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Performance-based design: Executing the vision

Carl Sterner

The third design brief in our series on High-Performance Design: learn how analysis revealed strategies for our case study design that would:

Balance return on investment and performance when specifying insulation thickness.
Reduce peak cooling demand by 31% without increasing construction cost.
Achieve the same percentage of energy from on-site renewables with only half the solar panels.

About the Author

Carl is an architect, sustainability evangelist, and an avid storyteller. He applied these skills as Product Manager, Marketer and Technology Evangelist to help build Sefaira until its acquisition by Trimble. He now serves as the Director of Design and Sustainability at a design firm.
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