Charrette Guide for High Performance Projects

Building owners, architects, and engineers can use the charrette process to save time and money by identifying and solving design problems before design and construction begin. A charrette is an intensive workshop in which various stakeholders and experts are brought together to address a particular design project. It is the mechanism that starts the communication process among the project team members, building users, and project management staff. A facilitated discussion allows the team to brainstorm solutions to meeting the building user's requests and the sustainability vision for the building design.

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A Handbook for Planning and Conducting Charrettes for High Performance Projects:

• Entire document (PDF 6.6 MB)
  
  
• Handbook (PDF 2.2 MB)
  (with links to sample Charrette reports and native files for PowerPoint presentations)
  
  
• PowerPoint Presentations (ZIP 577 KB)
  
  
• Sample Charrette Reports:
  • Boston National Historic Park Greening Charrette (PDF 1.2 MB)
  • UNC - Asheville Greening Charrette (PDF 2.1 MB)
  • Greenprints Charrette, Southface Energy Institute (PDF 2.3 MB)
  • NCSU High Performance Charrette College of Design (PDF 1.7 MB)
  • Simon Fraser UniverCity Charrettes