Public Sector Buildings Green Opportunities

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Public Sector Buildings Green Opportunities

• Bob Leker
• NC Budget Association Conference
• 7/13/06

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Presentation Overview

• Successes
• Challenges
• Examples/Tools

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K-12

• Several K-12 systems use green guidelines, green
  technologies or have built some buildings using
  green technologies (daylighting, solar water
  heating, PV)
• Wake County
• Johnston County
• Guilford County
• Orange County
• Iredell
• Mecklenburg
• Alexander
• Chatham
• Lincoln

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University

• Several University programs use green guidelines,
  green technologies or have at least piloted some
  buildings
• UNC-Chapel Hill
• Duke University
• NCSU
• Catawba College
• Warren Wilson College
• UNC-Asheville

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Municipal Government

• Some PUBLIC BUILDINGS use green technologies or
  have at least piloted some buildings
• EPA, NCDENR, NCDOA, NCDOT
• Parks in New Hanover, Wake County and Buncombe
• Fire Station-Wake County
• Solid Waste System-Orange County
• Museums-Wake (2), Lenoir
• Streets in some towns (New Hanover and Carteret
• Convention Center-Wake (LEED???)

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Challenges

• For ALL
• Third party certification
• Up front costs vs. life cycle costs
• Existing infrastructure burden
• Green Maintenance
• For Public Schools
• Integrating Teaching into the curriculum
• For Public Buildings
• Getting a team together and keeping
  it-reassignment or job mobility or low pay

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Tools

• Third Party certification
• USGBC ----LEED NC
• www.usgbc.org
• Green Building Initiative
• www.thegbi.org
• Energy Star
• www.energystar.gov
• Guidelines
• LEED Application Guides-Schoools, Campuses,
  Hospitals
• High Performance Buildings Guidelines
• http//www.tjcog.dst.nc.us/downloads.htmgrbuild

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Online Software

• Target Finder (Free)
• http//www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?cnew_bldg_des
  ign.bus_target_finder
• Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
• http//www.sbicouncil.org/highperformanceschoolson
  lineresources.htm
• Rebuild America-K-12, universities, government
  and other building types
• http//www.energysmartschools.gov/sectors/sectors.
  asp
• Maintenance and Energy Reduction Strategies
• http//www.energysmartschools.gov/lawson/SC_Attach
  mentView.asp?AttachmentID9535
• NYSERDA
• Online Training
• http//www.hpschooldesigntraining.com/nyserda/home
  .jsp
• Collaborative for High Performance Schools
• Best Practices Manual
• http//www.chps.net/
• EERE free and paid software and tools
• Building Energy Software Tools Directory
• http//www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directo
  ry/

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Resources/Case Studies

• North Carolina Green Building Database
• www.ncgreenbuilding.org
• Directory of Professionals
• http//www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/information_resources/inf
  ormation_resources.cfm
• High Performance buildings Database
• http//www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/database/part
  nering.cfm
• Minnesota Building Materials Database
• http//www.buildingmaterials.umn.edu/
• Western North Carolina Green Building Council
• http//www.wncgbc.org/publications/directories.php
  

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NC Organizations

• North Carolina Triangle Chapter of the USGBC
  (Raleigh)
• http//www.usgbc.org/Chapters/northcarolinatriangl
  e/
• Charlotte Region Chapter of the USGBC
• http//www.usgbc.org/chapters/charlotte/
• Cape Fear Green Building Alliance (Wilmington)
• http//www.cfgba.org/
• Western NC Green Building Council (not USGBC
  recognized)
• http//www.wncgbc.org/

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Sponsors
TOOLS
The Green Building Technology Database
www.ncgreenbuilding.org
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Database Background

• High Performance Guidelines for Triangle Area
• High Performance Pilot Program
• The need to display case studies

www.ncgreenbuilding.org
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5 ways to search . . .
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Search by Technology, Strategy, Technique

• Quality Management
• Site
• Water
• Energy
• Materials
• Indoor Environment

www.ncgreenbuilding.org
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Search by location . . .
www.ncgreenbuilding.org
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Search by building type or site condition . . .
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Search by Keyword

• Keyword
• Found 18 schools with HVAV system search

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View all projects . . .
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Example Green roof
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RD Euzelle P Smith Middle School PROJECT TEAM
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RD Euzelle P Smith Middle School
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RD Euzelle P Smith Middle School
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NC Legislation S2051 Energy Independence in
NC

• Achieve a 20 reduction in water energy
  consumption in state facilities by 2015
• Individual tax credits for federal or state
  qualified energy efficient home construction (new
  or existing homes)

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What Should You Do with this Info???

• Pass along tools and links to your facilities
  management staff
• Include consultants and developers on your list
  for project solicitations
• Be an advocate for green building in your
  organization

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Acknowledgements

• Dona Stankus Architect, NC Solar Center