The Whole Building Approach Building Beyond Green

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The Whole Building ApproachBuilding Beyond
Green

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The Landscape of Green
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Does a Green Roof a High Performance Building?

• Not unless it was integrated with other design
  elements (and objectives)
• Not unless the roof is properly maintained.
• Avoid token measures.
• Whole building design integrates and optimizes
  the building envelope, systems, products, and
  materials.

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Green Building Rating Systems

• U.S. Green Building Councils LEED
• Green Building Initiatives Green Globes
• State/local green building programs

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The Living Building Cascadia RegionGreen
Building Council
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Policy Landscape

• Federal 100s of bills introduced in 110th
  Congress to promote energy efficiency and use of
  renewable energy, many with green building
  requirements (federal facilities)
• State 100s of bills in pipeline that mandate
  rating systems or provide incentives for building
  green
• Local Mayors adopting the Architecture 2030
  Challenge for addressing climate change

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Policy Landscape

• NAHB/ICC National Green Building Standard
• ASHRAE 189, Standard for High Performance Green
  Buildings, Except for Low-Rise Residential
  Buildings

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FY 08 Federal Budget

• House/Senate appropriations committees increase
  Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE/RE)
  50 over Administrations request
• Increase for DOE buildings programs 60 over
  request

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High Performance Building Standard

• Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Section 914
• Defines High Performance as building that
  integrates and optimizes all major high
  performance building attributes including energy
  efficiency, durability, life-cycle performance,
  and occupant productivity

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High Performance Buildings

• Work underway by the National Institute of
  Building Sciences, the Sustainable Buildings
  Industry Council, and many groups forming a High
  Performance Building Council (60 organizations,
  including AIA, USGBC, GBI, ASHRAE)

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High Performance Building Council Committees

• Accessible
• Aesthetic
• Cost Effective
• Functional
• Historic Preservation
• Productive
• Safe/Secure
• Sustainable

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Port of Entry Sault St. Marieross barney
architects

• Day lighting
• Security

• Aesthetics
• Energy Efficiency

Photo Courtesy of ross barney
architects, Chicago, Illinois
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Evolving Landscape of Green Sustainable High
Performance Buildings

• Turf wars, misguided proposals, greenwashing
• Genuine attempts to improve the public welfare
• Citizens, government representatives, financiers
  and insurance providers trying to figure out
  whats real, whats worth supporting

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• And Whats Worth Protecting

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