“We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.”

Margaret Mead

“Enough is as good as a feast.”

Mary Poppins

“Anything worth doing is worth doing well.”

Unknown

Why

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Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

by the United States Green Building Council - USGBC A leading edge system for designing, constructing, and certifying green buildings.

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U.S. Building Impacts: 12 % Water Use 30 % Greenhouse Gas Emissions 65 % Waste Output 70 % Electricity Consumption Dormitory Authority State of New York

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Money

50,000 sq. ft. school: carpet vs. durable floor Over 40 years, durable flooring saves $2.4 million.

Emeryville, CA housing: framing at 24” instead of 16” Saves ~ 7% of wood costs per house.

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Learning at 20% faster in math and 26% faster in reading.

Lack of natural daylight is associated with increased cavities.

Teachers miss school due to throat strain from poor acoustics.

Health

Only 43%

of high volume chemicals have been tested for potential human toxicity. None have been tested in combination.

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Resources

Buildings use 40% (3 billion tons) of the raw materials used globally.

Buildings create 136 million tons of construction waste in the US (2.8 pounds per person per day).

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Choices

Proper use of renewable resources.

Working in tandem with the natural world – it’s the only safe bet.

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hurdles – and jobs

“Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.”

Charles Kettering

“If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.”

Yogi Berra

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Does green cost more in new buildings?

perception

The Key – everyone, early, everything: make tough choices throughout the process and base the choices on clearly defined, specific sustainable goals in budget, better

cost

From Davis-Langdon report of 2007

“The Cost of Green Revisited”

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high-tech

….or a yurt. Green is “something else” than we’re used to. NOT SO! Can use the same materials in a better way. Shakers were “green” builders.

Can use new materials and look like any suburban home.

Can be high tech…can be low tech – what’s more low-tech than understanding where the sun is and paying attention?

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integrative

Change the paint color to higher reflectivity.

Reduce number of light fixtures by 25% while maintaining proper lighting levels. = up-front cost savings.

In turn, reduce expenditure on electricity use and reduce heat produced. Potential for downsizing of cooling system. = up-front cost savings + operational savings.

(example from a lecture by John Boecker of the sevengroup)

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…always

This is the way we have always done it, and we’ve been building good houses for nearly 30 years… Why do we need to schedule deliveries this way?

Why can’t I use the lumber company I’m used to?

What do you mean framing at 24” on center is strong enough..that isn’t strong enough!

Waterless urinals – what do you know about ‘em.

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tools – and jobs

“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”

Voltaire

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

Thomas A. Edison

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charrette

The charrette combines a creative, intense work session with public workshops and open houses. “…harnesses the talents and energies of all interested parties”… in budget, better

modeling

A computer-based assessment of the expected energy performance of a designed building. Use it.

Current sustainable goals are for performance

50% better than code

a hope of carbon-neutral by 2030.

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life cycle

Each product carries in it on average only 5% of the raw materials involved in the process of making and delivering it! in budget, better

commissioning

A process, not an event.

…from pre-design through design, construction, and operations. …according to the owner's functional criteria.

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Team Builders Communications Specialists Chemical Engineers Journalists Product Manufacturers Legislators Foresters Educators Renewable Energy Installers Cost Estimators

Our Planet Needs - YOU

Innovators and Researchers Retail managers Nonprofit Leaders Recyclers Bean (CO2) Counters Professionals Apprentice Contractors Operations Managers Architects Booksellers Appraisers City Maintenance Workers Weatherization Workers Documentarians

Use paper?

Do you…

NYS and sustainability

Create garbage?

Do you…

NYS and sustainability

Do you…

Clean facilities, or maintain grounds?

NYS and sustainability

Do you…

Use water: and send it into drains, sewers, wetlands, lakes, rivers, and streams?

NYS and sustainability

Do you…

Utilize vehicles, or provide places for employees and visitors to park?

Use electricity?

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people, planet, profit

“The world hates change, yet

it is the only thing

has brought progress.“

Charles Kettering

that “If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. “

Aristotle

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Triple Bottom Line

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choose wisely

From www.architecture 2030.org

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Engineering News-Record (ENR) has published a survey of the Top Green Contractors.

“In 2004, less than 1% of our work was sustainable,” (DPR Construction)... In 2007, it is tracking at about 50%.”

DASNY

(Dormitory Authority State of New York) is going green. Turner Construction employs 540 LEED -APs

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better choices

In Portland, planners predicted 3,500 people a week would use new streetcars. 9,000 people now ride them daily. Property values within a block of the route are 35 –40% higher just two blocks away.

than those Sourcing locally reduces shipping costs,

improves local economy

, and helps fine-tune delivery times for better material control. in budget, better

Petroleum derived oil is at 54$ a barrel (one shot deal). $642 for 500 gallons each heating season.

5 acres of soy yields ~ 500 gallons of fuel each growing season. 240 sf of properly designed glazing on the south side of a building yields the heating equivalent of 500 gallons of fuel oil, year after year….

From a lecture by David Borton, professor at RPI

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better results

Productivity gains in office buildings: Reduced liability on the jobsite: Less $$ in operations: 7.1% with lighting control 1.8% with ventilation control overall drop in absenteeism cleaner site fewer damaged products greater attention by workers Cx yields 20% improvement (typ.) in projected energy usage in budget, better

  Personal choices:  Use of stairs  More recycling (we have halved our “waste”

better present

production) Reduction of plug-in loads and dedication to turning off computers, etc.

On-site health monitoring and mentoring – blood pressure checks, weight loss challenges, yoga classes at lunch.

  LEED-EB :  No smoking within 40’ of the entrance  5 up - 5 down and change to dress code  More efficient humidification and temperature control systems Replacement of lamps with CFLs Purchase of wind energy for all of our electric use in budget, better

better future

Sharing our knowledge Highlighting our successes Reaching for resources Green Jobs: Rebuild a strong middle class Provide pathways out of poverty Require some new skills and new thinking about old skills Tend to be local jobs Strengthen urban and rural communities And by the way…save planet earth in budget, better

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[email protected]

Jodi Smits Anderson Director Environmental Programs

DASNY 515 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207

t: 518-257-3486

Dormitory Authority State of New York

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