ABOUT US The Integrated Design Lab (IDL) allies research, education, and architectural practice to promote integrated design and the development of high performance buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Integrated design synthesizes climate, energy loads, daylighting, and electric lighting to create buildings that enhance the health and comfort of inhabitants, yet require less energy to operate than current best practices. Ultimately, IDL’s goals are to assist in decisions that support 50% reductions in a building’s energy load, while increasing systems efficiency by 50% utilizing state-of-the-art simulation and verification techniques. In this effort, the IDL provides hands-on project-based services in the disciplines of daylighting, electric lighting, energy modeling, and other sustainable practices. The IDL is a function of the University of Washington Department of Architecture, led by Professor of Architecture and Lab Director Joel E. Loveland. The lab is substantially funded by Betterbricks- the commercial and institutional building energy efficiency program of the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). Other lab activities are funded by agencies as diverse as the Department of Energy (DOE), the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), as well as others. If you are interested in working with us on one of your projects, please contact us for an initial consultation and meeting to see where and how our services are available to you. IDL Seattle was formerly known as the Daylighting Lab and currently shares an office space with the Lighting Design Lab on Capitol Hill. The IDL’s activities date from 1980 as a teaching lab for the University of Washington and the first daylighting design assistance lab in the United States. Currently, the IDL is staffed by four full-time resident consultants, a program manager and six research assistants who have worked on more than 100 projects a year since late 1999. Recent articles about the IDL have been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Metropolis and Environmental Design and Construction.
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