Sustainable Design Advisor

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Bachelor of Architecture (5 year) or foreign equivalent
• •1 year of experience to include assisting in design phases to improve building performance resulting in low energy usage, high quality daylight incorporation, and reduced Embodied Carbon levels
• •conducting weather data analysis to optimize passive design potential based on climate and building use to minimize energy needs and maximize energy savings
• •conducting research and outreach on decarbonization strategies using data from government and research institutions
• •presenting data findings and recommendations using high-level data visualization tools
• •assisting in advocating sustainable, regenerative, and energy efficient strategies through drawings and written documentation
• •working closely with sustainable design leadership to enhance high-performance design practices and improve the quality and consistency of sustainable design deliverables
• •guiding the transition from traditional sustainable design process and standalone environmental analysis practices into integrated design and analysis processes in collaborative work environments
• •preparing building energy models using energy simulation software including OpenStudio or equivalents to evaluate heating loads, cooling loads and the building's overall energy performance and prepare report for operational carbon footprints
• •conducting whole building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis using programs including TallyLCA, or equivalents
• •executing daylight analysis using Climate Studio and Honeybee to evaluate spatial daylight autonomy, annual sunlight exposure, and glare, and present findings to design teams
• •providing design guidance for building envelop design like thermal resistance requirements for optimal performance, material assembly specification to reduce moisture transfer and collection and avoid mold generation inside the building envelop through performing hygrothermal analyses using tools like WUFI and THERM
• •developing automated parametric optimization workflows in Grasshopper, integrating 3D modeling, environmental analysis, and evolutionary optimization algorithms
• •conducting Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations to assess indoor and outdoor comfort levels and ventilation strategies
• •performing necessary modifications to Rhino models as energy modeling progresses, including facade alterations that improve energy performance and reduce carbon footprints
• •providing expertise on energy efficiency measures across various domains, including lighting, HVAC, building envelopes, Plug & Process Loads (PPL)
• •preparing interactive platforms to visualize benchmarking results and enable design teams to explore efficiency metrics and data correlations in design strategies and project carbon footprint
• •publishing educational research and knowledge articles that explain critical building science topics and providing easy implementable solution for improved building performance
• •using data analytics methods and tools including data analytic packages to explore correlations between efficiency measures and energy and carbon reductions and generate data analytic reports
• •developing design strategy framework to guide projects from early design stages to construction stages in achieving high-performance and regenerative design goals