THE KRESGE FOUNDATION STRONGER NONPROFITS. STRONGER COMMUNITIES

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THE KRESGE FOUNDATIONSTRONGER NONPROFITS.
STRONGER COMMUNITIES
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• Founded by S. S. Kresge in 1924
• National Foundation
• 146 million grants in 2006
• New Leadership Rip Rapson, President and CEO

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Vision for Nonprofits

• Strong, sustainable, high capacity nonprofit
  organizations that are positioned to achieve
  their missions and strengthen communities.

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U.S. Building Impacts
12 Water Use
30 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
65 Waste Output
70 Electricity Consumption
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• What is a green building?

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• A green or environmentally sustainable building
  is one which it in design, construction, and
  operation makes a minimal draw on non-renewable
  resources.

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• Sustainable development is development that
  meets the needs of the present without
  compromising the ability of future generations to
  meet their own needs.
• United Nations 1983

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U.S. Building Impacts
12 Water Use
30 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
65 Waste Output
70 Electricity Consumption
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• Kresge Green Building Initiative Goals
• Reduce the use of the earths finite natural
  resources.
• Reduce overall operational costs for nonprofits.
• Build better buildings that more effectively
  enhance the delivery of nonprofit services.

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Average Savings of Green Buildings
WASTE COST SAVINGS 50-90
WATER USE SAVINGS 30-50
CARBON SAVINGS 35
ENERGY SAVINGS 30
Source Capital E
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• How are these results achieved?
• Integrated design process is the cornerstone
  best practice and smart way to develop a high
  performance building.
• Structured team process
• Siting
• Orientation
• Building envelope/skin
• Heating and cooling
• Lighting
• Water conservation
• Materials

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• series of great opportunities disguised as
  insoluble problems.
• - John Gardner, Founder, Common Cause

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• Kresge Green Building Initiative
• Education program materials, workshops
• Grants Bonus for achieving LEED and Planning to
  consider sustainable design

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• Kresge Planning Grant Program
• 25,000-100,000 awarded to cover some of the
  costs
• associated with planning a green building
• Professional fees
• Energy analysis and modeling
• Materials analysis
• Ecological site planning
• Commissioning
• LEED

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• Arts and Humanities
• 12 Planning Grants including
• North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
• Boston Childrens Museum
• Anchorage Museum
• Childrens Museum of Durango
• Grand Rapids Museum
• Museum of Science (Boston)
• 17 Bonus Grants including
• Kohl Childrens Museum
• Historical Society of Western PA
• Brooklyn Childrens Museum

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• Kyoto Protocol
• Has your city signed this agreement?
• Are you part of the Mayors Climate
• Action Committee?

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Vision for Nonprofits

• Strong, sustainable, high-capacity nonprofit
• organizations that are positioned to
  achievetheir missions and strengthen communities.

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