In-House Resources Development
The availability of high quality sustainable design resources can mean the difference between creating consistently performing buildings and repeating preventable mistakes. The most effective resources share two major features: accurate, curated, and actionable content and a simple, easy to use structure. Based on the experience of developing in-house sustainability resources at various architecture firms and co-leading the development of the AIA’s COTE Toolkit, Dept. of Sustainability developed a unique framework for the management, access, and use of a firm’s sustainability knowledge resources. The webinar below explores this framework in detail.
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Knowledge Management Strategy
This service focuses on the development of a unique knowledge management framework for sustainable design strategies. Following the development of the strategy, in-house toolkits can be populated with content in a predictable and usable way.Content Development
There are some sustainable design strategies that are essential for every designer to understand. Reliable methods to provide high quality indoor air and strategies for improving energy performance are two examples. This service provides the knowledge, tools, and strategies necessary to achieve desired outcomes.Tools and Resources Audit
Many firms have a collection of in-house resources that are currently disorganized or underutilized. This audit will help determine the value of a firm’s knowledge resources, identify gaps, and explore options for improving usability.
Overtime, more and more has been asked of architects, but our fees and the length of our project schedules have not increased accordingly. Knowledge management is how architects can keep up and continue to create better work.
Working Hypothesis:
Limited access to high-quality, concise, and usable information is the major barrier to the universal adoption of sustainable design.