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Learning From Nature: Omega Center for Sustainable Living
Author(s) -
Lesniewski Laura
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1323
Subject(s) - center (category theory) , green building , sustainable design , omega , principal (computer security) , sustainable development , architectural engineering , division (mathematics) , engineering management , sociology , engineering , political science , ecology , computer science , sustainability , law , philosophy , mathematics , linguistics , chemistry , biology , crystallography , arithmetic , operating system
Laura Lesniewski , Principal of BNIM, describes how Elements, an internal division of the US firm focused on sustainable design and research, made an essential contribution to BNIM's new facility for the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, New York. Through the adoption of building information modelling (BIM) and other new tools and analysis techniques, and the optimisations of the three primary flows through the building – energy, air and water – it has realised a new standard in ecological design. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.