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Green Buildings

Introduction Tour

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Introduction to Green Buildings

Aurora Sharrard
Green Design AIU Apprenticeship Program 20 February 2006

Buildings Account for . . .

20% of U.S. economy

All construction

40% of raw materials globally

3 billon tons / year

39% of U.S. primary energy use

70% of U.S. energy consumption

136 million tons of waste / year

12% of all potable water

Municipal solid waste = 210 million tons / year

Source:

16 trillion gallons / year

USGBC

Building Life Cycle Costs

Design

Architects, Engineers, Planners

Construction

Labor (contractors), Materials, Equipment

Lighting, Heating/Cooling, Renovations, Cleaning Labor (contractors), material disposal (recycle?)

Operation and Maintenance

Deconstruction

Building Life Cycle Costs

The people inside! Workers wages can make up bulk of life cycle costs of a building
Comfortable building space

Happier workers More productivity!

Not typical to think this way, but becoming more common

What is a green building?

Is this a green building ?

Island Wood, Bainbridge Island, WA

Sleeping Lady Retreat

Leavenworth, WA

Ducks Unlimited
Winnipeg, Manitoba

GAP Inc., San Bruno, CA

Philip Merrill Environmental Center

Annapolis, MD

Private Home, Tempe, AZ

Green Materials

Private Home
Walnut Creek, CA

Private Home
Walnut Creek, CA

How do you differentiate one green building from another?

What is LEED?

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Created by the USGBC in 1998

Precursor in 1994

Encouraged by NIST and DOE Adapted for other countries

Canada Australia Hong Kong

LEED Buildings

19 certified under Version 1.0 198 certified under Version 2.0 (June 2005)

Mostly commercial buildings International

Canada Sri Lanka India

1,188 registered (March 2004)

At various design and construction stages 0.7% of commercial buildings built annually

LEED Categories

Sustainable Sites (SS) Water Efficiency (WE) Energy & Atmosphere (EA) Materials & Resources (MR) Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ or IEQ) Innovation & Design (ID)

Credits & Available Points

Abbreviation Category Prerequisites Credits Sub-Credits

Points Available
14 5 17 13 15 5

SS WE EA MR

Sustainable Sites Water Efficiency Energy & Atmosphere Materials & Resources Indoor Environmental Quality Innovation & Design

1 0 3 1

8 3 6 7

6 2 2 6

IEQ

ID

TOTAL

34

26

69

LEED Levels for NC

Certified

Gold

26-32 points 33-38 points

39-51 points 52-69 points

Silver

Platinum

LEED Products

Horizontal

Vertical Guides

LEED for . . .

New Construction and Major Renovation Projects Pilots Existing Buildings Commercial Interiors Core and Shell Projects Residential Homes

Retail Laboratories Schools Healthcare Campus Volume Build

LEED Projects Certified by State

25

Number of Projects Certified

20

15

10

0 CA PA WA OR MI CO GA MA NY State AZ VA FL MD KS NJ NC IL

LEED Certified Projects by Level

90 80 70

Number of Projects

60 50 40 30 20 10 0 CERTIFIED SILVER Level GOLD PLATINUM

Square Footage of LEED Certified Buildings by City

2,500,000

2,000,000

Square Footage

1,500,000

1,000,000

500,000

0 Pittsburgh, PA Sacramento, CA Torrance, CA City, State Caledonia, MI Atlanta, GA

Pittsburgh Green Buildings (14 + 2)

PNC Firstside Center David L. Lawrence Convention Center McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine CCI Center CORO Center for Civic Leadership KSBA Architects Office Building Phipps Conservatory Welcome Center Childrens Museum Lantern Building Heinz Regional History Center Addition

CMU

New House Residence Hall Henderson House Collaborative Innovation Center Posner Center
Duquesne

Greater Pittsburgh

Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank Siemens Westinghouse U.S. Steel Research and Technology Center

Munhall

+ 42 registered!

Green Building Tour of CMU

Selection of buildings (green and not green)

Green Building Tour of CMU

Hamerschlag green roof Wean Newell Simon Collaborative Innovation Center Watershed Project New House

1st LEED dorm -- Silver rating

Intelligent Workplace Kraus Campo

Green roof / gathering place on top of Posner Hall

Attempting LEED Certified level

Hamerschlag Green Roof

Wean Hall

Newell Simon

Collaborative Innovation Center

CEE Undergraduate Watershed Project

New House Dormitory

Intelligent Workplace

Kraus Campo

Butterfly Garden

Triple Bottom Line

Environment

Social Equity

Economics

Where can green buildings fit in?

Economics

Can save lots of $$ over life cycle

Environment

Can save huge amounts of energy, resources, and emissions

Social Equity

Can produce happier, healthier workers/tenants

What is Sustainability?

Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Lets go!

Craig Street Solar Panels