Design Process Our current state narrative focused on just the water decisions that were made after the project began Stanford s CEE department formed a team of students faculty and industry professionals to begin brainstorming about a green dorm This project team then began to create some goals ideas and stakeholders for the new dorm Initially the green dorm would simply employ the greenest technology available at the time to provide a baseline sustainable housing for Stanford students This baseline water system only included high efficiency fixtures rainwater and wastewater were disposed of as usual Discussion was soon raised by a number of faculty about incorporating some research projects into the green dorm project Concurrently John Haymaker decided to use MACDADI to poll the stakeholders about the goals of the project to develop preferences This MACDADI analysis revealed that the stakeholders did not just want a dorm where current technology could be used but rather wanted a place where they could test some of their ongoing research in a live environment These research projects included Craig Criddle s anaerobic digester which treats blackwater and creates energy Richard Luthy s research includes the study of emerging contaminants becoming more concentrated in municipal drinking water Alexandria Boehm research involves different methods and effectiveness of treating blackwater The MACDADI analysis and the professor s research projects combined to form a living lab The green dorm could act as a proving ground where different technologies could be introduced and tested The decision was to advance the living lab and generate new ideas for research The faculty began teaching classes that included research projects for the dorm These projects included blackwater energy recovery showerheads and show use Insight The main critique of this model is the fact that only two options were considered the living lab and the baseline green It appeared that stakeholders were simply deciding between a large single family home and a cardboard box A major consideration that was not evident until our final presentation was that the green dorm may not be built because it is not the best way to meet the goals of Stanford s stakeholders A major point of the living lab was that it could be used to test research however maybe other facilities could be built that would cater to professors needs So it all comes down to a matter of scope perhaps the scope of the current MACDADI should expand to include a no build option Also a good point to note was that this current system of looking at the green dorm and water specific options did not include any feedback into how the system performs as a small of a larger system It would be helpful to select each individual system then take a step back and observe how the systems work together Methodology Most of the information about the water system came from the green dorm feasibility study and appendices Additional information was described during lectures in Professor Haymaker s Sustainable design class In addition other examples of studies preformed on the Green Dorm including the structural and energy MACDADI s provided valuable frameworks for general decisions regarding to the overall scope of this project We did not have the chance to interview all the stakeholders who were part of the current decision process but based on our presentation in 215 we believe this is a complete model
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