How important is design?
Environmental systems alone cannot provide adequate conditions if they are designed as “afterthoughts” to architectural design. To ensure the desired environmental conditions during all seasons, the building has to be designed from the early stages with the end goals in mind: comfort, safety, reliability, and economics. Architects and engineers should, as one team, be participating in the entire design, installation, and turn over with the building owner to deliver a fully operational building to the building’s occupants.
