Consumers

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Consumers

• The U.S. equals 3 of the earths population.
• The U.S. consumes 40 of the earths energy.
• The U.S. draws 340 billion gallons of fresh water
  per day from rivers, streams and reservoirs.

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Energy Efficiency

• Electrical Energy Consumption Educational
  Facilities

1999 Energy Information Administration US
Department of Energy Statistics
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CHPS and LEED
www.chps.net www.usgbc.org

• LEED (Certified, Silver, Gold, Platinum)
• Third Party Verification
• LEED NC (LEED New Construction)
• LEED EB (LEED Existing Building)
• LEED for Schools (K-12)
• CHPS
• Verified vs. Designed

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CHPS Range of Offerings

• Addresses the total school population
• New construction
• Modernizations
• Additions on existing campuses
• The High Performance relocatable
• Tailored for Californias schools
• Professional Training
• Greentools Conference
• Low Emitting MaterialsList (to be expanded)

CHPS Project Chartwell Picture Courtesy of EHDD
Architecture
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CHPS Addresses the Schools Life Cycle

• Provides resources from Planning through
  Operations
• Volume I Planning A descriptive how-to for
  school districts, superintendents, board members,
  and others.
• Volume II Design Technical information for
  architects, engineers, school planners,
  contractors and other building professionals.
• Volume III Criteria Benchmarks used for
  measuring whether or not a school qualifies as
  high performance.
• Volume IV Maintenance and Operation Guidelines
  for ensuring that high performance schools
  operate as their designers intended.
• Volume V Commissioning Information on making
  certain that technologies and high performance
  elements are actually built and tested to meet
  specifications.
• Volume VI Relocatable Classrooms Addresses the
  performance problems and solutions specific to
  portable classrooms, and includes design
  guidelines for building high performance
  portables.

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Characteristics of a High Performance School

• A High Performance School is
• Healthy
• Thermally, Visually and Acoustically Comfortable
• Energy Efficient
• Material Efficient
• Water Efficient
• Easy to Maintain and Operate
• Commissioned
• An Environmentally Responsive Site
• a Building that Teaches
• Safe and Secure
• A Community Resource
• Stimulating Architecture
• Adaptable to Changing Needs

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CHPS Criteria Scorecards

• Free Self Certification System or
• New CHPS Verified Program
• Types
• New Construction
• Additions for existing campus
• Major modernizations
• Minor Mods no scorecard
• Relocatables 25 pts. minimum

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Funding Sources

• Prop 1D
• 2-8
• Savings By Design
• Bright Schools
• Various Solar Incentive
• California Energy Commission
• CHPS High Performance Relocatables
• Integrated Waste Management Board

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Cost of Green

• High Performance is the right thing to do!
• Healthier environments for students
• Improved educational outcomes
• Reduced energy use environmental impact
• Get Paid for It Now and
• Acquire supplemental Prop 1D funding
• Incentive Funding (i.e., Savings by Design,
  Bright Schools, etc.)
• Continue getting paid for it
• Lower energy costs
• Reduced operations costs
• Teacher retention and less sick days

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Alder Creek Middle School Case Study
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Alder Creek Middle School - Daylight and Views

• Students increased 20 in math 24 in reading
• Workplace productivity can be increased between
  2 and 5 with the introduction of good
  daylighting and views over current office design
  standards

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Design tools
CHPS Low Emitting Products List
ECMS for Energy
SPOT for daylighting design
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Sierra College Truckee Campus
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Sierra College Truckee Campus
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