Brad Johnson THESIS PRESENTATION

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Brad JohnsonTHESIS PRESENTATION

• BARRIERS TO CERTIFICATION FOR LEED REGISTERED
  PROJECTS

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INTRODUCTION

• What is Green Building
• Why is it needed
• Resource consumption
• Energy consumption
• Economics

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Green Building/Sustainability

• Optimize Site Potential
• Minimize Energy Consumption
• Protect and Conserve Water
• Use Environmentally Preferable Products
• Enhance Indoor Environmental Quality
• Optimize Operational and Maintenance Practices
• Whole Building Design Guide

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Why is it needed

• Resource Consumption
• Of the raw materials used, an estimated 40 are
  used by buildings
• In the U.S., in 1996, an estimated 136 million
  tons of construction and demolition waste was
  generated

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Why is it needed

• Energy Consumption
• Buildings account for 65.2 of total U.S.
  electricity consumption
• Buildings use greater than 36 of total U.S.
  primary energy use

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Why is it needed

• Economics
• Reduced energy costs
• Increased productivity

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The United States Green Building Council (USGBC)

• Formed in 1993
• The nations foremost coalition of leaders from
  across the building industry working to promote
  buildings that are
• environmentally responsible
• profitable
• healthy places to live and work
• Developed the Leadership in Energy and
  Environmental Design (LEED) rating system

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LEED

• A definitive standard for what constitutes a
  green building (Rocky Mountain Institute, 2002).
• A point system where points are given in six
  different categories
• Differing levels of certification
• Projects are registered and certified through a
  process of documenting the points earned in each
  category

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THE PROBLEM

• Current building practices
• Green building practices are part of the solution
• LEED, a definitive standard
• Several projects are registered but not certified
• Why are they not becoming certified?
• Little research has been done

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LIMITATIONS

• Projects registered before January 1, 2002
• Only early LEED projects are included
• LEED was new for these projects
• Lessons learned
• Limited to the accuracy of statements and
  opinions of respondents
• No inference can be made to the population

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RESEARCH QUESTIONS

• What are the motivations for LEED registered
  projects to become registered and eventually
  certified?
• What are some of the encountered barriers for
  LEED registered projects to become certified?
• What are some of the observed differences between
  registered buildings that receive certification
  and those that do not?

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METHODOLOGY

• The Population
• LEED contact persons for projects that were
  registered before January 1st 2002

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METHODOLOGY

• Procedures
• Identify projects and contact persons
• Develop the survey
• Pilot the survey
• Approval from CSU Human Research Committee
• Send survey to the population
• Analyze the data

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Treatment of Data

• Multiple choice and Likert scale questions were
  placed into SPSS
• Open ended questions were coded
• Respondents were divided into two groups to
  answer research question three.

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RESULTS Characteristics of Respondents and
Projects

• Thirty one respondents were LEED accredited
  professionals and 12 were not
• Twenty of the 43 projects were LEED certified
• Of the 23 non certified projects 14 indicated
  that certification was still a goal
• The owner and architect were the organizations
  initiating LEED certification (26 and 15
  respectively)

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RESULTS Characteristics of Respondents and
Projects

• Type of organization that the respondents worked
  in

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RESULTS Characteristics of Respondents and
Projects
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RESULTS Characteristics of Respondents and
Projects
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RESULTS Characteristics of Respondents and
Projects

• Time in days from completion to certification
• Average 300 days

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RESULTS Characteristics of Respondents and
Projects

• End use for projects

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RESULTS QUESTION 1- Reasons for certification

• Open ended question

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RESULTS QUESTION 1- Reasons for certification

• Likert scale question (scale from 0 to 5)

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RESULTS QUESTION 2- Barriers to Certification

• Likert scale question (scale from 0 to 4)

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RESULTS QUESTION 2- Barriers to Certification

• Open ended question

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RESULTS QUESTION 3- Differences Between Groups

• Likert scale question (scale from 0 to 4)

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RESULTS QUESTION 3- Differences Between Groups

• Forty five percent of the certified group stated
  as a reason for certification owner driven none
  of the non certified group stated this as a
  reason.
• The non certified group mentioned cost more often
  as a barrier than the certified group
• The certified group mentioned a lack of
  awareness, education or experience as a barrier
  more often then the non certified group

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CONCLUSIONS

• Reasons for Certification
• Environmental stewardship
• To keep green building a project priority
• Owner required
• Barriers to certification
• LEED documentation
• Lack of education
• Cost
• Communication
• Lack of team buy in

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CONCLUSIONS continued

• Group differences
• Ranking of barriers
• Cost especially
• Reason for certification
• Owner driven

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FUTURE RESEARCH

• Research the LEED documentation process
• Cost to benefit study concerning LEED point
  categories

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QUESTIONS

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