens or model, which combines all of these perspectives.
A revised model challenges three tenets of lab programming:
- Lowest first cost wins
- System capacity drives system design
- Productivity is proportional to space allocation
The model, incorporating generally accepted parameter of sustainable
design, can be used in combination with Environmental Performance
Criteria to evaluate programming and design decisions.
Findings:
Key aspects of high performance buildings are often taken for granted
before the design team is even selected or before end-users are
engaged. This presentation will use real projects to exemplify leverage
points that project developers/owners should reconsider to create
opportunities that offer market advantages. By broadening their
evaluation matrices, both developers and end users alike, can find
added value at affordable prices.
Opportunities that will be addressed include net present value
incorporating factors such as: first cost, professional and legal
fees, operational cost, time to permit, and time to lease. Additionally,
market sensitivity to issues of personnel costs, energy price fluctuations
and corporate/institutional "green" image can be evaluated.
Labs21 Connection:
Roadmap for Lab owners at arm's-length from tenants, for identifying
critical aspects of high performance project development.
Biographies:
Daniel M. Arons,
AIA, Tsoi/Kobus & Associates leading expert in sustainable design,
is an accomplished project architect and project manager of complex
renovation and new construction projects for institutional, corporate,
and R&D clients. He is a meticulous and thorough team leader
with the ability to coordinate extensive information and large multidisciplinary
project teams.
Dan consults to universities, developers, and other clients on
sustainable building practices, policies, and project implementation.
He has presented at national and international conferences on such
topics as energy-efficient building design for cold climates, campus
guidelines for green buildings, and advanced building facades. Dan
also teaches design with an emphasis on innovative construction
technology and multidisciplinary collaboration.
Dan holds an MS in Building Technology from MIT and a Bachelor
of Architecture from the University of Minnesota. He is a member
of the US Green Building Council's Education Committee, is Co-chair
of the Boston Society of Architects Committee on the Environment
and is a LEEDTM accredited professional.
A principal of Tsoi/Kobus & Associates,
Erik Mollo-Christensen, AIA, has nearly
30 years of professional experience including architecture and interior
design on a wide variety of project types. His work includes the
design of both new and renovated laboratory, corporate, office,
industrial, and institutional facilities with a particular emphasis
on coordinating of complex engineering systems and managing large
multi-disciplinary design teams. Erik has been recognized as a lab
and vivarium planning expert through numerous trade conference presentations.
Erik holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute.
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