Today’s Special Green Buildings
Introduction Tour
Lunch
Price is Right
Introduction to Green Buildings
Aurora Sharrard
Green Design AIU Apprenticeship Program
20 February 2006
Buildings Account for . . . 20% of U.S. economy
All construction
39% of U.S. primary energy use 70% of U.S. energy
consumption
12% of all potable water 16 trillion gallons /
year
40% of raw materials globally 3 billon tons / year
136 million tons of waste / year Municipal solid
waste = 210 million tons / year
Source: USGBC
Building Life Cycle Costs Design
Architects, Engineers, Planners Construction
Labor (contractors), Materials, Equipment Operation and Maintenance
Lighting, Heating/Cooling, Renovations, Cleaning
Deconstruction Labor (contractors), material disposal (recycle?)
Building Life Cycle Costs The people inside! Workers’ wages can make up bulk of life
cycle costs of a building Comfortable building
space Happier workers More productivity!
Not typical to think this way, but becoming more common
What is a “green” building?
Is this a “green” building
?
Island Wood, Bainbridge Island, WA
Sleeping Lady RetreatLeavenworth, WA
Ducks UnlimitedWinnipeg, Manitoba
GAP Inc., San Bruno, CA
Philip Merrill Environmental Center
Annapolis, MD
Private Home, Tempe, AZ
“Green”Materials
Private HomeWalnut Creek, CA
Private Home
Walnut Creek, CA
How do you differentiate one green building from another?
What is LEED? Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Created by the USGBC in 1998
Precursor in 1994
Encouraged by NIST and DOE Adapted for other countries
Canada Australia Hong Kong
LEED Buildings 19 certified under Version 1.0 198 certified under Version 2.0 (June 2005)
Mostly commercial buildings International
Canada Sri Lanka India
1,188 registered (March 2004) At various design and construction stages 0.7% of commercial buildings built annually
LEED Categories Sustainable Sites (SS) Water Efficiency (WE) Energy & Atmosphere (EA) Materials & Resources (MR) Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ or IEQ) Innovation & Design (ID)
Credits & Available Points
Abbreviation Category Prerequisites Credits Sub-CreditsPoints
Available
SS Sustainable Sites 1 8 6 14
WE Water Efficiency 0 3 2 5
EA Energy & Atmosphere 3 6 2 17
MR Materials & Resources 1 7 6 13
IEQIndoor Environmental
Quality2 8 7 15
ID Innovation & Design 0 2 3 5
TOTAL 7 34 26 69
LEED Levels for NC Certified
26-32 points
Silver 33-38 points
Gold 39-51 points
Platinum 52-69 points
LEED “Products” Horizontal
“LEED for . . .” New Construction and Major
Renovation Projects Pilots
Existing Buildings Commercial Interiors Core and Shell Projects Residential Homes
Vertical “Guides” Retail Laboratories Schools Healthcare Campus Volume Build
LEED Projects Certified by State
0
5
10
15
20
25
CA PA WA OR MI CO GA MA NY AZ VA FL MD KS NJ NC IL
State
Number of Projects Certified
LEED Certified Projects by Level
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
CERTIFIED SILVER GOLD PLATINUM
Level
Number of Projects
Square Footage of LEED Certified Buildings by City
0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
Pittsburgh, PA Sacramento,CA
Torrance, CA Caledonia, MI Atlanta, GA
City, State
Square Footage
Pittsburgh Green Buildings (14 + 2) PNC Firstside Center David L. Lawrence Convention
Center McGowan Institute for
Regenerative Medicine CCI Center CORO Center for Civic Leadership KSBA Architects Office Building Phipps Conservatory Welcome
Center Children’s Museum “Lantern”
Building Heinz Regional History Center
Addition
CMU New House Residence
Hall Henderson House Collaborative Innovation
Center Posner Center
Greater Pittsburgh Duquesne
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank
Munhall Siemens Westinghouse U.S. Steel Research and
Technology Center
+ 42 registered!
Green Building Tour of CMU
Selection of buildings (green and not green)
Green Building Tour of CMU Hamerschlag green roof Wean Newell Simon Collaborative Innovation Center Watershed Project New House
1st LEED dorm -- Silver rating Intelligent Workplace Kraus Campo
Green roof / gathering place on top of Posner Hall Attempting LEED Certified level
Hamerschlag Green Roof
Wean Hall
Newell Simon
Collaborative Innovation Center
CEE Undergraduate Watershed Project
New HouseDormitory
Intelligent Workplace
Kraus Campo
Butterfly Garden
Triple Bottom Line
Economics
Social Equity
Environment
Where can green buildings fit in? Economics
Can save lots of $$ over life cycle
Environment Can save huge amounts of energy, resources, and
emissions
Social Equity Can produce happier, healthier workers/tenants
What is Sustainability?
Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Let’s go!
Craig Street Solar Panels