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software programs, the BIM models also have the ability to introduce multiple
new dimensions into the design process, including time, cost, procurement, and
operations. By leveraging the additional information provided in these new di-
mensions, a more robust database and an adaptive expert system are available
to the design team to explore and conduct more comprehensive life-cycle cost
models.
INTEGRATION AND COLLABORATION
To be an architect, engineer, or designer is to be an agent of change, and by
working collaboratively, we have the potential to become the alchemists of the
future, transforming a collection of data and myriad inputs to derive designs that
protect and shape our environment in a manner that benefits all. The amount of
“lead” is increasing exponentially, but the opportunities for “gold” (innovation)
are also rapidly growing. We may be tempted to take short cuts, but we must
remain steadfast in search of sound designs. The common thread is adherence to
nature's rules as codified in scientific principles. There is no substitute for sound
science in green design. That is our focus in Chapter 2.
NOTES AND REFERENCES
1. Attributed to A. Einstein, this quote appears in numerous publications with-
out a source of citation.
2. L. Kim, “Dr. Willis Carrier: 20th century man,” Central New York Business
Journal , February 19, 1999.
3. W. McDonough and M. Braungart, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We
Make Things , North Point Press, New York, 2002, p. 165.
4. Of course, this is not correct to a chemist, since water is indeed a solvent.
5. S. Mendler, W. Odell, and M. A. Lazarus, The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable
Design , Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2006.
6. Ibid.
7. LEED for New Construction: Version 2.2 Reference Guide , U.S. Green Building
Council, Washington, DC, 2006.
8. In F. Hesselbein, Leading for Innovation and Organizing for Results , Jossey-Bass,
San Francisco, CA, 2001.
9. J. Kao, Innovation Manifesto , self-published, San Francisco, CA, 2002.
10. D. Pink, A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual
Age , Riverhead Books, published by Penguin Group, New York, 2005.
11. Ibid, p. 67.
12. Ibid, p. 66.