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Luncheon Briefing
Introduction to High-Performance Buildings:
How Buildings Keep Americans Safe, Grow the
Economy, and Protect the Environment
Tuesday May 24, 2011
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Safety & Security in
High-Performance Buildings
Scott Sklar
The Stella Group, Ltd.
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The Stella Group, Ltd.. is a technology optimization and strategic policy firm for clean distributed energy
users and companies which include advanced batteries and controls, energy efficiency, fuel cells, heat
engines, mini-generation (natural gas), micro-hydropower, modular biomass, photovoltaics, small wind,
and solar thermal (including day-lighting, water heating, industrial preheat, building air-conditioning,
and electric power generation). The Stella Group, Ltd. blends distributed energy technologies,
aggregates financing (including leasing), with a focus on system standardization.
Scott Sklar serves as Steering Committee Chair of the Sustainable Energy Coalition, composed of
the renewable energy and energy efficiency trade associations and analytical groups, and sits on the
national Boards of Directors of the non-profit Business Council for Sustainable Energy, Renewable
Energy Policy Project, and Sklar is an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University teaching a
unique multidisciplinary sustainable energy course. On November 4, 2010 Secretary Locke approved
Sklar's appointment to the Department of Commerce Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory
Committee (RE&EEAC).
The Stella Group, Ltd. 1616 H Street, NW, 10th fl Washington, DC 20006
202-347-2214 (f-2215) www.TheStellaGroupLtd.com [email protected]
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• Seven previous Administrations – going back to President Nixon, who
warned of the dangers of our nation’s growing reliance on foreign oil. It
was 1973 when President Nixon set a national goal of developing the
ability to “meet our own energy needs without depending on any foreign
sources.” He called it Project Independence, and predicted meeting that
goal within seven years.
• Marketplace, Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Twenty-nine years ago today, President Jimmy Carter told Americans that
the energy crisis was “a clear and present danger to our nation” and drew
out a plan to address it.
• Feb 1, 2006 ... Bush, Resetting Agenda, Says U.S. Must Cut Reliance on Oil.
Stephen Crowley/The New York Times. President Bush after delivering his
State of ...
www.nytimes.com/2006/02/01/politics/01bush.html –
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Oil Addiction: Fueling Our Enemies
Jonathan Powers, Truman National Security Project February 17, 2010
• The U.S. sends approximately one billion dollars a day overseas to import
oil. While this figure is staggering by itself, the dangerous implications of
our addiction are even more pronounced when analyzing where our
money goes – and whom it helps to support.
• Examine what the true costs of our oil addiction meant during the year
2008:1
– One Billion Dollars a Day Spent on Foreign Oil:
– Our Annual Oil Debt Is Greater than Our Trade Deficit with China: Our
petroleum imports created a $386 billion U.S. trade deficit in 2008,
versus a $266 billion deficit with China. This national debt is a drain on
our economy and an anchor on our economic growth.
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U.S. NAVY
The Navy Strike on Energy Use
8:47 AM Monday May 9, 2011 |
Eighteen months ago, the U.S. Navy announced it
would source roughly half of its energy from
alternative sources by 2020. Since then, the Navy
has launched a number of innovative green projects,
such as switching some Marine forward bases in
Afghanistan from fossil fuels to solar power.
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U.S. ARMY
The primary goal is a focus toward net zero and when
we talk about net zero, it's not only net zero energy,
but it's net zero energy, water, and waste. When you
look at the term "net zero" or a hierarchy of net zero
you must start with reduction, then progress through
repurposing, recycling, energy recovery, disposal
being the last.
--Ms. Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Installations and Environment (ASA I&E).
DoD Bloggers Roundtable, 10 October 2010
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U.S. AIR FORCE
One of the Nation's Largest Energy Users Has Ambitious Plans
to Cut Back
DINA FINE MARON of ClimateWirePublished: May 28, 2010A (NYT)
As the Air Force seeks to realize both its own and federally
mandated energy efficiency goals, its top energy official is
pressing for better ways to measure progress. Energy needs at
military installations, which account for about 40 percent of
the Defense Department's greenhouse gas emissions, are
expected to balloon as thousands of troops return to home
bases from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Camp Pendleton Marine Corp Base
Award: 2008 SDG@E Large Sustainable Communities Champion
Daylight Inside’s Contribution: Designed, manufactured and installed passive daylighting Light Harvest
Fixtures in 43 buildings
Results: Average 75 fc for 8 hours per day, reduction of kWh usage, safer working environment
Annual Savings: Estimated $238,000
Referral: “MCB Camp Pendleton is including daylighting installations in future modernization projects
and would recommend the services of Daylight Inside.”
Jeff Allen, Energy Manager, Camp Pendleton, USMC
www.daylightinside.com
DoD ALTERNATIVE / RENEWABLE ENERGY?
... The earth is finite. Fossil fuels are not renewable. In this respect
our energy base differs from that of all earlier civilizations. They
could have maintained their energy supply by careful cultivation.
We cannot. Fuel that has been burned is gone forever.
In the face of the basic fact that fossil fuel reserves are finite, the
exact length of time these reserves will last is important in only
one respect: the longer they last, the more time do we have, to
invent ways of living off renewable or substitute energy sources
and to adjust our economy to the vast changes which we can
expect from such a shift.
May 14, 1957 Energy Resources and Our Future
Rear Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, USN
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Thank You!
Scott Sklar
The Stella Group, Ltd. 1616 H Street, NW, 10th
floor, Washington, DC 20006
Phone: 202-347-2214 (f-2215)
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.TheStellaGroupLtd.com
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How High-Performance Buildings Create
Jobs, Save Taxpayer Money, and Conserve
the Environment
Cliff Majersik
Executive Director, Institute for Market
Transformation (IMT)
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U.S. Building Industry

Represents more than 50% of the
nation’s wealth
New construction and renovation activity
amounts to over $800 billion
annually

Responsible for

Employs over
total U.S. employment)

13% of the GDP
ten million people (5%
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Today’s Realities

New construction outlook remains weak

Construction sector unemployment around 20%

Buildings responsible for 42% of U.S. energy
consumption; building energy use projected to grow
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

$422 billion annual energy costs
70% of U.S. electricity consumption
39% of U.S. CO2 emissions
To remain competitive and profitable we must reshape
the efficiency of our building sector
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“When it comes to saving money and growing
our economy, energy efficiency isn't just low
hanging fruit; it's fruit laying on the ground.”
- Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu
ENERGY EFFICIENCY:
 Promotes job creation
and economic growth
 Reduces dependence
on fossil fuels
 Reduces consumer
energy bills
 Ensures a stable &
reliable electric
system
 Strengthens property
values, revitalizes
communities
 Lowers greenhouse
gas (GHG) emissions
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Macroeconomic
Impacts
U.S. GDP Expansion as a Function of
Energy Efficiency Improvements, 1970-2008
3.50
3.00
U.S. Gross Domestic Product
GDP Index (1970=1)
Productivity
growth as a
function of energy
efficiency improvements
2.50
2.00
1.50
Expansion of the economy, based growth
in labor, capital, and energy
1.00
1970
1980
1990
2000
2008
Source: Laiter, Skip. ACEEE adapting Ayres and Warr (2009) using BEA and EIA data.
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Lowest Cost ENERGY SOURCE
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Oil Imports, National Security
Source: Center for American Progress, 2010
Economic Impacts
Center for
American
Progress (2010)
McKinsey &
Company (2009)
Retrofitting just 40% of the
U.S. building stock could:
Jobs
GDP
Energy
savings
Create 625,000
new jobs
$500 billion
$64 billion
CO2
Create
By 2020, capturing the
economy’s full efficiency
potential will:
500,000750,000 new
Total value of the green
construction market 2000–
2008
Supported 2.4
million jobs
Projected value of the
green construction market
2009–2013
Support over
$685 billion
720
megatons
jobs
$173 billion
$1.3 billion
USGBC (2009)
7.9 million
$554 billion
$6 billion
jobs
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High
Performance
Buildings:
Benefits to  Lower utility bills,
operating expenses
Owners,
 Benefits beyond
energy savings:
Tenants
 Increase in building


value
Higher rent
premiums
Increased
occupancy rates




Marketing/PR
value
Increase worker
productivity
Reduced employee
sick days
Enhanced ability to
attract and retain
employees
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Thank you!
www.imt.org
Cliff Majersik
Executive Director, IMT
[email protected]
High-Performance Building Finance:
Opportunities, Barriers & Federal Policy
Leanne Tobias, Malachite LLC
www.malachitellc.com
301-320-9060 [email protected]
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High-Performance Real Estate: The Value Proposition
•
•
•
Delivery costs have become competitive
Superior investment potential and revenue stream
Operating cost reductions (vs. most conventional properties)
-
30%+ reductions on utilities
Small insurance premium reductions
•
Market acceptance:
Faster lease-up and sales, top tier rents and sale prices
• Excellent opportunity for capital providers
• Market imperfection: capital is not entering the sector
Knowledge barriers: return concerns
Need policy fixes
HOK Offices
Culver City, CA
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King County, Washington, Residential Sales Price Data
September, 2007- January,2010
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High-Performance Commercial Buildings: Superior Financial
Performance
LEED
Premium
Direct rental rates:
Effective rental rates:
Sales prices
+ 5.8%
+ 5.9%
+11.1%
Energy Star
+ 2.1%
+ 6.6%
+13.0%
Energy Star buildings regression analysis
$1 savings in energy costs from increased thermal efficiency returns:
~$13 in increased valuation (average)
~ 8% cap rate (average)
Source: Eichholtz, Kok, Quigley, Sustainability and the Dynamics of Green Building: New Evidence
on the Financial Performance of Green Office Buildings in the USA, RICS, October 2010
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Continued Corporate Demand for Space in HighPerformance Buildings
November 2010:
No premium
27%
Up to 10%
48%
Financing Barriers & Policy Fixes
73% would pay a
premium:
 50% even without
energy cost savings
 23% if rental
premium offset by
energy cost
reductions
Premium if
Energy cost
offsets
23%
Source: CoreNet, Jones Lang LaSalle
>10% premium
2%
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Financing Barriers & Federal Policy Fixes
Financing Barriers
Federal Policy Fixes
1.
Underwriting: lack of metrics
1. National research database: costs, savings,
paybacks
2.
Residential underwriting:
energy savings not considered
2. SAVE legislation: Fannie, Freddie, FHA, VA
include energy savings when considering
borrower incomes
3.
Second liens = high risk
3. Federal loan guarantee pilots (DOE, FHA)
PACE reauthorization
4. New lending product: returns
uncertain
4. Enhanced federal tax incentives
(IRC Section 179D)
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Thank You!
HIGH-PEFORMANCE BUILDINGS
High Value
Leanne Tobias, LEED AP, Managing Principal
301-320-9060
[email protected]
www.malachitellc.com
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Building Codes & Standards
Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., FASHRAE
ASHRAE President
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating
and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
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ASHRAE Standards Development
Draft
Review
Respond
Publish
Approval
Repeat
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Key ASHRAE Standards
Standard Topic
90.1
189.1
55
62.1
180
Partners
Energy Conservation Except Low-Rise IES
Residential
High Performance Green Building
USBGC, IES
Design
Thermal Comfort
Ventilation & IAQ
HVAC System Maintenance
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Thank You!
Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., FASHRAE
ASHRAE President
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 585-325-6004 ext. 105
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Building Codes for HighPerformance Buildings
Dave Karmol, VP Federal & External
Affairs
International Code Council (ICC)
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Building Codes:
Developed Nationally, Adopted Locally
• All 50 States adopt the International Building Code (IBC) a
model code from the Intl. Code Council. Covers all aspects
of commercial buildings: structural integrity, life safety, exit
requirements, plumbing, HVAC, electric, lighting, insulation,
materials, etc. (other Code Council model codes cover
residential, zoning, existing buildings, etc.)
• State and local building officials, as well as industry,
participate and vote on the development of Code Council
model codes & they are revised and republished by the
Code Council every 3 years. Jurisdictions often modify the
model code, to meet local circumstances and concerns.
• IBC insures structural and systems integrity and life safety:
an essential starting point for High Performance buildings.
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International Green Construction Code
(IGCC)
• Now going through its final development
phase, the IGCC is coordinated and consistent
with the IBC.
• Developed in partnership w/AIA, ASTM,
USGBC, ASHRAE, and IES, it also incorporates
the ASHRAE 189.1-2009 Standard for the
Design of High-Performance Green Buildings,
as a compliance option.
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International Green Construction
Code (IGCC)
 An
Adoptable, Useable and Enforceable code
 Intended to reduce the negative impacts of the built
environment on the natural environment
 Addresses
 Conservation

of: Natural Resources, Materials, Energy, Water

Air & indoor environmental quality

Owner education
Has been adopted (as an optional code) by Maryland,
Florida, Rhode Island, and by several cities and at least one
tribal government.
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For more information and updates check
the ICC Website
www.iccsafe.org/igcc
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Thank You!
Dave Karmol
Vice President, Federal and External Affairs
International Code Council (ICC)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202-370-1800, ext 6243
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Research and Development for
High-Performance Buildings
Ryan M. Colker, J.D.
Director, Consultative Council/Presidential Advisor
National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
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R&D Needs to Achieve Building Goals
• Individual systems & technologies importance
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Onsite renewables
Controls
Metering
Plumbing
HVAC
Plug Loads
Power Systems (CHP, Smart Grid, etc.)
• Need focus on optimization & interactions to achieve
high-performance
– How systems interact in a whole building
– Relationships among HPB attributes
• Energy/Water Nexus
• Sustainability & Safety and Security
• Cost Effectiveness & Safety, and Security & Sustainability
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R&D Needs to Achieve Building Goals
– Support integrative technologies
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•
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Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Simulation modeling
Commissioning
Common metrics and baseline data
– Greater focus on social sciences & economics
• Recommendations
– R&D tax credit
– Whole building approach to incentives
– Federal government as a leader, market driver
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Thank You!
Ryan M. Colker, J.D.
Director, Consultative Council/Presidential Advisor
National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202-289-7800 x133
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R&D for High-Performance
Buildings
Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., FASHRAE
ASHRAE President
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating
and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
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ASHRAE Research
74
$12.5
15
projects
million
Co-Funded
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ASHRAE Research Process
All research sponsored & supervised by
a Technical Committee
Proposal
Work
Statement
Selection
Publish
Approval
Monitor
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Research Funding
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Current Projects
 1478-RP Measuring Air-tightness of Mid- and HighRise Non-residential Buildings
 1544-RP Establishing Benchmark Levels and Patterns
of Commercial Building Hot Water Use
 1322-RP Productivity and Perception Based
Evaluation of Indoor Noise Criteria
 1596-RP Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in Retail
Stores
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Thank You!
Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., FASHRAE
ASHRAE President
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 585-325-6004 ext. 105
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Operating & Maintaining Buildings for HighPerformance:
Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010 (FBPTA)
John Simpson, P.E., LEED AP BD+C
Program Manager
Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010
Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings
U.S General Services Administration (GSA)
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Overview of FBPTA
GSA Administrator in consultation with Industry
and Fed Gov…
a) ID core competencies…
b) ID methods to demonstrate each core comp…
c) We have until June 2013…
d) Develop or ID continuing Ed courses…
e) GSA & DOE develop recommended
curriculum…
f) Applies to FM contractors…
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Overview of FBPTA
Personnel addressed in the Act…
1. Building operations and maintenance
2. Energy management
3. Safety
4. Design functions
Core competencies to include the above plus…
Sustainability, water efficiency, electrical safety
and building performance measures.
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Overview of FBPTA
Timeframe under the Act…
June 2012 (annually)
June 2013
• ID core comp
• Feds trained
• ID methods to
• Contracts modified
demo core comp
and contractors
trained
• Continuing Ed
• Curriculum
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Current Milestones
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Gather Industry and Fed Gov Contacts (Jan 11)
FedCenter Working Group Site (Feb 11)
Fed Agencies Meeting (March 11)
RFP for DOE/GSA Project - NREL (April 11)
JTA and Core Comp Dev – NREL (May/June 11)
Industry Symposium (May 11)
Request For Information [RFI] – (May 11)
“Mapping Session” – NREL – (June 11)
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Opportunities
• Reduce O&M cost of Fed facilities – Fed
footprint
• Increased resiliency of facilities
• High quality green jobs that cannot be
outsourced
• Standardize training with State and local
governments
• Increase quality of FM training
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Threats
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Lack of money for Program development
Shrinking budgets for training
Changing government priorities
Workforce mass retirement
No equally qualified replacements
Recruiting and retention of high performing
personnel
Deferred maintenance – crumbling infrastructure
Facilities not aligned with mission
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Thank You!
John Simpson, P.E., LEED AP BD+C
Program Manager
Federal Buildings Personnel Training Act of 2010
Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings
U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 951-302-4463
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Questions for the Panel
•
Safety & Security in High-Performance Buildings
Scott Sklar, The Stella Group, Ltd.
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High Performance Buildings’ Impact on Jobs, the Economy, and Environment
Cliff Majersik, Institute for Market Transformation (IMT)
•
Financial Barriers & Solutions to High-Performance Buildings
Leanne Tobias, LEED AP, Malachite LLC
•
Building Codes & Standards
Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., FASHRAE, ASHRAE
David Karmol, International Code Council (ICC)
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Research & Development of High-Performance Buildings
Ryan M. Colker, J.D., National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS)
Lynn G. Bellenger, P.E., FASHRAE, ASHRAE
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Operating and Maintaining Buildings for High-Performance: Workforce Education, Training &
Certification
John Simpson, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Office of Federal
High-Performance Green Buildings
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