Green Building Standards

Sustainable Design Overview for

Information Professionals

Kati Arzeta, MLIS

June 2015
Agenda

Introduction
Green Building Certification Programs
Green Building Standards
Verification and other associated programs
Design Concepts
Design Process
Occupancy
Closing/next steps
Q&A

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Why are we here?

More than 60,000

LEED projects
across 150+
countries

Top 100 firms

generated $4.73 In the US, buildings
billion in green account for
design revenue 38% of all CO2 emissions
in 2014 13.6% of all potable water
-ENR 73% of electricity consumption
-USGBC

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What is green building?

Sustainability
A method for meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their
own needs.
--Brundtland Commission, 1987

Resource & Waste Management

-Energy, Water & GHG

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A Paradigm Shift
Triple Bottom Line (TBL)

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC

SOCIAL

Or

The 3 Ps: People, Planet, Profit

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who
Customers
Employees


Shareholders
Communities people
metrics
Injury Rates
how

Staff Productivity
Employee Sick Days
Staff Turnover Rates
Dow Jones Sustainability Index
% spent on Local Economy
Third-Party Certifications (LEED, ISO, Energy Star)

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 Energy

what
Water
Materials
Sourcing

planet metrics
Energy Usage Index (EUI)

how
Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
Energy Productivity (kWh/widget)
Carbon Footprint (CO2/widget)
Water Footprint (Liters/widget)
% Waste Diverted from Landfill
Environmentally Preferable Product
Standards

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what
Return on Investment (ROI)
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Production Cost
Life Cycle Cost (LCC)

profit
metrics
Profitability
how

Stock Value
Capital (CapX) vs. Operational (OpX) Expenses
Utility Costs
Regulatory Risk

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What determines if a building is green?

Technology

Client
Requests

Rating
Laws
Systems
Codes & Marketplace
Standards

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Rating Systems

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Rating Systems

Look at project as whole

Can be single-attribute or multi-attribute
Developed/maintained by independent, usually non-profit organizations
Earn accreditation or compliance by a points system
Different scale/model for various building types office building, school,
industrial, etc.
Often refer to other product certifications, codes and standards

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Major Green Building Rating Systems

Green Globes BREEAM

LEED
Energy Star CASBEE
Estidama Beam

Green Mark

Green Star SA Green

Star
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Energy Star

Developed and maintained by EPA

Rating system for both products, homes and commercial buildings
Single-attribute system energy
Portfolio Manager - Tool used to calculate score; must achieve 75 or
higher to be certified
Only licensed professionals can perform evaluations
Industrial plants can also seek certification but must meet other EPA
standards

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BREEAM

Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method

Oldest green building rating system
Used heavily in UK & EU; though approved in other regions
Includes both professional credentialing and building certification
425,000 buildings with BREEAM certification
Can be used for any type of building or large scale development

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LEED

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

USGBC and local/national GBCs
GBCI
Building rating system and professional credentialing system
Developed in the US, but used globally
Version 4 is latest version and rolled out last year

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Credentials

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Rating Systems/Project Types
BD+C ID+C O+M ND Homes
Building Interior Design Building Neighborhood Homes
Design & & Construction Operations & Development
Construction Maintenance
New Complete Improvement New land Single family
Construction interior fit-out work to development homes, low-
or major existing projects or rise or mid-
renovation buildings with redevelopment rise multi-
little to no family
construction
New Commercial Existing Plan Homes /
Constrction Interiors Buildings Project multi-
Core & Retail Data family
Shell Hospitality Centers lowrise
Schools Whse Multi-
Retail Hospitality family
Healthcare Schools midrise
Data Retail
Centers
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Hospitality
 40 49 pts 50 59 pts 60 79 pts 80pts +

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 http://www.usgbc.org/credits/new-construction/v4
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Project Scorecard

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http://www.usgbc.org/projects/usgbc-headquarters?view=scorecard
Codes & Standards

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ISO

14000 series Environmental Management

14001:2004 Environmental management systems Requirements with
guidance for use
14004:2004 Environmental management systems General Guidelines on
principles, systems and support techniques
14006:2011 Environmental management systems Guidelines for incorporating
eco-design
14064-1:2006 Greenhouse gases Part 1: Specification with guidance at the
organization level for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions
and removals

50000 series Energy Management

50001:2011 Energy management systems Requirements with guidance for
use
50004:2014 Energy management systems Guidance for the implementation,
maintenance and improvement of an energy management system
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 Codes

International Green Construction Code

CALGreen
Many local jurisdictions have adopted
more stringent codes, specifically in
regards to energy efficiency

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ASHRAE

189.1 Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings

(Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings)
Co-sponsored by USGBC and IES
90.1 Energy Standard for Buildings (Except Low-Rise Residential
Buildings)
Guideline 14 Measurement of Energy, Demand, and Water Savings

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ASTM/CSA/BSI

ASTM
E1527 Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments
E2129 Standard Practice for Data Collection for Sustainability Assessment
of Building Products
E2432 General Principles of Sustainability Relative to Buildings
CSA
C22.2 LED Modules for general lighting
Z768-1 Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment
BSI
8895-1:2013 Designing for material efficiency in building projects
8525-1:2010 Greywater systems code of practice

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Product Certifications

Single-attribute certifications:
FSC
Energy Star
WaterSense
SCS
Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil Certified
Multi-attribute certifications
Green Seal
GreenGuard

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Third-Party Verification and Awards

Reporting ex. Global Reporting Initiative, UN Climate

Single-factor ex. Carbon Disclosure Project
Multi-factor awards Corporate Knights Global 100, Dow Jones
Sustainability Indices, EPA Climate Award

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Sustainable Design Concepts

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Design Concepts

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Green roof example

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Energy Modeling examples

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Sustainable Design Process

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Integrated Design
Traditional Design Process
Design team generally limited to
architects and engineers
Linear in Nature
Serial collection of Discrete Tasks
Thinking of the building as a
collection of separate systems
and materials
Cost Decisions driven by Initial
Capital Cost
Solutions yield optimized
independent systems
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Vs. Integrated Design Process
Vs. Design team includes owner,
architect, engineers, construction
team, facility management team,
future users, end users, etc.
Vs. Cyclical in Nature
Vs. Collaborative, conscious effort to
integrate design strategies
between all disciplines
Vs. Thinking of the building as a
whole
Vs. Cost Decisions driven by Whole
Life Cost / Life Cycle Cost
Solutions yield multiple benefits
and Synergy between systems
Sustainable Design Process Overview

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Occupancy

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What is like to work in a green building?

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Final Thoughts

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Roles for Information Professionals

Resource Management
Research/Market Intelligence
Metrics
Process / Workflow Design

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Green Building Information Gateway - GBIG

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Thank You

kati.arzeta@ch2m.com
Sources

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26 May 2015

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May 2015.

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2015.

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ncc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=401&Itemid=90. Accessed 28 May 2015.

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http://www.epa.gov/region9/greenbuilding/codes/existing.html. Access 28 May 2015

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