LEED

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LEED and the Built Environment Sholem
Prasow LEEDTM Accredited Professional Teknion
Furniture Systems
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Objectives of This Session

• Why LEED
• Review of LEED
• Focus on LEED-NC (New Construction)
• Highlights of LEED-EB (Existing Buildings) --
  New!
• LEED and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
  (EPP)
• Brief discussion of LEED-CI (balloting in July)
• How Manufacturers can /ought to help (using
  Teknion furniture as an example)
• Competitive Advantage for your organization -
• Discussion

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How Important are Buildings?

• Damaging the Earth
• A typical North American construction process
  generates 2.5 lb. of solid waste per square foot
  of floor space (about 500 lb. per eventual
  occupant)

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How Important are Buildings?

• Polluting the Water ...
• 5 billion gallons of water are used to flush
  toilets daily in the US
• (I dont have the data on the amount of water
  used to water the grass around the building)

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How Important are Buildings?

• Wasting Energy ...
• Buildings account for 30 to 37 of the total
  energy used and 60 to 68 of electricity used
• 40 Billion is spent annually in the US to air
  condition buildings (1/6 of electricity
  generated)
• 75 of US electricity comes from fossil fuels

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How Important are Buildings?

• Polluting the Atmosphere ...
• Buildings account for
• 49 of SO2 emissions (acid rain)
• 25 of NO emissions (smog)
• 10 of particulate emissions (lung disease)
• 35 of CO2 emissions (global warming)
• The US is the worlds largest emitter of Ozone
  Depleting substances (UV damage)

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How Important are Buildings?

• Wasting Materials and depleting Resources ...
• Construction and demolition of buildings account
  for 40 of the solid waste in land fills

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How Important are Buildings?

• Making people sick and unproductive due to
  unhealthy indoor Air Quality ...
• 90 of a persons time is spent indoors, where
  levels of pollution are 2 to 5 to 100 times worse
  than outdoors

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How Does LEED fit in?
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How Does LEED Fit In?

• The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
  (LEED) program of the US Green Building Council
  has issued a rating system that anyone can choose
  to comply with
• LEED for new construction and major
  renovations(LEED-NC vers 2.1) is the flagship
  standard,
• 1000 plus registrations, 90 plus certifications

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How Does LEED Fit In Canada?

• The Canadian Green Building Council has licensed
  the LEED system from the USGBC
• LEED Canada is about to be released.
• The Draft LEED Canada document in circulation
  suggests that there are few changes to the US
  LEED - NC 2.1 document beyond localization of
  certain county-specific codes and standards (Mar.
  15/04)

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What exactly is LEED - NC ?

• LEED-NC is a lot of things combined
• 1. A Green Building Rating System for New
  Construction and Major Renovations
• 2. An Incentive Program for Green Design,
  Integrated Design, Elegant Design, and Good
  Design
• 3. A recognition and publicity medium

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What is a Green Building?

• A Green Building is a building that is
  constructed in a responsible manner that
  minimizes the environmental impact of the
  building on the environment, on its community and
  on the health of its occupants
• A Green Building is a profitable building that
  costs less to run, often called a High
  Performance Building
• A Green Building is a building that has been
  shown to improve the satisfaction and
  productivity of its occupants as well

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How Does the LEED Rating System Work?

• Credits and Points are awarded by the USGBC for
  demonstrated adherence to specific quantified
  performance measures in 5 Design Categories
• Existing, proven technologies, industry
  standards and current best practices are
  required to achieve those credits and points
• beyond building codes

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LEEDTM-NC Point Distribution
Five LEED credit categories
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What is Green Design?

• Design and Construction Practices that support
  and improve the health of the systems that
  sustain life
• Bill Reed
• The LEED rating system is a first step aimed at
  the support component of the above definition
  .. The training wheels

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What is Integrated Design?

• Classical waterfall design-development process
  cant achieve the results desired
• Integrated design is the mindset, the tools, and
  the process of engaging all parties
  simultaneously in optimizing all elements of the
  design, construction planning, and operation of
  the building /facility holistically
• Daylighting example ...

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What is Elegant Design?

• A design that achieves the design objectives
  with minimal resources
• Bill Reed
• What is Good Design?
• The best, period. Not the best compromise.
• Not built to building code
• Not a less than 2 year payback

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Building Code

• A building built to building code standards
  means only that the owner just missed breaking
  the law.
• Bill Reid, 2003
• If a building falls down and kills the owner,
  the builder will be put to death. If the building
  kills the owners son, the builders son will be
  put to death.
• ... Code of Hamurabi, 1800 BC

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Building Code

• In China, during the Shang dynasty (1200 BC),
  buildings were built with an (unwilling) army of
  soldiers buried in front of them in order to
  protect the occupants from the spirits of the
  underworld.
• Current building codes resulted from the Chicago
  fire of 1871, and were focussed on protecting the
  property (and lives) of the building occupants,
  as demanded by the insurance companies.
• Many conservative trade best practice standards
  exceed typical building practices based upon
  building code requirements

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Building Code

• In time, building codes will evolve to protect
  the long term health of the occupants, the
  community and the environment. Today they are
  still focused on occupant health and safety and
  protect from catastrophic failures (fire and and
  building collapse -- see history.)
• Many conservative trade best practice standards
  exceed typical building practices based upon
  building code requirements -- consistent with
  the intent of meeting green building objectives.

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Example -- ASHRAE 90.1 -1999

• And that is only a beginning. The LEED Rating
  System offers additional points for exceeding the
  energy use standard by up to an additional 60 --
  a number considered achievable if todays best
  practices are used!

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2 Year Payback

• A typical building (designed in a non-integrated
  manner) begins with the architect completing a
  design and turning it over to the engineering
  firm for engineering design and costing
• The engineering firm then designs the least cost
  building to code (with initial costs only in
  mind)
• In cases where higher first costs can result in
  lower operating costs, those alternatives are
  typically selected if the choice results in a .

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Less than 2 Year Payback

• Lets see what this really means .
• For example, a 1.9 year payback is equivalent to
  a 71 compound annual rate of return.
• If a 26 year old invested 100 at age 26 and
  achieved an compound annual 71 return, the
  investment would be worth
• 2.86 Billion at age 58!!!!
• If he/she rejected all potential investments with
  more than a 2 year payback, this would mean
  he/she would be satisfied with no less...

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More on a 2 Year Payback

• Clearly, a change in mindset is also a
  requirement for building green buildings ...
• Educating clients to use longer term measures is
  a key part of the Green Building Process
• (LEED-EB suggests 10 year payback as a simple
  alternative)

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So, LEED Buildings Cost More?

• Actually, first costs are not significantly
  higher....
• Following an Integrated Design Process typically
  generates at least as many savings as costs.
• Studies show that on the average LEED buildings
  cost 2 more initially, with substantially
  reduced annual operating costs-- some can cost
  less!

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The Prie Is Right! What Being ustainable Costs
Interagency Sustainability Working
Group Washington, DC April 7, 2004
David Eakin, PE Chief Engineer Office of the
Chief Architect Public Buildings Service
John Amatruda, RA Elizabeth Heider, AIA
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Construction Cost Impacts
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Construction Cost Perspective
Estimating Accuracy
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Sustainability Cost ContextIntegrated
Performance Initiatives

• Sustainability
• (Environmental Design-
• Being Green)
• Workplace Productivity
• (Space Equity, Comfort, Flexibility,
• Reliability, Sense of Place, etc.)
• Terrorism
• (Levels of Threat Blast, Small
• Arms, Air-Born, Theft/Assault)
• Seismic Safety
• (New FEMA Requirements)
• Historic Preservation
• (Historic Districts, Building
• Element Preservation/Restoration)

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Copies Available SoonWhole Building Design Guide
Study findings along with an applications guide
will be posted on the WBDG in the Spring 2004.
www.wbdg.org
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LEED Suite Overview LEED-NCLEED-CILEED-
CSLEED-EB(ISO 14001)
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Technical Overview of LEEDTM

• LEED is performance-based where possible,
  compatible with standard design processes,
  self-evaluating, self-documenting, but not
  self-certifying. Certification is solely done by
  the USGBC.
• Four levels of certification for LEED-NC
• LEED Certified 26 - 32 points
• Silver Level 33 - 38 points
• Gold Level 39 - 51 points
• Platinum Level 52 points (69 possible)

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LEED-NC Rating System

• There are 5 Sustainable Categories of Concern
• PLUS a Category for Design and Process
  Innovation
• The Rating System Contains
• 7 Prerequisites -- Mandatory Requirements!
• 32 credits with 64 core points
• 4 Design Innovation points
• 1 LEED Accredited Professional point

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LEED Suite Overview

• LEED-NC is the flagship standard, designed for
  new construction and and major renovations
• LEED-CI (Commercial Interiors) is a subset of
  LEED-NC designed for renovations of tenant spaces
  -- where the occupant has little choice about
  Core and Shell
• LEED-CS (Core and Shell) is a subset of LEED-NC
  designed for landlords who are building (or
  renovating) buildings but have little choice
  about tenant fit-out (not addressed in this
  presentation)

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LEED Suite Overview

• LEED-EB (Existing Building) is a subset of
  LEED-NC designed for improving building
  performance with upgrades that do not
  significantly change the interior or exterior
  surfaces of the building -- and more
• (ISO 14001, while not part of the LEED Suite,
  completes the picture. It is designed with
  similar goals to improve the the behavior of
  management and employees who occupy the
  building.)

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Focus on LEED-NC Highlights

• This presentation will focus on the highlights of
  LEED-NC and how Furniture impacts LEED-NC
• LEED-CI tracks LEED-NC, with relatively minor
  adaptations
• The New! LEED-EB draft contains many significant
  interesting changes -- up for public comments
  (by Mar 30) and ballot

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LEED-EB Highlights

• LEED-EB focuses on upgrading and operating
  buildings in a formal sustainable way on an
  ongoing basis
• In addition to LEED-NC areas of focus, LEED-EB
  includes
• whole building cleaning /maintenance protocols
• recycling programs
• exterior maintenance
• systems upgrades
• to green performance standards

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LEED-EB Highlights (continued)

• LEED-EB is three rating systems in one
• A certification and rating system for existing
  buildings (at least 5 years old)
• A re-certification and rating system for
  originally-certified LEED-NC buildings
• A periodic re-certification and rating system for
  originally-certified LEED-EB buildings (1 yr..
  recommended, maximum 5 yr. cycle)

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LEED-EB Highlights

• LEED-EB methodology focuses on
• policy mandates
• measured conformance to Operational Requirements
  (not just design parameters)
• conformance to specified standards
• documentation of measures used
• activity logs
• quarterly reviews/inspections
• cumulative data collection including all of the
  above, and more
• to green performance standards

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LEED-NC 2.1 Credits for Sustainable SitesWater
EfficiencyEnergy and AtmosphereMaterials and
ResourcesIndoor Environmental QualityDesign and
Innovation
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Sustainable Sites -- 8 Credits, 14 Points

• Prerequisite Erosion and Sedimentation Control
• Credit 1 Site Selection
• Credit 2 Urban Redevelopment
• Credit 3 Brownfield Redevelopment
• Credit 4 Alternative Transportation (4 points)
• Credit 5 Reduced Site Disturbance -- Protect
  Open Space (2 points)
• Credit 6 Stormwater Management
• Credit 7 Landscape and Exterior Design to Reduce
  Heat Islands (2 points)
• Credit 8 Light Pollution Reduction

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Sustainable Sites LEED EB-NC Comparison

• Credits adapted in a manner consistent with
  building manager choices rather than developer
  choices (except for Brownfield Redevelopment
  credit -- not available)
• Major change is replacement of Site Selection
  credit with a credit for Green Site Building and
  Exterior Management
• To keep it functional (some green solutions
  require more (or different) maintenance)
• to Reduce Impact on Local Environments
• Low Impact Chemical/Fertilizer/ Pest Management

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Sustainable Sites LEED EB-NC Comparison

• For certain credits, adaptedmeans they still do
  have teeth in them
• If it wasnt done at time of construction, you
  get credits for doing it as a major upgrade
• e.g.. Alternative transportation -- do it now
  (implement a shuttle), or acceptable alternative
  with a measure (telecommuting)
• For certain credits, keep it so
• - restore (or maintain) to/in natural state
• Certain Credits simplified for easier measurement
• Policies, logs, measurements or quarterly
  inspections / reviews required for most credits

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LEED-NC 2.1 Credits for Sustainable SitesWater
EfficiencyEnergy and AtmosphereMaterials and
ResourcesIndoor Environmental QualityDesign and
Innovation
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Water Efficiency 3 Credits5 Points

• Credit 1 Limit (50) or eliminate the use of
  potable water for landscape irrigation
  (2 points)
• Credit 2 Reduce wastewater 50
• Credit 3 Water Use Reduction, 20 - 30
  (2 points)

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Water Efficiency LEED EB-NC Comparison

• All credits applicable but reworded in a manner
  consistent with building manager choices rather
  than developer choices
• Major change is addition of 2 Prerequisites for
• A. Minimum Water Efficiency
• Requires water efficient fixtures or equivalent
• B. Discharge Water Compliance
• Requires removal or filtration of in-building
  generated discharges like oil and grease

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Water Efficiency LEED EB-NC Comparison

• Water Use reduction Credit similar to LEED-NC but
  from a different baseline
• But, quarterly and annual water meter data is
  continuously required to prove that the initial
  target continues to be met for all Water
  Efficiency credits

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LEED-NC 2.1 Credits for Sustainable SitesWater
EfficiencyEnergy and AtmosphereMaterials and
ResourcesIndoor Environmental QualityDesign and
Innovation
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Energy and Atmosphere 6 credits

• Prerequisite 2 Minimum Energy Performance
• Requirements Comply with ASRAE/IESNA Standard
  90.1 -1999
• Credit 1 Optimize Energy Performance
• (1 to 10 points)
• Requirements Reduce design energy cost by up to
  60 for new buildings (50 for existing
  buildings)

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Energy and Atmosphere17 points

• Strategies
• Energy Modeling - a must!
• Harvest free resources such as daylight,
  ventilation cooling and solar heating
• Maximize HVAC efficiency
• Relax tight temperature requirements
• Occupancy sensors
• Proper building orientation and fenestration
• High performance lighting
• Digital energy management control system
• Proper insulation ...

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Energy and Atmosphere

• Prerequisite (and Credit 3) Building Systems
  Commissioning
• Credit 5 Measurement and Verification
• Credit 2 On Site Renewable Energy
• -- up to 15 (up to 3 points)
• Credit 6 Green Power -- 50
• Prerequisite 2 No CFCs in HVACR Equipment
• Credit 4 Ozone Protection-- N0 HCFCs
• Teknion products are CFC and HCFC free

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Energy and Atmosphere LEED EB-NC Comparison

• Credits reworded in a manner consistent with
  building manager choices rather than developer
  choices (e.g. Energy Star vs. ASHRAE 90.1)
• Building Commissioning, Measurement and
  Verification Credits expanded and beefed up to
  include, among other items, Owners Operational
  Requirements and continuous measurable actions to
  meet those requirements
• Requirements for most credits expanded, made more
  precise, and more measurement-based rather than
  design based (e.g Ozone Protection)

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Energy and Atmosphere LEED EB-NC Comparison

• Ozone Protection Example)
• You dont have to replace equipment to eliminate
  CFCs and HCFCs if uneconomic and you can
  measure and control leakage
• Additional Credit (1 to 3 Points) for Building
  Operations and Maintenance
• Staff Education
• Best Practices Preventive Maintenance Program
• Continuous Tracking and Optimization of Indoor
  Environmental Quality
• to green performance standards

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Energy and Atmosphere LEED EB-NC Comparison

• Additional Credit for Emission Measurement,
  Control, and Continuous Improvement
• Additional Credit for Documenting Sustainable
• Building Operating Cost Impacts
• On Site and Off Site Renewable Energy Credits
  rationalized (Canada?)

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LEED-NC 2.1 Credits for Sustainable SitesWater
EfficiencyEnergy and AtmosphereMaterials and
ResourcesIndoor Environmental QualityDesign and
Innovation
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Materials and Resources 7 credits 13 points

• Prerequisite 1 Facilitate Storage and Collection
  of Recyclables
• Requirements Provide an easily accessible area
  that serves the entire building dedicated to the
  separation, collection and storage of materials
  for recycling
• Dovetails with ISO 14001
• Teknion is the first North American Furniture
  Manufacturer to have all of its major facilities
  (in Canada and the US) ISO 14001 certified

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Materials and Resources 7 credits

• Credit 1 Building Reuse Maintain 100 of Shell
  Structure and 50 of Non Shell/Non Structure (1
  to 3 points)
• Material reuse in the same building
• Credit 3 Resource Reuse for at least 5 (or 10)
  of building materials.(1 or 2 points)
• Material reuse in another facility
• Credit 2 Construction Waste Management -- Divert
  50 - 75 from Landfill (1 or 2 Points)
• Covers sale to recycler or refurbisher (or to
  third party as used)

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Materials and Resources

• One way or another, reuse or repurposing exiting
  building elements (including furniture and walls
  can gain credit for at least one of the above
  categories.
• Building elements reused are additive, so any
  contribution by an applicable item can help bring
  the requirement above threshold
• Furniture (and relocatable walls) can contribute
  to all of these categories, and substantially
  contribute on a case by case basis (particularly
  Resource Reuse)

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Materials and Resources

• Strategies Since multiple building elements can
  be combined for these credits, use Integrated
  Design Process to identify all candidate building
  elements at the outset of the project --
  holistically -- not sequentially
• Consider applying for Design Innovation credits
  for selecting such systems for minimizing waste
  for future renovations
• -- Relocatable Walls, such as Teknions Altos,
  for example

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Materials and Resources

• Credit 4 Recycled Content 5 (or 10) --
  post-consumer plus 1/2 post industrial (1
  or 2 points)
• Strategies
• Use as a guideline and not as a rule in all
  cases. Materials high in recycled content may
  have reduced lifetime, or other less desirable
  attributes. Or they may not.
• Recommended best practice Select the best
  materials for the job, with an eye to recycled
  content.
• Recycled content has a vote, not a veto.

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Materials and Resources

• Teknions Steel Products, on average, contain a
  recycled material content of 65, of which 50 on
  average, or more, is post industrial recycled
  material.
• Panel Fabrics are primarily polyester material,
  with up to 100 recycle content (post
  industrial). Panel fabrics are available with up
  to 78 post-consumer recycled material content.

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Materials and Resources

• Teknions Particle Board of 100 recovered and
  recycled wood content, 60 post-industrial
  material content.
• MDF is 100 post-industrial recycled wood
  material.
• Seating Fabrics are available with 100 recycled
  material content (post-industrial).
• Tentest sound insulation material comprised of
  100 post-consumer recycled cardboard.

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Materials and Resources

• Here too items are additive (by cost) so any
  contribution by an applicable item, including
  Furniture, can help bring the requirement above
  threshold.
• Make sure all recycled content is properly
  accounted for. Ask the suppliers to provide both
  post-industrial and post-consumer data as
  required.
• Teknion is committed to supplying recycled
  content data, square footage data and volume data
  as required to support calculations for Credits,
  1, 2, 3 and 4

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Materials and Resources

• Credit 5 Regional Materials (1 or 2 points)
• Requirements Use a minimum of 20 of building
  materials and products that are manufactured
  regionally within a radius of 500 miles.
  Manufactured means final assembly.
• ( 1 point)
• Of those materials manufactured locally, use a
  minimum of 50 extracted, harvested or recovered
  regionally (1 point)
• Teknion will provide required data for clients
  located within 500 miles of Teknions final
  assembly plants

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Materials and Resources

• Credit 6 Rapidly Renewable Materials - 5
• (1 point)
• Requirements Materials to come from plants that
  are typically harvested within a 10 year cycle or
  shorter.
• Teknion is finalizing plans to offer Strawboard
  products in 2004, and will provide the necessary
  data for customers purchasing those products to
  the contribution made from other building elements

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Materials and Resources

• Credit 7 Certified Wood (1 point)
• Requirements Use a minimum of 50 of wood-based
  materials certified in accordance with the Forest
  Stewardship Councils Principles
• Flooring, finishes and furnishings included
• Teknion is finalizing plans to offer Certified
  Wood products in 2004, and will provide the chain
  of custody certificates for customers purchasing
  those products

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Materials and Resources LEED EB-NC Comparison

• Credits reworded in a manner consistent with
  building manager choices rather than developer
  choices
• 2 Additional Recycling Prerequisites for Source
  Reduction and Waste Stream Management as well as
  mercury reduction in light bulbs
• Reused, recycled, local content, FSC certified
  wood and rapidly renewable credits rationalized
  into a single credit with 5 points

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Materials and Resources LEED EB-NC Comparison

• Environmental Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
  Policies maximizing reuse as defined above to
  cover at least the following product groups
• office paper, office equipment, furniture,
  furnishings, and building materials over 100.
• Additional 2 points for purchasing IAQ Compliant
  products for 45 of usage under EPP Policies
  covering
• paint and coatings, adhesives, sealants, carpet,
  composite panels, agrifiber products, and
  building materials over 100.

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Materials and Resources LEED EB-NC Comparison

• Up to 3 points for purchasing Cleaning products
  that are Compliant to Green Seal GS-37, and
  California Code of Regulations for maximum VOC
  levels and EPA guidelines for
• cleaning products, disposable janitorial
  products and trash bags involving purchases over
  100.
• Up to 3 additional points for Occupant Recycling
  of up to 50 of the total waste stream

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LEED-NC 2.1 Credits for Sustainable SitesWater
EfficiencyEnergy and AtmosphereMaterials and
ResourcesIndoor Environmental QualityDesign and
Innovation
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Indoor Environmental Quality8 Credits, 15 Points

• Prereq. 1 Minimum Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
• Prereq. 2 Tobacco Smoke Control
• Credit 5 Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source
  Control
• Credit 1 CO2 Monitoring Requirements
• Credit 2 Ventilation Effectiveness
• Credit 3 Construction IAQ Management Plan --
  During Construction and After (but Before
  Occupancy) (1 or 2 points)
• IAQ Testing according to EPA Triangle Park
  Protocol
• Building full of Teknion Greenguard Certified
  System met above standard (Georgia Tech)

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Indoor Environmental Quality

• Credit 4 Low Emitting Materials(4 points)
• Adhesives and Sealants
• Paints and Coatings
• Carpet
• Composite Wood (no added urea-formaldehyde)
• Addressed by Teknions Strawboard plan
• Strategy Apply for an additional Design
  Innovation point for Greenguard Certified
  Furniture.
• (latest LEED Credit Interpretations for LEED-NC
  suggest this. Greenguard Certification already
  accepted in LEED-CI)

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Indoor Environmental Quality

• Teknion was the first furniture manufacturer to
  have all of its product lines Greenguard
  Certified in 2003.
• Greenguard is the accepted standard for furniture
  in LEED-CI.
• In Canada, the Ecologo Certification is an
  accepted standard in the LEED Canada draft (as
  well as Greenguard).
• Ecologo certification protects the manufacturers
  employees as well from the deleterious effects of
  poor air quality.
• Teknion is the only furniture manufacturer with
  Environment Canadas Ecologo certification

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Indoor Environmental Quality

• The USGBC is evaluating offering a credit for No
  PVCs based upon intense lobbying by Single
  Issue environmental groups.
• No PVCs is beginning to appear as a blanket
  requirement for health care clients right now --
  for all products -- not just those products
  that are used in the treatment of patients.
• Teknion is currently investigating plans for
  addressing the issue, and is currently creating a
  response to those situations we are encountering.

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Indoor Environmental Quality

• Credit 6 Individual Control of Airflow,
  Temperature and Lighting Systems (1 or 2 points)
• Credit 7 Thermal Comfort (1 or 2 points)
• Credit 8 Daylight and Views (1 or 2 points)
• Requirements
• Furniture systems designed at the outset of the
  building design can maximize the ability of
  occupants to benefit from windows, provide task
  lighting, and enhance air flow.

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Indoor Environmental Quality LEED EB-NC
Comparison

• Credits reworded and made more measurable in a
  manner consistent with building manager choices
  rather than developer choices
• Low Emitting Materials credits removed because
  already addressed in EPP Policies under Materials
  and Resources
• Prerequisites added for Asbestos Removal and
  Encapsulation and for PCB removal
• Credit added for Contemporary IAQ Practice
• Simplified Individual Controllability of Systems
  credit (lighting, temp., air flow)

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Indoor Environmental Quality LEED EB-NC
Comparison

• Credit added for Documenting Productivity Impact,
  including Absenteeism and Healthcare Costs (2
  points)
• Credit added for Green Cleaning (7 points)
• entryway systems, isolation of janitorial
  closets, isolation of high volume copying rooms,
  low environmental impact cleaning policy, low
  env. impact pest management policy (2), low env.
  Impact cleaning equipment policy
• Upgraded Thermal Comfort Standard (2004 vs 1992)

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Indoor Environmental Quality LEED EB-NC
Comparison

• Upgraded and Strengthened Daylighting and Views
  Credits
• Double the number of points (up to 4)
• Views Space Churn Renovation Plan required
  identifying how to achieve direct line of sight
  to vision glazing from 90 of the occupied spaces
• Can be achieved in 2 steps 45 and 90

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LEED-NC 2.1 Credits for Sustainable SitesWater
EfficiencyEnergy and AtmosphereMaterials and
ResourcesIndoor Environmental QualityDesign and
Innovation
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Design Innovation2 Credits, 5 Points

• Credit 1 Innovation in Design (1 to 4 points)
• additional points for
• exceptional performance above requirements set in
  the standard,
• and/or
• innovative performance outside the green
  building categories specifically addressed by the
  standard.

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Design Innovation2 Credits, 5 Points

• Teknion will assist in obtaining Design
  Innovation Credits that apply to the clients
  individual situation.
• Teknion will participate in the design process to
  the extent feasible. A Teknion LEED Accredited
  Professional will review the proposed design and
  recommend how furniture could be used both to
  meet the intent of a sustainable building as well
  as contribute to additional LEED points if
  certification is being pursued.

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Design Innovation LEED EB-NC Comparison

• No change in Design innovation credit.
• Requirement for LEED-EB Accredited Professional
  (separate exam, not yet available)
• Interim alternative -- LEED-NC Accredited
  Professional having attended a full day LEED-EB
  training course (not yet available)

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LEED CI-NC Brief - Comparison

• Points for selection of building with LEED
  attributes
• A point for a long term lease
• Greenguard Approved Furniture included in (I)EQ
  section
• Suggested innovation categories for
• acoustic performance
• education of occupants
• community development
• lifecycle analysis of material choices

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Bibliography
A wide range of both print and web sources can be
found at the following sites http//www.usgbc.or
g/Resources/research.asp http//www.bdcmag.com/mag
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htmlblcc Many many more sources are listed in
the LEED Reference Guide