Sustainable Design of Deakin Student Residence

This assignment analyzes the integrated sustainable design (ISD) implemented in Deakin Student Residence. It examines various parameters within four quadrants: personal experience, performance, system context, and cultural values. The review focuses on topics like renewable energy technologies, water systems management, comfort and low-energy conditioning systems, climate adaptation, and building envelopes. It highlights both successes and missed opportunities in the ISD approach, suggesting improvements for future sustainable building designs.

INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
A Review of the Deakin Student Residence
INTRODUCTION
An integrated approach that entails analyzing various parameters in an established system using
the four-quadrant method namely: personal experience (in the first quadrant); performance in the
second quadrant; System context in the third quadrant and lastly, cultural values in the last
quadrant. The slides provide a topical discussion where various parameters in each topic are
addressed succinctly using the mentioned mapping strategy.
Renewable energy
Renewable energy technologies are much-talked about these days. Perhaps due to the fact that it
so a critical issue that no building design would wish it away. Systematic approach provides a
means to effectively use the most efficient renewables:
More common ones are solar and wind technologies
Suitable for such dwellings as return on investment
Requires proper management to harness the benefits
Supports other services like water supply that require powering hence a determinant for the
creation and maintenance of a sustainable environment
Water systems
Fundamentally, regardless of the source, must ensure that there is efficient use as such factors as
energy use may depend on it
To ensure a sustainable balance in the use and waste water, derive the daily consumption regime
Alternative sources of water supply a part from the local council, could be from rainwater and
underground water
Storm water and sewerage management must support sustainable water use and reuse
Also waste water especially from wet areas must effectively be recovered hence treatment plants
to be accommodated within the premises
Comfort and low energy conditioning systems
This is achieved by combining the peripheral norms; inner lounges, the u-shaped plan; distinctive
scenes such as the basement parking area among others
Public realm must be pronounced as a means to boost the social presence of the building
The ground plan activation is provided where student experience is boosted. Therefore,
proximity to other social amenities such as library, city and building lobby are the hallmark of
social comfort and conditioning systems

Low energy conditions are made possible by ensuring design supports the natural settings
maximumly
Climate and Climatic Changes
In this case, we look at issues of climate change that may impact negatively or positively on the
design of the building. Among the parameters that are directly affected by climate change
include:
Drainage is a major parameter in this case. We know that climatic conditions can have serious
ramifications on the building if not properly done. Unfortunately, sometimes this has been a bit
shaky to perfectly implement as changing climatic conditions become more unpredictable.
Therefore, in instituting cultural values, positive mitigation plans are needed to ensure less
impacts is extended to the building once completed. Mapping of the climatic zones can be done
on a regular basis so as to comprehend the changing patterns. This therefore takes us to the data
reliance.
Building Envelopes
Cladding materials are used in order to ensure that there is interior privacy and safety while
ensuring the building façade and aesthetics inter-link with the natural settings
Cladding materials selection must be in tandem with the basic requirement that performance
should be beyond reproach
This must be considered based on the functionality of the building
Building envelopes must support features such as: security; safety and social interaction
Recommendation
On the missed opportunities…
The I.S.D implementation must be both process and result oriented
Employ clear quantitative as well as qualitative methodologies to establish best rating
performance for the building. In fact, most of the assessment is analytical making it harder to
establish a competent rating system
Combine all the facets involved to ensure a sustainable building design and development
Future success
The approach is more aligned to the emerging issues as it tends to address them both as a
standalone and in combination with others. Hence it can be used to help with establishing and
amending systems to conform with the emerging trends like climate change