Montgomery County Planning Board

2009 Growing Smarter Speaker Series Outline

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

•Who I am
Green Building:
• Today’s Green Building Marketplace
Today’s Practices
• Current Green Building Practice
Tomorrow’s Challenges • Emerging Green Technologies
• Facing the Carbon Challenge
Carl Elefante, FAIA, LEED AP
Principal
Director of Sustainable Design
QUINN EVANS | ARCHITECTS

Renewing Legacy The Greenest Building is …

Ocean Hall Peabody Institute Dana Building

… One That is Already Built. Outline

• Who I am
•Today’s Green Building
“Marketplace”
• Current Green Building Practice
• Emerging Green Technologies
• Facing the Carbon Challenge

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 Green Building Rating Systems Green Building Rating Systems
LEED LEED
SS Sustainable Sites
WE Water Efficiency
USGBC EA Energy & Atmosphere
United States Green Building Council
MR Materials & Resources

LEED EQ Environmental Quality

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ID Innovation & Design

Green Building Rating Systems Green Building Rating Systems

LEED LEED
LEED NC v2.2 Scoring
69 total points
Platinum
52 + points
Gold
39 – 51 points
Silver
33 – 38 points
Certified
26 – 32 points www.packard.org

Green Building Regulation Green Building Regulation

Maryland Montgomery County
High-Performance Buildings Act Green Buildings Law
LEED Silver Rating / Green Globes 2 Globes LEED Certification over 10,000 SF
7,500 SF LEED Silver Rating for Public Buildings
Green Buildings Tax Credits Clean Energy Rewards
8% Construction, 30% Fuel Cells,
Clean Energy Purchase Tax Credits
25% PV’s, 20% BIPV’s, 25% Wind

Energy Administration Incentives Solar Tax Credits

Bio-Fuel Tax Credits, Renewable Energy Grants, 50% Tax Credits on Solar Technologies
Geothermal Grants, Wind Power Grants

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 Green Building Standards
Outline
Federal
ASHRAE • Who I am
Advanced Energy Design Guides • Today’s Green Building “Marketplace”
90.1-2004 30% better than 90.1-1999
Net-Zero Goal •Current Green Building
US DOE Practice
Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Building Energy Codes • Emerging Green Technologies
US EPA • Facing the Carbon Challenge
Energy Star

Current Green Building Practice No-Cost Green

No-Cost Green Shielded Lighting Fixtures

Best-Practice Green Water-efficient Plumbing Fixtures

Maximum Benefit Green Occupancy & Proximity Sensors

Green Materials
Green Cleaning

No-Cost Green Best-Practice Green

Transit-oriented Development LID Stormwater Management

Compact Mixed-use Development Rainwater Harvesting

Climate-responsive Design High-performance HVAC Systems

Energy-efficient Lighting Technologies
Daylighting
High-performance Building Envelopes
Operable Windows
Commissioning

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 Greening Case Study Greening Case Study
HD Cooke HD Cooke

Greening Case Study Greening Case Study

HD Cooke HD Cooke

Greening Case Study Greening Case Study

HD Cooke HD Cooke
Sustainable Sites
• Dense urban site
• Access to transit
• Alternative transportation
• Contamination-Free site
• Storm water quantity and quality
• New roofs limit heat-island effect
• Joint use of facilities

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 Greening Case Study Greening Case Study
HD Cooke HD Cooke
Water Efficiency
• Water efficient landscaping w/o irrigation
• Water use 30% below the baseline

Greening Case Study Greening Case Study

HD Cooke HD Cooke
Energy & Atmosphere
• Fundamental & enhanced commissioning
• Energy use 17.5% below baseline

Greening Case Study Greening Case Study

HD Cooke HD Cooke
Materials & Resources
• Storage and collection of recyclables
• 75% retention of the existing structure
• 50% construction waste diverted
• 10% new recycled materials
• 10% new regional materials

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 Greening Case Study
HD Cooke
Environmental Quality
• Outdoor air monitoring & increased
ventilation
• Construction IAQ
• Low-emitting materials & pollutant source
control
• Advanced lighting control
• Advanced thermal control
• Daylight & views
• Acoustic performance

Greening Case Study Greening Case Study

HD Cooke HD Cooke
Innovation & Design
• Green Cleaning
• Green Arts and Crafts
• School as teaching tool
• Exceptional performance:
regional materials
• Exceptional performance:
green power

Outline
• Who I am
• Today’s Green Building “Marketplace”
• Current Green Building Practice
•Emerging Green Technologies
• Facing the Carbon Challenge

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 Maximum Benefit Green
Maximum Benefit Green Green Roofs
Green Roofs
Geothermal Heating & Cooling
Solar Technologies

Maximum Benefit Green Maximum Benefit Green

Green Roofs Geothermal
Costs
• Extensive (shallow) Vegetated Roofs
• 30 $/SF
• 30 #/SF
• Intensive (deep) Vegetated Roofs
• 100 $/SF
• 100 #/SF
• 60-70% reduced run-off
• +/- R10 insulation

Maximum Benefit Green Maximum Benefit Green

Geothermal Solar
Costs
• save 40% energy over conventional heat
pump systems
• save 70% energy over electric heating and
cooling systems
• 1/2 ton heating/cooling per 250 ft well
• 2,500 $/ton heating/cooling (about 2x
conventional heat pump system)

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 Maximum Benefit Green
Solar Outline
Costs – HD Cooke Array • Who I am
• 100+ panels on Gym Roof • Today’s Green Building “Marketplace”
• 20+ kW maximum output • Current Green Building Practice
• $ 200,000 estimated installed cost • Emerging Green Technologies
• $ 3,500 estimated annual energy cost
savings •Facing the Carbon Challenge

The Climate Change Imperative Building Impacts

Hurricane
Katrina
Pogo
Earth Day 1971
Walt Kelly

Sustainable Buildings Industry Council

The Tipping Point

Climate “Tipping Point” CO2 Levels
“Our home planet is
dangerously near a Pre-industrial level 280 ppm
tipping point at which
human-made 2007 measured level 383 ppm
greenhouse gases
reach a level where Tipping point 450 ppm
major climate changes
can proceed mostly Delta 067 ppm
under their own
momentum.” Current annual increase 002 ppm
Tipping Point - Perspective of a Climatologist
James Hansen Years to tipping point 67/2= 34

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 Building Stock Statistics
Climate Change Response Policy Existing Stock by Decade Constructed
IPCC / ICLEI / US Conference of
AREA: Non-Residential Buildings

14,000

64,783 Million SF
Mayors 12,000

10,000

A re a in M illio n s SF
Architecture 2030 Challenge
8,000

6,000

4,000

Montgomery County Sustainability 2,000

Working Group (SWG) 0

1919 or
Before
1920 to
1945
1946 to
1959
1960 to
1969
1970 to
1979
1980 to
1989
1990 to
1999
2000 to
2003
Construction Decade

2003 Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey

U.S. Department of Energy

Building Stock Statistics Building Stock Statistics

Traditional & Historic Buildings Modern-Era Buildings
AREA: Non-Residential Buildings AREA: Non-Residential Buildings

14,000 14,000

12,000
10,640 Million SF 12,000
36,250 Million SF
10,000
16 % 10,000
55 %
A re a in M illio n s SF

A re a in M illio n s SF

8,000 8,000

6,000 6,000

4,000 4,000

2,000 2,000

0 0
1919 or 1920 to 1946 to 1960 to 1970 to 1980 to 1990 to 2000 to 1919 or 1920 to 1946 to 1960 to 1970 to 1980 to 1990 to 2000 to
Before 1945 1959 1969 1979 1989 1999 2003 Before 1945 1959 1969 1979 1989 1999 2003
Construction Decade Construction Decade

2003 Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey 2003 Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey
U.S. Department of Energy U.S. Department of Energy

Building Stock Statistics Montgomery County

LEED Buildings Existing Stock by Period Constructed
AREA: Non-Residential Buildings

14,000

12,000
3,200 Million SF
10,000
5%
1,283 Certified / 9,867 Registered
A re a in M illio n s SF

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

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1919 or 1920 to 1946 to 1960 to 1970 to 1980 to 1990 to 2000 to
Before 1945 1959 1969 1979 1989 1999 2003
Construction Decade

2003 Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey

U.S. Department of Energy

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 Montgomery County Montgomery County
Existing Stock by Type Public Stock by Decade Constructed

Montgomery County Projected Growth to 2030

Public Stock by Type New Building Construction
AREA: Non-Residential Buildings

14,000

12,000
28,000 Million SF
10,000
43 %
A re a in M illio n s SF

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

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1919 or 1920 to 1946 to 1960 to 1970 to 1980 to 1990 to 2000 to
Before 1945 1959 1969 1979 1989 1999 2003
Construction Decade

The Boom To Come – America Circa 2030

Architect Magazine, October 2006

Projected Growth to 2030 Life Cycle Analysis

Renovation Environmental Impacts of Wall Assemblies
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Energy
The Boom To Come – America Circa 2030
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 Life Cycle Analysis Life Cycle Analysis
Environmental Impacts of Wall Assemblies U.S. EPA & NIST BEES
Building for Economic and Environmental Sustainability

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Water Pollution Manufacture
Fabrication
Air Pollution
Transportation
Resources Construction
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Energy

R Value

Life Cycle Analysis Life Cycle Analysis

U.S. EPA & NIST BEES U.S. EPA & NIST BEES
Building for Economic and Environmental Sustainability Building for Economic and Environmental Sustainability

DURING USE AFTER USE

Operation Renewal
Maintenance
Removal
Re-use
Disposal

Life Cycle Impacts Life Cycle Impacts

Recapturing Environmental Impacts Recapturing Environmental Impacts
Through Improved Performance Through Improved Performance

Recaptures Energy in
3.5 years

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 Life Cycle Impacts E-Valuating Existing Buildings
Recapturing Environmental Impacts
Through Improved Performance

Recaptures Toxic Emissions in

22 years

E-Valuating Existing Buildings E-Valuating Existing Buildings

Preservation Economics Preservation Economics
Re-investment Driven Minimal Material Expenditure
over $1 trillion annually Minimal Energy Expenditure
over $100 trillion inventory Skill and Craft Intensive
Creates Good Jobs
Cycles Money Through Local Economy

The Restoration Economy The Economics of Historic Preservation

The Greatest New Growth Frontier A Community Leaders Guide
Storm Cunningham Donovan Rypkema
www.restorationeconomy.com www.preservationbooks.org

The Greenest Building is … … One That is Already Built.

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