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1 Pozzotive Plus CMU Brick

• Uses Pozzolan (SCM Supplementary Cementitious
  Material) binder made from 100 post consumer
  recycled glass to replace some of the portland
  cement
• 30 reduction in portland cement

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2 Thermafiber Mineral Wool Insulation

• No toxic flame-retardant chemical needed
  naturally flame retardant
• Termite resistant
• 95 recycled content
• Phenolic binder, but very low formaldehyde
  emissions

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3 Invelope Integrated Wall Rainscreen
Systems

• Insulated wall system for steel framed
  construction
• All-in-one insulation, sheathing, air and vapor
  barrier and building wrap
• MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry)
  Cradle-to-Cradle Certified Silver

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4 Baltix Recycled-Content and Bio-Based
Furniture

• Bio-Surf bio-based laminate made from soy
  corn
• Recycled Content
• FSC wood veneers
• Low-VOC no formaldehydes

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5 Project Frog Modular Classrooms
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6 Rheem Heat Pump Water Heater

• 1st heat pump heater from a mainstream HWH
  company
• Twice the efficiency of standard electric HWH
• Free cooling in the summer pulls heat from the
  space
• Low noise compared to other HP HWH

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7 Convia Energy Management Infrastructure

• Herman Miller in partnership with Wiremold
• Radio-frequency instead of hard wire

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8 Rentadyne GTX Flywheel Batteries

• For UPS (Uninterrupted Power Source) applications
• Carbon fiber flywheel
• Eliminates lead-acid batteries
• 250 watts to keep charged

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9 Silva Cell from Deep Root Partners

• Tree Protection stormwater management system
• Each cell manages 2-2.5 CF water

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10 Mobile Solar Power Generator

• Up to 18.7 kW hour power per day
• Stores up to 45 kW hours
• Replaces Gasoline, diesel and propane generators
• No noise or odor

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Kimberly Dominguez, National Education
Association Cynthia Leon, Formerly Vision Service
Plan Maureen Roskoski, Facility Engineering
Associates, PC Teena Shouse, Facility Engineering
Associates, PC
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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Case Studies of two existing buildings that
achieved LEED-EB 2.0 Certification
Vision Service Plan (VSP) 152,000 SF office
building Rancho Cordova, CA Achieved LEED-EB 2.0
Platinum
National Education Assoc (NEA) 470,000 SF office
building Washington, DC Achieved LEED-EB 2.0 Gold

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
In both cases the majority of their efforts
boiled down to 5 things

• Energy Benchmarking energy use
• Water Benchmarking water use
• Sustainable Purchasing
• Waste Management
• Indoor Environmental Quality

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Their process

• Establish baseline
• Benchmark performance
• Investigate opportunities for improvement
• Implement Measures
• Verify if implementations work

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
VSP Highlights

• Rigorous Retro-commissioning
• Check HVAC equipment to see how it is performing
  in comparison to the way it was designed
• Many pieces of equipment were not operating as
  designed
• Added sub-metering to measure energy and water
  usage of equipment (100,000)
• Installed light sensors.
• Training Help people take ownership of their
  actions - understand that building is theirs
  that they are not just occupants.

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
VSP Highlights

• Installed new irrigation (40,000)
• Replaced older toilets with ultra-low-flow
  toilets
• Re-worked landscaping
• Removed 15 of trees
• Removed many older scrubs older scrubs need
  more water that newer ones
• Employees complained because their landscaping
  was so beautiful and a source of employee
  gratification and pride.

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
VSP Lesson Learned

• People need to know why
• Educated employees on why they were removing
  trees scrubs. Then there was a lot more
  understanding

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
NEA Highlights

• Optimized Air-Handling controls
• Used economizer cycle to avoid running compressor
  unit.
• Minimized use of steam humidification
• Replaced defective steam traps
• Low or no-cost items wanted to focus on the
  things that cost the least to implement.
• Wanted to do things that didnt significantly
  increase the responsibilities of the maintenance
  staff.

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
NEA Highlights

• Replaced flush valves with low-flow flush valves
• Replaced standard urinals with waterless urinals
• Irrigation planted more native plants to reduce
  need for watering.

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Sustainable Purchasing

• Ongoing Consumables (Supplies)
• Durable Goods
• Facility Alteration Additions
• Food Lamps

Goal Purchase products that have a lesser or
reduced effect on human health and the environment
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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Developed a process

• Located Supplier
• Collaborate with Vendors
• Communicate with end-users
• Formalized existing or created new purchases

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Sustainable Purchasing
Lesson Learned The most sustainable purchase is
the non-purchase.

• Example VSP
• Bought 750,000 per year
• Spent 7,587 to buy 1 mug for every employee
• Net savings per year 52,000
• Kept 750,000 Styrofoam cups out of landfill

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Waste Management

• Educated staff about recycling procedures
• Made recycling convenient
• Replaced individual waste baskets with very small
  baskets

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Indoor Environmental Quality

• Benchmark outside air flow rates
• Improve air quality
• Improve comfort
• Green Cleaning

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Indoor Environmental Quality
Strategies

• Adjusted outside air flow rates
• Implemented green cleaning products procedures
• Utilized low-VOC materials for maintenance
  alterations
• Conducted occupant survey
• Building Cleanliness
• Thermal comfort
• Lighting
• Noise
• Work towards satisfying the majority of the
  people. Survey requires 80 satisfaction (per
  LEED EBOM).

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Indoor Environmental Quality
VSP Strategy Comfort Complaints

• Treated every complaint like the person was
  speaking the truth
• Trouble-shoot-ed to find a cause and found real
  problems
• Did some extra steps for regulars small fans
  or individual heaters.
• Were successful with getting more people on-board
  with the process and making progress with finding
  problems.

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Operational Excellence Achieved
VSP

• Reached 82 waste recycled
• 95 score Energy Star
• 50 annual water savings
• Premium credit - 5 reduction on insurance premium

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HOW THE LEED EB CERTIFICATION PROCESS
TRANSFORMS YOUR OPERATIONS AND ENGAGES PEOPLE
Operational Excellence Achieved
NEA

• 19 first year energy savings
• Trending towards additional 12 savings
• 13 annual water savings
• Reduced paper usage by 1,000,000 sheets

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GREENWASHED OR GREEN ... SINGLE OR TRIPLE BOTTOM
LINE?
Jay Coen Gilbert, B Lab Jay Bolus, MBDC Heather
Gadonniex, Mindclicks Sandy Wiggins, Consilience
LLC
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GREENWASHED OR GREEN ... SINGLE OR TRIPLE BOTTOM
LINE?
Why is Greenwashing Prevalent?
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Why is Greenwashing Prevalent?

• Companies want to quickly capitalize on green
• Disconnect between marketing science
• Lack of green education

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GREENWASHED OR GREEN ... SINGLE OR TRIPLE BOTTOM
LINE?
ISO Standards ISO 14020 Series Environmental
Labels and Declarations, General Principles

• Type 1 Environmental Seal of Approval
• Type 2 Self-Declared Environmental Claims
• Self-Declared
• Must be verifiable
• Type 3 Environmental Product Quantitative Cycle
  Declaration Assessment
• LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)

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GREENWASHED OR GREEN ... SINGLE OR TRIPLE BOTTOM
LINE?
Green Companies have sustainability embedded in
all parts of their corporate structure
People
Sustainable Brand/ Sustainable Business
Corporate Governance
Planet
Profits
Employees
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GREENWASHED OR GREEN ... SINGLE OR TRIPLE BOTTOM
LINE?
How to Determine if a Company is Truly
Green? Companies that are Green

• Have third-party verified claims
• Follow internationally recognized practices
• Integrate product and corporate sustainability

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GREENWASHED OR GREEN ... SINGLE OR TRIPLE BOTTOM
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Case Study Valley Forge Fabrics

• Started 3 years ago
• To date have transferred 50 of products to green
• 35 reduction in CO2 produced by operations
• Proven reduction in water, waste, energy
  footprint
• Over 70 voluntary employee engagement
• Customer recognition and trust of FRESH equal to
  LEED

As the acronym implies, FRESH fabrics are made
from synthetic yarns derived from pre-consumer
and post-consumer recycled products which are
made at a low impact manufacturing
platform.   FRESH fabrics are 100 recycled
content - no blends.
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GREENWASHED OR GREEN ... SINGLE OR TRIPLE BOTTOM
LINE?
What can you do to avoid greenwashing in your
company?

• Incorporate sustainability into the core of your
  business
• Institute Triple Bottom Line policies into
  procurement practices
• Ask suppliers for 3rd party verification data

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GREENWASHED OR GREEN ... SINGLE OR TRIPLE BOTTOM
LINE?
How can we harness the power of business to solve
cultural societal problems? The B Corporation
(B for Benefit)
Criteria 1 - Expand corporate accountability
through a new legal framework

• 20th Century Corporation
• Shareholder Capital
• Maximize Shareholder value exclusively

• 21st Century Corporation
• Shareholder Capital
• Create Social Shareholder Value
• Transparency

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GREENWASHED OR GREEN ... SINGLE OR TRIPLE BOTTOM
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The B Corporation
Criteria 2 Drive social impact through 3rd
Party standards

• B Impact Rating System
• Free web-based tool to assess company
• Difference between good company and just good
  marketing
• Meet higher standard of social and environmental
  performance, accountability and transparency

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GREENWASHED OR GREEN ... SINGLE OR TRIPLE BOTTOM
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The B Corporation
Over the last 10 years the leaders of the green
movement have transformed the Building Industry
Over the next 10 years the leaders of the green
movement can transform the Economy
www.bcorporation.net
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COMMISSIONING AND ENERGY MODELING VALUE, COST and
PROJECT INTEGRATION
Phillip G. Bernstein Vice President of Building
Industry AutodeskVivian Loftness Professor,
Carnegie Mellon UniversityGeorge Denise Global
Account Manager, Cushman WakefieldTed van der
Linden Director of Sustainability, DPR
Construction, Inc.Kim Shinn Principal, TLC
Engineering for ArchitectureMalcolm Lewis
President/CEO, CTG Energetics, Inc.
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COMMISSIONING AND ENERGY MODELING VALUE COST and
PROJECT INTEGRATION
Commissioning Audience Survey 1000 attendees
No or Disagree
Maybe or Dont Know
Yes or Agree
Voting Cards
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COMMISSIONING AND ENERGY MODELING VALUE COST and
PROJECT INTEGRATION
Commissioning Audience Survey 1000 /-
attendees
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COMMISSIONING AND ENERGY MODELING VALUE, COST and
PROJECT INTEGRATION
Energy Modeling Take Aways

• Track record on average, not good at predicting
  absolute energy usage.
• Very good at comparing scenarios
• Reason for 1is that energy modelers are using
  best case scenario usage Building used as
  planned and the people maintaining and occupying
  doing so as intended (for example no manual
  over-rides)
• Need more Measurement Verification You cant
  improve what you cant measure.
• Needs to be used to inform system selection
  decisions, not just to confirm usage after
  selections are made.

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MAKE IT RIGHT A PERFORMANCE BUILDING LABORATORY
Mike Holmes, Make It Right Sarah Howell, John C.
Williams Architects, LLC Jon Sader, Make It
Right New Orleans, LLC Katherine Grove, William
McDonough Partners (Moderator)
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MAKE IT RIGHT A PERFORMANCE BUILDING LABORATORY
Overview of Program

• 27 Prototype Houses
• Small House Performance Laboratory
• 13 LEED Platinum Certified Homes
• Avg score of 88
• Constant Collaboration Designers, Owners,
  builders, code officials
• Every generation of house is built better

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Philosophy of Construction Process Learn
Implement - Teach

• Managers and Contractors learn how to build a
  particular prototype
• The prototype gets built (Implement)
• Then they teach it to other contractors who will
  build future versions of the prototype

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Building Laboratory

• Six different construction types
• Stick Built
• 3 Structural Insulated Panels (SIPS)
• 2 wood SIPS
• 1 steel SIPS
• Modular
• Saebi Alternative Building System (SABS
  concrete coated foam)
• Cross-Training contractors

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House Prototype Kieran Timberlake (Architects)

• 1,200 SF
• House will evolve over the generations built
• 1st generation panelized exterior walls
  (structural insulated panels SIPS) with steel
  skin and foam insulation core.
• 2nd generation - modular
• Steel stud interior walls
• Geothermal heating
• Trellis on entire side of house for a natural
  plant canopy

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House Prototype William McDonough (Architects)

• 1,800 Total SF
• 1,400 SF Primary residence
• 400 SF Secondary Apt
• Chases shade At any time of day there is a
  shady area outside to rest.
• Cradle to Cradle All materials are recyclable
  to flow into biological cycle

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House Prototype Morphosis Float House

• 945 SF
• Base is expanded polystyrene foam coated in glass
  fiber reinforced concrete, with all required wall
  anchors, electrical, mechanical and plumbing
  systems pre-installed
• In event of flood will float above piers
• SIPS panelized exterior walls

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Construction Innovation 16 OC vs 24 OC

• 24 OC is a method of saving material (LEED for
  Homes Credit ?)
• Single top bottom plate
• Added glue to 24 OC
• Tested mock-up sections at Univ. of NO College
  of Engineering
• Tested 5 times stronger than required by code

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Product Innovation Pervious Concrete

• Pervious concrete is needed to meet goals of zero
  run-off for each site
• Testing mixes to make stronger version for
  increased durability.
• Training contractors to install material

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THE ROOFTOPS OF AMERICA A PLATFORM FOR A
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Steven Peck, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Scott
Sklar, The Stella Group, LTD Molly
Trombley-McCann, Cool Roof Rating Council James
Hoff, The Center for Environmental Innovation in
Roofing
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THE ROOFTOPS OF AMERICA A PLATFORM FOR A
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Roofing Installation Fact

• Each year 4 billion SF of roofing installed
• 1 billion new
• 3 billion roof replacements
• If this 4 billion of roofing installed in
  compliance with LEED EA Credit 1 Standard
• Save 1.8 billion in energy savings per year

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SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC)

• Non-Profit Organization
• Cool Roof Rating System
• Measuring/Rating System for Roofing Systems
• Solar Reflectance Ability to reflect solar
  energy
• Thermal Transmittance
• Initial and 3-yr values
• 3 sites in 3 regions
• ANSI Accredited

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Cooler Roofs mean

• Less heat transfer into building (Reduced heat
  load and energy to cool building)
• Reduced peak energy demand Hottest time of the
  day is usually the when electric rates are the
  highest
• Reduced Urban Heat Island

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Cool Roof Misconceptions

• Cool Roof White Roof
• Cool Roof Flat, Low Sloped Roof
• Cool Roof is effective in hot climates only

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New Cool Roof Materials

• Thermocramatic Mood Roof changes with the
  temp. White when temperature is hot, black when
  temperature is cold.
• Cool Colored roofs Reflecting the colors we
  dont see Look this up
• Nano-scale reflective glass micro-sphere
  technology Look this up

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Green Roofs for Healthy Cities

• Non-Profit Organization
• To increase awareness of green roofs walls
• Gather and disseminate performance data on green
  roofs
• Increase education and knowledge
• Yearly conferences started in 2003, Chicago

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Green Roofs for Healthy Cities - Resources

• Green Roof Tree of Knowledge
• Full-featured database on research and policy
  related to green roof infrastructure.
• Green Wall Fund
• research community to undertake research and to
  produce research data on, but not limited to, the
  aspects of exterior green walls identified below.
  
• Biodiversity Protocol
• Publication defining the most common definitions
  of a green roof, focusing on biodiversity.
• Green Save Life Cycle Calculation
• Green roof Life Cycle Costing Calculator
  capable of assessing 3 investment scenarios
  side-by-side over a period of up to 60 years
• Provide Professional Training
• Green Roof Professional Accreditation Program

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Rooftop Energy Facts Solar Photovoltaic,
Solar-Thermal - Wind

• Easy access to sun wind
• Low-cost real-estate
• No additional land acquisition
• Minimum development cost most if not all of
  infrastructure exists
• Property already generating economic value
• Close to the customer Close to the grid
• Zero-Energy buildings are not achievable without
  rooftop energy