REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
1998-99 ACADEMIC YEAR

3. PROPOSALS: PREPARATION, SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS AND SELECTION CRITERIA

We equally encourage proposals from senior academics seeking new ways to look at buildings and young academics who might have limited experience with data-monitoring equipment. We will lend the tool kits to a minimum of eight schools per year. However, it may be possible to include more schools if we receive requests to use a kit for a semester only.

PROPOSAL CONTENT: Your proposal must include the following items.

Cover Page: 250-word abstract summarizing key purpose for use of the toolkit, Contact information: address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail addresses for proposing team and contract negotiator. The contract negotiator is responsible for finalizing the agreement between your school and UC Berkeley. Tool loans cannot begin without;a completed contract. The contract negotiator is typically someone from your University's "Sponsored Projects" or "Contracts and Grants" office.

Review By Your Contract Negotiator Or Sponsored Projects Office Representative: Include a letter or statement from an authorized representative of your school regarding the institution's ability to meet the insurance and indemnification requirements outlined in Section IV of this Request For Proposals. This is necessary to identify areas that may create problems in completing a contract in the time required for you to receive a toolkit for use in your classes.

3-Page Proposal (maximum): Description of how the equipment will be used, what type of course, undergraduate/graduate level, buildings and questions to be investigated, suggestions of possible field exercises you're interested in, and the number of faculty and students potentially involved.

One Page Of Qualifications: Individual or team capabilities, qualifications, and experience of each participating person addressing how the use of the kit will benefit your teaching and the students.

One Page Schedule: Indicate specific calendar dates of toolkit loan during the semester, quarter, or year (e.g. Fall semester, September 15 -December 10). Briefly elaborate on how various portions of the kit might be used.

Vita Of Four Pages Or Less: Include a curriculum vita for each participating faculty or staff member.

You may submit your proposal in one of three ways:

1. Mail two paper copies of your proposal to:

Bill Burke
Vital Signs Project
Pacific Energy Center
851 Howard St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

OR

2. Send one copy of the proposal in Adobe PDF format to Bill Burke via e-mail. Send the file as an e-mail attachment to the following address: <bburke@uclink4.berkeley.edu>.

OR

3. Fax one copy of the proposal to:

Bill Burke/Vital Signs Project
Fax: 415-896-1290.

Options one and two are the preferred methods of submittal. If you choose option three, send an e-mail message to Bill Burke at <<bburke@uclink4.berkeley.edu>> on the day you fax the proposal notifying him of this fact.

Proposals must be received, not postmarked, by April 3, 1998 to be considered.

Criteria for Selection

In evaluating the proposals, we will seek submissions that demonstrate maximal use of the entire tool kit by:

• involving significant numbers of students through the tool kit's use in several courses;
• encouraging collaborative use of the tool kits, increasing the number of faculty members within the school who gain experience with and exposure to measured studies of building performance;
• proposing innovative field methods of evaluation using the devices in the tool kit;
• proposing investigations that seek to connect studies of building performance to their impact upon design decision making.

While all performance topics are legitimate areas of inquiry, we are especially interested in proposals investigating building operational energy use and the impact of design decision making upon it.

Comments to author: bburke@
ced.berkeley.edu

All contents copyright (C) 1998. Vital Signs Project. All rights reserved.

Created: 01/22/98

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