Mapping my pursuit of sustainability

1. mapping my
pursuit of
sustainability
influence | learn | practice | teach | research
my journey
day 12,265

2. dad’s waste
paper recycling
plant (godown)
influence
year 0 - 16

3. toys from found
objects at dad’s
godown
influence
year 0 - 16

4. building clay
houses at
grandma’s
village during
summer break
influence
year 0 - 16

5. concrete
strength testing
with
replacement of
cement with
local red sand
influence
year 16 - 20

6. volunteer at NSS
(national student
services) – rural India
flood water
management project
influence
year 16 - 20

7. volunteer at NSS
(national student
services) – rural India
community water tank
project for clean water
influence
year 16 - 20

8. product research –
ETFE – fluorine based
plastic with high
insulation
characteristics
learn
year 20 - 21

9. adaptability and
sustainability – thesis –
college building design
learn
year 20 - 24

10. Anidolic Lighting Systems
Radiance
adaptability and
sustainability – thesis –
daylighting analysis
learn
year 20 - 24

11. technology award –
book on ‘building
skins’ for integrating
sophisticated tool into
design process
learn
year 20 - 24

12. introduced RADIANCE
as a daylighting tool to
optimize fenestration
design
practice
year 24 - 27

13. initiated and
championed process
of compliance with
IECC using
COMCheck program
practice
year 24 - 27

14. first tool to help infuse
sustainability into
design process
practice
year 24 - 27

15. led LEED project
pursuit on first state
funded LEED Silver
certified Elementary
School in AZ
practice
year 27 - 30

16. championed
architecture 2030 – led
the communication
efforts on 2010
imperative – a global
emergency teach-in
practice
year 27 - 30

17. led Phoenix office
green team in
influencing office
culture and design
process
practice
year 27 - 30

18. initiated the thought
process for
sustainability
discussions within the
group using MS
Sharepoint
practice
year 27 - 30

19. created a
sustainability
action plan for the
Phoenix office
practice
year 27 - 30

20. assembled a list of
services based on
expertise around
the company
practice
year 27 - 30

21. part of Community Building
Consortium, a member
committee within Greater
Phoenix Economic Council and
developed a road map document
for ‘sustainable cities’
practice
year 27 - 30

22. version 3 of DLR SOM to
accommodate LEED 2009 rating
systems using MS Excel macros
practice
year 30+

23. developed a database to capture high
performance design services profit
and loss for analysis and forecasting
practice
year 30+

24. created a ‘K-12 Energy
Reduction Worksheet’
to handout to clients in
pursuit of ENERGY
STAR awards
practice
year 30+

25. developed a complete
rainwater harvesting
system design to comply
with City of Tucson
future mandates
practice
year 30+

26. created a dynamic online
tool using MS Sharepoint
to investigate rainwater
harvesting potential based
on landscape design
practice
year 30+

27. created a tool to size
rainwater/condensate
water storage tanks
practice
year 30+

28. AZ first near-net zero
elementary school
with an intelligent
rainwater harvesting
system
practice
year 30+

29. conducted post-
occupancy survey on
first leed silver
certified college in AZ
practice
year 30+

30. created a unique way
to measure a
performance of a
school dubbed
‘amoeba map’
practice
year 30+

31. created and continue
curating an online portal
for all things sustainable
within the organization
using MS Sharepoint
practice
year 30+

32. developed a unique way to
communicate energy
performance of a building
using sankey flow diagrams
(dubbed ‘predicted energy
use diagram’)
practice
year 30+

33. used sankey diagrams
to compare energy
consumption
between design
solutions
practice
year 30+

34. used sankey diagrams
to compare peak loads
between design
solutions
practice
year 30+

35. teach courses on
energy and conceptual
building energy
analysis tools
teach
year 30+

36. started
‘www.visualizegreen.com’
as personal blog to
communicate passion
for sustainability
teach
year 30+

37. selected as one of the two
thought leaders within the
firm to participate in LBNL
Guaranteed Energy
Performance Partnership
towards research activities
research
year 30+

38. researching on biodynamic
and climate sensitive
building facades using
Rhinoceros, grasshopper,
firefly and DIVA
research
year 30+

39. mapping my
pursuit of
sustainability
influence | learn | practice | teach | research
my journey
day 12,265

40. tools I continue to learn
through the journey
my journey
year 30+