Transcript BEYOND LEED PLATINUM

BEYOND LEED PLATINUM
ANNE WHITACRE, FCSI CCS
HOK
CSC KITCHENER ONTARIO 2014
Two environmental challenges
 Energy: embodied and
otherwise. 2030
Challenge. This is EPD
 Healthy buildings:
transparency
 This is HPD
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Make sure that the materials with which you build
projects reflect your priorities for building occupant,
community and global health.
Learning objectives
 Discuss MR credits for LEED v4
 Show content of EPD and HPD
 Show sources for information
 Determine costs and time to incorporate information
Assessment types
 Pharos: a data gathering system, “wants” to be the
overall repository for material information
 Living Building Challenge: an ambitious program to
assess buildings and developments
 EPD: environmental product declaration.
Information on file in standardized format
 HPD: health product declaration – the next level that
assesses products in actual use and with human
interface
LEED 2009
LEED v4
..and in the future
FUTURE PLANNING:
TRANSPARENCY TOMORROW
• Ingredient Disclosure
• Health Hazards
• Life Cycle Assessment
• Embodied Energy
• Carbon Footprint
• Water Footprint
• Social & Community Impacts
• End of Life ManagementENCY
TOMORROW
• Ingredient Disclosure
• Health Hazards
• Life Cycle Assessment
 Third Party verified
EPD summary
 www.icc-es.org
 www.ghgprotocol.org
 www.scsglobalservices.org
 www.environdec.com
 www.nsf.org
 www.astm.org
 Based on ISO 14025
US and
Canada Ecolabels
 www.greenseal.org
 www.ecologo.org
 www.energystar.gov
 www.epeat.net
 www.fsc.org
 www.usda.org
 www.sfiprogram.org
 www.greenguard.org
 www.transfairusa.org
 www.terrachoice-certified.com
EPD Development Process
 1. Find the appropriate Product Category Rule (PCR)
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Conduct and verify the Lifecycle Assessment
(LCA)
 3. Compile the EPD using information from the
LCA
 4. Third-party verify the EPD
 5. Register the EPD (program operator)
2030 Challenge for Products
 Goal: reduce the embodied carbon in building materials.
 What do I do and why?
 Work with your Products Criteria Rules to produce an EPD for your
product type.
 EPD is a label of the impact over the products expected life
 EPD must comply with ISO 14025 and ISO 219930
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Manufacturers who get on board first will set the standard
Go to: http://architecture2030.org/2030_challenge/products
Complying with 2030 challenge
 Comply with ISO 14025
 Comply with ISO 21930
 This standard describes
 This establishes Building
how to set Product
Category Rules (PCR)
Product categories
 Requires consensus
standards for each group
 Requires all stake
holders to participate
 establishes: EPDs
(environmental product
declaration)
 Health hazard; not health risk
HPD summary
 Self-reported but can be 3-rd
party verified
 Counts in LEED v4
Participating design firms
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Arup
BNIM
(+) Boora Architects
Boulder Associates Architects
(+) Cannon Design
Cook + Fox
[eco]impact
Envision Design
(+) FXFowle
(+) Gensler
GreeNexus Consulting
(+) HDR Architecture
HJKessler Associates
HKS
(+) HLW, LLP
(+) HOK
InsideMatters
(+) KMD Architects
Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
(+) Mary Davidge Associates
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(+) Mithun
NBBJ
Oh planning + design, architecture
(+) Perkins + Will
(+) Sasaki Associates
(+) SERA
(+) Smith Group JJR
(+) Symmes Maini & McKee Associates
Terrapin Bright Green
(+) White+GreenSpec
WHR Architects
(+) William Bucholz, AIA, CCS, LEED
AP
(+) Yost Grube Hall Architecture
ZGF Architects LLP
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(+ denotes Founding Endorsers)
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Safe Chemical Criteria
 Carcinogenicity
 Skin sensitivity
 Mutagenic/genotoxicity
 Respiratory irritation
 Reproductive toxicity
 Eye irritation
 Developmental toxicity
 Acute aquatic
 Endocrine disrupter
 Chronic aquatic
 Acute mammalian
 Persistence
toxicity
 Systemic toxicity/organ
effects
 Neurotoxicity
 Bioaccumulation
 Reactive (self, water, air)
 flammable
Manufacturer’s information
Disclosure values are variable
Hazard disclosure
Clients demanding Materials
Transparency
Implementation
Requests HPDs to document full
transparency for all building products
installed in Google offices worldwide.
Collaboration
Works with industry partners to build
knowledge and best practices for
transparency.
Education
Promotes knowledge sharing and
demonstrates thought leadership on
transparency within building industry.
google.com/green
Pharos: how rated?
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Health & Pollution
Environment & Resources
Social & Community
Pharos assesses products
using various
certifications based on
their rigor
 Pharos starts with a base
score of 10, and deducts
points for each level of
not achieving the ideal.
 Emphasis is on
transparency of data
Our Principles
The Right To Know.
We have a right to know what is in the products we specify, buy and
use.
Precautionary Principle.
Take precautionary actions based upon the weight of available
evidence and in the face of uncertainty.
The Responsibility of the Manufacturer.
Manufacturers possess the most information about the contents of
their product and have a responsibility to be accountable for things
they make.
Transparency.
Share all assumptions, methodology, data and analysis. Reward
manufacturers who fully disclose contents and processes to allow
for meaningful analysis.
Optimism.
Acknowledging that our goals are ambitious and difficult to attain,
we believe they are within the grasp of committed professionals
working in good faith.
Define the Ideal.
It is an act of optimism to set an ideal goal representing how we believe
our products can be good for the world, rather than just issue
prohibitions on what is less-bad.
Coalition and Consensus Building.
The sheer magnitude of tools, standards and ratings is now confusing
and becoming counterproductive in the market place. HBN seeks
consensus in establishing green materials standards.
Accessible Presentation.
Mindful of the complexity of the work we undertake, HBN will provide
accurate materials that are elegant, informational and user-friendly.
Life Cycle Thinking.
Assess impacts along the entire life cycle of the material from
extraction to disposal using a wide range of tools.
Fairness and Equity (Equity)
Equal & Equitable Opportunities in the Workplace
Basic Description | Scoring Protocols | Definitions | Issues
Problem:
Many products and materials are manufactured using labor paid less than fair
compensation and/or denied equal opportunity for employment and
management responsibility based upon race, religion, gender, sexual
orientation, disability or other factors. This may be done by exploiting child
labor or others held against their will, or by using workers in developing
countries with inadequate labor protections or in developed countries by using
illegal immigrants or other groups lacking political power to enforce their
rights.
Goal:
Provide fair compensation and non-exploitative conditions with equal and
equitable opportunities for all workers.
Ideal:
A product and its source materials are harvested, extracted, manufactured and
reclaimed at the end of their life exclusively by companies that engage in fair
and equitable labor practices and promotes diversity and equal and equitable
opportunities based on the duties and performance of their workers.
scoring
 At least three “petals” must be met, and at least one
of the following included: Water; Energy; Materials;
both “imperatives” must be included (limits to
growth; inspiration)
 Project must be registered:
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Cost: $250 (renovation); $500 (building) $1000
(neighborhood)
Certification cost: based on project size (square meters) $1500
- $25,000
 Building monitored for 12 months before
certification
Safe Chemical Criteria
 Carcinogenicity
 Skin sensitivity
 Mutagenic/genotoxicity
 Respiratory irritation
 Reproductive toxicity
 Eye irritation
 Developmental toxicity
 Acute aquatic
 Endocrine disrupter
 Chronic aquatic
 Acute mammalian
 Persistence
toxicity
 Systemic toxicity/organ
effects
 Neurotoxicity
 Bioaccumulation
 Reactive (self, water, air)
 flammable
Living Building Challenge:
Letter Template for products
containing Red List materials
and/or chemicals
Dear [NAME OF CEO OF
CORPORATION]:
[NAME OF LETTER-WRITING
FIRM] is part of a team working on
[NAME OF PROJECT] in
[CITY/STATE/LOCATION], an
exciting project pursuing certification
by the Cascadia Region Green
Building Council’s Living Building
Challenge. [GENERAL
INFORMATION ABOUT LETTERWRITING FIRM].
Mastering Healthy Materials
Worksurfaces
Human Health
Environmental Health
Transpare
ncy
Red
List
EPA
Chemic
als
Expand
ed Red
List
Other
COC
Low
Emitti
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Carbon
Footpri
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Responsi
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Industry
Regionali
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Salvaged
or
Recycled
Content
Durabil
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Health
Stewardshi
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Lead, ECopper:
both
of these
Product
- Special
Order
(1-3,metals are present in steel with recycled content for strength and quality purposes. Mfg does not add Lead or Copper during manufacturing
and
assembly.
5,7, 8, 9)
(2) Halogenated Flame Retardants: Haworth does not use Halogenated Flame Retardants, however, if needed to comply with CAL 133 PBDEs are used.
(3) Phthalates: Mfg does not add phthalates to its products but it can be present in plastics in concentrations below reportable limits.
(4) BPA: to maintain quality, Haworth’s powder paint contains BPA. Mfg offers a special paint alternative. Picing and warranty under review.
(5) 1,3‐Butadiene, Acrylonitrile: two components of ABS, a safer and healthier alternative to PVC.
(6) Other product certifications include: Good Environmental Choice Australia and Climate Counts.
(7) Special Order – NAUF Board, No Listed Flame Retardants, BPA Free Alternative Paint
(8)Formaldehyde: Mfg can order a NAUF wood substrate for an additional charge
(9) FSC: Certified Wood available through special order
(10) Reside/Beside/Belong is a new product and will be undergoing emissions testing by the end of this year
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Sins of
Greenwashing
 The Hidden Trade-Off
 No Proof
 Vagueness
 Worshiping false labels
 Irrelevance
 Lesser of Two Evils
 Fibbing
 http://sinsofgreenwashing.org/fi
ndings/the-sevensins/index.html
What the design professional does
 Gather information
 Make decisions
 Document process
 Determine cost of
information
 Provide all criteria to
owner for long term
maintenance
 Resources: no one
location for EPD or HPD;
listed by testing or
registering agency
Legal Factors in “Deep Green” Construction
 1) cost. Bullitt Building
 Waiver of damages:
had 6 people vetting
products for a year – all
donated time
 2) standard of care: make
sure your liability
coverage is in order. Do
not promise anything
 3) Cost Control:
reporting will quickly
limit many bidders
we’re using new products
and new systems.
 Economic loss: again
don’t promise anything
Legal issues, continued
 You run the risk of sole-
sourcing products;
currently only a few
interiors products have
multiple vendors
 Time constraints: 3 to 9
months for all
documentation
 Do not assume products
are going to have EPD
and/or HPD
 Cost: products $10,000
per product (+/-) for
EPD; $1500 for HPD
after EPD is done
Sample specification language
For more information,
the following sources
are available
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Sources:
http://living-future.org
www.pharosproject.net
www.hpdcollaborative.org
www.environmentalproductdeclarati
ons.com
www.UL.com environmental
product declarations
www.nsf.org/business/sustainability
/epd (product category rules, and
instructions
Environmental Working Group
(www.ewg.org)
[email protected]