Methodology

Logic

We have noticed that as countries strive to achieve sustainable building standards, the focus is mostly on the environmental aspect. There are, however, three pillars of sustainability, not just one. Throughout our project, we have considered the social aspect, making the building more hospitable for the users. We feel with increasing building standards, classrooms have the tendency to overheat. This will only be exacerbated by increasing ICT use. The foundation for our hypotheses and assumptions are based on the documents referenced in our literature review.



The Three Pillars of Sustainability
Figure 1: The Three Pillars of Sustainability

Hypotheses

Based on the logic above our hypotheses are:


General Assumptions

Addressing Overheating

There are three ways to address the issue of overheating:



1. Mottinger, B. (1999) Phase Change Materials (PCMs) and Applications. [presentation] University of Colorado: Aerospace Engineering.