Becoming the World’s Tallest Green Building

– TAIPEI 101 Case Study

Cathy Yang Vice President Taipei Financial Center Corp. Green Buildings and Sustainable Technologies, Hong Kong 5-6 June, 2012

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TAIPEI 101

Previously the

world’s tallest

building

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SITE PLAN

Shopping

Mall

Office Tower

Lot Size

• 30,277 sqm

Tower

• 198,000 sqm

Shopping Mall

• 77,000 sqm

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TAIPEI 101 TOWER

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TAIPEI 101 MALL

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TAIPEI 101 OBSERVATORY

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6 Characteristics

• T echnology

• A rt

• I nnovation

• P eople

• E nvironment

• I dentity

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• No. of floors

• New beginning

• Digital age

TAIPEI 101 • First lesson about Taipei

NAMING TAIPEI 101

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TOP 10 TALLEST BUILDINGS

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by CTBUH 1. Burj Khalifa Dubai (UAE) 828M 163F 2010

2. TAIPEI 101 Taipei (Taiwan) 508M 101F 2004

3. Shanghai WFC Shanghai (CN) 492M 101F 2008

4. ICC Hong Kong (CN) 484M 108F 2010

5. Petronas Tower I Kuala Lumpur (MY) 452M 88F 1998

5. Petronas Tower II Kuala Lumpur (MY) 452M 88F 1998

7. Zifeng Towe Nanjing (CN) 450M 66F 2010

8. Willis Tower Chicago (US) 442M 108F 1974

8. Kingkey 100 Shenzhen (CN) 442M 100F 2011

10. Guangzhou IFC Guangzhou (CN) 439M 103F 2010

10 TALLEST in 2020

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by CTBUH 1. Kingdom Tower Jeddah (SA) 1000M 156F 2018

2. Burj Khalifa Dubai (UAE) 828M 163F 2010

3. Ping An Finance Cener Shenzhen (CN) 660M 115F 2015

4. Seoul Light DMC Tower Seoul (KR) 640M 130F 2017

5. Signature Tower Jakarta Jakarta (IN) 638M 111F 2016

6. Shanghai Tower Shanghai (CN) 632M 121F 2014

7. Wuhan Greenland Center Wuhan (CN) 606M 118F 2015

8. Makkah Royal Clock Twr Htl Mecca (SA) 601M 120F 2012

9. Goldin Finance 117 Tianjin (CN) 597M 128F 2015

10. Lotte World Tower Seoul (KR) 555M 123F 2015

• Currently 51 buildings in the world over 300M, but over 100 are

under construction.

BUILDING ENVELOPE

Non-reflective Double Low-E Glass Curtain Wall 10

EMCS Energy Management and Control System

Monitoring:

- VAC Related

- Lighting

- Fire Management

- Generators

- Tenant Power

Ventilation Air-Con System

- Ice Storage Tank

- AHU w/ CO2 sensor on mechanical fls

- VAV boxes on each floor

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Rainwater Harvesting /

Grey Water System

WATER CONSERVATION

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Off hour toilet lights by pushing button at lift lobby

Public area lighting 7:30 am till 7:30 pm, motion sensor for basic lighting for off hours

Garbage chute inlet

Window blinds

provided

Pantry with drinking

water / boiler

TYPICAL FLOOR

T5 light tube

throughout

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NON-SMOKING ENVIRONMENT

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Garbage Collection System

Garbage Sorting / Recycling Station

55% Recycle ratio

WASTE PROGRAM

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ENERGY SAVING EFFORTS

System 2007 2008 2009

VAC

systems

52% 51% 52%

Lighting 31% 33% 34%

Elevators 11% 10% 8%

Others 6% 6% 6%

• Focus: VAC System & Lighting

• Goal: 5% saving every year

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SAVING FROM AIR-CON

• Adjust public area temperature to 25-26℃

• Adjust AHU cool air temperature to 13-14℃

• Fix VAV thermostat to 23-25℃

• Modify chiller plant operating schedule (for

ice storage/melting)

• Modify chilled water distribution according

to actual tenant requirements

• Regular cleansing of AHU valves

• Re-fix door frame to keep doors shut or add

air curtain

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SAVING FROM LIGHTING

• Review all public lighting, no. of tubes and schedule

• Mechanical floors changed to two way

switch

• Parking lot lights from halogen to T5

tubes and relocating to proper location

• Refuge room installed motion detector

• Staircase floor indicator lights changed

to T5 tubes and reduced no. of tubes

• Service lift lobby installed switch

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Compared to 2007 EUI, 2008-2011 4 years

Saved 54.23 mil KWH power = US$4.4 millions

Reduced 36,877 tons carbon emission

*EUI – Energy Use Intensity

ENERGY SAVING – whole complex

Year 2007 2008 2009

Consumption(KWH) 95,820,200 96,048,000 90,993,080

Area in Use M2 318,372 339,707 344,915

EUI (KWH/M2) 300.97 282.74 263.81

Saving from

previous year 6.1% 6.7%

2011/2007 20% saving

2008 & 2009 Total Investment US$391,000; Saving: US$1.5 million

2010 2011

89,858,598 85,103,600

346,396 351,929

259.41 241.82

1.7% 6.8%

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*EUI – Energy Use Intensity

ENERGY SAVING – Office Tower

Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Consumption(KWH) 41,140,800 41,548,800 41,167,280 41,058,398 41,880,000

Area in Use M2 141,094 162,866 170,395 171,064 178,131

EUI (KWH/M2) 291.59 255.11 241.60 240.02 235.11

Saving from

previous year 12.5% 5.3% 0.7% 2.1%

2011/2007 19% saving

• Public power saving from 2007 to 2011 is 26% !

• Energy Star performance rating for 2010 reached 86 !

• LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

• CS – Core and Shell

• NC – New Construction

• EBOM – Existing Building Operation and Maintenance

2009 version

• Commercial Interior

• Neighborhood

• Hotel

USGBC LEED SYSTEM

• LEED is US Green Building Council’s standard

• LEED has been for 12 years and took off in 2008

• LEED is the most recognized rating system in the world

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LANDLORD’S CONSIDERATION

Benefits: - Actual Cost Saving

- Third party verification / health

checkup

- Competitive Advantage in Leasing

- Corporate Image

- Corporate Social Responsibility

Challenges: - Shareholders Endorsement

- Allocate Sufficient Funding

- Staff Commitment

- Tenant Participation

- Quality of Consultants

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FOR LEASING

Tenant’s Benefits:

- Actual Operational Cost

Saving

- Better Indoor Environment

good for work efficiency

- Good PR and feel good for

employees

Current Status in Asia:

- Governments have yet to

request such standards

- Tenants love the idea

- MNCs have yet to make it a

relocation criteria

- Landlords need to sell the

benefits to tenants better

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LEED EBOM POINTS

1. Sustainable Site 26

2. Water Efficiency 14

3. Energy and Atmosphere 35

4. Materials and Resources 10

5. Indoor Environmental Quality 15

6. Innovation in Operations 6

7. Regional Priority Credits 4

Total: 110

Category and Points

- Platinum 80-110

- Gold 60-79

- Silver 50-59

- Certified 40-49

Level

- Prerequisites 9 331K

- Low / no cost 32 13K

- Moderate cost 4 600K

- High cost 6 909K

Total: 51 projects

Actual cost: < US$2,000,000

Projects Identified

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PROJECT EXAMPLES Energy and Atmosphere

- VAV sensors calibration

- Chiller plant optimization program

- Sub-metering plants and equipment

- Implement energy audit and verification

Water Efficiency

- Replace toilet flush valve, urinal flush valve, install aerators in sink

- Alter irrigation system and utilize rain water

Indoor Environment Quality

- Air flow measurement

- Install humidity sensors

- Install more CO2 sensors

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PERFORMANCE

Energy and Atmosphere (EA)

- Over 30% better in energy performance than average building

- Monitoring and recording 40% of total energy usage

Water Efficiency (WE)

- Decrease potable water usage by 30%

- 625 SM of on-site landscape uses 100% rainwater

Sustainable Site (SS)

- All parking spaces are in basement

- 84% building occupiers take public transportation to work every day.

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Material and Resources (MR)

- Waste management program recycle rate up to 71%

- Low-mercury and no-mercury lamp fixtures with only 58.5 picograms (standard is 90)

Indoor Environment Quality (IEQ)

- Utilizes CRI* approved vacuum cleaners for better cleaning efficiency and healthier environment, an average score of 1.61 Orderly Spotlessness.

- Over 65% of tenant occupied space enjoy exterior view

- Smoke free and applies high levels of outdoor filtered air

PERFORMANCE

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June 2009 LEED Registration

Whole 2010 Alteration projects and documentation

Nov. 2010 – Jan. 2011 Performance Period

April 2011 Submission

July 2011 Achieved LEED EBOM Platinum 28

TAIPEI 101 LEED CERTIFICATION

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Existing Building Operation & Maintenance

TAIPEI 101 LEED CERTIFICATION

- Only 5% are Platinum

- Only 2 Platinum buildings are over

100,000 s.m.

- EBOM is the trend

TAIPEI 101 is the

largest and tallest

Green Building in the

World!

What is your

Green Commitment?

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