SUKREET SINGH 2118 Oak Street, Apt A, Los Angeles, CA 90007 | (213) 271-8914 | sukreetsingh@gmail.com .
Sukreet Singh is the Licensed Architect (India) and has Master’s Degree in Building Science from University of Southern California. He aims to become a sustainable design professional that specializes in Architecture-Engineering and Building Technologies. EDUCATION: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States (GPA 3.95) Master of Building Science
05/2012
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), New Delhi, India. Bachelor of Architecture
05/2009
LEED AP BD+C, LEED GA & Member of Council of Architecture & Indian Institute of Architects PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: GreenWorks Studio/ Harley Ellis Devereaux, Los Angeles, CA Building Scientist Zero Net Energy Retrofit for Recreation Center at University of California Santa Barbara.
07/2011 – To date
Facade Retrofit Analysis & Design for 845 S.Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
Integrated Project Delivery –Energy, Daylighting and CFD Analysis for Girl Scouts Greater Los Angeles Lakota Dining Hall
Day-lighting Analysis for Annenberg School of Communications at USC & Dining Hall at California Lutheran University
Solar Chimney Analysis, Oceanside High School Performing Arts Centre
Optimizing Double Façade, Manhattan Beach Library
LEED Consulting
Environment Defense Funds / LACCD, Los Angeles, CA 06/2012 – 08/2012 Climate Corps Fellow Developing calibrated energy models, financial model and detailed business cases for efficiency measures for Los Angeles City College (LACC) at both campus & building level scale. L’avenir d’Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India 11/2009 – 06/2010 Research Architect Researched & developed creative sustainable guidelines for the master plan for Auroville ‘eco-city in the making.’ Researched about possible sustainable materials and passive strategies that can be adopted for that climate. R.K. & Associates - Green Park, New Delhi, India Architect & Architect Intern Construction and site management of a housing project of 35 acres in Ludhiana, India.
01/2009 – 10/2009
Progressive Architects, Sant Nagar, New Delhi, India Architect Intern
06/2008 – 07/2008
Lall & Associates, Green Park, New Delhi, India Architect Intern
06/2007 – 07/2007
PUBLICATIONS: Published: “Comparison of two different energy simulation programs while calibrating the same building”, SIMBUILD, 2012 Published: “Master of Building Science Thesis - ZNE Proposal”, ProQuest, 2012 Published: “Zero net energy proposal for 97,000 sft institutional building”, ID WRK, USC, 2012 Published: “Façade Optimization using passive strategies”, ID WRK, USC, 2011 Published: “Green Commercial Centre – B.Arch Thesis”, SSAA Works, 2009
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS: Environmental Defense Funds (EDF) Climate Corps Fellow – Additive Energy Model for LACC Campus
2012
SBSE 2012 Retreat Scholarship Award & Presenter
2012
Presenter at ‘Energy Optimization for Retrofits Workshop 2012’ hosted by Autodesk
2012
University of Southern California, Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society, Academic Excellence Award
2012
First Runner-Up for 2012 EDR Design Shift Charrette
2012
IESNA Saul Goldin Competition Winner 2011
2011
Shriya Anand Gold Medal, GGSIPU - best student in Architecture in academic and extra-curricular performance
2009
Bharat Mansinh Rana Gold Medal, GGSIPU - outstanding Architectural Design/Fifth Year Thesis
2009
J.R. Bhalla Gold Medal, GGSIPU- For all round academic performance and leadership qualities
2007
Birla White Yuva Ratna Award (Aditya Birla Group) - 1 Prize for North Zone for the “Tourist Information Centre”
2007
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SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES: Architecture:
Autocad, Revit, SketchUp, Rhino
Energy Simulation: Design Builder, eQuest, IES VE Pro, Energy Plus, Energy Pro, AECOsim, Open Studio, Vasari, BEopt Lighting:
Ecotect/Radiance/Daysim, DIVA for Rhino, AGi32
CFD:
Design Builder, IES VE Pro
Others:
C# (learning), Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Corel Draw, 3Ds Max
ACTIVITIES: Leadership: Secretary, International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) Los Angeles Chapter, 2012 -14 President, Graduate Architecture Student Association (GASA), USC School of Architecture, 2011-12 Sustainable Infrastructure Committee | AIA LA – COTE ‘Committee on the Environment’ Networking Committee Member, USGBC USC Student Group, 2011-12 Student Correspondent for ‘Form: Pioneering Design’, an Architectural periodical, 2010-11 Head of ‘Sponsorship Team’ & ‘Light Weight Structure’ team. Designed and executed a light weight structure (75’ x 65’x 30’) to be used as roofing for an open air stage for Zonal National Architectural Students Association (NASA) Convention 2006. Workshops & Conferences: SimBuild 2012, SBSE Retreat 2012, Energy Optimization for Retrofits Workshop (Autodesk) 2012, GreenBuild 2011, Green Buildings conference (Indian Institute of Architects, 2009) RECOMMENDATIONS: Marc Schiler, Vice Dean/Professor – USC School of Architecture; Email: marcs@usc.edu; Ph: 213-740-4591(o); 626-398-8253(m) Elisabeth Newell, Sustainability Specialist – GreenWorks Studio/HED; Email: ernewell@verizon.net; Ph: 310-486-2144(m) Peter Simmonds, Head of the Advanced Technology Group, IBE Consulting Engineers Email: peter.simmonds@ibece.net; Ph: 818-219-1284(m) William Vicent, Design & Engineering Services, Southern California Edison Email: wavicent@gmail.com; Ph: 909-395-6098 (m)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE GreenWorks Studio/ Harley Ellis Devereaux Sukreet’s background in Architecture and Building Science brings a creative sense coupled with technical expertise to all the projects. He has achieved several national and international awards in both Architectural and Technical fields. He specializes in energy modeling including Day-lighting, Thermal and Computational Fluid Dynamics. This skill set leads to recommendations of energy efficiency measures using innovative building technologies. His contribution includes analyzing and informing design development and to give framework for Basis of Design & goals of commissioning and M&V. Some of the projects he worked on individually are described below. In addition to regular projects daylighting analysis, thermal simulations & CFD analysis has been done for numerous competition entries.
UCSB ZNE Retrofit Recreation and Aquatic Centre with 3 buildings and 2 outdoor swimming pools, was analyzed using Whole Building Energy Simulations. The end goal was to radically reduce the current energy consumption and offset the rest through generating on-site energy. Detailed energy simulation models for 3 buildings were created using eQuest and calibrated to actual energy consumption of the building. Systematic analysis led to creation of baseline models; based upon which various Energy Efficiency Measures could be devised relative to cost effectiveness.
Façade Retrofit Analysis & Design 845 S.Figueroa is a five story building located in downtown Los Angeles and is surrounded by high rise buildings from 3 directions. A 100% retrofit proposal maximizing efficiency relative to optimum day lighting was to be devised based on long term cost benefit. Façade and glazing recommendations were provided after gauging the impact of surrounding context which was a dominant factor in this case. Each façade was treated separately and analyzed based on the solar radiation and shading that it received throughout the year. Detailed simulations were conducted to optimize daylight within the space. It was learned in the process that the best practices typically applied for energy conservation led to obstruction of available daylight. This in turn led to higher costs. However, keeping in mind the impact of surrounding high rise buildings, cheaper glazing with higher visible transmittance and certain shading parameters were finally proposed which turned out to be very cost effective and yet energy efficient.
Day-lighting Analysis for Dining Hall at California Lutheran University Two Story Dining Complex located at California Lutheran University was to be designed to enhance daylight levels in space and minimize annual consumption of artificial lighting. Elements like skylights and solar tubes were experimented along with different types of glazing and opening sizes in order to optimize daylight levels while resolving the complexities created by glare. This was done with using Ecotect as the primary modeling tool coupled with Daysim to analyze annual based cost effectiveness. Ecotect was even used along with Radiance to document LEED Daylight & Views credit.
Integrated Project Delivery –Energy, Daylighting and CFD Analysis Integrated Process was adopted for designing Girls Scouts Greater Los Angeles Lakota Dining Hall. Early stage energy analysis inclusive of daylighting, thermal and CFD was done to implement high performance and cost effective strategies. Design was optimized based on numerous iterations and lessons learnt from simulation results. Four modes of operation of building were specified. Mechanical sketches were then drawn integrating all different modes. Thermal, CFD and day-lighting were all done using Design Builder interface.
Solar Chimney Analysis, Oceanside High School Performing Arts Centre The goal of this project is to design a high performance building with health promoting features for its occupants whilst maintaining low operational & maintenance costs and not compromising on the functionality of the space. The Performing Art Center incorporates solar chimney which promotes natural ventilation and better air quality. The performance criteria for the chimney was set as meeting minimum code outside air requirements during operation, maintain comfort, limit air speed to 160 fpm through openings, provide mixed mode HVAC operation wherever possible and integrating natural ventilation system will different areas (exterior windows, interior openings – doors, grills, interior windows). The full scale airflow analysis was done using Energy Plus AIRNET.
Day-lighting Analysis for Annenberg School of Communications, USC The day-lighting analysis for Atrium of Annenberg School of Communications at USC was done to understand the effect of skylight and maximize good daylight entering the building. The luminance levels on media screens present in the atrium was also studied in order to avoid fading of screen. Both vertical and horizontal light distribution was studied. The skylight was modeled with manufacturer’s specification using advanced radiance export option.
Optimizing Double Façade, Manhattan Beach Library The design of Manhattan Beach Library had approx 100’ long double façade on three sides of the building having approximately 3000 square feet of exposed glass area. By using specialized software tools to calibrate the inputs such as climate, day lighting, solar paths, optimal understanding of the outputs such as reclaimed heat, airflow pattern, temperature rise, movement of air within façade was gained. This informed the design approaches to be taken in collaboration with reclaimed heat from the façade serving the HVAC unit and integral distribution scheme. LEED Consulting Energy and Indoor Environmental Quality assessments and documentations have been done using approved modeling tools. Co-ordination with consultants, verification of data to be uploaded has been an integral part of documenting and uploading rest of the credits.
Environment Defense Fund Climate Corps Fellow - LACCD Environment Defense Fund (http://www.edf.org/) organization was started in 1967 to protect humans and wildlife. Sukreet worked under 2012 EDF Climate Corps Fellowship program which trains fellows and places them in businesses and universities across the country to identify ways of cutting energy consumption and operating expenses. EDF partnered with LACCD (Los Angeles Community College District) to identify energy saving opportunities at LACCD campuses and make business case and financial model of implementing those measures. This EDF project was an initiation to fulfill larger vision by LACCD to make an additive energy master plan of their full campus, analyze energy consumed by all buildings, understand demand response and optimize central plant operation. This initiation project dealt with finding energy efficiency measures and make financial model for one of Science laboratories built by LACCD at Los Angeles City College. This project acted as the template for other LACCD campus buildings to reach the same feat and replicate it for rest of campus buildings. Sukreet is currently training and leading a team of energy analysts to calibrate all buildings of LACC campus to the electrical and gas consumption of all their buildings. All the buildings are being modeled with Design Builder interface and energy plus engine. Central plant with thermal storage is being made directly in Energy Plus engine to overcome the deficiency of Design Builder interface to model ice tanks and associated loops. The energy efficiency measures from this full campus additive energy model would then be analyzed on campus scale and not only building scale. (http://edfclimatecorps.org/engagement/los-
angeles-community-college-system-2012)