City of Boston Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Preparedness

Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium

City of BostonClimate Change and Sea Level Rise PreparednessJohn Dalzell, AIA, LEED FellowBoston Redevelopment Authority


Practice Transformation

Green Building ZoningE+ Green BuildingsE+ Green CommunitiesLEED for NDEcoDistrictsCCP&R Check ListsBLwW Competition


Green Building Zoning – Article 37 USGBC MAPING:GBIG.org

Article 37 Review50 Plus Projects Approved14 M+ SF2/3rd USGBC Certified

LEED Certified Projects140 Plus Projects Certified 37 M+ SF9 Platinum56 Gold46 Silver 29 Certified Projects

LEED Registered Projects223+ Projects Registered


E+ Green Buildings CompletedEnergy Positive

LEED H Platinum


Building the E+ Success E+ GB Goals PLUS

• Neighborhood Sustainability

• Place-making and Site Planning

• Building and Community Sustainability

Expanding Market Transformation

E+ Green Communities


E+ Green Communities Proposed

Platinum


E+ Green Communities Proposed


LEED ND Projects Jackson Square


GOALS

TASKS Score the Master Plan using applicable

LEED ND Prerequisites and Credits.

Recommend a LEED ND outcome (score and credits) for projects within the Master Plan area.

Identify potential improvements to the Master Plan for internal team consideration.

Highlight key criteria for use and inclusion in the Master Plan.

For Columbia Point development projects ensure alignment of Master Plan recommendations with LEED ND criteria.

Improve the sustainability guidelines of Master Plan and the performance area projects.

LEED ND PlanningColumbia Point Master Plan


EcoDistricts Innovation District


CCP & R Check List

Required of All Large Projects (50,000 SF plus) Extreme Weather and Heat Events Sea Level Rise and Storms

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Ground Floor Elevated 30”above 100 yr Flood Plain

No Critical Uses onthe Ground Floor

Key Operable WindowSecond Level Egress Way

All Mechanical, Electrical and Emergency Systems Located

on the Roof

CCP & R Check List


CCP & R Check List


Site 1 – BUILDINGPrince Building, Historic North End

Site 2 – NEIGHBORHOOD100 Acres, South Boston

Site 3 – INFRASTRUCTUREMorrissey Blvd, Dorchester

… envisioning a more resilient, more sustainable, and more beautiful Boston adapted for end-of-century climate conditions and rising sea levels.


Prince Spaghetti Building, North EndHarbor, Building Scale, Historic Bldgs, Infrastructure

Waterfront site in the velocity zone - wind / wave action impacts Large existing historic

structure offers building retrofit / adaptation focus Infrastructure issues include

roadway as barrier opportunities Willing and interested

owners provide real-world context. Highly replicable context

Boston Living with Water Competition


Prince Spaghetti Building, North End


FLOOD PROGRESSION

MHHW + 1’

MHHW + 2’

MHHW + 3’

MHHW + 4’

MHHW + 5’100 Yr. Flood

MHHW + 6’

MHHW + 7’


100 Acres, South BostonInner Harbor, Large Area, Blank Slate, Open Space / Infrastructure

Inner harbor – tidal, sea-level rise and storm surge New development with large

blank slate building opportunities Infrastructure issues include

building / roadway interface, utilities, and access Master Plan framework

might provide for more structured responses Strong building and open

space solution opportunities Highly replicable building

and site solutions


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100 Acres, South Boston



Morrissey Blvd, DorchesterOff Harbor, Large Area, Blank Slate / Bldgs, Infrastructure

Off harbor with known flooding problems– tidal, sea-level rise and storm surge Several new development

large blank slate opportunities Infrastructure leading

challenge with potential to bring together several public agencies


Morrissey Blvd, Dorchester


Practice Transformation Leadership: elected and stakeholders Partnership: public and private Market: commoditize and reward Regulatory: standards and frameworks Vision: far reaching yet attainable

A more resilient, more sustainable, and more beautiful Boston

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