Design Process Links
(related to Homes of the Future)

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Universal Design and Home Accessibility

A list of links regarding smart designing.

Center for Inclusive Design & Environmental Access (IDEA)

Dedicated to improving the design of environments and products by making them more usable, safer and appealing to people with a wide range of abilities and through their life spans.

Energy Scheming at Wash U.

Network of energy technology teachers in architecture schools who's goal is to make it easier for architecture students to understand energy concepts and to design energy efficient buildings.

LBL Building Design Advisor

Free downloadable software that addresses the needs of building decision-makers from the initial schematic phases of building design through the detailed specification of building components and systems.

Sundance Lab for Computing in Design and Planning--University of Colorado--Denver

Research into technology/computers and the design process

Home Energy Saver

Energy advisor--good resource to make home more energy efficient

Design Tools from U of Hawaii

Design tools to model sunpath, shading, make a sundial, photovoltaic loads

Passive Solar Industries Council

Specializes in integrated design solutions, Low-cost energy efficiency strategies, Daylighting & thermal performance analysis capabilities, and project-specific illustrations of energy & cost savings

Designing for a digital economy

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