Sustainable Design Principles

New River Gorge National River

Climate Friendly Parks 2009 Action

Planning Workshop

November 4-5, 2009

Industry33%

Residential Buildings

21%

Commercial Buildings

18%

Transportation28%

Buildings represent 39% of primary energy use in the U.S.

Impact of the Built Environment

LightingHeatingCooling

CoolingRefrigeration

Buildings represent 39% of primary energy use in the U.S.

Buildings account for 39% of all CO2 emissions in the U.S.

Buildings use over 12% of all potable water, or 15 trillion gallons per year in the U.S.

Buildings use 40% of raw materials globally, or 3 billion tons annually

136 million tons of building related C&D waste was generated in a single year

Impact of the Built Environment

Mission:

• to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.

LEED Green Building Rating System

Sustainable Sites Water Efficiency

Energy & Atmosphere

Materials & Resources

Indoor Environmental

Quality

Innovation & Design Process

Leadership in Energy and Environmental

Design

16,727 member organizations

Since 2000, membership has tripled

LEED rating system released in 2000

Every day, $464 million worth of construction registers w/LEED

Over 3.6 billion SF of commercial building space involved w/LEED

LEED Green Building Rating System

Leadership in Energy and Environmental

Design

LEED for New Construction

LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance

LEED for Commercial Interiors

LEED for Neighborhood Development

LEED for Homes

LEED for Retail

LEED for Core & Shell

LEED Green Building Rating System

Leadership in Energy and Environmental

Design

LEED Green Building Rating System

Certified 40-49 Points

Silver 50-59 Points

Gold 60-79 Points

Platinum 80-110 Points

Leadership in Energy and Environmental

Design

Total 110 Points

8 Prerequisites

Sustainable Sites26 Points

Water Efficiency10 Points

Energy & Atmosphere35 Points

Materials & Resources14 Points

Indoor Environmental Quality

15 Points

Innovation in Design6 Points

Regional Priority4 Points

LEED Green Building Rating System

27 LEED registered projects in WV

• K-12 Schools• WV Army National Guard• City – State – Federal Government• Hospital – Office Buildings – Retail

6 LEED certified projects in WV

• WV Department of Environmental Protection• Bureau of Public Debt• WVU – Oglebay Hall• National Maritime Center

81 LEED Accredited Professionals in WV

• Architects – Landscape Architects – Interior Designers• MEP Engineers – Civil Engineers – Structural Engineers• Contractors – Subcontractors – Builders• Building Owners – Facility Managers

LEED Green Building Rating System

Leadership in Energy and Environmental

Design

Sustainable Sites

Sustainable Sites

Intent:Reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile use

Public transportation access

Bicycle storage & changing rooms

Preferred parking for fuel efficient vehicles & carpools

Reduce parking capacity

transportation

Sustainable Sites

Intent:Conserve existing natural areas and restore damaged areas to provide habitat and promote biodiversity

Restore or protect a min. of 50% (25% EBOM) of the site with native or adapted vegetation

Coordinate with integrated pest management & water use reduction for landscaping

protect or restore habitat

Water Efficiency

Intent:Eliminate potable water demand for conveying wastewater

Treat wastewater on-site

Use stormwater/graywater for sewage conveyance

Use high efficiency/dry fixtures

Reduce demand on infrastructure

wastewater

Energy & Atmosphere

Intent:Verify that the project’s energy-related systems are installed, calibrated and perform according to the owner’s project requirements, basis of design and construction documents

Cost of Fundamental Commissioning +/- $1/SF

Owner develops project requirements

Engineer develops basis of design

commissioning

Commissioni

ng

Energy & Atmosphere

Enhanced Commissioning includes systems manuals, training & a 10-month review

Implement an ongoing commissioning program that includes planning, system testing, performance verification, corrective action response, ongoing measurement and documentation

commissioning

Commissioni

ng

Energy & Atmosphere

Intent:Achieve increasing levels of energy performance to reduce environmental and economic impacts associated with excessive energy use

Minimum standard:ASHRAE 90.1-2007

Up to 19 points available for 48% energy reduction

optimize energy performance

Energy Supply Options Hierarchy

0 Reduce site energy use through low-energy building technologies

Daylighting, high-efficiency HVAC equipment, natural ventilation, evaporative cooling, etc.

1 Use renewable energy sources within the building footprint

Photovoltaics (PV), solar hot water, wind

2 Use renewable energy sources on-site

PV, solar hot water, low-impact hydro, wind

3 Use renewable energy sources off-site to generate energy on-site

Biomass; wood pellets; ethanol, biodiesel or waste streams that can be imported from off-site

4 Purchase off-site renewable energy sources

Utility-based wind, PV, emissions credits or other green purchasing options

Energy & Atmosphereon-site renewable energy

Intent:Encourage and recognize increasing levels of on-site renewable energy self-supply to reduce environmental and economic impacts associated with fossil fuel energy use

Photovoltaic systems Wind energy systems Solar thermal systems Biofuel-based electrical systems

Wood, agricultural, organic waste; landfill gas Geothermal heating and electrical

systems Low-impact hydroelectric power

systems Wave and tidal power systems

Energy & Atmosphere

Intent:Reduce ozone depletion and support early compliance with the Montreal Protocol while minimizing direct contributions to climate change

Do not use refrigerants, or Use natural refrigerants:

carbon dioxide, ammonia, propane

Use refrigerants w/low ozone-depletion & global warming potential

refrigerant management

Materials & Resources

Intent:Encourage environmentally responsible forest management

Current standard: Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

Most West Virginia forests adhere to Sustainable Forest Initiative (SFI) standard

USGBC is reviewing this credit to possibly include SFI

certified wood

Indoor Environmental QualityIntent:

Reduce harmful contaminants released by many materials

Adhesives & sealants (GreenSeal standard)

Paints/stains (low VOC) Flooring (Green Label,

Floor Score) Composite wood (no urea

formaldehyde)…remember Katrina trailers

materials

Innovation & Design ProcessIntent:

Be rewarded for exceptional performance above LEED requirements

Innovation Education of the users &

general public Life cycle cost analysis

additional items…

Initial

Cost

Service

Costs

Prevent. Main.

Costs

Operating Cost

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Disposal Cost

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Final thoughts….

SUSTAINABILITY

It’s not about doing

less…

It’s about designing

better!

2008