- 1. Green Building Green Building Business, Society &
Environment Professor Hector R Rodriguez School of Business Mount
Ida College
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- The Corporation and Its Stakeholders
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- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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- The Social Responsibility of Business
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- The Shareholder Primacy Norm
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- CSR, Citizenship and Sustainability Reporting
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- The Community and the Corporation
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- Taxation and Corporate Citizenship
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- Corporate Philanthropy Programs
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- Employees and the Corporation
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- Managing a Diverse Workforce
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- A Balanced Look at Climate Change
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- Non-anthropogenic Causes of Climate Change
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- Sulfates, Urban Warming and Permafrost
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- Green Information Technology
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- Transportation, Electric Vehicles and the Environment
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- Carbon Capture and Storage
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- Solid, Toxic and Hazardous Waste
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- Forests, Paper and Carbon Sinks
Course Map Topics Covered in Course 3. Residential &
Commercial Energy Consumption
http://www.pewclimate.org/technology/overview/res-comm
Source:Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990
2006; EPA, 2008 Residential & Commercial Energy Consumptions
and Associated Emissions are Significant 4. CO 2Emissions for
Residential & Commercial Buildings
http://www.pewclimate.org/technology/overview/res-comm The
Emissions are Significant and Growing 5. Efficiency Improving 6.
Significant End Uses of Energy 7.
- A Green Building is a structure that is designed, built,
renovated, operated, or re-used in an ecological and resource
efficient manner.
- Benefits of a green building:
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- Using energy, water and other resources more efficiently
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- Reducing overall impact to the environment
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- Improving employee productivity
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- Increased building valuation
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- Health and Safety Benefits
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- Enhance occupant comfort and health
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- Minimize strain on local infrastructure and improve quality of
life
What is a Green Building? 8.
- Before 2000, companies generally regarded green buildings as
interesting experiments but unfeasible projects in the real
business world. Since then, several factors have caused a major
shift in thinking.
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- First, the creation of reliable building-rating (e.g. LEED) and
performance measurement systems has helped change corporate
perceptions about green.
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- Second, studies have proven the financial advantages of going
green.
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- In its first year of operation, Genzyme Centerin Cambridge,
Massachusettsused 42% less energy and 34% less water than standard
buildings of comparable size.
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- Third, the potential new regulations expected due to global
warming concerns.
Source: Charles Lockwood, Building the Green Way, Harvard
Business Review: (2006) The Shift to Green 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
15. 16. 17. 18. 19.
- A LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) is an individual who
has passed the exam and possesses the knowledge and skills
necessary to participate in the design process, to support and
encourage integrated design, and to streamline the application and
certification process.
- Benefits of LEED Professional Accreditation
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- Individual Benefits: provides a marketable credential to an
employer, prospective employer or client,
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- Employer Benefits: eligible for projects on which owners are
mandating the participation of a LEED AP,
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- Industry Benefits: encourages and promotes a higher
understanding of LEED, supports and facilitates transformation of
the built environment
Source: LEED AO for New Construction, GBCI: (2009) Side Note:
LEED Accredited Professional 20.
- Incorporate solar passive techniques (lighting design)
- Design energy efficient lighting and HVAC systems
- Choose construction materials and interior finishes products
with zero or low emissions
- Design for a gray water system that recovers rain water for
site irrigation and a dual plumbing system for use of recycled
water for toilet flushing
How to Make a Building Green 21.
- Control erosion to reduce negative impacts on water and air
quality
- Reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile
use
- Limit disruption of natural water hydrology by reducing
impervious cover, increasing on-site infiltration and managing
storm water run-of
Considerations of a Green Building 22.
- Encourage increasing levels of self supply through renewable
technologies
- Provide a high level of individual occupant control of
ventilation and lighting systems
- Provide a connection between indoor spaces and outdoor
environment
Considerations of a Green Building 23.
- Reduce potable water consumption
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- Drip irrigation, moisture-sensing irrigation technologies
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- Recycled rainwater system
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- Sensor-operated, Low-flow lavatories
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- Rainwater collection reuse systems
Water System Design 24.
- Replace asphalt with concrete
- Plant trees in vegetation strips around parking lots or
sidewalks.
- Detention Ponds / Retention Ponds
- Energy Star rated roofing systems
- High reflectivity coatings
Site Initiatives 25.
- Swing Doors vs. Revolving Doors
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- As opposed to the 1,800 cubic feet of air let into a building
when a swing door is used, revolving doors allow only 26 cubic feet
of air into the building.
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- They cut the amount of air that can escape through the
entrances to a minimum, keeping the cooled/warmed air inside the
building.
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- In a study performed at MIT, estimates show that, if everyone
at MIT used the revolving doors in one building alone, the school
would save almost $7,500 in natural gas, which amounts to nearly 15
tons of CO2. Savings like that are bound to have an impact on
operating costs.
In the Category of Did You Know? Source: Doors and their Impact
on Facility performance, Buildings: (October, 2009) 26. Public
Administration Town, SK (planned) 27.
- Energy consumption and associated GHG emissions from buildings
comes third after general industry and transportation
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- Consumption and emissions are trending up
- A Green Building is a structure that is designed, built,
renovated, operated, or re-used in an ecological and resource
efficient manner.
- Some of the benefits of a green building include environmental,
economic, health and safety, and community benefits
Summary