Green Building Movement: Helping Build Towards Sustainability

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Green Building MovementHelping Build Towards
Sustainability

• Rachel E. Tornek
• ESM 275
• Prof. Paul Wack

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Environmental Impacts of Buildings

• Building - the U.S.s largest manufacturing
  activity

• Buildings consume
• 36 of total energy use
• 65 of electricity consumption
• 35 of greenhouse gas emissions
• 30 of raw materials use
• 12 of potable water consumption

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The Problem

• Construction of a standard wood-frame house

• Consumes over 1
• acre of forest
• Creates 3 7 tons
• of waste

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The Solution

• Green Building practices promote
• Resource conservation
• Energy efficiency
• Renewable energies
• Water conservation
• Environmental stewardship
• Waste minimization

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Benefits of Green Building

• Environmental benefits
• Reduce impacts of natural resource consumption
• Economic benefits
• Improve the bottom line
• Health and safety benefits
• Enhance occupant comfort and health
• Community benefits
• Minimize strain on local infrastructures and
  improve quality of life

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LEED Green Building Rating System

• Define "green building
• Promote integrated design practices
• Recognize environmental leadership
• Stimulate green competition
• Raise consumer awareness

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LEED Green Building Rating System
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LEED Green Building Rating System

• Influencing planning policy in
• Austin, TX
• Arlington, VA
• Boulder, CO
• Cook County, IL

• Portland, OR
• San Jose, CA
• San Mateo, CA
• Seattle, WA

• UC Regents!

Gold LEED certifiedToyota Motor Sales South
Campus Torrance, CA
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Implementation in Planning

• Case Study

• Santa Monica Sustainable City Plan
• Adopted September 20, 1994
• Updated February 11, 2003

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Green Building Guidelines

• Building Siting Form
• Landscaping
• Transportation
• Building Envelope Space Planning

• Construction Management
• Materials
• Water Systems

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Performance Ordinances

• Building Energy Conservation Ordinance
• Construction Demolition Waste Recycling
  Ordinance
• Urban Runoff Reduction Ordinance

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Performance Ordinances

• Urban Runoff Reduction Ordinance
• Submit Urban Runoff Mitigation Plan
• Reduce runoff by at least 20
• Install clarifiers or oil/water separators on
  drains

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We are making slow but concrete progress towards
practices that are necessary if our society is to
sustain itself.
Judy and Michael Corbett, Designing Sustainable
Communities