This document provides an introduction to Integrated Design Process (IDP). It discusses the context and drivers of IDP, including increasing demands on buildings and the green building movement. The core principles of IDP are described as iterative, flexible, and process- and outcome-driven. Key benefits include reduced costs, improved collaboration and communication, and enhanced project performance. The document outlines the IDP process, roles of team members, and skills needed for effective facilitation. Contact information is provided for the Canada Green Building Council and presentation host Rodney Wilts.

1. Introduction to
IDP
Presented by: Rodney Wilts
BuildGreen - * A Windmill Developments
Company

2. Building with purpose Agenda
Setting the Context
Defining IDP
Process Design
Facilitation

3. introduction: sharing experience
Windmill Developments
Vision
• Triple Bottom Line Approach
• Aimed at innovations in sustainability
• Proven experience creating some of North America’s greenest
developments

4. Building with purpose introduction: popular education
Education must begin with the solution of the
teacher-student contradiction, by reconciling the
poles of the contradiction so that both are
simultaneously teachers and students.
Paulo Freire

5. Building with purpose introduction: sharing experience
An Appreciative Approach
Approaching problems from the other side…
What problems are you What is working well?
having?
Inquire into the best of
Define the problem what is.
Fix what’s broken Co-create a desired future.
Appreciative Inquiry is the study of what works well.

6. Building with purpose
IDP in Theory and Practice

7. Building with purpose
IDP: context
"Modifying the development and design process
involves a redefinition of priorities, the creation of
improved forms of participation and
communication, and a shift in the mindsets and
patterns of the many participating
professionals. It takes time and effort to establish
new working relationships, build knowledge, and
form consensus."
Cole, Miller & Schroeder

8. Building with purpose IDP: drivers
What is IDP?
“In general, the integrated design process is an
approach to building design that seeks to
achieve high performance on a wide variety of
well-defined environmental and social goals
while staying within budgetary and scheduling
constraints. It relies upon a multi-disciplinary
and collaborative team whose members make
decisions together based on a shared vision and
a holistic understanding of the project. It
follows the design through the entire project
life, from pre-design through occupancy and
into operation.”
Roadmap for IDP

9. Building with purpose IDP: perspectives
Source: IDP Facilitation Resource Guide

10. Building with purpose IDP: drivers
Drivers of IDP:
1. Increasing demands of buildings
2. Green building movement
3. Community-based movements
4. Climate change
Others?

11. Building with purpose IDP: principles
Principles of IDP:
Iterative
Flexible
Different attitude
Ongoing learning
Place based
Transdisciplinary
Multistakeholder engagement
Process and outcome driven
Sources: Roadmap for IDP;
Integrative Design Collaborative; SSG

12. Building with purpose IDP: principles
Source: Building Green: Adding Value Through Process

13. Building with purpose
IDP: process mapping
Roadmap for IDP
Sources: Page 14 in IDP facilitation guide or page 13 in Roadmap

14. Building with purpose IDP: benefits
Benefits of IDP:
costs
collaboration
communication
improved performance
better fit
business case

15. Building with purpose
Process Design

16. Building with purpose
process design
Key concepts:
Need to be conscious about process
Process will vary every time – context matters
Need to think about who to involve and when
Learn from others, not just design innovations,
but also process innovations
Need to determine who you need in the
process, but also who should be involved in
determining the process.

17. Building with purpose
process
design:
whole
project

18. Building with purpose process design: concepts
ID Process Design Architecture
Source: page 22, IDP Facilitation Resource Guide

19. Building with purpose process design: concepts
IDP Meeting Design Architecture
Source: page 25, IDP Facilitation Resource Guide

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Key Considerations:
• What needs to happen, and by when?
• Who is involved, when?
• Who is responsible for keeping the team on track?
• How and when to evaluate process and outcomes?
• Will the process create common vision and
alignment?
“Process design is 100%
intentional – whether it is called
IDP or not”
Barbra Batshalom

21. Building with purpose
IDP roles
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its
success. You may have the greatest bunch of
individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play
together, the club won’t be worth a dime.”
Babe Ruth

22. Building with purpose
IDP roles: team
Source: Integrative Design Collaborative

23. Building with purpose IDP roles: team
Source: page 17, IDP Facilitation Resource Guide

24. Building with purpose
IDP roles: team
Core Team Additional team members
Client or owner’s representative Ecologist; Controls specialist
Project manager Occupants’ or users’ representatives
Architect Building program representative
Structural, mechanical, electrical, civil Planning/regulatory/code approvals
engineers representatives
Sustainable building champion Interior designer/materials consultant
IDP facilitator Lighting or daylighting specialist
Facilities manager/building operator Soils or geotechnical engineer
Cost consultant Commissioning agent/authority
Landscape architect Marketing expert; Surveyor
Contractor/construction manager Valuation/appraisal professional
Academics and/or students
Community members
Source: Appendix B, Roadmap for the IDP

25. Building with purpose
IDP roles: facilitation
What is facilitation?
Facilitation is the commitment to work in and
with groups to find and articulate their
collective wisdom.

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IDP roles: group dynamics
What do we pay
attention to in group
processes?

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IDP roles: facilitation
An effective facilitated process:
• Everyone
Participates
• Shared
Stronger individuals,
Understanding
groups and
• Inclusive Solutions agreements
• Shared
Responsibility
EXAMPLES?

28. Building with purpose IDP roles: facilitator
What is a facilitator?
IDP roles: facilitator
Enabler
Advocate for process
Contribute structure
Encourages participatory values
Supports everyone to do their best thinking.

29. Building with purpose
skills & tools

30. Building with purpose
skills & tools
“New lands cannot be discovered
without losing site of the shore for
some time”.
Unknown

31. Building with purpose skills & tools: basics

32. Building with purpose
contacts
Canada Green Building Council
325 Dalhousie St., Suite 800
Ottawa, ONT.
K1N 7G2
Phone: 1-866-941-1184
workshops@cagbc.org

33. Building with purpose
contacts
Rodney Wilts
rodneywilts@sympatico.ca
Phone: 613.203.7365
www.windmilldevelopments.com/services_consult.html