HA C3: Passive Thermal Safety, Thermal Comfort + Lighting Design Strategies – Above Green

(2-30 points)

INTENT

Provide opportunities to moderate the indoor building temperatures during normal operation and at times of grid-supplied power and/or fuel outages, heat waves, shelter-in-place emergencies and other extreme events when local self-reliance is critical.

STRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS

Plan and execute passive thermal lighting, heating and cooling strategies as defined by the 2030 Palette and/or develop and execute, document and share strategies not currently included in the Palette.

2030 Palette related to Thermal Safety, Lighting + Comfort

HA Action 3.1 Landscape Cooling: Up to 6 Points

Heat Island Mitigation (2 points)
Parks (2 points)
Street Width and Orientation (2 points)
Vegetative Cooling (2 points)

HA Action 3.2 Passive Lighting: Up to 8 Points

Daylighting from Multiple Sides (2 points)
Form For Daylighting (2 points)
Intermediate Light Shelves (2 points)
Side Daylighting (2 points)
Side Daylighting Controls (2 points)
Top Daylighting (2 points)
Top Daylighting Controls (2 points)

HA Action 3.3 Passive Heating: Up to 8 Points

Clerestories and Skylights (2 points)
Direct Gain: Glazing (2 points)
Direct Gain: Storage (2 points)
Form for Heating (2 points)
Indirect Gain: Sunspace (2 points)
Solar Greenhouse (2 points)
Thermal Storage Wall (2 points)

HA Action 3.4 Passive Cooling: Up to 8 Points

Building Facades (2 points)
Cool Roof (2 points)
Cross Ventilation (2 points)
Double Roof (2 points)
East/West Shading (2 points)
Evaporation Cooling Towers (2 points)
Form for Cooling (2 points)
Night Vent Cooling (2 points)
Shading Divides (2 points)
Solar Shading (2 points)