The HDR Regenerative Design Framework is a new way of thinking that breaks existing design paradigms and creates net positive buildings through social and ecological systems thinking.
3. We have defined great things
as those things that improve
the human condition.
4. Things like
Food Water Shelter
Safety Security Well-being
Belonging Acceptance Value Personal growth
5. Today, those things are constantly threatened
on both social and ecological dimensions
Warming
Planet
Biodiversity
Loss
Social
Inequity
Natural
Disasters
Topsoil
Depletion
Urbanization
Resource
Scarcity
Air, Water and
Waste Pollution
Rising
Sea Levels
Food
Shortages
Economic
Brittleness
Population
Growth
10. A unified and flexible framework that
holistically addresses ALL HDR
projects and our client’s future
aspirations
• Sustainable Design
• Resiliency
• Health + Wellness
• Social Equity
• Triple Net Zero
• Carbon Balanced Buildings
• Material Transparency
What is
The Regenerative
Design
Framework?
13. QUESTIONS FOR TODAY’S
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
HOW DO WE MAKE
BUILDINGSWHICH:
• BETTER SERVE
COMMUNITY
• ARE ACCESSIBLETO ALL
• PROVIDE EQUITYOF
ACCESSTO THE DESIGN
PROCESS
14. HOW DO WE MAKE
BUILDINGSWHICH:
• SUPPORTHUMAN
HEALTH INDOORS
• AVOID CHEMICALSOF
CONCERN
• PROVIDE FRESHAIR
• CREATE CONDITIONS
THAT SUPPORTHEALTHY
ACTIVITIES
• PROVIDE BETTER
CONNECTIONSTO
NATURE IN BUILDINGS
QUESTIONS FOR TODAY’S
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
15. HOW DO WE MAKE
BUILDINGSWHICH:
• AVOID AIRBORN
CHEMICALSWHICH
IMPACT HUMAN
HEALTH
• ELIMINATE
GREENHOUSEGAS
EMISSIONS
• PREVENT NEGATIVE
IMPACT TO OTHER
SPECIES
CO2
N2O
O3
CH4 CHF3
C2F6
CCl3F
C24H38O4
SOOT
QUESTIONS FOR TODAY’S
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
16. HOW DO WE MAKE
BUILDINGSWHICH:
• AVOID OPERATIONAL
CARBON EMISSIONS
• SEQUESTERMORE
CARBON IN BUILDING
MATERIALSTHAN ARE
EMITTED IN THE
REMAINDER OF
MATERIALS
• ACHIEVE NET ZERO
ENERGYSOLUTIONS
QUESTIONS FOR TODAY’S
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
17. HOW DO WE MAKE
BUILDINGSWHICH:
• CONSERVECOMMUNITY
WATER RESOURCES
• MAINTAINWATER
QUALITYFOR
OCCUPANTS
• MANAGESTORMWATER
WITHOUT IMPACT TO
OTHER SPECIES
• AVOID PROCESSUSES
LIKE EVAPORATION AS
PART OF WATER
CONSUMPTION
QUESTIONS FOR TODAY’S
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
18. HOW DO WE MAKE
BUILDINGSWHICH:
• AVOID SOIL
CONTAMINATION
• IMPACTING SPECIES AT
RISK
• KEEP ENDOCRINE
DISRUPTORSFROM
IMPACTING HEALTH
• REMOVE NUTRIENTS
FROMBUILDING
EFFLUENT
QUESTIONS FOR TODAY’S
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
19. HOW DO WE MAKE
BUILDINGSWHICH:
• SUPPORTEXISTING
SPECIESLIFEWAYS
• IMPROVEHABITATSFOR
RECOVERING SPECIES
• RE-ESTABLISHECO-
SYSTEMDIVERSITY
• CREATE HUMAN
CONNECTIONTO
SUPPORTLONG TERM
BIODIVERSITY
QUESTIONS FOR TODAY’S
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
22. Why us?
We have everyone we need.
Architects |
Scientists |
Engineers |
Economists |
Urban Planners |
Communication Strategists |
Data Analysts |
Health Practitioners |
Biomimicry Experts |
Healthy Materials Experts |
Energy Modelers |
Meteorologists |
Researchers |
We have everyone we need.
23. We have everyone we need.
Resiliency Planning |
EcosystemRestoration|
Net Zero Buildings |
Urban Planning and Design |
Campus Decarbonization|
Renewables Generation|
Waste Planning |
Air Quality |
Water Quality |
Post-occupancy Evaluation & Measurement |
Sustainable Value Assessment |
Energy Efficiency Modeling |
We have all the services we need.
29. Benchmarking, Goal Setting, and Metrics
Geographical Information
Biodiversity Mapping - www.biodiversitymapping.org
Air Quality - https://www.epa.gov/outdoor-air-quality-data
Impaired Waterways - https://www.epa.gov/waterdata
Soil Nutrients - https://data.nal.usda.gov/dataset/snap-soil-
nutrient-assessment-program
Databases
Gallup Well-Being Index
Gentrification / Social Vulnerability / Climate Vulnerability
- https://www.st.nmfs.noaa/social-indicators/map
Access to Green Spaces / Quality of Local Environment
- http://www.oecd.org/
Standards
LEED
WELL
Living Building
SEED
31. Predictive Modeling and Post Occupancy Evaluations
Regenerative Zone
Net Zero Impact Zone
Project Goal
Code Benchmark
Predictive Modeling
WATER
Infiltration
40. REGENERATIVE RANGE
CODE
(% reduction tons
CO2 / year)
40% e tons(105% +)
GIS DATA DATABASE STANDARDS
OPERATIONAL CARBON– Regenerative Sequestration Target
User inputs Outputs
X (% Predicted EnergyUse
Reduction)
Pristine Site Vegetation
Carbon capture peryear
= 0.8487 tonsper acre
Automation
Typical BuildingAnnual Carbon
Use (tons)
X 1.05 = a tons
HDR Building Carbonand
Sequestration Calculator
Building Type
Building Size (SF / SM)
Project Location / Plant selection
PROJECT OPERATIONAL
CARBON
ECOLOGICALSITE
CARBON CAPTURE
LOSS
= d tons
+
+
ANNUALWATERUSE&
CONVEYANCE
ANNUALWASTE
CONVEYANCE&
LIFECYCLE
Site Area Annual Carbon Capture Loss
(tons)
Building Type
Building Occupants
X (% Predicted WaterUse Reduction)
HDR Water Tool(not
simplified online yet) Annual Carbon Use (tons) X 1.05 = b tons
+
c tons
Annual Carbon Use (tons) X 1.05 =
=
Building Type
Building Occupants
X (% Predicted Waste Reduction)
Waste Calculator (not
created)
EPAGHG impacts
CBECS2012 database
EPAvegetation carbon calculator
EPAegrid - 5% sequestration
X 1.05
41. REGENERATIVE RANGE
CODE
(% reduction
tons CO2 at
occupancy)
40% e tons(105% +)
GIS DATA DATABASE STANDARDS
EMBODIED CARBON– Regenerative Sequestration Target
User inputs Outputs
Automation
=
- 5% sequestration
Embodied Carbon of building
materials (tons)
BuildingFootprint (SF / SM)
FoundationDepth (feet / m)
Project Location Weighted average
(%) of organic
matter for project
location
BUILDINGEMBODIED
CARBON
SOIL REMOVED CARBON
CAPTURELOSS
a tons
X 1.05 =
Future material
carbon calculator in
online tool
Project / Building Type
Building Size (SF / SM)
USDA web soil survey USDA web soil survey
StructuralSystem Selection
Envelope Mtl/ Insulation Selection
OR
Carbon disturbed by diggingand
grading the soil for the building
and projectsite (tons)
b tons
=
X 1.05
42. PROJECT GOAL REGENERATIVE RANGE
Orange County Sanitation District
CARBON - Operational
CODE
(% reduction kg
CO2 /SF/ year)
47% 105%
101.5%
GIS DATABASE STANDARD
60%
PREDICTED VALUE
43. Orange County Sanitation District
CARBON - Embodied
0%
(% reduction
of kg CO2
/SF)
180%
CODE PROJECT GOAL REGENERATIVE RANGE
105%
50%
GIS DATABASE STANDARD
PREDICTED VALUE
44. HUMAN HEALTH – Indoor Environment
0%
(% of Quality
Views)
79%
CODE PROJECT GOAL REGENERATIVE RANGE
95%
50%
GIS DATABASE STANDARDS
428 Minneapolis
Organization f or Economic
Cooperation and Development
PREDICTED VALUE
46. COMMUNITY– Social Justice / Equity
0
(# of Steps Executed
in the HDR Social
Equity Toolkit)
4 6
3
GIS DATABASE STANDARDS
Organization f or Economic
Cooperation and Development
East Vancouver Integrated Healthand Social Housing
CODE PROJECT GOAL REGENERATIVE RANGE
PREDICTED VALUE
47. COMMUNITY
Things to consider:
- Site Specific Scope 3 witha drop down menuof things to be included
- Transportation from all operations or just travel to the site or vehicles
on site???
- Scope 3 Pharma
- Others from NHS image Kevin Sent
- On-site combustion restrictions
50. HDR Social Equity Initiative
• Advocating with those who have a limited voice in public life
• Building structures for inclusion that engage stakeholders
and allow communities to make decisions
• Promoting social equality through discourse that reflects a
range of values and social identities
1. How the design is a response to the selected issue; what
research was conducted and how?
2. What participation tactics for the local community were
used?
3. How will the project's success be defined and results
measured relative to the cited issue?
51. Projects will execute a 6-Step process
in order to identify the most impactful
community equity issues, engage
pertinent community organizations if
possible, implement design strategies
that seek to address these issues, and
put processes in place to maintain
equity measures from design through
occupancy and where feasible to
assess the effectiveness of those
measures on the community after
project completion.
Project leadershipidentifies key community parameters and
establishes target outcomes for equity to guideprocess.
Discovery
and Definition
Define how the issues benefit or burden the community based on
input from as rich a representation of all stakeholders as possible.
StakeholderEngagement
and Data Analysis
In depth analysis of issues to assess impacts and alignment with
equity outcomes.
Burden/
BenefitAnalysis
Develop strategies to create greater equity or minimize
unintended consequences.
Advancing Opportunity
and Minimizing Harm
Commitment to track impacts through post occupancy evaluations
and broader community evaluationtools over time.
Evaluation and
Accountability
Share information learnedfrom analysis and unresolved issue with
project leadership, clients and stakeholders.
Assessment
and Reporting
+16.6%
COMMUNITY
+16.6%
+16.6%
+16.6%
+16.6%
+16.6%
52. BIODIVERSITY – Habitat
0
(% of Site Ecological
Performance
Compliance or
Habitat Exchange)
75%
LEED GOAL REGENERATIV E RANGE
100%
40%
GIS DATABASE STANDARDS
Hamilton Center
PREDICTED VALUE
61. NRCS Soil Data
Viewer
NRCS
Hydrologic Soil
Group
Pristine Site Selection
Page
Web ApplicationTool
USDA ArcGISDataset Layer
Pristine Site Selection
Page
Land Use Type
USFS Land Cover
USFSArcGISDatasetLayer
Hydrologic Modellingto
calculaterunoff in
inches/hour
Web ApplicationTool
NOAA Atlas 14 PF Table
(inchesof precipitationfor 2-
year column)
NOAA Atlas 14 PF
Table
Pristine Site Selection
Page
Web ApplicationTool
NOAA Atlas 14
*Used in tandem
with land use to find
runoff coefficient
*Used to find
Curve Number
*Rainfall intensity
in inches/hour
WATER RUNOFF– Regenerative Target
User inputs Outputs
Automation
Runoff for the
pristine site
(in/hour)
62. NUTRIENTS- Top Soil Building
0 in
(inches of
soil)
6in
CODE PROJECT GOAL REGENERATIV E RANGE
5 in
GIS / DATABASE / STANDARD
63. AIR QUALITY - AQI
0
On-site emissions
Air Quality Index
(AQI) value
0
CODE PROJECT GOAL REGENERATIV E RANGE
GIS / DATABASE / STANDARD
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