JURY

Lance Collins, AIA | Partner Energy

Mr. Collins is a licensed architect and a LEED Accredited Professional, and is currently a Director at Partner Energy, in charge of the Sustainability team providing design consulting, and project management for projects pursuing green certification such as LEED, GreenPoint Rated and others; Zero Net Energy, energy modeling, commissioning, and HERS verifications. He has over twenty years of experience in architecture, urban design, and sustainable design consulting, his experience includes design, construction administration, building energy / water benchmarking and analysis, resource conservation measures, and green certification project management. Mr. Collins is also a Certified Sustainable Building Advisor, a Green Globes Professional, a Green Globes Assessor, and an ARC Performance professional. He has provided design and consulting solution for various types of buildings including institutional, office, mixed-use, retail, schools, and multifamily residential properties. Mr. Collins has led the completion of more than 50 Green certified projects including LEED Platinum and Net-Zero projects for new buildings and existing construction for Partner Energy clients.

In addition to his professional experience, Mr. Collins is the President of the Southern California Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (SoCalNOMA), on the Homefree Champions Advisory Board for the Healthy Buildings Network, a member of the AIA-LA committee on Affordable Housing, and was the founding Co-Chair of the US Green Building Council Long Beach Branch. He also lecturers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and is a design juror at the USC School of Architecture, Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), and at Cal Baptist University. He has also been an adjunct professor at Long Beach City College and has been a guest speaker at many local colleges, for professional organizations, and at national conferences teaching green building principles and sustainable design strategies. His work and writings have been featured in multiple publications including, Metropolis Magazine, Sustainable Industries, and Commercial Observer.

Mr. Collins was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, and is a graduate of the Cornell University school of Architecture, Art, and Planning and the University of California Los Angeles School of Architecture and Urban Design. He currently resides in Long Beach, California.

Jury Criteria for Evaluating Submissions

The evaluation process of each entry has two phases.

TECHNICAL REVIEW PANEL (PHASE 1)

Complete entries are screened by a Technical Review Panel that examines all submitted energy metrics. The panel uses the following rating system:

●  This submission provides documented, defensible energy metrics to support the design of this entry, including how the design addresses requirements of the California Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards.
●  This submission does NOT provide documented, defensible energy metrics to support the design of this entry

The results of the Technical Review Panel’s evaluation and comments are shared with the Jury during their later review of all entries.

REVIEW BY ARCHITECTURE AT ZERO JURY (PHASE 2)

Jury members will “score” all entries using the following criteria.

Energy Strategy
30 points

How does the submission incorporate energy reduction and performance in the design of the building?
Defined as: Does the design include a realistic strategy for including sufficient energy efficiency measures to approach Zero Net Energy?

●  Failure to describe the strategy adequately will result in a lower score.
●  Compelling and complete energy calculations: 20-30 points
●  Narrative indicates possibility of defensible energy calculations but energy documentation is incomplete or unclear: 1-20 points
●  No energy documentation: 0 points

Decarbonization Strategies
20 points

How does the submission incorporate decarbonization design principles in the design of the building?
Defined as: Does the design include a realistic strategy for including sufficient energy efficiency measures and renewable energy sources to achieve decarbonized building operations? Does the submission adequately describe its strategy to reduce embodied carbon?

●  Failure to describe the strategy adequately will result in a lower score.
●  Compelling and complete carbon calculations: 10-20 points
●  Narrative indicates possibility of defensible carbon calculations but decarbonization documentation is incomplete or unclear: 1-10 points
●  No decarbonization documentation: 0 points

Resilience Strategies
20 points

How well does the entry respond to resilience?
Defined as: How well does the design promote resilience for residents of the project? 

●  For the purposes of this competition, we define resilience as: designing not just for typical or current climates but also considering future climate changes and incorporating  “the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover from, and more successfully adapt to adverse events”.
●  Successful entries will consider ways to provide the building and occupants with back-up power or incorporate passive design strategies.
●  Entrants should indicate how the project engages resilience in the submitted drawings and in a completed Climate Adaptation Assessment Matrix.
●  Resilience: 0-20 points

Equity Strategies
20 points

How well does the entry address equity for residents of the project?
Defined as: Does the design take into account social vulnerabilities, acknowledge experiences, opportunities, and barriers among different groups of people, and help strengthen communities by engaging local social and cultural contexts?

●  When considering equity in the design process, entrants should consider how the project contributes to the health and happiness of the occupants, what impacts the choice of energy source could impose, and how including access to various resources could benefit the community. Consider the lifespan of the building and the longer term impacts of design choices, such as system durability and maintainability, on the residents. Designs should attempt to capture and engage the local culture and specific community that they serve.
●  Entrants should indicate how the project engages equitable design in the submitted drawings and in a short essay.
●  Equity: 0-20 points

Form
10 points

What is the Form of the project?
Defined as: Form is the visible shape and configuration of the project.

●  The jury will consider how the project’s built-form manifests the stated intent through its materials, shape, spatial organization, detailing, etc. The project’s form should indicate the building’s relationship to its surroundings, its users and the public at large. It isn’t enough to be beautiful. The focus should not be on creating a cutting edge or trendy form, but rather on a considered, appropriate design that is relevant and effective for its audience and intent.
●  Form: 0-10 points

Final notes:
Neither the Technical Review Panel or Jury members know the names of submitters during the evaluation process.

Insider tip: Avoid jargon. Clear language helps the Jury better understand the design approach.