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USGBCNH Annual MEMBERSHIP Meeting

USGBCNH Annual MEMBERSHIP Meeting. DECEMBER 6, 2012 EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. WHY ARE WE HERE?. NOTABLE QUOTE. ‘There are two great days in a person’s life – the day that they are born, and the day they discover why” - Desmond Tutu. REMEMBER THIS?. EXPONENTIAL GROWTH. FOLDED PAPER

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USGBCNH Annual MEMBERSHIP Meeting

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  1. USGBCNH Annual MEMBERSHIP Meeting • DECEMBER 6, 2012 • EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE

  2. WHY ARE WE HERE?

  3. NOTABLE QUOTE • ‘There are two great days in a person’s life – the day that they are born, and the day they discover why” - Desmond Tutu

  4. REMEMBER THIS?

  5. EXPONENTIAL GROWTH • FOLDED PAPER • LILY PADS • STADIUM WITH A DRIPPING FAUCET: • 7 MINUTES BEFORE YOU DROWN • 7 SECONDS BEFORE YOU REALIZE IT

  6. STATISTICS • Buildings are one of the heaviest consumers of natural resources and account for a significant portion of the greenhouse gas emissions that affect climate change. In the U.S., buildings account for 38% of all CO2 emissions. • Buildings represent 73% of U.S electricity consumption. • 90% of Time Spent in Buildings

  7. WHAT CAN BE DONE?

  8. AS OF JUNE 2012 • There are over 45,000 commercial projects participating in the LEED green building certification system, comprising over 8.4 billion square feet of construction space in 50 states and 120 countries. • In addition, over 19,000 units have been certified under the LEED for Homes rating system, half of which are in the affordable housing sector, with nearly 76,000 more units registered.

  9. 1.8 billion square feet of building space are LEED-certified (as of March 2012). • 13,356 LEED-certified commercial projects (7-1-12)
34,243 LEED-registered commercial projects (7-1-12)
21,868 LEED for Homes certified units (7-2-12)
85,206 LEED for Homes registered units (7-2-12)

  10. GREENBUILD 2012 San Francisco, California

  11. 5 MAIN POINTS • A SOCIAL MOVEMENT • PRODUCT TRANSPARENCY • LEED v4 • CHAPTER COMMUNITY 3-YR PLAN • CHAPTER PRIORITIES & GRANTS • GREEN SCHOOLS

  12. 5 MAIN AREAS • SPEAKERS • SESSIONS • CHAPTER FORUM • EXPO • THE CITY

  13. SESSIONS

  14. RED LIST OUT • PEOPLE FIRST VIA TRANSPARENCY • HUMAN<>NATURE RELATION • MOVING FROM CODE TO RESTORATIVE • PHAROS ONLINE DATABASE • DESIGN PROBLEMS OUT • HPD – HEALTH PRODUCT DECLARATION • LEED V4 MATERIALS CREDITS

  15. SITE-SPECIFIC LCA • B-PATH: BERKELEY LAB MATERIALS PATHWAYS MODEL • LCI IS LOCATION DEPENDENT • THERMAL MASS EFFECT • TAILORED TO LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN • VERY COMPREHENSIVE & COMPLEX

  16. PUSHING THE ENVELOPE • BUILDING ENVELOPE COMMISSIONING • SET/CHECK/MEET GOALS • NOT MEC/ELECT Cx • FIRST APPEARED IN LEED 2009 FOR HC • NIBS GUIDELINE 3, 2006 • “COMMISSIONING IS NOT TESTING”

  17. FUTURE OF LEED • LEED 2030 ROADMAP • v4 FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE • CREATIVE TENSION BTWN MARKET & URGENCY • SHIFTING FROM DEVELOPMENT TO IMPLEMENTATION • 7 LEED SYSTEM GOALS – WATER, SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS, COMMUNITY/EQUITY, GREEN ECONOMY, BIODIVERSITY/ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, HUMAN HEALTH, CLIMATE CHANGE

  18. FUTURE OF LEED – CONT’D • SYSTEM GOALS UNDERPIN PRIORITIES • BETTER METRICS – ABSOLUTE VS RELATIVE • DRIVEN BY GOALS, LINKED TO PERFORMANCE • THE DYNAMIC PLAQUE • PLAQUE IS THE BEGINNING, NOT THE END

  19. LEED v4The next version of LEED. • LEED v4 is the newest update to the LEED rating systems. Changes from LEED 2009 are seen in three main categories: new market sectors, increased technical rigor and streamlined services. LEED v4 raises the bar on leadership.

  20. CHAPTER FORUM

  21. USGBC GRANTS •   Key Dates
 • Dec 7: Strategic Investment Grant Application deadlineJan. 4:Capacity Building Grant Application deadline
Jan. 18: Impact Grant Application deadline
Jan. 25: Advocacy Grant Application deadline
Feb. 8: Green Schools Grant Application deadline

  22. 2013 Priorities for Chapters • Each of USGBC’s 77 chapters tailors its efforts to suit the social and environmental needs of its region, but in 2013 chapters across the network will share five areas of focus with each other and USGBC national: • LEED and Performance • Green Building Information Gateway (GBIG), LEED v4, Building Performance, Existing Homes, Chemicals of Concern • State and Local Advocacy • Seven Advocacy Campaigns

  23. Chapter Priorities – Cont’d • Organizational Excellence • Membership, USGBC.org, Chapter Minimum Performance Standards • Green Schools • Green Apple Day of Service, Green Schools Fellows, Existing Schools, USGBC Students, Green Schools Advocacy, Green Classroom Professional Certificate • Community Engagement • Affordable Housing, Existing Neighborhoods, Diversity, Emerging Professionals, Volunteer Recognition

  24. EXPO

  25. STAR COMMUNITIES • WWW.STARCOMMUNITIES.ORG • RELEASED LAST MONTH BY ICLEI, USGBC, NATL LEAGUE OF CITIES • 30 CITIES IN PILOT TESTING (NORTHAMPTON)

  26. WEBSITES • WWW.STARCOMMUNITIES.ORG • WWW.THENOUNPROJECT.COM • B-PATH • WWW.EARTHECHOORG • GBIG.ORG • WWW.SPHERE-E.COM • WWW.ECORGLOBAL.COM

  27. WEBSITES – CONT’D • WWW.METHODHOMES.NET • ARCOM@ARCOMNET.COM • WWW.KONE.US • WWW.BLUEBEAM.COM • WWW.PATHTONETZERO.COM • www.usgbc.org/LEEDv4

  28. SPEAKERS • Governor Jerry Brown Mayor Edwin Lee • Scott Horst William McDonough • Jane McGonigalPhillipeCosteau • Rick Fredrizzi Dan Geiger • Chris Pyke Kimberly Lewis

  29. Jane McGonigal • Angry birds – 1 billion downloads & 200 mil per day • 71% of US workers are actively disengaged • we have passion to work and solve problems, but it is displaced in virtual worlds • how to harness the millions of hours • skills & abilities – producing positive emotions • Showmethescience.com • even violent games add creativity

  30. Jane McGonigal • gamers spend 80% of the time failing • HARNESSING THE VIRTUAL WORLD • 1. – can summon crowds out of thin air • [100% increase in volunteer participation for the gaming gardens – using google maps] • 2. – working together? [fold-it game beats computer] • 3. - see the future • world without oil game – now wwo early warning system

  31. PhillipeCosteau • EarthEco International • Global Eco Fund – portion of fees to social initiatives • Only 200 million people 2000 years ago • Arctic ice melting faster than models • For 1st time, arctic ice was studied in the spring, not winter in 2009

  32. PhillipeCosteau • Arctic is the world’s a/c and most important ocean • Tomahawk missile costs $2mil • We fired 150 of them in one day recently • We spent $2 mil on research in the arctic ocean

  33. PhillipeCosteau • Importance of educating the young • Why we wet the toothbrush – behaviors learned when little • Conservation spirit can be passed on to next generations • www.earthecho.org • action leads to awareness, not the other way around

  34. CITY OF AUSTIN, TX • LUCIA ATHENS, CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER • DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT? • CITY MOTTO – “KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD” • ARTS & CULTURE & PEDICABS • THINK BIG/PEOPLE MATTER/HAVE FUN

  35. RICK FREDRIZZI • How does USGBC help chapters and communities recover from storms? • Thanks for GSA letter – something going on • Thanks for slowing down LEED v4 • We have ability to send strong message to federal government • Cornell – kids have built green school in Africa – Great Video!

  36. RICK FREDRIZZI • A social movement • Historic social movements prevailed because THEY WERE RIGHT. • The sustainability movement is RIGHT

  37. Scott HorstVP - LEED • GOOGLE grant of $3 Million for materials research • LEED v4 MR Credits – Chemicals of Concern • History repeats: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring - 50 years ago last September • DDT was a de-licer in WWII – Govtwanted to employ ex-pilots to spray everywhere, both public and private land • She was personally attacked, accused of being communist • 1962 – Monsanto publication “the desolate year” • LEED v4 blowback (on concerned chemicals): “there will be work to limit use of LEED in federal and state governments”.

  38. William McDonough • WHAT’S NEXT is what’s next • Design is the first signal of human intention • A regulation is a signal of design failure • Anthropocene era – planetary change caused by humans • Carbon is our friend – we are carbon

  39. William McDonough • We don’t have an energy problem, we have a material problem – carbon is in the wrong place • A toxin is a material in the wrong place • Materials as nutrients – biological & technical • Material reutilization • Renewable energy, period

  40. CLOSING THOUGHTS

  41. WHO WOULD WANT TO JOIN USGBCNH? • SOMEONE WHO….. • IS PASSIONATE ABOUT SPACESHIP EARTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT • CARES ABOUT LIFE IN ALL ITS FORMS AND PLACES • IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN • IS SEEKING A FORUM TO EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS • WANTS TO LEARN ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY • WANTS TO TEACH ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY

  42. AM I SOMEONE WHO • BELIEVES THE POWER OF CORPORATISM AND CAPITALISM CAN BE HARNESSED FOR GOOD • ----AND CHALLENGED FOR ITS ABUSES • WANTS TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL EQUITY • WANTS TO SHARE IDEAS WITH LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE [AND HAVE FUN DOING IT]

  43. AND SOMEONE WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO STAND UP FOR AND TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT

  44. love your mother

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