Conference Session

AEC Education: Instructional Strategies and Innovation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Darrell Nickolson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

Tagged Divisions

Architectural

AC 2008-2181: MERGING ADA & LEED TO ENHANCE OLDER ADULT LIVING:A CAPSTONE PROJECTDarrell Nickolson, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Page 13.889.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Merging ADA & LEED to Enhance Older Adult Living: A Capstone ProjectAbstractAn Interior Design Technology 400 level capstone project set out to develop homes designed toraise the quality of life for seniors. Enhancing the living environment for seniors is shortlybecoming a growing issue for the American public and political system. The US Census Bureau2000 statistics indicate that by the year 2010 the number of