Today’s Special Green Buildings

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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

39% of U.S. primary energy use 70% of U.S. energy

consumption

12% of all potable water 16 trillion gallons /

year

40% of raw materials globally 3 billon tons / year

136 million tons of waste / year Municipal solid

waste = 210 million tons / year

Source: USGBC

Building Life Cycle Costs Design

Architects, Engineers, Planners Construction

Labor (contractors), Materials, Equipment Operation and Maintenance

Lighting, Heating/Cooling, Renovations, Cleaning

Deconstruction Labor (contractors), material disposal (recycle?)

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 RetreatLeavenworth, WA

Ducks UnlimitedWinnipeg, Manitoba

GAP Inc., San Bruno, CA

Philip Merrill Environmental Center

Annapolis, MD

Private Home, Tempe, AZ

“Green”Materials

Private HomeWalnut 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-CreditsPoints

Available

SS Sustainable Sites 1 8 6 14

WE Water Efficiency 0 3 2 5

EA Energy & Atmosphere 3 6 2 17

MR Materials & Resources 1 7 6 13

IEQIndoor Environmental

Quality2 8 7 15

ID Innovation & Design 0 2 3 5

TOTAL 7 34 26 69

LEED Levels for NC Certified

26-32 points

Silver 33-38 points

Gold 39-51 points

Platinum 52-69 points

LEED “Products” Horizontal

“LEED for . . .” New Construction and Major

Renovation Projects Pilots

Existing Buildings Commercial Interiors Core and Shell Projects Residential Homes

Vertical “Guides” Retail Laboratories Schools Healthcare Campus Volume Build

LEED Projects Certified by State

0

5

10

15

20

25

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

State

Number of Projects Certified

LEED Certified Projects by Level

0

10

20

30

40

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90

CERTIFIED SILVER GOLD PLATINUM

Level

Number of Projects

Square Footage of LEED Certified Buildings by City

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

Pittsburgh, PA Sacramento,CA

Torrance, CA Caledonia, MI Atlanta, GA

City, State

Square Footage

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 Children’s Museum “Lantern”

Building Heinz Regional History Center

Addition

CMU New House Residence

Hall Henderson House Collaborative Innovation

Center Posner Center

Greater Pittsburgh Duquesne

Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank

Munhall Siemens Westinghouse U.S. Steel Research and

Technology Center

+ 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 HouseDormitory

Intelligent Workplace

Kraus Campo

Butterfly Garden

Triple Bottom Line

Economics

Social Equity

Environment

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

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