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Affordable Housing Investment Summit:
Sustainable Affordable Housing
Table of Contents The green building movement in Kenya
The imperative for green building
Green building certifications
Green building materials
Budding Africa’s green building movement
Source: www.worldgbc.org
Showing Interest
1. Botswana 2. Cameroon 3. Democratic Republic of
Congo 4. Ivory Coast 5. Libya 6. Nigeria 7. Senegal 8. Sudan 9. Tunisia 10. Uganda 11. Ethiopia
Established
Emerging
Prospective
About Kenya Green Building Society
Who
Independent
Non-profit
Non-political
Member-based organization
“Emerging” status member of the World Green Building Council
What
Lead the transformation of the built environment in Kenya toward environmentally sustainable buildings
Build a green economy value chain
How
Advocacy
Education
Certification of green buildings
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1. GREEN BUILDING MOVEMENT IN KENYA
Structural and imposed barriers
Political will NDC*s toward COP21 targets
* Nationally Determined Contributions for Paris Climate Agreement at Conference of Parties 21 in 2015: Abate GHG emissions by 30% by 2030 relative to Business as usual scenario of 143MtCO2eq
The opportunity in the built environment
Source: https://www.edgebuildings.com/green-building-market-intelligence-sub-saharan-africa/
2. THE IMPERATIVE FOR GREEN BUILDING
Business case for building green
Design & construction costs
Operating costs
Risk mitigation
The report, “The Business Case for Green Building: A Review of the Costs and Benefits for Developers, Investors and Occupants,” examines whether or not it’s possible to attach a financial value to the cost and benefits of green buildings. Today, green buildings can be delivered at a price comparable to conventional buildings and investments can be recouped through operational cost savings and, with the right design features, create a more productive workplace. This report http://www.worldgbc.org/activities/business-case/ was produced in partnership with PRP Environmental along with the following sponsors: Skanska, Grosvenor, and the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council/Estidama. Source: www.worldgbc.org
By greening our built environment at the neighbourhood and city scales, the green building industry can deliver on large-scale economic priorities such as climate change mitigation, energy security, resource conservation and job creation, long-term resilience and quality of life.
There has been an overall trend towards the reduction in design and construction costs
associated with green building as building codes around the world become stricter, supply
chains for green materials and technologies mature and the industry becomes more skilled
at delivering green buildings
Green buildings have been shown to save money through reduced energy and water
consumption and lower long-term operations and maintenance costs. The energy savings alone typically exceed any cost premiums
associated with their design and construction within a reasonable payback period
Sustainability risk factors can significantly affect the rental income and the future value of real estate assets, in turn affecting their return on
investment. Regulatory risks have become increasingly apparent in countries and cities
around the world, including mandatory disclosure, building codes and laws banning
inefficient buildings
Source: New Yorker Magazine
The business case for sustainability
Building to outdated building codes & poor governance
Impact of poor planning on our ecosystems
Business As Usual
Green Buildings Address Urban Planning & Resource Management Challenges in EA
Urban Governance
Slums & Informal
Settlements
Access to Services
Water & Sanitation
Energy
Waste
Urban Ecosystem
Management
Source: The State of African Cities 2014, Re-imagining sustainable urban transitions, UN Habitat
Greenwashing
Africa is yet to build out much
of the infrastructure for its growth
and can still do it sustainably
Source: http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/night-lights-and-pursuit-subnational-gdp-application-kenya-rwanda
Meanwhile, the desertification of Kenya is visible
It starts with cities
Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/09/this-is-how-the-worlds-smartest-cities-are-being-built/
Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/09/this-is-how-the-worlds-smartest-cities-are-being-built/
•Perfect Time for The arrival of the Internet of Things (IoT) – thanks to innovations in cheap sensor technology, big data, and predictive analytics – is making it possible to tackle all sorts of urban issues. • Integrating information communication
technology (ICT), into urban planning is the vision for smart cities
Smart Cities
Affordable housing will never be affordable if it’s far from everything that matters
Source: http://zoningnews.tumblr.com/
Source: ITDP
What is a healthy neighbourhood?
Source: HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN HOMES JULY 2016; UK Green Building Council
Why build, lease or own green?
Source: World Green Building Council – The Business Case for Building Green, A Review of the Costs and Benefits for Developers, Investors, and Occupants
With so many drivers for green buildings at play, and many parts of the world still at the nascent phase of green building, there can be no doubt that the business case for green building will continue to evolve as markets mature. Green building is something that tenants, investors and policy makers will come to demand and expect over time – indeed we have already seen this momentum grow globally where in more and more places, green is now becoming the status quo.
Risk Mitigation
Source: World Green Building Council – The Business Case for Building Green, A Review of the Costs and Benefits for Developers, Investors, and Occupants
Rental income decrease
Future value of real estate assets
Regulatory risks; mandatory disclosure, building codes and laws banning inefficient buildings.
Resilience to Extreme weather events and insurability to climate change
Changing tenant preferences and investor risk screening may translate into risk of obsolescence for inefficient buildings.
Sustainability represents an assortment of risks and possible rewards for real estate investors.
Air Wellography – you are what you breathe
Source: https://www.wellcertified.com/en/articles/top-5-takeaways-air-wellography
Examples of green building strategies
Source: UN Habitat
Source: UN Habitat
Passive Design
Business As Usual
Solid and liquid waste management are increasingly dependent on offgrid non-governmental solutions
Boreholes aren’t sustainable unless we recharge the aquifers
Source: http://www.thealternative.in/lifestyle/recharge-wells-and-why-we-need-them/ Source: http://www.thealternative.in/lifestyle/recharge-wells-and-why-we-need-them/
Business As Usual
Business As Usual
Water Saving Techniques
Source: https://inhabitat.com/infographic-ten-tips-to-save-you-25000-gallons-of-water/
Business As Usual
What is a healthy home?
Source: HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN HOMES JULY 2016; UK Green Building Council
Green Star green building rating categories – if it’s not certified, it can’t be objectively benchmarked
3. GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATIONS
Green Star green building rating categories – if it’s not certified, it can’t be objectively benchmarked, contd.
LEED green building categories
Integrative thinking
Energy Water Waste
Materials Location &
Transportation Sustainable
Sites
Health & human
experience
Regional impacts
Innovation Global,
Regional, Local
Source: USGBC
THE FREE SOFTWARE SHOWS HOW YOU CAN CUT BACK ON THE RESOURCE INTENSITY OF
YOUR BUILDING DESIGN. ________
Energy Water
Materials
0.00%
MEETS EDGE ENERGY STANDARD 39.3% Meets EDGE Standard
FINANCIAL CALCULATOR No other certification system has free
software to calculate the cost of going green.
QUANTITATIVE APPROACH EDGE uses projected performance for a
uniquely measurable approach.
ONE-STOP SHOP Efficiency simulations are executed in EDGE and the
entire certification process can be conducted within the software.
PROJECT INTEGRATION Certification compliance can be achieved with
invoices, photos and a few architectural drawings.
LOCATION-SPECIFIC EDGE has climate and lifestyle data for the most
accurate results.
GREEN BUILDINGS FOR ALL Fast and affordable, EDGE makes
certification easy for everyone.
EDGE IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS.
________
The manufacturing sector for the built environment needs to produce, consume, reuse and recycle responsibly
4. GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS
Select green certifications for products
EDGE : Adaptation groups used for classification of embodied energy in construction materials •Energy-intensive, high cost materials, such as aluminum, steel and glass.
•Both electricity and fuel sources used have a significant influence on the impact, as do the efficiency of the process and the use of recycled content. Group 1
•Fuel-intensive, lower cost materials, such as cement , bricks and kiln-dried timber. Fuel source and technology significantly affect the impact. Group 2 •Input-related products such as concrete blocks and gypsum –based products ,where the input materials such as cement & gypsum have the greatest effect on
impacts.
•Use of alternative raw materials such as ground granulated ballast furnace slags (GGBS), pulverized fuel ash (PFA) or flue gas desulfurized (FGD) gypsum has a strong influence over impacts.
Group 3
•Electricity-intensive, high cost goods such as flooring and board products. Electricity source and recycled content have the most influence on impacts. Group 4
•Low- cost, less-processed products such as aggregates, straw, etc. These materials are generally produced locally, with predictable production processes and lower impacts. Group 5
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Source: www.edgebuildings.com
Sample ABTs available in Kenya Group
Flooring Product Walling Product Roofing Product
1 Poly-vinyl chloride flooring
Expanded polystyrene Light gauge steel
2 Self-levelling epoxy Prefabricated modular units Hollow pot technology
3 Terrazo Precast concrete panels
4 Ceramic n/a
5 Red oxide Interlocking soil stabilised blocks (ISSB) Compressed agricultural fiber panels Prefabricated timber panels & buildings
Building integrated solar photovoltaic tiles Ekoboard (recycled tetrapak) Modroof roofing material
Big 4 Agenda priority for affordable housing
Opportunity to unlock public and private land
Local and multi-national capital to deploy
Sovereign & corporate green bond for local currency green projects
Outdated building code
Tenure of title
Graft
Shallow skilled labour market
Poor state of bulk infrastructure
High dependency on imported building material
High interest rates
Highly inflationary land prices
Stakeholders, opportunities & challenges