Real-World Traction With Green Buildings

1. Real-World Traction With Green Buildings George MacBeth Professional Services Manager ARCHIBUS® Solution Center - Environment + Sustainability Services

2. Main Topics • What is Green Building? • Green Building Facts • Why Build Green? • LEED® - Outside the Building. • Sustainable Sites Credit 1: Site Selection • Water Efficiency Credit 1: Water Efficient Landscaping • Materials & Resources Prerequisite 1: Storage and Collection of Recyclables • Carbon Footprint • eGrid • Legislation • Cap-and-trade • Executive Order 13514 • Hamilton County, Ohio • ARCHIBUS TEAMS

3. What is Green Building? • Green building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and deconstruction.

4. Green Building Facts • Energy • 38.9% of U.S. primary energy use (Environmental Information Administration (2008). EIA Annual Energy Outlook.) • 38% of all CO2 emissions (Energy Information Administration (2008). Assumptions to the Annual Energy Outlook.) • 72% of U.S electricity consumption (Environmental Information Administration (2008). EIA Annual Energy Outlook.) • Water • 13.6% of all potable water (U.S. Geological Survey (2000). 2000 data.)

5. Green Building Facts • Materials • 40% of raw materials globally (Lenssen and Roodman (1995). Worldwatch Paper 124: A Building Revolution: How Ecology and Health Concerns are Transforming Construction. Worldwatch Institute.) • 170 Million tons of building-related construction and demolition debris (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2009). Estimating 2003 Building-Related Construction and Demolition Materials Amounts.) • 209.7 million tons of municipal solid waste (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1997). Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste in the United States. Report No. EPA 530/R-98-007.)

6. Why Build Green? • The cost per square foot for buildings seeking LEED Certification falls into the existing range of costs for buildings not seeking LEED Certification. (Davis Langdon (2007). Cost of Green Revisited: Reexamining the Feasibility and Cost Impact of Sustainable Design in the Light of Increased Market Adoption.) • A 2% investment in green building design results in life cycle savings of 20% of the construction costs (Kats, G. (2003). The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings: A Report to California's Sustainable Building Task Force.) • Sale prices for green buildings are 10% higher per square foot than non-green buildings (Miller, N., Spivey, J. & Florance, A. (2007). Does Green Pay Off?)

7. Why Build Green? • Green building costs are overestimated by 300%. (World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2008). Energy Efficiency in Buildings.) • Cost benefits of green building: • Operating costs decrease 8-9% • Building value increases 7.5% • Return on investment improves 6.6% • Occupancy ratio increases 3.5% • Rent ratio increases 3%(McGraw Hill Construction, Green Building SmartMarket Report, 2006)

8. Why Build Green? • Compared to the average building: • Green buildings consume 26% less energy • Green buildings have 13% lower maintenance costs • Green buildings have 27% higher occupant satisfaction • Green buildings have 33% less greenhouse gas emissions(GSA Public Buildings Service (2008). Assessing Green Building Performance: A Post Occupancy Evaluation of 12 GSA Buildings. )

9. LEED® - Outside the Building • Sustainable Sites Credit 1: Site Selection • Intent • Avoid development of inappropriate sites • Reduce environmental impact • Requirements • DO NOT develop on sites: • Prime farmland • Below 5ft. above the 100 year flood elevation • Habitat for any endangered or critical species • Within 100ft. of Wetlands • Within 50ft. of a water body • Public parkland

10. LEED® - Outside the Building

11. LEED® - Outside the Building • Sustainable Sites Credit 1: Site Selection Information is stored in the ARCHIBUS TEAMS Green Building Module

12. LEED® - Outside the Building • Water Efficiency Credit 1: Water Efficient Landscaping • Intent • Limit or eliminate potable, surface, or subsurface water use for landscape irrigation • Requirements • OPTION 1. Reduce by 50% • Reductions must be attributed to any combination of the following items: • Plant species, density and microclimate factor • Irrigation efficiency • Use of captured rainwater • Use of recycled wastewater • Use of treated water

13. LEED® - Outside the Building • Water Efficiency Credit 1: Water Efficient Landscaping • Requirements • OPTION 2. No Potable Water Use or Irrigation • Meet the requirements for Option 1. AND • PATH 1 • Use only captured rainwater, recycled wastewater, recycled graywater or treated water for irrigation. OR • PATH 2 • Install landscaping that does not require permanent irrigation systems.

14. LEED® - Outside the Building

15. LEED® - Outside the Building • Water Efficiency Credit 1: Water Efficient Landscaping

16. LEED® - Outside the Building • Materials & Resources Prerequisite 1: Storage and Collection of Recyclables • Intent: • Reduce waste from building occupants • Reduce waste going to landfills • Provide accessible storage and collection locations on site • Requirements: • Methods of Approach: • separation • collection • Storage

17. LEED® - Outside the Building • Materials & Resources Prerequisite 1: Storage and Collection of Recyclables • Requirements (Cont.): • Collection Sources: • recycle chutes • collection bins • can crushers • cardboard balers • Materials Collected: • glass • paper • metal • plastic • cardboards

18. LEED® - Outside the Building • Materials & Resources Prerequisite 1: Storage and Collection of Recyclables • Requirements (Cont.): • provide instruction to occupants • encourage activities to encourage recycling and less use of solid waste • provide for minimum recycling area (rough guidelines just for your information):

19. LEED® - Outside the Building • Materials & Resources Prerequisite 1: Storage and Collection of Recyclables

20. LEED® - Outside the Building • Materials & Resources Prerequisite 1: Storage and Collection of Recyclables

21. LEED® - Outside the Building • Materials & Resources Prerequisite 1: Storage and Collection of Recyclables

22. What is eGRID? • The Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is a comprehensive source of data on the environmental characteristics of all electric power generated in the United States. • eGRID is issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

23. Why eGRID?

24. Location, location, location…. • If you run a 100 watt bulb for 10 hours you would use 1000 watts of electricity or 1 kilowatt hour (kWh). • The amount of carbon dioxide produced can vary considerably by location. PittsburgheGRID - RFCW Las Vegas eGRID - AZNM 0.702 kg CO2 0.598 kg CO2

25. Power Grid Regions • NERC Region

26. Power Grid Regions • eGRID Sub-region

27. Information Contained in eGRID • For every US power plant and electric generating company, eGRID provides: • A detailed emissions profile including: • nitrogen oxides (NOX) • sulfur dioxide (SO2) • carbon dioxide (CO2) • mercury (Hg) • methane (CH4) • nitrous oxide (N2O).

28. eGRID Background Information • eGRID Background information is stored in the ARCHIBUS TEAMS Application

29. eGRID Information Utilized • The eGRID Background information is then used to calculate Indirect Emissions Scope 2 in the ARCHIBUS TEAMS Green Building Module

30. What is Cap and Trade? • Cap and trade is a two-part regulatory system in which the “cap” is a government-imposed limit on carbon emissions, and the “trade” is a government-created market to buy and sell greenhouse gas credits. Companies that generate less than the allowed emissions can sell credits allowing others to emit more gases than the cap allows.

31. Return on Investment • Lower operating costs • More efficient subsystems • Lower life cycle ownership costs • Design integration can lower lighting and HVAC loads • Higher employee health and well being • Reduced absenteeism, illness and fatigue • Higher worker productivity and morale • A friendlier work environment

32. Thank You • Questions?