HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-03-21 Public Comment - B. Sulam - The Ives & North CentralFrom:agenda@bozeman.net
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Date:Friday, December 3, 2021 5:46:01 PM
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Date & Time:12/03/2021 5:45 PM
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Public comment may be submitted via the form below, or by any of the following options.
Public comment may also be given at any public meeting.
Email:
agenda@bozeman.net
Mail to:
Attn: City Commission
PO Box 1230
Bozeman, MT 59771
First Name Barry
Last Name Sulam
Email Address Learningplaces406@gmail.com
Phone Number 4065798139
Comments
Comment for Ives and North Central Master Plan Buildings
The introduction of new daytime shadows cast by taller buildings on south facing windows and building
facades adds to the energy consumption of every home and newly proposed multi-use high rises in the
North Central project area. A study of this negative effect can quantify the additional energy consumption
to overcome the lack of the present passive solar beneficial effects.
Because shadows are inevitable and building sites, and heights can be designed in ways that minimize their
impact, the extra effort to do a shadow study is very proactive and a proven cost benefit analytical tool that
has been available through the IDL. Many architects have used the IDL services in the past to the benefit of
their clients and the community in general.
With the projected density and mass of buildings proposed for the north Central the application of the
computer aided shadow study seems a natural way to mitigate the additional carbon footprint. The
environmental effect, that surely will be a consequence if the city's approval permits the construction of
the Ives Bldg and the Master Plan in the No. Central properties, can be minimized thereby limit the
detrimental effects of the out of scale buildings on the environs of the existing neighborhood.
The city planners need to assure that their review has taken into account the impacts of more carbon
dioxide emissions due to the mega structure impact in a dense plan surrounded by single family homes on
small lots. A shadow study is one tool that can assist the reviewers.
The proposal by the developer has a cost on everyone, and this externality is a consequence that the city
ought to take into account and protect those homeowners who will pay for their lack of solar heat gain that
the developer will not have to bear going forward. Homemade will pass on all of those costs to all those
impacted by their development.
Those who move into the new buildings will also bear the cost as they pay for more heating due to cast
shadows on south facing walls and roofs. Since these negative effects can be mitigated, by redesign based
on the proven method of a predictive shadow study, using the state of the art digital model through the
IDL, it would be premature to approve any design that does not use the tools and the ability to plot the
sun's path and shadow effects.
Contact the Integrated Design Lab at the School of
Architecture
Cheever Hall 144
406-994-6439
Contact. Dr. Jaya Mukhopadhyay
jaya.mukhopadhyay@montana.edu
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