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Parliament, Cape Town, 22 July 2011
Manfred Braune, GBCSA Technical Executive
GBCSA presentation to Parliament’s Energy Efficiency Committee
Presentation Agenda
1. GBCSA overview
2. Why focus on buildings
3. Building Rating Tools
4. Other GBCSA core activities
5. Links with Government
6. GBCSA Energy & Water Benchmarking Tool
The Green Building Council of South Africa will lead the transformation of the South African property industry to ensure that all buildings are designed, built and operated in an environmentally sustainable way that will allow South Africans to work and live in healthy, efficient and productive environments.
VISION
Board of Directors January 2011
Category Company Name
Comm. Prop. Developers Old Mutual Investment Group Brent Wiltshire
Investors, Owners, Growthpoint Properties Rudolf PienaarProperty Managers SAPOA Neil Gopal
PIC Wayne Van der Vent
Major Corporate Tenant & Retail Woolworths M de Villiers /Les Hall
Building Contractors Grinaker-LTA Chris Jiyane
Building Product Manufacturers & Desso Pieter Smits Van
Distributors Waesberghe
Professional Services: SA Inst. of Architects Al Stratford
Architects, Designers, Engineers, Consulting Engineers SA G Pirie / C Van Dyk
Quantity Surveyors, PM’s etc Assoc of SA Quantity Surveyors Deen Letchmiah
WSP Green by Design Eric Noir
PJ Carew & Associates Paul Carew
Research, Higher Education & NGO’s WITS Daniel Irurah
Utilities, Financial, etc Nedbank Property Finance Richard Thomas
ABSA Hope Mashile
Alternative Energy Agama Energy Mike Munnik
Government CIDB (Department of Public Works) Rodney MilfordSALGA Seana NkhahleDEA Dorah Nteo
Executive Chairman Spire Property Group Bruce Kerswill
World Green Building Council
1. Australia
2. Brazil
3. Canada
4. Germany
5. India
6. Japan
7. Mexico
8. New Zealand
9. Taiwan
10.UAE
1. UK
2. USA
3. South Africa
4. Argentina
5. Columbia
6. Netherlands
7. Poland
8. Romania
9. Singapore
10. Spain
Why buildings are an important focus
Globally, the built environment is responsible for:
Green buildings: Why the focus?
40%end-use
energy consumptio
n
12%fresh water consumptio
n
40%solid waste generation
Source: UNEP, 2011, Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication, www.unep.org/greeneconomy
Source: IEA, 2010, Energy Performance Certification of Buildings: A Policy Tool to Improve Energy Efficiency, International Energy Agency, http://www.iea.org/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?PUBS_ID=2295
Significant challenges? Significant opportunities…
Green buildings: Why the focus?
IPCC projections of CO2 mitigation in 2030Source: UNEP, 2011, Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty
Eradication, www.unep.org/greeneconomy
Significant challenges? Significant opportunities…
Green buildings: Why the focus?
McKinsey & Co GHG abatement cost curvesSource: McKinsey, 2009, Pathways to a Low-Carbon Economy: Version 2 of the Global Greenhouse
Abatement Cost Curve, McKinsey & Company, www.mckinsey.com/globalGHGcostcurve
GBCSA Rating Tools
First 5 Star Green Star SA project – Aurecon Century City
Green Star SA rating system
Rating systems typically under GBC’s:
• Identify different categories in which a building’s environmental performance can be improved
• Identify specific initiatives (“credits”) that would improve performance
• Award points for incorporating initiatives
• Total the points to give a score
• Award a rating on the basis of a score
Green Star SA Rating Tools - developed to date
Management
Indoor Environment Quality
Energy
Transport
Water
Materials
Land Use and Ecology
Emissions
INNOVATION
Green Star SA categories including Energy8
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25% Energy
represents biggest
opportunity for scoring points in
the tool
Rating Tools – under development
Public Assembly & Education Building Tool (Green Star SA):
• Government has sponsored the tool development: R 1.3 million
• PILOT tool to be released end October 2011
• Working group includes Dep. Of Public Works representation
Energy & Water Benchmarking Tool
• How does my existing building perform compared to others in SA?
• PILOT tool for office buildings to be released in the first half of 2012
Other core GBCSA activities
GBCSA Education Programme
Educational Courses on Offer:
• Green Star SA Accredited Professional Course – over 2000 people trained
• Approximately 300 people taken exam and passed
• Other specialist courses, including conference education day courses
GBCSA Convention & Exhibition 2011
Links between Government and GBCSA
Links between Government & GBCSA
• GBCSA Board of Directors: cidb, Dep. of Env. Affairs, SALGA
• Green Building Task team – setup and chaired by the cidb
• Government has sponsored the public building tool
• Government gazette in 2011 via cidb for 4 Star Green Star SA as a best practice standard requirement for all new and refurbished government office buildings.
• Dep. of Energy involved with development of GBCSA Energy benchmarking tool
• Early market penetration of the SANS-204 via Green Star SA in 2008
GBCSA’s Energy & Water Benchmarking Tool: overview
What is benchmarking?
• Position your building’s performance against industry practice
• National averages based on actual surveyed buildings but normalized for weather, etc. (vs. a tool that compares to simulated building performance)
eg. level of energy efficiencyPoor
your building
Excellent
International benchmarking tools
UK – Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) required by the European Union – simulated performance
USA EPA – Energy Star – operational performance
Australia – NABERS (mandated for larger buildings) – operational performance
Objective of benchmarking
•Establish benchmarks (not previously existing)
•Reduce energy / water usage
•Reduce costs
•Reduce carbon emissions and air pollution
•Track changes in energy & water performance
•Transform / revolutionise the industry
Technical Advisory Group & Independent ReviewTechnical Advisory Group
•Government (Dep. of Energy, cidb)
•ESKOM
•SANS-204 chair & past chair
•Property Owners (Growthpoint & Old Mutual)
•Property Managers (JHI)
•CSIR
•IPD
•Sustainability Consultant(WSP Green by Design)
Independent Peer Review
•ICF International – developers of Energy Star (USA)
Conclusion:GBCSA Impact on the market
First 4 Star Green Star SA project – Nedbank Phase II JHB
GBCSA’s approach is to pull the market forward
Green Building best practice
No.
of
build
ings
Top 25% of
Green building best practice
Illegal Leaders
Building regulation
requirements
Typical practice
75%
Questions
Parliament, Cape Town, 22 July 2011
Manfred Braune, GBCSA Technical Executive
GBCSA presentation to Parliament’s Energy Efficiency Committee