Building a Coalition of Industry, Governmental, and Environmental Groups

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Building a Coalition of Industry, Governmental,
and Environmental Groups
To provide a statewide green building program
with environmental and economic benefits.
Eric Martin
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Florida Solar Energy Center

• Research institute of the University of Central
  Florida.
• Largest, most active state supported renewable
  energy and energy efficiency research, training,
  and certification institute in the US

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Florida Solar Energy Center
Photovoltaic Systems Solar Thermal
Systems Energy-Efficient Buildings Building
Design and Assistance Simulation Model
Development Sustainable Communities International
Education
Indoor Air Quality Windows and Daylighting H2
from Renewable Resources Pollutant
Detoxification Photoelectrochemical
Processes Alternative Fueled Vehicles
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Florida Green Building Coalition

• Membership organization that operates and
  maintains a green building program for Florida
  with environmental and economic benefits.

Standards
Green Land Developments
Green Municipalities
Green Homes
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What is Green Building?

• Green building is a process that strives to
  create and renovate aspects of the built
  environment to make them more environmentally
  sustainable.
• It goes beyond vertical aspects of construction
  to include landscaping, development, housekeeping
  and maintenance, and municipal operations.

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What is Green Building?
Green Building
As a Noun
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What is Green Building?
Green Building
As a Verb or Process
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What is a green building program?

• Green building programs have been created to
  promote, foster, and create incentives for green
  building in a particular area.
• The mechanism most widely employed is a set of
  voluntary standards that apply to differing
  building sectors.

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Elements of Green Standards

• Voluntary and flexible.
• Performance, not prescriptive.
• Generally a long list of options that lead an
  applicant down a path to achieve a goal.
• Option list includes leveraging of other
  established national and state programs rather
  than reinventing the wheel.
• A point system is generally employed to gauge
  achievement of the goal.

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Why Standards vs. BMPs?

• Suggests a goal to be achieved.
• Shows that same goal can be achieved many
  different ways.
• Involves 3rd party certification.
• Provides market differentiation.
• Mechanism to create incentives.

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We are not alone.

• NAHB has collected info on approximately 30
  green building programs with residential
  standards operating throughout the US and under
  development.
• Most green building programs focus on a
  particular metro area, with funding and
  operations under a local government agency (solid
  waste department, municipal utility, etc.) or
  other local entity (home builders association,
  etc.)

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Why a Statewide Program?

• Presents a unified concept.
• Presents clear and meaningful principles on
  which qualification and marketing are based.
• Trying not to dissociate the marketplace or the
  industry.

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FGBC Member Affiliations
City and County Governments State and Local
Regulatory Agencies Landscape Architects Realtors
Home Builder Associations Product
Suppliers Utilities Energy Green Building
Consultants Builders Architects
Researchers Public Interest Universities County
Extension Students
Membership is open to any interested individual/
organization
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Board of Directors
Public Advocate
Academic Research
Development Construction
Coalition Membership
Real Estate Finance
Design Analysis
Energy Water Provider
Governmental
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More than just a rating organization

• Encourage green building in Florida.
• Education and Promotion.
• Voluntary Standards Guidelines and Tools

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Certification does involve
Jumping through hoops
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But Standards can also act as
To Achieve
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Green Standard Documentation
Provisions of the Standard Program
Details Certifying Agents Standard
Revision Credit Point Schedule (Checklist) Progra
m Executive Summary Ready Reference Scoring
Worksheet Heart of the Submitted
Application Reference Guide Encyclopedia Detaile
d Point Requirements / Submittals Benefits of
each measure (environmental, savings,
etc.) Suppliers of Good or Service Pictures and
Examples Sources for More Information
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Energy and Environmental Integration

• In order for a municipality to undertake
  requirements of a green standard, various
  departments must communicate in order to
  determine what has been done, and what needs to
  be done.

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Green Municipality Standard Purpose

• Foster communication between various departments
  to better achieve common goals.
• Educate people within the community as well as
  other communities.
• Increase penetration of green homes, commercial
  buildings, and land developments.
• Provide municipalities with a tool box to help
  them evolve.

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Green Municipality Standard Development

• Utilize select cities and counties with
  demonstrated green interest to act as pilots.
• ? Basis for criteria collect info about
  green accomplishments that have already
  been done, along with future plans.
• Build upon criteria Extract policies and future
  goals of statewide organizations involved with
  the environment or energy.

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Green Municipality Standard Categories
Building Development Planning and Zoning Public
Works Engineering Parks Recreation Natural
Resources Management Administration Human
Resources Information Services Housing Human
Services Economic Development Energy
Utility Emergency Management / Public Safety
Water Wastewater Public Transportation Library S
olid Waste Agriculture Extension
Service Administration Tourism Ports
Marinas School Board Property Appraiser Tax
Collector Clerk of Courts
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Green Municipality Standard Categories

• Lead by Example What green processes does the
  municipality commit to in-house.
• Control Incentives, regulations, or ordinances
  that foster green building.
• Education Steps taken to educate municipality
  staff, local industry professionals, and
  citizens.

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Natural Resources Management / Env. Protection

• Lead by Example
• Become a member of FLERA.
• Create urban heat island reduction program.
• Develop and implement invasive species removal
  plan.
• Control
• Offer local tax based or other AFV incentive.
• Enact habitat preservation ordinance.
• Education
• Air Quality Index on local website.
• Offer seminars on green development issues.
• Require in-house or external continuing ed for
  staff.

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Thank You
www.floridagreenbuilding.org
www.fsec.ucf.edu
www.buildingamerica.gov www.baihp.org
Eric Martin martin_at_fsec.ucf.edu 321-638-1450