Highly urbanized Miami Beach waterfront lagoon (2017) Increasing circulation to eliminate incidence of stagnant or standing water Nature-based coastal defense Patrick Davidson & Sandra Mustieles
Underwater program and buoyed structures, adaptive to sea-level rise Increasing circulation to eliminate incidence of stagnant or standing water Nature-based coastal defense
Energy and water efficiency analyses augmented from green building studio software output
Energy and water efficiency Interdisciplinary student collaboration to iterate peer feedback on coastal design projects Energy and water efficiency Original Design: Roof Top Area: 1,120 ft2 Energy Demand: 7,788 kWh/year Water Demand: 34,884 gal/year New design from feedback: Roof Top Area: 50% increase in roof area Energy Produced: 13,601 kWh/year from 31 Solar Panels Surplus: 5,813 kWh/year Water Harvested: 73,825.06 gal/year Surplus: 38,941 gal/year Increasing circulation to eliminate incidence of stagnant or standing water Landscape green infrastructure economic benefits Determined from i-Tree and nutrient uptake model for a 500ft2 tree planter and 5000ft2 greenway: Runoff Reduction = $38,000 CO2 Net Sequestration = $8,000 Nutrient Removal = 27-35% reduction in nitrogen and phosphorus monthly pollutant load Nature-based coastal defense