2025-06-10-AIA-PA_Framework-Form.xlsx

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2			AIA Pennsylvania Design Awards: Framework for Design Excellence Built and Unbuilt Projects
3	COTE2025		7/31/2026
4			INFORMATION	INPUTS / RESPONSES		UNITS / DEFINITIONS
5		GENERAL PROJECT INFORMATION				AIA Toolkit for detailed strategies: Framework
6	Use the same project information that is part of the Design Awards submission	Project Information
7	Enter name or identification of the project.		Project Name	The Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native People		Enter name
8	Confirm with Owner if Client information can be provided.		Client/Owner Identification (unless confidential)	Dickinson College		Enter information if permitted
9		Location and Size
10			City, State	Carlisle, PA		Add country if not in US
11			Zip Code	17013		Enter Zip Code
12	Select the appropriate Climate Zone from the pull down menu. If uncertain, you can use the reference link to a current map.		Climate Zone (per ASHRAE 2016 Climate Zone Map)	5A Cool - Humid		Climate Zone Map (Note: PA is Zone 5A or 4A)
13	Select the appropriate major building use and percent of the total area from the pull down menu.		Primary Building Use (EIA Building Type Definitions)	Education - College / University (campus-level)	100%	EIA Bldg Type Definition
14	If there are significant additional building uses, more than 5% of total building area, then you select the use from the pull down menu.		Additional Building Use (per CBECS 2003 or RECS 2003)	0--select space type	--select
15	Same as above.		Additional Building Use (per CBECS 2003 or RECS 2003)	0--select space type	--select
16	This total is generated within the Form.				100%	must add to 100%
17	Select the project type or category (not building use) from the menu.		Project Type	Non-residential		Non-Residential / Residential / Interior Only
18	Select the scope definition that best fits your project from the menu.		Scope Definition	New Construction		New / Existing Renovation / Historic Preservation
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20	Enter the floor area; this information is used for calculations for certain Measures.		Project Floor Area Total in GSF	17,690		GSF for applicable portion of this project
21	Enter the site area that is related to your project; estimation is okay.		Site Area in GSF	40,667		Enter zero for interior only projects
22		Cost Data
23	Do not include land acquisition, soft costs, FFE, etc.		Total Construction (Project) Cost	Still Under Construction		USD
24	this cost per square foot is automatically calculated		Cost per GSF (calculated from inputs)			USD/GSF
25		Use Data
26	Estimate an occupant count that would be used for the Owner's information.		Daily Average Occupancy (number of occupants)			People
27		2030 Commitment and Rating Systems
28	Learn more about the AIA 2030 Commitment at aia.org		Is your firm a signatory of the AIA 2030 Commitment?	Yes		Select Yes/No
29	Learn more about the AIA 2030 DDX at aia.org		If yes, is the project recorded in the AIA 2030 Design Data Exchange (DDx)?	Yes		AIA 2030 DDx
30	Yes or No, per menu. Consider LEED, WELL, PHIUS, GBI, EnergyStar, etc.		Is the project certified with a third party rating system?	No		if multiple - enter others in this cell.
31	INTEGRATION	MEASURE 1 - DESIGN FOR INTEGRATION			100%	AIA Toolkit for detailed strategies: INTEGRATION
32	Yes or No, per menu. Can include concept or schematic phase meeting(s).	1.1	Was a Design Charrette or Workshop conducted with Owner, Team?	Yes		Select Yes/No
33	Yes or No, per menu. Indicate if the meeting(s) addressed some of these topics in an organized way.	1.2	Did the meeting topics include energy efficiency, water savings, and or embodied carbon,	Yes		Select Yes/No
34	Yes or No, per menu. Indicate if the meeting(s) addressed some of these topics in an organized way.	1.3	Was there a specific discussion of wellness, biodiversity, and or social equity	Yes		Select Yes/No
35		1.4	PROJECT DESIGN APPROACH:
36	Thoughtful design elevates any project, no matter how small, with an investigative process that delivers both optimism and function in balance. It is the element that binds all the principles together with a big idea. Describe how the project demonstrates Design for Integration. Explain how beauty and aethetics work with the design approach.		Conceived as a place of return, the Center integrates Indigenous-informed cultural principles, an uncommon mix of programs, landscape, and environmental performance into one architectural system. Developed with guidance from an interdisciplinary collaborator experienced in Indigenous cultural design, the plan uses cardinal orientation and circular geometries to organize arrival, gathering, and exchange. Galleries, learning spaces, storytelling, ceremony, art storage, and kitchen functions remain distinct yet connected. Materials and predominantly native planting tie the building to campus and land. Spatial daylight autonomy and related studies reshaped the Gathering Gallery glass wall and the number, form, and orientation of skylights, balancing useful daylight, human experience, and collection protection. Each decision carries cultural, programmatic, environmental, and experiential value.			120 words max.
37		1.5	FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE MEASURES:
38	Describe which Measures were an integrated part of the design process. Explain the focus of the Client, the project and the design approach. Feel free to cover more detail in the general submission documentation to support the Measures, and in the narratives below. These guiding questions are a starting point for thinking about your project’s performance.		The client’s focus was to advance truth-telling, scholarship, public engagement, and Indigenous futures while creating a durable building worthy of long-term stewardship. Design for Integration connected six Framework measures from the outset: Equitable Communities, Ecosystems, Water, Energy, Well-being, and Resources. An early charrette considered social equity, biodiversity, water use, operational energy, embodied carbon, and occupant wellness together rather than as separate technical objectives. These priorities informed a multipurpose program, predominantly native planting, reclaimed wood, durable materials, calibrated daylight, and access to gardens and a roof terrace. Programming, landscape, material, and daylight studies allowed cultural meaning and technical performance to shape one another throughout design, aligning the client’s institutional responsibilities with everyday learning, ceremony, research, and community gathering.			120 words max
39	EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES	MEASURE 2 - DESIGN FOR EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES			54%	AIA Toolkit strategies: EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES
40		Community Engagement
41	Choose from the pull down menu, from 0 - 5. Consider events where people were invited, such as building users, neighbors, government agencies, the general public.	2.1	Was the community and public invited to comment on the design?	2: Non-user stakeholders were engaged - INVOLVE		Select from list
42		2.2	If you incorporated community engagement into the design process, how did you apply what you learned into the design?
43	Were notable community engagement efforts part of the process? If so, briefly describe them. For all submissions, describe ways in which the project improves or contributes to the surrounding community or natural landscape.		Center leaders, including members of Native communities connected to its work, participated in design reviews and decisions about the building’s use and character. Their guidance directly shaped the Indigenous-centered program, flexible Gathering Gallery, storytelling room, indoor and outdoor ceremonial spaces, cardinal orientation, and relationship to landscape.			50 words max.
44		Diversity and Equity
45	Choose the level from the pull down menu, from 0 - 3. Consider if there are areas of the building or site that all general public or community use.	2.3	Does the building design offer spaces or services to the community, and/or assist with health or resilience?	1: Community space access		Select from list
46	Consider information such as child or forced labor, locally or in faraway communities.	2.4	Were materials/manufacturers that perpetuate exploitative labor practices avoided in the design and specifications?	Yes		Select Yes/No
47	Consider materials such as vinyl, quartz countertops, tropical hardwood, natural gas, etc.	2.5	Does the project avoid selecting products that are harmful to the community where they are extracted or manufactured?	Yes		Select Yes/No
48		2.6	Describe an example from the project design:
49	If responding Yes to any of these questions, provide an example:		The public galleries, Gathering Gallery, learning spaces, and ceremonial settings make the Center's programs available to Tribal Nations, descendants, students, and the broader community. Reclaimed local wood reduces new extraction, while product and manufacturer screening excluded materials linked to exploitative labor or harmful extraction and manufacturing practices.			50 words max.
50		Access:
51	Consider access to public transit, bicycles and other non-fossil fuel vehicles.	2.7	Does the design accommodate atternative / low carbon modes of transit?	Yes		Select Yes/No
52	Does the project benefit people who are not directly associated with the project?	2.8	Does the design address inequitable access to nature, exposure to heat, or exposure to pollutants in frontline communities?	No		Select Yes/No
53	Does the project include specific efforts for acoustic/auditory issues?	2.9	Does acoustic design consider the hard of hearing, ESL, and/or neuro-divergent learners?	Yes		Select Yes/No
54		2.10	Describe an example from the project design:
55	If responding Yes to any of these questions, provide an example:		The Center’s High Street location connects directly to Dickinson’s pedestrian campus and Carlisle’s street network, making walking a practical low-carbon mode of arrival. Accessible entrances at the north campus approach and eastern gardens integrate the building with established pedestrian routes for students, staff, and visitors.			50 words max.
56	ECOSYSTEMS	MEASURE 3 - DESIGN FOR ECOSYSTEMS			45%	AIA Toolkit for detailed strategies: ECOSYSTEMS
57	Select from the menu; this information does not have a score impact.	3.1	Site Environment (Rural, Suburban, Urban)?	Urban		Select best fit for project.
58	Select one option from the menu. If a previously built site and is Historic, then select Historic, for example.	3.2	Previously Developed Site?	Yes		Select best fit for project.
59	Yes or No, per menu. Expand on biodiverse design in the 3.6 Narrative. Choose images that illustrate the strategies for supporting wildlife.	3.3	Does the landscape design restore, preserver and/or promote biodiversity of local fauna and pollinators?	Yes		Select Yes/No
60	Estimate the approximate percent of the landscaped site area that uses only native planting; not the percent of the entire site, just of the landscape portion.	3.4	What percentage of the landscape design is native vegetation?	80%		Select closest percentage.
61	Answer yes if all exterior lighting is full cutoff and indoor lighting does not leak onto the site at night	3.5	Does the site design align with dark sky standards?	No		Select Yes/No
62	If you used a standard (ABC Prescriptive Criteria, LEED Credit; NYC Local Law15, CSA A460) or select Other if from a list of recommended options. See link at right	3.6	Does project comply with recognized bird collision deterrence criteria?	--select		Bird-Friendly-Building-Design_Updated-April-2019.pdf
63		3.7	Add detail or a description about project's primary approach to Measure 3 Ecosystems:			List of Other Ordinances
64	Consider how the design supports the ecological health of the its site, the occupants and the community. Indicate if the project helps users become more aware of the place and its ecosystem, now and over time.					50 words max.
65	WATER	MEASURE 4 - DESIGN FOR WATER			33%	AIA Toolkit for detailed strategies: WATER
66	Answer yes if design strategies prevent most runoff into municipal sewers or natural waterways	4.1	Is stormwater managed on site?	No		Select Yes/No
67	Projects are encouraged to develop irrigation strategies based on collected or recycled water	4.2	Does the project avoid using potable water for irrigation?	--select		Select Yes/No
68	Answer yes if recycled water is reused on site, such as for toilet flushing or irrigation.	4.3	Is gray or black water reused on site?	No		Select Yes/No
69	Answer yes if collected water offsets potential potable water use	4.4	Is rainwater collected, treated and reused on site in lieu of potable water?	No		Select Yes/No
70	The Water Sense standards are 20 percent more water efficient than average products in each category.	4.5	Does the project design use less indoor potable water to meet the EPA Water Sense goals for plumbing fixtures?	Yes		https://www.epa.gov/watersense/watersense-products
71	Projects are encouraged to develop HVAC strategies that conserves potable water; avoiding potable water for cooling towers.	4.6	Does the project avoid using potable water used for cooling (air conditioning systems)?	--select		Select Yes/No
72		4.7	Add detail or a description about project's primary approach to Measure 4 Water:
73	Consider your understanding of overall water use for the building type. Add a brief write-up highlighting improvements over water use standards.					50 words max.
74	ECONOMY	MEASURE 5 - DESIGN FOR ECONOMY			29%	AIA Toolkit for detailed strategies: ECONOMY
75	This number is calculated from the area and occupant count entered above.	5.1	What is the building spatial efficiency (GSF per average occupant)?			Calculated value per design
76	This number is calculated from the area and construction cost entered above.	5.2	Cost per GSF.			Calculated USD/GSF from above calculations
77	You determine if the amount reused was significant or minor to the project.	5.3	Does the project reuse an existing building shell/structure (or interior nonstructural components for an interiors only project)?	No		Select Yes/No
78	Consider your understanding of comparable floor area standards for the building type. Either firm-wide metrics or industry metrics. Explain in the Narrative.	5.4	Does the project reduce built area by designing spaces for multiple purposes?	Yes		Select Yes/No
79	Consider your understanding of comparable floor area standards for the building type. Either firm-wide metrics or industry metrics. Explain in the Narrative.	5.5	Is the cost per GSF lower than the typical regional average for this project type?	--select		Select Yes/No
80		5.6	Add detail or description about economy, cost, space and/or materials in the approach to Measure 5 Economy:
81	Explain briefly how your project addresses economy. As applicable, add a brief write-up highlighting any reductions from industry standard costs and impacts, designing for the "right size", or other improvements over standards. Describe any efforts to provide affordability for residential projects. Describe any planning for the multiple use of spaces, to conserve the built area and reduced construction costs.					50 words max.
82	ENERGY	MEASURE 6 - DESIGN FOR ENERGY			67%	AIA Toolkit for detailed strategies: ENERGY
83		All Projects
84	Select the percent of transparent window area to overall wall area.	6.1	What is the Window to Wall Ratio as designed?	30%		Percentage glazing at all walls
85	Use the pull down menu for the appropriate code or standard. If not listed, select "Other" and add a note in the column at the right.	6.2	What Energy Code did the project follow (IECC, ASHRAE or similar) and Year?	IECC 2018
86	Yes if building components and insulation values follow code specifics, or No if custom calculations were used for compliance.	6.3	Did project design use prescriptive criteria for energy code compliance?	Yes		Select Yes/No
87	If you have savings estimated from code compliance software (COMCheck), you can discuss it in the narrative below as applicable.	6.4	Did the design of the envelope, systems or lighting exceed minimum requirements for energy efficiency?	Yes		For example, COMcheck or another analysis tool may have identified savings.
88	A range of RECs options purchased by the Owner can be applicable.	6.5	Are Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) planned or used for >50% of predicted energy use?	No		Select Yes/No
89	Confirm if a Commissioning Authority was retained during the project design and/or construction.	6.6	Is third-party commissioning provided for the MEP systems and/or the building design during the design (and /or construction process for built projects)?	Yes		Select Yes/No
90		6.7	Is the project in an all-electric building	No		Select Yes/No
91		Modeled Performance (If Model Performed)
92	If a model was used, enter the energy benchmark or base case that was used in the model; if no model used then skip this section. Note below if 2030 CBECS baseline.	6.8	Benchmark EUI (Energy Use Intensity) kBtu/SF/yr.?	165.91		kBtu/ft2/yr, per the base case in your model
93	Enter the pEUI determined by the model.	6.9	Predicted Energy Use Intensity per the model	42.82		kBtu/ft2/yr calculated for your project
94	The Form calculates the savings. If >10% it is recorded as notable.	6.1	Is predicted percent reduction from Benchmark EUI > 10%?	74%		Calculated value
95	This value is calculated based on your EUI entries above.	6.11	Does the project meet the AIA 2030 Commitment Target for 2025?	Not quite		Calculated value: Target is 80% for 2020-2024 projects.
96	If the model was used only for permit approval, then enter No.	6.12	Was the energy model used to inform decisions during design?	Yes		Model generated during design phases
97	Note: measured performance is not reflected on the graph.	Measured Performance (Build Projects: After 1 Year Occupied)
98	Enter data based on actual energy as reported by the Owner. This may require manual calculations of energy units and building floor area.	6.13	What is the actual Net EUI (based on at least 12 months of energy bills)?	n/a		Leave blank for unbuilt projects
99	The Form calculates the savings from the benchmark noted above in Line 6.7.	6.14	Measured reduction from benchmark as calculated	n/a		Calculated value
100	Enter the actual percent of onsite sources, such as solar panels or wind turbines, if applicable, or leave blank.	6.15	What is the percentage of project's total energy use met by onsite renewables?	n/a		Leave blank for unbuilt projects