hawaiian leed home · marvin windows and door are hurricane proof and leed certified. so we are...
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The purpose of this project is to introduce you to the
tools available to help you come up with your own
LEED Dream Home. We have a contest that starts right
after winter break and ends at the end of February, so
hopefully you will enter our national contest.
If you watched the video for this project you know
there are LEED Categories and you receive points for
applying these categories into your LEED home.
Location and Linkage requires stating where the
home will be located. For this example we are going to
the beautiful State of Hawaii, island of Kauai. While on a drive
we ran into a lush area that had houses built on stilts or columns.
The example home is from Kauai and is on columns so it will
not disturb the natural landscaping in the area and to
improve the view.
The weather and average temperature is perfect helping with energy costs for heating and cooling. Many just open their windows and enjoy the trade winds to cool the home.
The internet is a great research tool for everything from
location to water heater options.
For instance, when in Florida I stayed at a
hotel with hurricane proof windows and will
definitely research and use hurricane proof
windows and doors for this home as the island
is occasionally in the path as it was with
hurricane Iniki in 1992.
Find and launch from the ARCHICAD ICON to launch the program.
“Aloha” (hello, good bye, compassion and mercy) or hello from Kauai, the Garden Isle.
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Materials Internet Research: A great WALL material for this home in this area would be Rastra. It is made from some recycled materials, has a high R factor and can withstand fires and hurricanes. Home in the picture was the only one left standing after hurricane Katrina and made of Rastra.
Highly fire resistant – 4 hour rated @2000°F; material will not ignite Fire tests concluded a Flame Spread of 0 and Smoke Density of 5 (450 is permissible). Effective against hurricane force winds Highly fire resistant – 4 hour rated @2000°F; Earthquake tested up to magnitude level 8.5 Cleaner indoor air quality
Our columns will be poured on-site and be 3’ square and composed of concrete reinforced
with steel.
Launch ARCHICAD and select Residential Template
and Standard Profile and then NEW.
We are going to start with the floor
plan. Our house will be on stilts or
columns so the 1st floor will be the
columns and the 2nd floor the house.
Please select 2nd floor from the
Navigator.
Then make
sure WALL is
selected in the
TOOLBOX and that you change the wall to CONTINUOUS in the INFO BOX above.
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Select a starting point by left clicking
the mouse and move left at 180’
(straight) type in 40 and ENTER.
Move in a downward
direction and type in 30
and enter.
Move the mouse in the direction shown
and type in 30 feet and enter
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Move the mouse in
the “up” direction.
Type in 30 and enter.
If you are still
connected RIGHT
MOUSE CLICK and
select OK.
Place a SLAB by
selecting the SLAB
tool from the
TOOLBOX and
then HOLDING
DOWN THE SPACE
BAR (magic wand)
SELECT an
OUTSIDE WALL.
We want a wide
balcony to look
out at the ocean
so using the slab
tool
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Head in the direction shown
30 and then back 15
Check it out by selecting
GENERIC PERSPECTIVE from the NAVIGATOR and then SELECT the 1st FLOOR
Now we
will put
in our
columns to
support our
building. We
should be on the
1st floor and SEE
NOTHING.
RIGHT MOUSE
CLICK on the 2nd
Floor and select
SHOW AS A
TRACE REFERENCE. This allows up to line our columns up with our existing walls
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Select COLUMN
Change to 3’ and
select insertion
point as shown.
Line up and
place as
shown.
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Select Column again and change the
anchor point to the one shown as
right.
Continue around until you
have all of the columns placed
as shown below.
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We actually wanted
the columns to be
20 feet from the
ground instead of
10. With the BIM
program we are
using that is not an
issue as you can
change almost
anything. RIGHT
BUTTON MOUSE
CLICK on STORY
SETTINGS.
If we change the
1st floor to 20’ the
2nd floor will
change
automatically.
Select OK.
This should have changed the
concrete columns to our new
height automatically and to
allow us an unobstructed view
of the ocean.
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We can place a simple GABLE roof on our home
and extend the roof giving us a shaded balcony.
Select the ROOF tool from the TOOLBOX
Select the 2nd
FLOOR and
then change
the roof
option on
the INFO
BOX to
GABLE as
shown.
Select the two
points as shown.
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Go to GENERIC PERSPECTIVE and position building so you can see the two walls shown.
Select ARROW in the TOOLBOX to get into an EDIT MODE. Select a wall and then press
down and hold the SHIFT key to select the 2nd wall.
Change the wall HEIGHT to 20.
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RIGHT MOUSE CLICK on the SELECTED WALL and then select CONNECT and then TRIM
ELEMENTS to ROOF/SHELL
SELECT USE ROOFS/SHELLS
from current selection and
TRIM.
Results as shown.
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MARVIN windows and door are hurricane proof and LEED certified. So we are going to
specify Marvin in this project. (internet research WINDOWS for your project)
Return to the 2nd
FLOOR and
holding the CTRL
key and tap the L
(for layer). Turn
off ROOF LAYER
by selecting the
eye.
Select DOOR from the TOOLBOX and locate the sliding door specified. Also select MODEL
and change
material to
Glass Blue/Ice
and click on
Use Object’s
surface to
deselect it.
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SELECT ENDPOINT in
the INFO BOX and then
move to the endpoint
shown. Hover, do not
pick, above it until you
see a CHECK MARK,
and then type in Y
for the y coordinate or
up. Then type in
2’6” +
to place the door. Do
not forget the PLUS for
positive direction.
EXACTLY two feet six
inches from the initial
CHECK MARK.
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Move cursor to the end of
the 1st window and hover
until you see a CHECK
MARK. Type in Y
And then 1+
And ENTER to place this
door 1 from off of the first
sliding door.
Place the 3rd sliding door 1’ from the 2nd using what you
have learned.
Results as shown
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Next we are going to place large sliding glass windows that can be opened to let in the trade
winds. Select the window below.
Change to MID-POINT on the INFO BOX and
then place the window at the MID-POINT of
the wall.
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Select to the INSIDE to place the WINDOW.
Place a window at
the MID-POINT of
this wall. When
placing the other
two slide the
window along
until you receive
the MID-POINT
and check mark
for the other 2.
Repeat on the opposite side for
the results at right.
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Go to GENERIC PERSPECTIVE in the NAVIGATOR and then hold down the CTRL key and tap
the L key to bring up LAYERS. Turn on the A-ROOF layer.
This ends the first part of
our LEED Dream Home
Class.
Lesson is complete.