Kaplan Thompson Architects' presentation of how the BrightBuilt Barn project changed us as designers.

7. client

12. a barn for painting and building robots

21. design

37. construction

55. green

56. prove it

58. 103 cfm50

64. PASSIV HAUS INSTITUT

66. transparency

73. open source

74. what brightbuilt did to us

75. we’ve gotten really good at numbers

78. ach50 & cfm50

80. btu / sf / yr

82. off-grid vs grid-tied kWH vs. kW heat pump COP U-value & SHGC achNAT vs ach50 embodied energy embodied energy embodied energy embodied energy embodied energy

83. we talk to people better & faster better & faster

85. fancy construction tricks

87. we attract attention

89. http://www.brightbuiltbarn.com /

95. we’re selling a product (but we’re a service business) (but we’re a service business)

96. operators are standing by $165,000 delivered to your door $165,000 delivered to your door

97. lessons learned

98. buildings in cold places need fat walls!

100. architectural software is still primitive

102. pay attention to the germans and canadians

104. go to conferences with people smarter than you

106. don’t waste a good client

108. your eyes get opened

110. simplicity please

112. no beauty, no green