*Green City

1. GC *Green City “Briefing” presentation to the City Council Summer 2008 * Project Location is confidential.

2. GC Purpose • Define “Green City” Project • Identify benefits • Review current initiatives • Recommend LEED program for Green City • Major elements in our GC design • What is Green City?

3. GC What is a “Green City”? • A master planned city that utilizes Green Best Practices (GBP) to significantly reduce operational & maintenance costs, while drastically reducing the negative impact made by its buildings and infrastructure on the environment and occupants in five broad areas:

4. GC What is a “Green City”? (cont.) • Energy efficiency and renewable energy • Sustainable site planning • Safeguarding water and water efficiency • Conservation of materials and resources • Indoor environmental air quality

5. GC Why “GC” is important? Buildings in the U.S.A.* • Use two-thirds of electricity • Use 40% of total energy • Emit 40% of greenhouse gas emissions • Contribute annually 136 million tons of construction and demolition waste (approx. 2.8 lbs/person/day) • Use one-eighth of potable water Buildings on a Global scale* • Use 40% (3 billion tons annually) of the planet’s raw materials * Commercial and residential Source: U.S. Green Building Council Energy efficiency and renewable energy

6. GC General Benefits of GC Economic Benefits • Improve bottom line costs, specifically related to building operations and maintenance. Environmental Benefits • Reduce the impacts of natural resource consumption by… • Reducing energy and water consumption • Protecting air and water quality • Reducing and recycling waste

7. GC More Benefits of GC Health and Safety Benefits • Enhance occupant comfort and health through improved air quality. • Facts*: • Average American spends more than 90% of their time indoors. • EPA reports indoor air quality can be 2-5 times worse than outdoor air quality. * Source U.S. Green Building Council

8. GC More Benefits of GC Community Benefits • Minimize strain on local infrastructures by reducing demand on: • Landfills (construction debris & community trash) • Water supply • Storm water sewers • Transportation system development and maintenance

9. GC Project Development Benefits Optimize building’s life-cycle costs • Over the life of a building, integrated green best practices can result in long-term savings considering design, construction, and operating costs • Integrated GBP permits high benefit by achieving synergies between disciplines and technologies to achieve cost reductions

10. GC Leading “Green” Initiatives Energy Star • EPA initiative • Goal is to reduce energy consumption *LEED™ • Non-for-profit initiative • Goal is to promote integrated design, development, and construction to reduce environmental impact of buildings and development *Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

11. Energy Star Energy Star is a symbol of energy efficiency • The Energy Star label is obtained by benchmarking the energy consumption of an existing building against similar buildings nationwide • On average, most buildings will qualify when reducing energy usage by 30-35%, through implementing economically justified upgrades • The program is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency

12. LEED™ LEED™ stands for: Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design • A leading-edge system for designing, constructing, and certifying the world’s greenest buildings • Provides an easy to follow road map to meet reduced operational & maintenance goals • Is emerging as the leading standard for sustainable design

13. LEED™(continue) LEED™… • LEED™ certifications are awarded to buildings that meet established sustainable design criteria • Sponsored by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) • USGBC is a non-profit consensus coalition to promote development and implementation of green building policies, programs, technologies, and design practices • USGBC developed the LEED™ program in conjunction with construction industry

14. Overview of LEED tm LEED tm… • Green building rating system, currently includes commercial, institutional, and high-rise residential new construction and major renovation. • Guides the collaborative, whole-building approach to an integrated design and construction process through a series of benchmarks and design guides. • There are Four levels of certification: • LEED tm Certified 26-32 points • Silver Level 33-38 points • Gold Level 39-51 points • Platinum Level 52+ points (69 possible)

15. GC Major elements in our GC design The scope of Green City’s design • Includes commercial and high-rise residential new construction • Guides the collaborative, whole-building approach to an integrated design and construction process through a series of benchmarks and design guides • The goal is to achieve a Platinum Level LEED™ Certification and become a world wide show case

16. GC What is “Green City” ? Resembles Bal Harbor at Miami Beach and includes… • An upscale Shopping Center • A Convention Center & Hotel • Ten interconnected Condominiums towers • A Time Share Hotel • A Marina • Land, Air and Water access • and other extraordinary amenities…