WORKSHOP: The roles of wood in green building and green building effects on the forest sector of in the UNECE region.

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WORKSHOP The roles of wood in green building and
green building effects on the forest sector of
in the UNECE region.
Are ENGOs ready to promote the use of wood as
the preferred building material?
Alison Rowles-Anobile, Special Advisor IUCN
Conservation Center Green Building Project
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Why IUCN is Building Green

• Worldwide, buildings account for up to 40 of CO2
  emissions
• Buildings account for 43 of the US CO2 emissions
  with BRIC countries catching up.
• Greenhouse gas emissions from US buildings is
  equal to the combined emissions from Japan,
  France and the UK.
• Over the next 25 years emissions from buildings
  will increase faster than in any other sector
• China is building the equivalent of Japans total
  building area every three years!
• IUCN wants to
• Encourage others to build green
• Provide access to the knowledge and tools to do
  so
• Link biodiversity conservation and sustainable
  construction

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Walking the TalkNew Building Extension at IUCN
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IUCN Conservation Center Objectives

• Green Building Standards
• MINERGIE-P (Switzerland)
• Low energy consumption
• MINERGIE-ECO (Switzerland)
• Green construction and design
• LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental
  Design (USA) Gold/Platinum
• Rating system that includes standards for site
  development, water savings, energy efficiency,
  materials selection and indoor air quality.
• (Only 51 Platinum Buildings worldwide 6 outside
  US)

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IUCN Green Building Specifications

• High Performance Energy Systems (Solar and
  Thermal)
• 85 of Energy Consumption from renewable sources
• Water Efficiency (reclaimed water and storm water
  management)
• Potable water use 22 less than baseline
• Materials and Resources (minimal use of
  materials)
• CO2 reduced and recycled concrete thermal
  concrete
• 75 of the wood FSC
• High Indoor Environmental Quality (CO2
  controlled air supply)
• passive solar with natural light throughout

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Sample Guidelines and Standards in process

• WWF One Planet Living
• WBCSD Energy Efficiency in Buildings ( EEB
  project)
• Green Globes Design Building Owners and Managers
  Association of Canada (BOMA)
• Green Building Initiative (GBI) Green Globes in
  the USA (ANSI Std)
• Green Schools Earth Day Network
• SBCI Sustainable Buildings and Construction
  Initiative (UNEP)
• Bovis Lend Lease Company Standards Global
  Developer
• ISO Standards for Intelligent and Sustainable
  Buildings
• National Governments
• BREEAM BRE Environmental Assessment Method (UK)
• MINERGIE ECO and P (Switzerland)
• CASBEE Comprehensive Assessment System for
  Building Environmental Efficiency (Japan)
• Green Star Green Building Council of Australia
  (GBCA)
• LEEDLeadership in Energy Environmental Design,
  US Green Building Council

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Building standards implementation
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URBANIZATION CHALLENGES
World trends
Residential buildings
Increasing energy intensities, appliance uptake,
area per capita
China
Source Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Energy Use in China Sectoral Trends and Future
Outlook, 2007
Commercial buildings
China adding 2x current U.S. commercial floor
space 2000-2020 Significant increases in space
cooling and space heating penetration Large
efficiency opportunities
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Buildings have a GLOBAL IMPACT
Global Final Energy Use (79,000 TWh)
Reference Residential Segment (Cold Climate) 65
Energy Reduction Possible
Buildings (38)
Other (3)
Cooking
Light Appliance
Transport (26)
Water Heating
Building Energy Use, KWh/Bldg
HVAC
Industry (33)
2005 Baseline
2050 Best Adopted
Potential Energy Savings in Buildings is 25 of
Global Energy Usage. Transport Energy Totals just
26 of Global Energy Usage.
(Potential Savings of More than 3200 700 MW Power
Plants)
Source IEA Worldwide Trends in Energy Use and
Efficiency, (2008)
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The Big Picture
Operation is key especially heating, cooling,
lighting
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Stakeholders
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Fragmented and complex
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Issues Influencing use of wood

• No common link between global standards to
  facilitate implementation
• Negative perception of timber use due to global
  deforestation and increasing climate change
• Stakeholders not united in reduce, reuse and
  recycle mechanism
• Public Relations efforts behind those of other
  materials suppliers
• Major impact on reduction of energy use by
  buildings in refurbishment and renovation not
  new construction where wood is mostly used
• Educational efforts needed with architects,
  suppliers and investors
• Pricing not always favorable for FSC products

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Support ENGO mandates

• Demonstrate forest management links to
  bio-diversity
• Show positive impacts on water and energy
  consumption
• Focus on policy and legislative support for
  consumer incentives
• Strengthen links to global initiatives for green
  cities
• Build links to programmes for climate change
  mitigation
• Set standards for minimizing wood consumption and
  wasted materials
• Ensure industry standards to facilitate due
  diligence

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Requirement to act NOW
of zero net energy buildings
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Time
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Everyone concerned with buildings has to change
the way they think about energy
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Thank you