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STAKEHOLDER OVERVIEW
With the wide range of solutions we are proposing, there are numerous stakeholders involved with making this process successful. All will play a significant role in making biophilic design a priority across the built environment in the City of Denver and the more community involvement through social, economic, and environmental sectors will ultimately produce a more resilient city.
STAKEHOLDER OVERVIEW
With the wide range of solutions we are proposing, there are numerous stakeholders involved with making this process successful. All will play a significant role in making biophilic design a priority across the built environment in the City of Denver and the more community involvement through social, economic, and environmental sectors will ultimately produce a more resilient city.
STAKEHOLDER OVERVIEW
With the wide range of solutions we are proposing, there are numerous stakeholders involved with making this process successful. All will play a significant role in making biophilic design a priority across the built environment in the City of Denver and the more community involvement through social, economic, and environmental sectors will ultimately produce a more resilient city.
STAKEHOLDER OVERVIEW
With the wide range of solutions we are proposing, there are numerous stakeholders involved with making this process successful. All will play a significant role in making biophilic design a priority across the built environment in the City of Denver and the more community involvement through social, economic, and environmental sectors will ultimately produce a more resilient city.
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Defining the issue at a local level:
As biophilic design starts to become incorporated more and more in to sustainable building projects due to the proven positive impact this has on the environment, its occupants, and the economy, we looked at how Denver in particular is responding to the changes in building and design. As we were researching, we found that not a lot of companies are using biophilia because of the lack of education on the positive impacts this can have on the triple bottom line. Another underlying issue at the local level is developers generally do not care about biophilia and how it relates to overall health and wellness on humans. Generally speaking, developers focus on how much value they are creating in a building and often times biophilic elements are overlooked because of the up-front costs and overall lack of education. That being said, we came across a couple companies that have incorporated biophilia into their projects. We looked at the NAVA Lakehouse project and reached out to Josh Radoff, Vice President of WSP on how their company in particular is using biophilic design in their sustainable building projects. We also had the opportunity to speak with Brian Levitt who is the founder and president of NAVA and our interview with him can be listened to here:
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Innovative solutions/ current approaches at a local level:
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There are numerous biophilic/ green building solutions and technologies that are being incorporated into the local built environment. In particular certain approaches that companies like NAVA and WSP are implementing include: MEP strategies to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiency, solar heat gain coefficient and light gain through the use of glass to attract natural light, connecting people back to nature through strategic solutions like urban farms on site, heavily planted outdoor decks, and wellness infrastructure. Many of these solutions need to be learned through secondary education programs and can be seen in the NAVA Lakehouse project below.
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