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VOLUME 14
NUMBER 7
CONTENTS
On the Cover:
The Pearls design is directly derived from natures experience. See page 54 for the
full story. Image by Labulle. Courtesy of Solaleya Design.
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8 EDITORS NOTE
10 NEW + NOTABLE
62 CROSSWORD
64 ADVERTISERS INDEX
66 PARTING SHOT
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A Fresh Take
on the LEED Guide
An introduction.
By Rick Fedrizzi
Helping to Grow
LEED USGBC members
make it happen.
By Meaghan Bixby
Keeping Up
Growth opportunities
for LEED APs.
By Erin Emery
22 24 26
Added Signicance
Measurement and
verifications role.
By Don Millstein
A Smart
Solution
LEED Volume Program.
By Jennifer Easton
Cheat Sheets
Resources for
green schools.
By Marisa Long
30 32 34
Cross-Country Tour
LEED across
the U.S.
By Ashley Katz
Global Strides
LEED progress
continues.
By Caitlyn MacAllister
Whats NEXT at
Greenbuild The show
goes international.
By Meaghan Bixby
38 40 44
The Road
to 100
LEED lessons learned.
By Tony Layne, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
On the Record
Net-zero energy
buildings expert
roundtable: schools.
Sustainability
Solution Campus
certification. By Michael J.
Berning, PE, CEM, LEED AP BD+C
46 50 54
The Envelope,
Please
ED+Cs Single-Family
Residential award winner.
Affordable
Platinum
ED+Cs Multifamily
Residential award winner.
Pearl of
Wisdom
Nature influences design.
By Derrick Teal
20
The Tech
Side of LEED
Online apps.
By Jennifer Easton
28
Accountability and
Performance The
Better Buildings Initiative.
By Marisa Long
36
Cycling
Improvement
The next update to LEED.
By Lonny Blumenthal
45
The Green
Practitioner
Incrementalism and LEED.
By Tommy Linstroth, LEED AP
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A Bright
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By Sufian Adbullah
Idea House was conceived
as a test bed for new ideas
in sustainable architecture
within a tropical setting.
The house is targeted to be
a carbon-neutral residence,
believed to be the first in
Southeast Asia.
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Adding to a
National Treasure
By Wayne Reckard
TKWAs addition to the
Frank Lloyd Wright-
designed Meeting House
maintains the integrity of the
original design, provides space
for daily needs and aligns con-
struction with its deeply
held environmental values.
One with
Nature
By Dennis Hallahan, MSPE, and Lossie Morris, AC, LEEDAP
The NGRREC provides
scientific resources
and public outreach
related to improving the
sustainable management
of large rivers while
mimicking the Mississippi
river bluffs.
Living Lab is in
the LEED
By Nina Wolgelenter
DPR Construction set
out to build an office
that showcases ideas
for green design after
realizing it was hard to sell
clients on green design
concepts without providing
viable proof.
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NOTE
It was a different time when I participated in my first LEED
Guide back in 2007. The U.S. housing bubble had yet to
burst, and business was booming for many architects and
contractors focused on sustainability. When that bubble did
burst, it combined with additional economic factors and
dragged the U.S. into a recession. Construction projects be-
gan drying up. Employers began laying off employees, and
the number of people out of a job began rivaling the worst
economic times in U.S. history even in the green sector.
Whether you agree with the action or not, the govern-
ment eventually stepped in with the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Part of this act was designed
to create new jobs and save existing ones through govern-
ment investment in energy and the environment in addition
to tax benefits for home energy efficiency improvements
and tax credits for alternative energy equipment.
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(Well, actually, there was an answer: service industry. But, we
figured our audience wasnt interested in those types of jobs.)
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Permeable Concrete
Hydromedia is a new, fast-draining concrete pavement solution engi-
neered to rapidly direct stormwater, a major source of pollution, from
streets, parking surfaces, driveways and sidewalks. The aggregate matrix
is designed to minimize compaction and provide permeability in the
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Fiberglass Insulation
Sustainable Insulation is a fiberglass insulation manufactured with
renewable and recycled content, including an organic, plant-based
binder. Sustainable Insulation is designed to offer excellent acoustical
performance and thermal properties. The product exceeds stringent
CARB indoor air quality regulations and is GREENGUARD Children &
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consist of a 50 percent renewable content and a recycled glass content
of 35 or 70 percent. www.certainteed.com
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GREENGUARD-Certified Seating
Working hand-in-hand with a team of healthcare clients to meet its
specific requirements, Stylex introduced its first line of healthcare seating.
The line is available with all of Stylexs in-graded fabrics and the newly
added CF Stinson high-performance textiles. The collection includes a
love seat, guest chair and bariatric chair, which have all been tested to
accommodate up to 1,000 pounds. Key sustainable attributes include a
recycled content frame, CARB-compliant seat pan, CFC-free cushions and
low-VOC adhesives and finishes. www.stylexseating.com
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Rapidly Renewable Hardwood
Lyptus is a durable exotic hardwood derived from eucalyptus trees that
mature within 14 to 16 years of planting. By comparison, temperate species
can take decades to mature. Rapid growth and careful management of the
Lyptus plantations help to meet increasing demand for wood products and
still ensure a continuing supply of hardwood for future generations. Grown
in Brazil, the hardwood is certified to Brazils national sustainable forestry
standard, Cerflor, andendorsed by the PEFC.Lyptus is available for cabinets,
millwork, trim, furniture and solid and engineered flooring. www.lyptus.com
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Modular Casework
Dwyer Products Corporations line of medical
modular casework is designed to contribute
to healthy and flexible indoor environments.
By manufacturing durable, reconfigurable and
reusable casework, the product line supports
its customers bottom line by being less disrup-
tive to install and staying in service longer
than traditional millwork, as facility opera-
tors no longer have to tear down and throw
out casework when remodeling or updating
spaces. Most of Dwyers modular cabinetry and
casework is GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality
certified. www.dwyerproducts.com
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Air-Cleaning Panel
Alcoas Reynobond with EcoClean is a coil-
coated architectural panel that reportedly
helps clean itself and the air around it. The tita-
nium dioxide particles in EcoClean break down
nitrogen oxides (smog) and other organic
matter in the air while turning the Reynobond
panel into a slick hydrophilic surface in the
presence of water. Even a small amount of rain
reportedly helps the building rinse away sur-
face contaminants. The EcoClean coating can
be used with a broad palette of Reynobond
paint colors and finishes. Several select fin-
ishes are already available with the EcoClean
coating. www.ecoclean.com
Alcoa Architectural Products | Reader Service No. 25
High-Performance Wood
Accoya wood, a leading sustainable high-per-
formance wood, uses a non-toxic proprietary
acetylation technology which alters the woods
reaction with water by permanently replacing
free hydroxyls within the wood with naturally
occurring stable acetyl groups. This substitution
results in a solid wood product with exception-
al durability, dimensional stability and other
substantial benefits, the company reports.
Accoya wood is designed to be suitable for
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demanding outdoor applications. The wood is
sustainably sourced from fast growing species
and Cradle to Cradle certified. www.accoya.com
Accoya | Reader Service No. 27
Stormwater Management System
Storm Capture is an underground struc-
tural precast concrete system for stormwater
management.The modules are constructed of
high-strength concrete and are installed on a
simple setting bed of stone that is reportedly
up to 20 percent less than other systems.Their
ability to support traffic allows for minimal cov-
er with pavement options of asphalt, concrete
or concrete pavers.Inlet grates allow stormwa-
ter direct entry froma roadway surface into the
system.www.oldcastleprecast.com
Oldcastle Precast Inc. | Reader Service No. 28
Ultra Thermal Curtain Wall System
Kawneer Company Inc. introduces its 1600UT
(Ultra Thermal) Curtain Wall System. The sys-
tem proactively addresses
code requirements includ-
ing the International
Energy Conservation Code
(IECC); ASHRAE/INESA
90.1, 189.1; and state
codes. The 1600UT Curtain
Wall System is reportedly
capable of beating these
code requirements with
double- and triple-glazed
configurations. The system is tested in ac-
cordance with North American performance
standards, including seismic, thermal cycling
and dynamic water. www.kawneer.com
Kawneer Company Inc. | Reader Service No. 29
High-Performance Glass
Guardian Industries SNX 62/27 is the latest
product in the SunGuard SuperNeutral (SN)
series of advanced architectural glass. A new
solution for architects who specify exterior glass
for commercial projects, SNX 62/27 offers natural
light with an improved solar heat gain coefficient
that reportedly raises the glazing light-to-solar
gain ratio to 2.30. The product also features a
neutral exterior appearance, so buildings reap
performance benefits without a dark or overly
reflective look. www.sunguardglass.com
Guardian Industries Corp. | Reader Service No. 30
Exterior Panels
VIVIX Exterior Architectural Panels are solid
phenolic faade panels manufactured for
external, vertical applications. The panels are
supported with an attachment system for open
joint, drained and back-ventilated rainscreen
construction. VIVIX panels include 3 percent
pre-consumer recycled wood fiber content, the
use of wood fibers derived from responsibly
managed forests, and are GREENGUARD Indoor
Air Quality certified. www.formica.com
Formica Group | Reader Service No. 32
Solar Charging Station
According to the company, Duo-Guards solar-
powered stations are scaled to the size of the
project and the charging needs involved. A
turnkey approach includes in-house design,
engineering, fabrication and installation
services, as well as technical support to specify,
plus field support on photovoltaics, inverters
and metering required to connect to the grid.
The stations can be engineered to provide
free services or to function with machines for
payments, including credit cards, creating a
profit center that would help recoup the initial
investment. www.duo-gard.com
Duo-Gard Industries Inc. | Reader Service No. 33
Horizontal Wall Panel
MBCI has expanded its Eco-ficient insulated
metal panel (IMP) product line to include the
Grand H Series, a horizontal wall panel report-
edly ideal for architectural applications. All
Eco-ficient panels have reportedly achieved
excellent test results for thermal resistance, air
and water infiltration and fire. MBCIs Eco-
ficient insulated metal panels offer an R-value
of 7.69 per inch of insulation. www.mbci.com
MBCI | Reader Service No. 34
Recycled-Content Curtain Wall
ForceFront Blast
curtain wall and
entry door systems
are now available for
high-security projects
seeking blast hazard
mitigation in low- and
mid-rise applications.
ForceFront curtain wall
and entry door prod-
ucts are manufactured
using EcoLuminum, a
high recycled-content
aluminum billet
composition with
eco-friendly, durable finishes. The doors feature
durable tie-rod construction, 6-inch-wide stiles
and heavy-duty hardware. A 5.5-inch back mem-
ber reinforces the curtain wall systems structural
performance. www.tubeliteinc.com
Tubelite | Reader Service No. 35
High-Efficiency Toilet
The Invisi Series
II wall-hung toi-
let suites hover
above the floor,
only visibly
attaching to a
wall. Plumbing
is hidden inside
the wall with
the intention
of creating a
more spacious
and luxurious look for bathrooms. With the
tank, flush-valve and trap designed to work as
one optimized system, all Invisi Series II suites
are designed to flush with less water without
impacting performance. They include two
buttons for flushing; the half flush which uses
0.8gpf/3L for liquid, and the full flush which
uses 1.28gal/4.8L for solids, for an average
flush of 0.9gpf (3.6L). www.caromausa.com
Caroma | Reader Service No. 36
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of the sound that strikes them. The new addi-
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office, education, hospitality and retail applica-
tions. www.armstrong.com/woodworks
Armstrong World Industries Inc. | Reader Service No. 37
Photovoltaic Racking
TerraFarm, the one source ground mount, is
engineered to increase the rate of installation
in the solar industry. This elevated rate of per-
formance is designed to aid installers in saving
costs and assist in winning RFPs. TerraFarms
technology serves as a pivotal part of the verti-
cal support system reducing significant weight
of the overall mounting system. TerraFarms
integrated foundation reportedly results in
each installation project requiring less material
and ultimately lower project costs. TerraFarm
offers solar integrators on any size ground
mount installation and a turnkey approach.
www.terrasmart.com
TerraSmart | Reader Service No. 38
High-Performance Roof
Duro-Last HPR systems reportedly have closely
related attributes that make them cost-effec-
tive, leak-proof, reliable, long-lasting and envi-
ronmentally friendly. HPR systems may reduce
energy consumption and improve the energy
efficiency of the building envelope. HPR sys-
tems meet or exceed traditional performance
standards in terms of longevity, all-weather
reliability, water absorption, wind and fire
resistance, low-maintenance and simple repair.
www.duro-last.com
Duro-Last | Reader Service No. 40
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Since its inception, LEED has been at the forefront of
the green building industry, pushing those new to
green building to adopt sustainable practices and
encouraging tried-and-true experts to bring their
specialties to the table.
LEED, and its community of implementers and sup-
porters, has always been cutting-edge. But now more
than ever, LEED and the U.S. Green Building Council
are evolving in ways we only dreamed possible at
the beginning of our journey: technology tools
to enhance LEEDs functionality, international
partners and mainstream adoption in nearly
every building sector.
This years LEED Guide highlights whats next
for LEED. In a changing and growing industry, it
must continually adapt in order to provide the
most current and complete benchmarks
for green building. The development
of LEED 2012 and the launch of
the LEED Volume Program
represent two corner-
stone initiatives in our
efforts to keep LEEDs
offerings current.
On top of that,
we work to bring
industry profes-
sionals and project
teams the best
possible resources
for achieving LEED
certification. New
technology-based
tools that sup-
port LEED will help
spread green building
knowledge and certifica-
tion assistance as fast as a
Wi-Fi connection: The LEED
for Homes Scoring tool allows
green building newcomers as well as
experts to rapidly assess their projects. Our
Green Building Information Gateway (GBIG) brings the
global stock of efficient buildings into a point-and-click
perspective. USGBCs Building Performance Partnership
(BPP) uses technology to gather and monitor building
performance and suggest improvements.
While high-tech tools are crucial to LEEDs evolution,
USGBC is quickly growing far beyond the confines of
computer screens. On the global stage, USGBC collabo-
rates with 19 other countries on the LEED International
Roundtable. Customer service is now offered in Spanish
and soon, Chinese. LEED professional credential exams
are available in French. Two LEED-certified schools are in
the works in Beijing and Changsha, China, and USGBC
is working to expand LEED for Homes pilot programs
internationally. These global strides are crucial to the
future development of LEED and for the broader goal of
greening not just our country, but also our world.
Last year, Greenbuild, USGBCs annual conference,
showcased our growing international presence, draw-
ing attendees from an impressive 114 countries. To
celebrate the international green building movement,
this years Greenbuild NEXT is based in Toronto, one
of the most cosmopolitan and innovative global cities
in the world. As the name suggests, Greenbuild NEXT
will usher in a new era of green building.
These improvements are just the tip of the iceberg.
Every article in the LEED Guide highlights a new aspect
to LEED and USGBC. One thing that hasnt changed is
USGBCs mission: to green the worlds building stock
to reduce environmental impact and enhance the lives
of people everywhere. While USGBC is celebrating our
founding vision in new and more exciting ways than
ever, we stay grounded and united behind our goal to
enact monumental change in the built environment. Its
the motivation pulsing through every USGBC program.
I applaud the green building community for its com-
mitment to this noble cause, and I thank you for inspir-
ing USGBCs new initiatives with your own innovation
and passion. Please reach out with your suggestions and
comments on our evolving programs. Im active on Twit-
ter and would love to get your feedback: @RickFedrizzi.
My excitement about the evolution of LEED and
green building is eclipsed only by what will come
next. Stay tuned!
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As the green building industry
grows, evolves and prospers, the
U.S. Green Building Council has
remained true to its mission to
transform the way buildings and
communities are designed, con-
structed, operated and maintained,
enabling an environmentally and
socially responsible, healthy and
prosperous environment that
improves the quality of life. And
central to realizing this mission is
the USGBC member community.
This community of dedicated
member organizations and their
employees, green building lead-
ers and volunteers is at the core of
everything USGBC does, from ex-
panding the LEED rating systems
and education, to the Greenbuild
Conference and Expo, to the Cen-
ter for Green Schools at USGBC.
They are a part of every building
that achieves LEED certification,
every milestone we reach and the
continued growth and evolution
of our industry.
As a community, weve cel-
ebrated tremendous growth dur-
ing a time when odds were stacked
against our industry. In 2010, we
observed the 10th anniversary
of the launch of the LEED rating
system. Since its initial launch,
through the consensus-based
approach taken by members, LEED
has evolved to include rating sys-
tems for existing buildings, schools,
healthcare and neighborhood
development. This suite of rating
systems culminated this year in
achievements once unimaginable
more than one billion square
feet of LEED-certified space and
more than 100,000 registered and
certified projects around the world.
With member support, the
Center for Green Schools launched
in 2010, along with the promise
of sustainable learning environ-
ments for all students within a
generation. Because of member
feedback, new tools have been
developed for green building
practitioners to utilize as they
implement LEED in projects.
Members have supported a global
presence, resulting in a record
number of international attendees
at Greenbuild 2010 and a seat at
the LEED International Roundtable
along with 20 other countries.
Growth. Modernization. Global-
ization. How is all of this possible?
Our members are our greatest
resource. These achievements
are the direct result of the col-
laboration and innovation of the
USGBC community. Our members
engagement, participation and
unique points-of-view lead us
to the successes we are able to
celebrate together.
USGBCs member community
brings together a wide and varied
group of green building practi-
tioners, champions and believers.
This diverse group applies what is
happening at the drafting table,
on the jobsite and in buildings to
USGBC programs and initiatives.
Our members experience and
feedback represents real market
demand and is a powerful force
in driving advancements made at
the organizational level.
Our member organizations
demonstrate a commitment to
and support of transforming
buildings and the building indus-
try through education, evolution
and collaboration, not only to
their customers and clients, but to
their employees as well.
If your organization has a stake
in the green building industry
and isnt a member of USGBC,
it is missing an opportunity to
connect with and influence the
programs, knowledge and tools
that drive the greening of the
built environment.
The green building movement
offers us an unprecedented op-
portunity to respond to the most
important challenges of our time.
The leadership, commitment and
vision of our members are why
we will successfully take advan-
tage of this opportunity. People
who join together to take collec-
tive action can affect change in
a profound way, and the USGBC
community has repeatedly dem-
onstrated its commitment to
driving meaningful change. Visit
www.usgbc.org/membership for
more information.
MEAGHAN BIXBY IS A
SPECIALIST FOR U.S. GREEN
BUILDING COUNCIL.
Helping to Grow LEED
USGBC MEMBERS ARE CENTRAL TO THE COUNCILS MISSION OF TRANSFORMING THE WAY
BUILDINGS AND COMMUNITIES ARE DESIGNED.
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This year, the global footprint
of LEED-registered and certified
projects surpassed eight billion
square feet.
Technological and scientific
innovation, increased resources
and wider consumer acceptance
have resulted in a sophisticated and
dynamic industry that continues to
advance at a rapid pace.
Increasing adoption of LEED
has amplified the demand for
professionals who understand
the LEED rating system. In 2009,
GBCI introduced a new suite of
LEED Credentials that recognize
the necessity of keeping up with
the swift progression of the green
building industry: the LEED Green
Associate and five LEED AP with
specialty credentials.
To date, more than166,000
individuals hold a LEED AP, LEED
AP with specialty or LEED Green
Associate credential.
The LEED AP with specialty
credentials allow professionals
to demonstrate their expertise
in related fields: building design
and construction; interior design
and construction; operations
and maintenance; homes and
neighborhood development.
The credentials are maintained
through continuing education on
a two-year cycle, which ensures
that LEED Professionals keep up
with green building innovation,
current standards and practices
and the continuous evolution of
the LEED rating system.
For LEED APs who tested
between 2001 and 2009, GBCI
has provided a limited window of
time during which these current
LEED APs can sign up to add a
specialty to their credential. After
enrolling, they will have two years
to complete 30 hours of relevant
continuing education activities
within their specialized field. The
individual deadlines to enroll in
this program end between Aug. 7
and Oct. 27 of this year.
The LEED Green Associate
was created for professionals in a
variety of fields involved in green
building, including students, real
estate professionals, journalists,
attorneys and a host of other
professions. The LEED Green As-
sociate demonstrates credibility in
green building and a baseline of
knowledge of green and LEED. The
LEED Green Associate credential is
a mark of recognition for profes-
sionals who may not have direct
involvement on a LEED project but
who work closely with the sustain-
able building industry in other
capacities. The credential is main-
tained with 15 hours of continuing
education every two years.
The LEED AP with specialty
credentials consist of the LEED
AP Building Design + Construc-
tion, LEED AP Interior Design +
Construction, LEED AP Operations
+ Maintenance, LEED AP Homes
and LEED AP Neighborhood
Development designations. These
credentials are the marks of the
most qualified green building
professionals in the marketplace
and demonstrate particular
expertise in these five specializa-
tions within green building. The
specialty credentials are main-
tained with 30 hours of continu-
ing education every two years.
The continuing education
requirement guarantees that
credential holders are exposed to
the most current industry infor-
mation and are equipped to ap-
ply that knowledge to their work.
GBCI developed the Credential
Maintenance Program (CMP) as a
way to help LEED credential hold-
ers keep current while providing
easy access to existing continu-
ing education opportunities. The
variety of ways to earn required
hours makes the process of
maintaining the LEED credential
flexible, personal and meaningful
to the credential holders profes-
sional goals.
This fall, GBCI will announce its
first class of LEED Fellows, its new-
est and most prestigious designa-
tion. LEED Fellows are the worlds
most distinguished green building
professionals. Nominated by their
peers, LEED Fellows are selected
based on their body of work and
their contribution to advancing
the industry. Among other eligibil-
ity requirements, both candidates
and nominators must hold the
LEED AP with specialty credential
or enroll to add the specialty
before their fall 2011 deadline.
As LEED and the green build-
ing industry continue to evolve
at a rapid pace, they must be
supported by a global com-
munity committed to market
transformation.
LEED Professionals have proven
themselves to be the movements
most visionary in thought, in-
novative in design and tireless in
determination.
As they grow in education and
experience, they will continue to
play an even stronger role in rais-
ing the bar and making greater
strides in green building achieve-
ment around the world.
ERIN EMERY IS MANAGER,
MARKETING AND COMMU-
NICATIONS FOR U.S. GREEN
BUILDING COUNCIL.
Keeping Up
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEED APS: SPECIALTY CREDENTIALS IN THE GREEN BUILDING MARKETPLACE.
By Erin Emery
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Technology is essential to green building. While sustain-
ability is rooted in basic concepts, such as conserving
resources and creating healthier indoor environments,
it is often technology that helps accomplish these goals.
Computer and tech-based tools have proved
instrumental to the development and dispersion of
LEED. The launch of LEED Online brought certifica-
tion tools to the fingertips of project managers, and
the U.S. Green Building Councils (USGBC) suite of
online learning resources offer up green building
knowledge at the click of a mouse.
Three new technology-
based offerings, the LEED
for Homes Scoring Tool, the
Green Building Information
Gateway (GBIG) and the
Building Performance Part-
nership (BPP), represent
exciting new initiatives that
will expand on USGBCs
tech-side efforts.
Deployed in March of this
year, the LEED for Homes
Scoring Tool offers anyone
at any level a simple and
free way to explore the
LEED for Homes program
(www.leedforhomes.org).
The tools main function
is to give users a realistic
idea of where their project
stands in the realm of LEED
certification: which green
features and building strategies
will push a project to a specific level of certification, and
how to get there. The QuickScore path offers a rapid
evaluation of any project, and the deeper Credit by
Credit path allows any project team member the op-
portunity to explore which green features they want to
incorporate. Many users find that they are much closer to
LEED certification than they thought, and that the path
to certification is simple and straightforward.
To date, around 4,000 people have accessed the
LEED for Homes tool to evaluate their project. The
high level of interest reflects a major milestone that
LEED for Homes hit in March of this year: 10,000
LEED-certified homes. With the rapid growth of
residential green building and certified projects,
the LEED for Homes tool is more relevant than ever.
Green Building Information Gateway (GBIG) is not a
single program or tool, but rather a family of resourc-
es. While many aspects of GBIG are still evolving and
in development stages, it will ultimately consist of a
suite of tools and apps that will make green building
stats, from specific project information to regional
climate zone data (and much in between), accessible
in a variety of ways. The best part? Its free.
GBIG Analyst, a benchmarking tool thats currently
available on the Web, displays green buildings on a
navigable map of the U.S. Users can access perfor-
mance metrics for buildings and compare projects
based on LEED credit achievement. The mobile app
version allows users to keep this handy data in their
back pockets literally.
A new app, Explorer Place, summarizes green
building activity in a given area, allowing users to
make comparisons between counties, cities, states
and more. The data available on this app goes be-
yond singular buildings: The app tracks policies and a
variety of other green building indicators, culminat-
ing in a green building score for geographic areas.
Visit GBIG.org for more information, or visit the App
Store on Apple.com to download GBIG Analyst.
Building Performance Partnership (BPP), a free build-
ing performance tracking and reporting program, is
currently an optional leadership tool for LEED-certified
projects. USGBC works directly with projects to collect
performance data, offering participating projects
annual feedback on building performance. Through
basic analysis, strategies to optimize performance per
building can be identified and implemented.
Perhaps most importantly, BPP fosters a partnership
between USGBC and the community of thousands
of LEED project owners. USGBC will apply the
performance data collected from BPP to populate a
comprehensive green building performance database,
enabling standardization of reporting metrics and
analytics as well as establishing new performance
benchmarks. BPP will be integral in LEEDs evolution.
Visit USGBC.org/BPP for more information on the
Building Performance Partnership.
JENNIFER EASTON IS A COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE FOR
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LEED has marched steadily into
virtually every corner of the
institutional, commercial and
industrial facility sector. Its various
iterations have gone far toward
generating industry-wide aware-
ness and acceptance of green
design, operations and mainte-
nance. Released in April 2009,
LEED 3.0, also called LEED v3 and
LEED 2009, raises the bar relative
to previous specifications by, for
example, requiring a 10 percent
energy reduction versus ASHRAE
90.1-2007 for new buildings, as
well as an ENERGY STAR perfor-
mance rating of at least 69 for
existing facilities. Metering, alter-
native energy use, commissioning
and other energy-efficiency strate-
gies that reduce carbon-dioxide
emissions are also weighted more
significantly in LEED 2009.
In the latest spec for Existing
Buildings: Operations & Manage-
ment (EBOM), for example, facili-
ties can obtain up to six points for
renewable energy use as opposed
to only four under the previous
LEED 2.2 version. Likewise in LEED
3.0, available credits for Water Effi-
ciency and Energy & Atmosphere
have seen dramatic increases
of almost 67 and 106 percent,
respectively, versus LEED 2.2.
Figure 1 illustrates the many
credit categories in which
submeters can contribute points
for LEED certification ratings in
Schools, EBOM, New Construction
(NC), Retail NC, Commercial Interi-
ors (CI), Retail CI, Core & Shell (CS)
and Healthcare.
Another key difference in terms
of credit requirements in LEED
3.0 for New Construction is a 20
percent reduction of in-building
water use that is now required
Added Significance
DRAMATIC CREDIT INCREASES IN SUSTAINABLE SITES, WE AND EA CATEGORIES RE-ENERGIZE SUBMETERS FOR
MEASUREMENT AND VERIFICATION ROLE UNDER LEED 3.0.
By Don Millstein
THE BACKBONE OF THE MEASUREMENT AND VERIFICATION
(M&V) PROCESS REQUIRED FOR LEED CERTIFICATION
AT EVERY LEVEL IS THE ELECTRIC SUBMETER. THE
PRIMARY BUILDING PERFORMANCE CATEGORY IN WHICH
SUBMETERING PLAYS A KEY ROLE IS THE ENERGY &
ATMOSPHERE (EA) SUBSET THAT RUNS ALL OF THE MAJOR
ASSESSMENT CATEGORIES.
ENERGY &
ATMOSPHERE
DESCRIPTION POINTS SCHOOLS EBOM NC
RETAIL
NC
CI CS
RETAIL
CI
HEALTHCARE
Prereq 1
Fundamental Commissioning
of Building Systems
Required x x x x x x x
Prereq 2 MinimumEnergy Performance Required x x x x x x x
Credit 1 Optimize Energy Performance Up to 18 x
Credit 1 Optimize Energy Performance Up to 19 x x x
Credit 1 Optimized Energy Performance Up to 24 x
Credit 2 On-Site Renewable Energy Up to 7 x x x
Credit 2 On-Site Renewable Energy Up to 8 x
Credit 2 Enhanced Commissioning Up to 5 x x
Credit 3 Enhanced Commissioning Up to 2 x x
Credit 5 Measurement &Verification Up to 2 x x
Credit 4 Green Power Up to 5 x x
Credit 6 Green Power 1 Point x
Credit 6 Green Power Up to 2 x x x
Credit 2.1
Existing Building Commissioning-
Investigation & Analysis
Up to 2 x
Credit 2.3
Existing Building Commissioning-
Ongoing Commissioning
Up to 2 x
Credit 3.2
Performance Measurement-System
Level Monitoring
Up to 2 x
Credit 4 On-site and Off-Site Renewable Energy Up to 6 x
Credit 5.1
Measurement & Verification
Base Building
Up to 3 x
Credit 5.2
Measurement & Verifications
Tenant Submetering
Up to 3 x
SUSTAINABLE SITES
Credit 9
Tenant Design & Construction
Guidelines
1 Point x
WATER EFFICIENCY
Credit 1 Water Performance Measurement Up to 2 x
Credit 2
Water Use Reduction (Measurement
& Verification)
Up to 2 x
Credit 3 Water Efficient Landscaping Up to 5 x
Credit 4 Cooling Tower Water Management Up to 2 x
REGIONAL PRIORITY
Credit 1 Regional Priority Up to 4 x x x x x x x x
FIGURE 1.
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not optional as before. Additionally, the USGBC
provides a free online tool that project teams
can use to upload building energy and water
data in order to establish a five-year database
for analyzing and comparing water and energy
use between buildings.
Submeters Facilitate LEED M&V
The energy section offers some of the 3.0
specifications most targeted guidelines for
decreasing energy consumption and increas-
ing alternative energy use. It also provides
guidance on commissioning so that facility
executives can be sure their systems are func-
tioning at peak efficiency. The backbone of the
measurement and verification (M&V) process
required for LEED certification at every level is
the electric submeter. As shown in the table,
the primary building performance category
in which submetering plays a key role is the
Energy & Atmosphere (EA) subset that runs all
of the major assessment categories, including
Schools, EBOM, NC, Healthcare and others.
Another important LEED 3.0 change oc-
curred in the rating system itself. Credits have
been realigned along a 100-point scale that
allows six more points for innovation and four
for the newly added regional priority subcat-
egory. In LEED 3.0, certification levels are based
on: 40-49, Certified; 50-59, Silver; 60-79, Gold;
80 or above, Platinum.
Green Building Metering
Pays for Itself
As the primary energy data acquisition front
end for LEED 3.0 and other green building
assessment systems, submeters are installable
at key building locations to provide before,
during and after monitoring and reportage of
various building systems, equipment and cir-
cuits of interest. In post-certification scenarios,
for instance, metering provides an ongoing
hedge against losing visibility on potential en-
ergy savings due to staff changes, equipment
replacement, shifting utility rate structures
and other changes in the facilitys operational
dynamics. As a scalable, easily installed data
acquisition solution to help identify energy
savings over the course of the facilitys entire
operational lifetime, submeters more than
justify their initial installed cost.
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LEED certification was created in 2000 by the U.S. Green
Building Council (USGBC) to provide third-party verifica-
tion of a buildings sustainable features. Beginning with
commercial buildings and ultimately expanding cover-
age to a variety of industries, from homes to healthcare
facilities, LEED was designed to green the built environ-
ment one building project at a time.
But what about organizations seeking to green many
of their structures or their entire building stock?
Cue the LEED Volume Program, developed for orga-
nizations and companies that are large users of LEED.
The Volume Program leverages unifor-
mity in design to offer a cost-effective
method of certifying a large number of
buildings while preserving the integrity
of LEED benchmarks and standards.
Instead of undergoing certifica-
tion at a per-building rate, the LEED
Volume Program offers organizations
the option to first create a prototype,
which, upon precertification, can be
applied to certify like buildings and
spaces throughout their building port-
folios. Since the program is based on
design uniformity, like buildings in any
geographic area are eligible for certifi-
cation, whether they are 100 feet apart
or 1000 miles. By simplifying LEED
documentation, the Volume Program
provides a cost-effective, timesaving
and ultimately streamlined approach
for organizations to incorporate high-
performance buildings across their
entire building stock.
The LEED Volume Program was
conceptualized in 2006 and officially
launched at USGBC Greenbuild 2010 Conference and
Expo in Chicago to a strong industry response. The
program is currently available for Design + Construc-
tion projects, and the LEED Volume Program for Existing
Buildings was unrolled at the Building Owners and
Managers Association (BOMA) International Conference
at the end of June 2011. To date, participants in the LEED
Volume Program include Verizon Wireless, Kohls, McDon-
alds, the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and more.
Heres how it works: Interested organizations begin
by applying to USGBC to use the LEED Volume Pro-
gram. Once accepted, they gain access to a variety of
services and online tools that facilitate prototype de-
velopment, including account management services,
USGBC education resources, an orientation program
and other applicable tools.
Next step: Creation of a prototype. The prototype
itself is not a building or material project, but a design
scheme: a mock-up and plan for forthcoming volume
projects to adhere, mapping out sustainable design
features and protocol.
Once the prototype is reviewed and approved by
the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), the
applicant may begin work on all volume projects.
Since the program is geared toward large-scale users
of LEED, per-project certification costs drop signifi-
cantly as the quantity of volume projects increases.
To ensure these projects keep with LEED rigor, GBCI
conducts random audits of a percentage of the
organizations volume projects. This third and final
phase of the LEED Volume Program is called ongoing
certification for this reason.
The LEED Volume Program underscores USGBCs
commitment to provide smart solutions for large
users of LEED. The impacts and advantages are
far-reaching. Organizations that participate in the
LEED Volume Program reap the repertoire of green
building benefits across their portfolio: better-
performing buildings that save money, reduce harm
to the environment and appeal to environmentally
conscious tenants and customers. With the LEED
Volume Programs streamlined certification process,
organizations can achieve this at lower per-project
certification costs, all without compromising the
technical rigor of LEED.
On a broader scale, the LEED Volume Program
accelerates the process of bringing sustainable struc-
tures to our organizations, companies and communi-
ties; benefiting the environment, building occupants
and communities as a whole. Its a win-win for volume
participants, and an illustration of how LEED offers
innovative implementation strategies that can benefit
an organizations bottom line.
To learn more about the LEED Volume Program,
visit usgbc.org/leedvolume.
JENNIFER EASTON IS A COMMUNICATIONS
ASSOCIATE FOR U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL.
A Smart Solution
LEED VOLUME PROGRAM OFFERS LARGE USERS OF LEED A COST-EFFECTIVE METHOD OF CERTIFYING
A LARGE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS.
By Jennifer Easton
THIS ORLANDO, FLA., BEST BUY
RECEIVED LEED GOLD CERTIFICATION
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The U.S. Green Building Council
launched the Center for Green
Schools at USGBC in 2010 to help
green our schools. The centers vi-
sion is a bold one: green schools for
everyone within this generation.
Approximately 25 percent of
our national population goes
to school every day. There are
currently more than 2,000 LEED
registered or certified K-12
schools throughout the United
States and more than 4,000 LEED
registered or certified build-
ings on college and university
campuses. Great strides have
been made in green building,
and government initiatives such
as the Department of Educations
Green Ribbon Schools program
are elevating the issue for K-12
schools. However, there are more
than 133,000 schools and 83,000
college buildings across the
country, which leaves much work
to be done.
Green schools reduce energy
consumption, save money and,
most importantly, foster healthier
learning environments for stu-
dents and educators. Much of the
focus on green building has been
on new construction. However,
the Center for Green Schools at
USGBC is also offering support
to educational leaders looking
to enhance the performance
of their existing buildings
and infrastructure with the
understanding that the people
who build, retrofit and operate
these buildings are at the core of
achieving high-performing and
healthy educational spaces.
The Center for Green Schools
at USGBC has developed an
array of resources to help guide
professionals in the greening of
existing buildings:
The Green Existing Schools Proj-
ect Management Guide provides
guidance, best practices, policy
and planning templates to assist
K-12 school officials in seeking
LEED-EBOM certification, and is
designed to be used in conjunc-
tion with additional resources
contained in the USGBCs Green
Existing Schools Toolkit.
The Paid-from-Savings Guide to
Green Existing Buildings provides
information to help building facili-
ties managers and energy service
companies (ESCOs) leverage utility
cost savings to fund comprehen-
sive green building retrofits.
The resource provides detailed
information on how to aggregate
green improvement measures to
optimize project economics and
achieve LEED-EBOM certification.
In addition, two resources
have been created for colleges
and universities:
1. The Roadmap to a Green
Campus is a strategy guide for
using the LEED green building
certification program as a frame-
work for developing and evolving
campus-wide sustainability plans.
Contained within the 100-plus
page document are more than
100 tools and resources to sup-
port campuses in their greening
efforts and more than 20 unique
profiles of college and university
success stories. The guide was
created with the support of the
Association for the Advancement
of Sustainability in Higher Educa-
tion (AASHE).
2. Hands-On LEED: Guiding
College Student Engagement is a
document that speaks exclu-
sively about the role students can
play supporting green build-
ing projects and how they can
contribute to LEED certification
efforts. The guide outlines three
options for engaging students:
coursework, internships and
volunteer opportuni ties. It details
the benefits of involving students
and outlines ways to initiate the
process of developing an engage-
ment program.
The center also offers a variety
of additional programs and re-
sources that are supported in part
through financial contributions,
grants and partnerships, including
a multi-year, multimillion-dollar
financial commitment from the
centers first founding sponsor,
United Technologies Corp.
While the Center for Green
Schools at USGBC engages various
groups of leaders who want to
make a difference, we have only
just begun to scratch the surface.
From the kindergartner entering
the classroom, to the Ph.D. student
performing research in a lab
the center believes that everyone
deserves to attend a green school
within this generation. For more
information on the resources and
programs made available through
the Center for Green Schools, visit
centerforgreenschools.org.
MARISA LONG IS MANAGER OF
EXTERNAL RELATIONS FOR U.S.
GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL.
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THE CENTER FOR GREEN SCHOOLS
AT USGBC HAS DEVELOPED AN
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What do LEED, the White Houses
newly launched Better Build-
ings Initiative (BBI) and USGBCs
Building Performance Partnership
(BPP) have in common? Account-
ability and performance.
In February 2011, President
Obama announced the Better
Buildings Initiative, which seeks
to cut energy consumption in
commercial buildings by 20
percent while saving businesses
$40 billion per year. Most of the
$1.2 trillion energy-efficiency op-
portunity is in buildings, and the
bigger the building, the larger the
opportunity to save energy.
1
The president is challenging
CEOs and university presidents
to make their organizations lead-
ers in saving energy, which will
save them money and improve
productivity. By holding them
accountable, these partners will
commit to a series of actions to
make their facilities more energy
efficient and high performing.
They will in turn become eligible
for benefits including public rec-
ognition, technical assistance and
best practices sharing through a
network of peers.
The U.S. Green Building Councils
(USGBC) member companies are
already turning existing build-
ings into higher performing
facilities through the LEED for
Existing Buildings: Operations and
Maintenance Rating System, which
creates the infrastructure necessary
for programs like BBI to be success-
ful. During the last two decades,
USGBC and its members have
worked through LEED, the nations
premier green building verification
tool, to fulfill the mission of green
buildings for everyone within a
generation. LEED provides the
tools, accountability and verifica-
tion for all aspects of green build-
ings, including energy efficiency.
USGBCs network of 16,000
member companies, 79 chapters
and 166,000 LEED professional
credential holders have been, and
will continue to be, dedicated
to better building operations. A
better building isnt just energy
efficient; its also healthier and
saves water and other resources.
BBIs focus on existing commercial
building energy efficiency will
lead to scores of more efficient
buildings, and CEOs and uni-
versity presidents demonstrate
leadership by improving in other
areas of sustainability and certify-
ing through LEED-EBOM.
USGBCs BPP is a way for USGBC
to collect the building performance
data and capture feedback on
LEED-certified projects. The perfor-
mance data collected from BPP will
be used to populate a comprehen-
sive green building performance
database, enabling standardization
of reporting metrics and analytics,
as well as establishing new perfor-
mance benchmarks that will help
BBI in its success.
Greater building efficiency can
meet 85 percent of future U.S.
demand for energy.
2
A national
commitment to green building has
the potential to support 7.9 million
American jobs, according to a 2009
study by Booz Allen Hamilton. By
providing accountability and verifi-
cation for green building perfor-
mance through initiatives like LEED,
BBI and BPP, we will drastically
reduce resource consumption of
our buildings and create a healthier
environment for everyone.
MARISA LONG IS MANAGER,
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
FOR THE U.S. GREEN
BUILDING COUNCIL.
1. http://www.mckinsey.com/en/Client_Service/
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Accountability and Performance
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Theres no denying that 2010 was
a challenging year for most of
the building industry, but despite
the challenges, much of the
countrys green building projects
continued to move forward, in no
small part due to the hunger for
sustainable development and its
myriad benefits.
From
school buildings and
residences to corporate offices
and hospitals, the growing list of
LEED-certified projects across the
U.S. are as diverse as the country
itself.
In a city where each square
foot matters, Washington, D.C.,
clocked in at 25 square feet of
LEED-certified space per person.
H.D. Cooke Elementary School,
PNCs LEED Platinum regional
headquarters, the Embassy of
Finland and a converted Bureau
of National Affairs office into a
LEED Gold apartment building
are among the notable area
projects that certified last year.
On the other side of the
country, Nevada has seen
green building growth in
2010, certifying 22 projects,
including a JC Penney Dis-
tribution Center, a Verizon
Wireless store, the Venetian
Resort on the Las Vegas
strip and Centennial Hills
Library. Nevada residents
and visitors can now enjoy
more than 62 LEED-certi-
fied projects and can look
forward to an additional
100 in the pipeline.
Colorados green
building presence has
been long estab-
lished, but in 2010, it
excelled even further:
nearly 100 projects
were certified dur-
ing the course of
the year. The state
added 10 new proj-
ects to its growing
list of green
higher education
projects, nearly all at the
LEED Gold level. Colorado State
University, whose student body
passed a referendum in 2006
requiring all student-funded
buildings on campus to achieve
a minimum of LEED Silver,
certified four projects over the
course of the year. Its Rockwell
Hall-West academic building, the
Human Performance Clinical/Re-
search Laboratory, its Academic
Training Center and its Aspen
Hall residential hall all received
LEED Gold.
South Carolinas list of
certified project expanded by
30, with the certification of its
Childrens Museum of the Upstate
in downtown Greenville, a Food
Lion grocery store in Summit
Commons and the first LEED-
certified neighborhood in the
state The Navy Yard at Noisette,
a 340-acre urban redevelopment
that includes parts of the former
Charleston Naval Base. South
Carolina already has nearly 100
LEED-certified projects and more
than 320 in the pipeline.
A variety of corporate staples
certified their facilities in Arkansas
last year, including Frito-Lays
Jonesboro food manufacturing
site, Coca-Colas offices and Hanes-
brands Inc.s area sales office. These
newly certified projects joined a
growing list of global companies
certifying their projects in the state
which includes Diamond Foods
and Mars Petcare. Nearly 150
projects throughout the state have
earned LEED certification with an
additional 285 registered.
To see a full list of
certified projects, visit
www.usgbc.org/press.
ASHLEY KATZ IS MANAGER OF
COMMUNICATIONS FOR U.S.
Cross-Country Tour
A SNAPSHOT OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT GREEN BUILDING PROGRESS IN THE U.S.
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Through the commitment and success of the U.S.
Green Building Council (USGBC) member companies
and LEED professionals, LEED has become one of the
most well-known and widely used green building
rating systems in the world, with projects in more than
110 countries and still growing. In 2010, USGBC cre-
ated the LEED International Program, which supports
members and professionals in the global community
and advances the LEED rating system and surrounding
programs to accommodate international outreach.
LEED
USGBC has applied the lessons learned from the LEED
green building community in order to create the LEED
International Program, with global consistency at its
core. To support this, the LEED International Round-
table, made up of representatives from 20 countries,
was created to work with USGBC to bring international
perspectives by collaboratively identifying common
non-country specific solutions to shared regional issues.
Later this year, USGBC will also be releasing its first
round of alternative compliance paths for LEED credits
for projects outside the U.S. These alternative compli-
ance paths will offer country-neutral options to reach
the intent of specific LEED credits. Stay tuned for more
information in the coming months.
Language
Real change in the marketplace occurs when information
is accessible to all. To advance this, USGBC customer ser-
vice is now available in Spanish, and a Chinese-speaking
customer service line will launch by 2012. In the same
spirit, the LEED 101: Green Building Basics & LEED online
course is also available in Spanish, and additional materi-
als in Chinese, including a collection of project profiles
and other basic resource materials, will be available by
summer of 2011. Also new this year: The LEED AP and
Green Associate exams are now available in French.
Advocacy
USGBC and its community continue to lead in
promoting green building legislation domestically,
but also globally by participating in the World Green
Building Council, the Conference of Parties (COP) and
the United Nations Sustainable Building and Climate
Initiative, among others. USGBCs own Global Leader-
ship in Our Built Environment (GLOBE) alliance brings
together 50 partners from around the world in a call
to action for the international community to invest in
the built environment as a leading strategy for reduc-
ing greenhouse gas emissions. For more information
and to learn how your company or organization can
become a partner, visit www.globealliance.org.
Greenbuild
Greenbuild 2011 will be held this October in Toronto
and marks the first time that USGBC will be taking its
signature conference and expo outside of the United
States. Similarly, increasing numbers of international
delegations that attend Greenbuild have underlined
Greenbuilds role as the epicenter for global green
building collaboration: Last year, people from 114
countries attended Greenbuild. The Greenbuild Inter-
national Summit, a one-day event held in conjunction
with Greenbuild, continues to be a gathering place
for the international community. This year, USGBC
will also be introducing an International Delegation
Program, complete with special activities and services,
to better engage large delegations with more than
25 people traveling to Greenbuild from outside the
U.S. and Canada. Details of this program can be found
at www.usgbc.org/international or write to interna-
tional@usgbc.org.
CAITLYN MACALLISTER IS INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
COORDINATOR FOR U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL.
Global Strides
LEED INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ADVANCES GREEN BUILDING AND GREEN BUILDING
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When the green building indus-
try convenes at the U.S. Green
Building Councils Greenbuild
International Conference and
Expo each year, something
special happens. A sense of
purpose, community and hope
abounds, reinforcing the impor-
tance of the work taken on by
the green building movement.
In 2010, Generation Green re-
defined the future in Chicago. This
year, as Greenbuild celebrates its
10th anniversary, we look forward
to what comes next. And as we
travel down the path to whats
next, things are changing quickly.
For the first time, the U.S.
Green Building Council is taking
Greenbuild outside the U.S.,
crossing the Canadian border
and heading to Toronto, Oct.
4-7, 2011, for Greenbuild NEXT.
Diverse, cosmopolitan and
home to a growing number of
registered and certified LEED
buildings, Toronto represents
whats next in the international
adoption of sustainable and
green building practices.
International communities
are embracing LEED and green
building at a staggering rate. Last
year, attendees from 114 countries,
totaling nearly 60 percent of the
worlds countries, were represent-
ed at Greenbuild. Delegations from
South America, Asia, Africa and
beyond descended on Greenbuild
to learn about whats new and
different in the building industry
and how they can incorporate
the knowledge gained through
the conference and sustainable
innovations and solutions found at
the expo in the buildings in their
native countries.
And Greenbuild, as the
worlds largest conference and
expo dedicated to green build-
ing, is the place where industry
leaders and newcomers alike
connect to learn about whats
new and next in green
building practices, technology
and innovation. The atmosphere
at Greenbuild fosters an environ-
ment that encourages conversa-
tion and collaboration to come
up with solutions for changing
the status quo.
In the exhibit hall, attend-
ees meet face-to-face with the
companies and organizations that
supply the tools they need to cre-
ate change and realize whats next.
Each year, the packed exhibit hall
leaves both exhibitors and attend-
ees with the renewed assurance
that green means business and
Greenbuild is the place to do busi-
ness. Information on innovative
products and technologies is avail-
able to attendees, while exhibitors
leave knowing that their products
allow the building community to
make sustainable choices. Both
groups take away the understand-
ing that utilizing green really does
grow business.
Conference attendees sharp-
en their competitive edge with
the first-class educational con-
tent found in the sessions and
summits. Greenbuild is the place
for every sector of the green
building community from
finance or policy to building
technology and LEED implemen-
tation to marketing to learn
about the changes in our rapidly
evolving industry and anticipate
whats next.
Greenbuild is an educational
oasis, featuring more than 90 edu-
cation sessions. Whether you are
interested in taking a pre- or post-
show LEED workshop, attending a
sector-specific summit or learning
about a niche topic, you will find it
at Greenbuild. The majority of ses-
sions at Greenbuild are approved
for continuing education credits
for LEED and other professional
credentials, making it a one-stop-
shop for credential maintenance.
LEED APs who are eligible to enroll
in the LEED AP with specialty pro-
gram should seize the opportunity
to earn LEED-specific hours and
attain a specialty credential. The
suite of LEED AP with specialty
credentials is whats next in dem-
onstrating proficiency in green
building knowledge.
If you are interested in whats
next with LEED, in the globaliza-
tion of green or in green building
knowledge Greenbuild is the
cant miss event of the year. Regis-
tration is open, and employees of
USGBC member companies who
register before Aug. 15, will save
nearly $400 off full conference
registrations. Start collecting your
ideas, get your passport ready and
register for Greenbuild NEXT.
For information about educa-
tion, exhibitors and to register, visit
greenbuildexpo.org.
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The hallmark of the LEED green building program
lies in its evolution and continuous improvement
cycle. By constantly raising the green building
bar, the rating system is flexible in its scope and
stringency as acceptance in the market evolves
and new technologies become widely available.
Following the release of the LEED 2009 rating sys-
tems, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) be-
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support the transformation of how buildings and
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Updating LEED presents opportunities for green
building stakeholders to engage directly with the
development of the LEED rating system. USGBC
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edness of the ratings systems through
future version development. The following rat-
ing systems are included in the update: Building
Design + Construction; Interior Design + Construc-
tion; Operations + Maintenance; Neighborhood
Development; and LEED for Homes.
LEED 2012 will supply three new credit cat-
egories and a revised point distribution. The new
credit categories that will be introduced include:
Integrated Process, Location and Transportation,
and Performance. Revising the point distribution
will more closely align the rating system require-
ments to the environmental, social and economic
priorities articulated by the USGBC community.
In November 2010, USGBC launched the first
public comment period for LEED 2012, which
provided the first look at the next update to LEED.
The proposed version reflected a years worth of
development by USGBCs committees. The public
comment period closed on Jan. 19, 2011 and gen-
erated more than 5,000 comments. Comments and
recommendations have been reviewed by staff
and LEED committees during the last few months
and revisions will be made to the rating system
language based on comments, emerging themes
and knowledge gained from participants in the
Pilot Credit Library.
Credit revisions will be made available dur-
ing the second public comment period which
is expected to begin in July 2011. At the end of
the public comment process, a final draft will go
before USGBCs membership for a vote.
The extent to which LEED can continue to
evolve and create market transformation is depen-
dent upon the feedback USGBC receives from its
stakeholders. USGBC encourages all green building
stakeholders to participate in the second public
comment period so they can have an opportunity
to influence the development of the content as it
moves towards becoming a balloted rating system.
Together, USGBC and its passionate and engaged
members will continuously improve the rating
system and move one step closer to achieving the
shared vision of a sustainable built environment
for everyone within a generation.
LONNY BLUMENTHAL IS A LEED ASSOCIATE FOR THE U.S.
Cycling Improvement
THE NEXT UPDATE TO LEED WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE CLARITY, USABILITY, FUNCTIONALITY
AND INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE RATING SYSTEMS.
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Every project is different and has its own set of chal-
lenges and possibilities. At Perkins+Will, we strive
to leverage the unique opportunities that building
programs, clients and sites provide. But, after 75
years of design and 100 LEED-certified buildings, we
have found some principles apply to any sustainable
project. Here is our short list:
Get Your Own
House in Order
Its tough to sell a client on
the value of sustain-
ability when you
havent bought
into it yourself. The
first step to cred-
ibility is to walk the talk. At
Perkins+Will, aligning our op-
erations with our values was
essential. The development
of our Green Operations Plan
forced us to look critically at
our own energy and water
use, waste generation and
CO
2
emissions and to set hard
targets for reductions. It led
to a mandate that all new
or major renovations of our
offices would achieve LEED
Gold or Platinum certifica-
tion. This allows us to learn by
doing. Our offices have be-
come labs for testing design
strategies and demonstrating
sustainable performance.
Start Early
One criticism of LEED is that
you can buy a sustainable
rating. Add a bike rack here
or photovoltaic panels there and before you know
it, your building is LEED certified. This has been
partially remedied with the prerequisite energy
requirement of LEED 2009. But, if you start with an
institutional-quality building there is truth to
this, especially in achieving LEED Certified
or low Silver ratings. However, you cant
get to Platinum (or high Gold) with this
approach. It is prohibitively expensive. Achieving a
Platinum rating requires a fundamental change in
thinking. It requires all of the buildings systems be
designed from the beginning with the common goal
of achieving significant energy use reductions and
high levels of sustainability. The window to effect
change at a reasonable cost during the design pro-
cess closes quickly; you must start early.

Stay Late (and Measure Everything)
Another criticism of LEED buildings is they dont
perform any better than non-LEED buildings.
In terms of energy performance this is true
without proper follow through. Buildings are
designed based on predictive models. Those
models are based on a multitude of assumptions
about how a client will occupy the space, climate
and how systems will perform. Even in the best case,
assumptions will not be 100 percent correct. Robust
enhanced commissioning and extensive measure-
ment and verification are critical for buildings to
perform at levels matching predictive energy models.
This means continual measurement, analysis and ad-
justment of building systems for at least 18 months
after occupancy.
Get All Hands on Deck
You can start on the path to sustainability
with a few energetic early adopters, but
to effect real change you need everyone
involved. This means making sure your
teams are pulling in the same direction
and there arent two or three sustainability
experts doing the heavy lifting while everyone else
goes on with business as usual. At Perkins+Will, we
require LEED Accreditation of all design professionals.
This gives all our designers baseline knowledge of
sustainability and an ability to engage in a sustain-
able dialogue. It lets everyone know, internally and
externally, that we are serious about sustainable,
high-performance design. And, it attracts like-mind-
ed clients and designers.
Frame Your Argument
Every client has different values, goals and motiva-
tions. Sustainability framed in terms of benefit to the
environment may not resonate with everyone. Know-
ing your audience allows you to discuss the value of
The Road to 100
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LESSONS TO BE LEARNED ON THE WAY TO ACHIEVING 100 LEED CERTIFICATIONS,
SOME THAT APPLY TO ANY SUSTAINABLE PROJECT.
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sustainability and LEED in terms
that resonate with the audiences
core values. One client may kick
you out of the room for bring-
ing up climate change, but would
quickly sign on to high-performance building
that saves energy costs. Another client may not
be interested in sustainability, but is concerned
about health and retention of staff. Instead of
fighting a clients point of view, work with it.
You will get more traction and, ultimately, a
better project for it.
Take a Systems Approach
One objection to sustainability is it is too
expensive. This is common because we live
with a reductionist world view. We break
everything into parts and analyze
them individually. We assume they
are additive. The problem is that all
parts interact and are dynamic. So,
you have to look at them holistically.
Indeed, adding a sustainable feature
like daylight dimming will cost more upfront
than not having it. Even with an argument of
reasonable payback over time through saved
energy, an owner is often hard pressed to
come up with additional first-cost funding.
But when viewed as part of a system, the
reduced electric lighting levels may pro-
duce less internal heat and allow a smaller
mechanical system. The dollar savings on
mechanicals may offset increased first costs
for daylight dimming. Only when the systems
are designed holistically is this possible.
Optimize, Dont Maximize
In western culture, especially in the United
States, we often believe that more is better.
If two is good, then ten is great. One key to
achieving sustainability is knowing
which strategies to apply, when to
apply them, and in what amount.
For instance, it would be easy to
assume adding insulation to a build-
ing envelope is always a worthwhile
strategy. While this is often the case in an
externally load-dominated building like your
house, added insulation to an internally load-
dominated building like an office rarely pays
for itself. The money spent on added insulation
would likely be better spent on a more efficient
mechanical system. Even in your house there
is a point of diminishing return where the
amount of energy saved per inch of insulation
added no longer provides worthwhile value.
Knowing where to spend your budget is critical
in achieving high sustainable performance.
The road to 100 LEED Certifications has been
invigorating. Each project is a step forward in
our sustainable journey. They teach us some-
thing new. And by leveraging the cumulative
lessons learned, we continually push forward
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TONY LAYNE, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, IS A DESIGN ARCHITECT WITH PERKINS+WILL MINNEAPOLIS. LAYNE IS THE CO-DIRECTOR OF
PERKINS+WILLS SUSTAINABLE DESIGN INITIATIVE, CHAIRS THE MINNEAPOLIS OFFICES DESIGN LAB PROGRAM AND IS A FOUNDING
MEMBER OF THE INNOVATION INCUBATOR INITIATIVE. HIS PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND CREDITS INCLUDE THE 2010 AIA MINNESOTA
YOUNG ARCHITECTS AWARD AND VARIOUS PROJECT AWARDS.
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RECORD
School STRATEGIES
T
he fifth Net-Zero Energy (NZE) Roundtable focused its dis-
cussion on schools. The teams on these recently-built, or
still-in-design or in-construction, schools wanted to share
their experiences in order to help other professionals
improve the energy performance on their future projects.
The roundtable was broken down into two groups:
the first group of schools is functioning (or will in the near future) as NZE
schools now; the second group is designed to be NZE, but is still waiting
to install the final, cost-prohibited items (such as solar collectors) to
complete the process.
The full transcript of the roundtable, as well as ED+Cs webinar featur-
ing Richardsville Elementary School, can be found on EDCmag.com.
MARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL IN CORTE MADERA, CALIF.
Architect: EHDD Architecture
Construction budget: $12,800,000
Cost per Square Foot: $380
Floor Area: 23,094 GSF (new); 33,740 GSF (total)
Roof Area: 19,369 (new)
Site Area: 78,696 square feet (1.8 acres)
Climate Zone: 3
Q Scott Shell, principal, EHDD Architecture. scott.shell@ehdd.com
Q Alice Moore, director of Environmental Sustainability, Marin Country Day School.
amoore@mcds.org
Q John Andary, principal, Stantec in San Francisco. john.andary@stantec.com
Now in its second phase, Marin Country Day School site overlooks the
San Francisco Bay. The design emphasized connecting the children with
the sites natural ecology as a part of imparting ecological literacy with
the students as called for by the schools new Strategic Plan. The building
itself set out to achieve LEED Platinum in addition to net-zero energy.
Strategies that worked with the schools environment were employed.
For example, a radiant slab with concrete fill over an exposed metal EPIC
deck cools the facility. The design reduces the need for cooling enough
that a cooling tower was used in place of an energy chiller. Climate condi-
tions also allowed for a baseboard heating system.
LADY BIRD JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN IRVING, TEXAS
Architect: Corgan Architects
Cost per Square Foot: $194/square foot
Floor Area: 152,250 square feet
Roof Area: 111,306 square feet
Site Area: 17 acres
Climate Zone: 3A
Q Scott Layne, assistant superintendent for Support Services, Irving Independent
School District. slayne@irvingisd.net
Q Susan Smith, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, vice president, Corgan Associates Inc. susan.
smith@corgan.com
Q Don Penn, president, Image Engineering Group (IEG). dpenn@iegltd.com
Q Robert Frick, LEED AP, director of Education Division, IEG.
rfrick@iegltd.com
Scheduled to open in August 2011, the new middle school will serve as
Irving Intermediate School Districts eighth middle school.
Incorporated into the main circulation spine of the school are four edu-
cational displays called nodes. Each node is dedicated to a sustainable
principle: solar, geothermal, wind and water conservation. Each node
has three components: a graphic display where printed material can be
displayed and easily changed, a digital display of four large touchscreen
monitors that can display real-time data for all of the systems (as well as
video or other data needed to support the curriculum), and a three-
dimensional interactive display.
Building efficiencies and energy reduction are accomplished by a
geothermal HVAC system, increased wall and roof insulation as well as
insulation under the floor slab, due to the crawl space required by soil
conditions. The electric plug load in the building has been reduced by
half because of a district commitment to student laptops and wireless
networking that allows for the elimination of all computer labs and banks
of library computers.
RICHARDSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BOWLING GREEN, KY.
Architect: Sherman Carter Barnhart Architects
Construction budget: $12,160,000 for building; $2,766,664 for solar
package and structure
Cost per Square Foot: $168.22/square foot. (Building); $206.50/square
foot (building and solar package)
Floor Area: 72,285 square feet (77,466 square feet with exterior covered
structured overhangs and outdoor classroom)
Site Area: 10.2 acres
Climate Zone: 4
Q Kenny Stanfield, AIA, LEED AP, principal in charge of the Education studio,
Sherman Carter Barnharts Louisville office. kstanfield@scbarchitects.com
Q Ken Seibert, PE, LEED AP, president, CMTA Inc. kseibert@cmtaegrs.com
Q Jay Wilson, energy manager, Warren County Public Schools. jay.wilson@warren.
kyschools.us
A very compact, two-story building with a doughnut design helps
to minimize the lighting energy intensity. Additionally, all first- and
second-floor classrooms are daylit. The south facing classrooms in-
cluded a 20-foot long by 20-inch high clerestory window located above
the view window. An exterior light shelf shades the view glass and
provides additional reflected light to the clerestory. A sloped ceiling
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helps project light toward the back of the classroom. To supplement
the daylight strategy on the second floor, two tubular daylighting
devices were located in the back of the classroom to help distribute the
daylight evenly.
The buildings climate required year-round heating and cooling.
Therefore, it was decided early on that a high-performance envelope was
necessary. Insulated concrete forms for both the perimeter and interior
walls of the building were chosen. For the roof, six inches of polyisocyan-
urate insulation was selected in order to increase the roof R-value to 42.
PART II
SAMUEL BRIGHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN VANCOUVER,
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Architect: Busby Perkins and Will
Construction budget: $10.6 M (building)
Cost per Square Foot: $215 (building)
Floor Area: 4,600 m2 (49,515 square feet)
Roof Area: 4,085 m2 (43,975 square feet)
Site Area: 32,370 m2 (3.2 hectare)
Climate Zone: 5
Q Robert Drew, MAIBC, LEED BD+C, associate principal and technical director,
Perkins+Wills Vancouver Office. robert.drew@perkinswill.com
Q Eric Thorliefson, P. Eng, manager of Facilities, Richmond School District,
ethorleifson@sd38.bc.ca
Q Jean-Sebastien Tessier, P.Eng, project manager and engineer, Cobalt Engineering
LLP. jstessier@cobaltengineering.com
Q Julie Verville, MAIBC, OAQ, LEED AP, architect, Perkins+Wills Vancouver office. julie.
verville@perkinswill.com
Q Robert Drew, MAIBC, LEED BD+C, associate principal and technical director for
Perkins+Wills Vancouver Office. Robert.drew@perkinswill.com
Q Russ Drinker, AIA, LEED AP, managing principal of the San Francisco Office for
Perkins+Will. russ.drinker@perkinswill.com
This design explores a number of passive and active green strategies
including daylighting, displacement ventilation, wood-frame construc-
tion, onsite stormwater retention, geo-exchange, green roofs and solar
hot water heating. The long axis of the school is oriented east-west to
best take advantage of passive strategies related to solar access and
direction of prevailing winds.
Based on a study that collected information from hundreds of school
across Canada, the design team was challenged to be as efficient as pos-
sible and is aggressively targeting an annual kilowatt usage between 60
and 70 kilowatt hours per square meter.
MARIN COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
LADY BIRD JOHNSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
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SANGRE DE CRISTO SCHOOL IN MOSCA, COLO.
Architect: klipp| Hutton
Cost per Square Foot: $217/square foot
Floor Area: 80,025 square feet (main building)
Site Area: 40 acres
Climate Zone: 6B
Q Paul Hutton, AIA, LEED AP, principal/founder, Hutton Architecture Studio.
phutton@huttonarch.com
Q Brian Walsh, principal, Catalyst Planning Group. brian@catalystplanninggroup.com
Q Pete Jefferson, principal in charge, M.E. GROUPs Denver office. pete.jefferson@megroup.com
Q Mike Kosters, senior project manager, GE Johnson. kosters@gejohnson.com
In a harsh climate where there are 8,500 heating degree days and only 51
cooling degree days, a well-insulated building that makes use of passive solar
strategies was necessary. The project used funding from Colorados BEST Pro-
gram, which stands for Building Excellent Schools Today. The BEST program
is funded by the State of Colorados land trust, which manages three million
acres of land and four million acres of mineral rights, established by the Colo-
rado State Legislature and the Colorado Department of Education in 2008.
This program provides an annual amount of funding in the form of competi-
tive grants to school districts and charter schools throughout the state.
HAYES FREEDOM HIGH SCHOOL IN CAMAS, WASH.
Architect: Mahlum Architects
Construction budget: 3,800,000
Cost per Square Foot: $185
Floor Area: 20,500 square feet
Site Area: 1 acre
Climate Zone: 4C
Q Joren Bass, AIA, LEED AP, project architect, Mahlum. jbass@mahlum.com
Q Heidi Rosenberg, Capital Facilities director, Camas School District. heidi.
rosenberg@camas.wednet.edu
Q Brian Butler, PE, LEED AP, associate/senior mechanical engineer, Interface
Engineering. BrianButler@interfaceeng.com
Q David Chesely, PE, LEED AP, RCDD, associate principal/senior electrical engineer,
Interface Engineering. davidc@interfaceeng.com
Named after a former graduate and founder of Earth Day, Denis Hayes, the
focus of this schools alternative learning environment focuses on envi-
ronmental stewardship. Its smaller footprint naturally lent itself to a green
design. Student and faculty interest in sustainability features permitted the
design team to forego active cooling systems and certain interior finishes, the
funds for which were then diverted to upgrades to the sustainable features.
The engineering team was engaged early in the project to accurately inform
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the architects and owner of the different energy impacts certain decisions
would have on the building. A bulletin board in the schools main hallway lists
the energy used by each teacher and their classrooms, which promotes both
competition to lower energy costs and responsible choices among the students.
NZE Consultants
Peter Rumsey, principal/practicing engineer, Integral Group.
prumsey@integralgroup.com
NZE consultants focus on designing a low energy building first so that
photovoltaic systems are smaller and more affordable. Photovoltaic systems are
then typically used to provide renewable energy to the building. Surprisingly,
some school districts have been able to outright pay for these systems stating
that its easier to get construction dollars rather than operation dollars. Other
districts, however, prefer to go with a power purchase agreement (PPA) in which
a lease-type of arrangement is made where third-party providers of PV systems
can claim the tax credits and the district doesnt have to pay for the PV system.
In addition to the above participants, other industry professionals
contributed their expertise to the roundtable, including Rick Cantwell,
PE, President/CEO, Odell International LLC, Huntersville, N.C. (cantwellr@
odell-intl.com) and Tom Kubala, principal and the co-founder of The
Kubala Washatko Architects Inc., Cedarburg, Wis. (tkubala@tkwa.com)
AEDG the Advanced Energy Design Guide
Eric Bonnema, commercial buildings research engineer, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory (NREL). eric.bonnema@nrel.gov
The ASHRAE Advanced Energy Design Guides (AEDGs) are a series of pub-
lications designed to provide recommendations for achieving energy savings
over the minimum code requirements of ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1.
The initial series of guides have an energy savings target of 30 percent, which
is the first step in the process toward achieving a net-zero energy building,
defined as a building that, on an annual basis, draws from outside resources
equal or less energy than it provides using on-site renewable energy sources.
Each 30% Guide addresses a specific building type. Additional guides for
existing buildings and at 50 percent energy savings toward a net-zero energy
building are also planned and currently in progress.
Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)
Ed Wansing, Associate AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Technical Programs coordinator, Col-
laborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS). ewansing@chps.net
CHPS is a not-for-profit membership organization established to make
schools better places to learn. The organizations first criteria was created
after the original LEED criteria was completed, allowing many of the
people who created that original criteria for office buildings was able
to create criteria for schools. It started in California, with the California
Energy Commission and the major California utilities.
The criteria are now in 11 different states, four of which are managed through
the national office in California. Those criteria are California Colorado, Texas and
Massachusetts. The Marin Country Day School is a CHPS designed project.
NREL
Carrie Strahan, EIT, LEED AP BD+C, studio director, Sustainable Building Services, Ar-
chitectural Energy Corporations (AEC) San Francisco office. cstrahan@archenergy.com
To start, define as part of the sustainability goal-setting session, your teams
definition of net-zero energy and/or other energy conservation goals. Grid neutral
only considers electricity use, while net-zero energy (site or source) includes
electricity and natural gas, and carbon neutral,offsets any carbon produced from
the natural gas and electricity use of the buildings. Make sure to also define the
boundaries of the goal and how the goal will be measured to confirm whether
or not the goal has been met. As a recommended net-zero energy design tip, it
would be useful to set up a matrix that identifies best practices for achieving net-
zero energy and categorize them by climate and building program needs.
SPECIAL THANKS TO MODERATOR BRUCE HAXTON, LEED AP, SUSTAINABLE CONSULTING ARCHITECT, FOR
ORGANIZING THIS AND PREVIOUS ROUNDTABLES, AND RUSS DRINKER FROM PERKINS + WILL, SAN FRANCISCO,
FOR HOSTING THE TELECONFERENCE.
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A client representing a large multi-
building campus recently asked
whether the USGBCs 2010 LEED
Application Guide for Multiple
Buildings and On-Campus Building
Projects (2010 AGMBC) might pro-
vide a specific benefit or applicabil-
ity to use across this clients campus
building stock.
The 2010 AGMBC provides a
streamlining of effort (and potential
cost savings) for owners with multi-
building campuses. Please note that
the 2010 AGMBC is applied on LEED
v2009 projects only. Projects regis-
tered under previous versions, such
as LEED-NC v2.1, 2.2 or LEED-CS
v2.0, need to use the 2005 AGMBC
as applicable. The 2010 AGMBC can
be applied to the New Construction,
Core and Shell, Retail, Healthcare
and Commercial Interiors as well as
the LEED-EBOM rating systems.
This campusapplication guide
applies to a single site under a
single owner or management
entity. This can be a college campus,
military base, corporate campus,
etc. Unlike the LEED Volume
Program, which is used to certify a
large number of projects based on
a uniform building type, the 2010
AGMBC is used to certify multiple
buildings not necessarily of the
same type but located on a single
site. However, on some campuses,
owners could apply both programs
should their building types be pro-
totypical. Many commercial office
campuses meet these criteria.
Many of the equipment and
material selection-related LEED
credits (i.e., water saving fixtures,
low-VOC paint, etc.) can be applied
fairly universally across an owners
building portfolio. Plus, when apply-
ing the sustainability policies (waste
management, water use, purchas-
ing, etc.) required by LEED-EBOM
rating system campus-wide, the
resulting time and effort savings
can be significant.
Applying the 2010 AGMBC re-
quires an initial registration submis-
sion to the USGBC of a master site.
This master site registration should
be submitted prior to submitting
individual campus projects for their
eventual LEED certification review,
but they can be done concurrently.
Owners need to know that separate
LEED registration (and payment of
associated fees) is still required for
any project being submitted for
LEED certification on their campus.
Registration fees for the master
site are the same as for individual
buildings $1,200 for non-USGBC
members and $900 for members.
Certification fees for the master site
are $2,000 for non-USGBC members
and $1,500 for members with a 20
percent discount on certification
fees for each individual building
applying for certification under the
2010 AGMBC. Thus, perhaps with
just two or three buildings, the in-
vestment in this campus approach
begins to save on overall costs.
One of the primary items to be
addressed under the 2010 AGMBC is
to define the LEED campus bound-
ary in the master site submittal. This
has great bearing on the application
of credits (specifically any credits
addressing site or FTE requirements),
as any and all buildings within the
campus boundary must be included
in the overall calculations wheth-
er those buildings are seeking LEED
certification or not. Individual build-
ings must still be submitted with
a defined LEED project boundary.
The LEED campus boundary must
be a contiguous site, unless specific
criteria are met as defined in the
supplemental guidance to the mini-
mum program requirements. Credits
can be added to the master site
registration via the appeals process
in LEED Online at any time.
Just a few examples of where
campuses can benefit from the
master site credit approach include:
Using a centralized recycling collec-
tion area versus individual building
recycling centers, thus alleviating
space planning and other associ-
ated issues across campus building
stock; establishing a non-smoking
policy for the campus; purchasing
green power and assigning the
power purchased on a by-project
basis; water-efficient landscaping;
and green cleaning and integrated
pest management programs.
Also to be noted, as updates to
the LEED rating systems occur, (the
next one is planned for 2012), own-
ers will need to re-review all campus
credits (at their own expense) to
ensure the credits in their master
site will be applicable to the new
rating system.
Certainly there are substantial
benefits an owner could garner by
pursuing the campus approach if
the intent is to seek LEED certifica-
tion for multiple campus buildings.
The unique aspects of each campus
need to be assessed to verify the
totality of the benefit, but with the
upside potential, this is an option all
campuses should consider.
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LEED AP BD+C, IS THE DIRECTOR
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CERTIFYING MULTIPLE BUILDINGS ON A SINGLE SITE BECOMES EASIER WITH THE 2010 AGMBC.
By Michael J. Berning, PE, CEM, LEED AP BD+C
LEED
EBOM
THE LEED GOLD BATTELLE LABORATORY IS ON THE
CAMPUS OF OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY. THIS
25,000-SQUARE-FOOT SCIENCE BUILDING INCLUDES
FLEXIBLE TEACHING LABORATORIES, RESEARCH
LABORATORIES AND A DAY-LIT ATRIUM THAT
SERVES AS A COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL SPACE FOR
STUDENTS AND FACULTY.
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Ten years ago, there was this fresh
new kid on the block, one no one
had seen before. Wildly different
than the common way of thinking
about designing and constructing
buildings, this new concept was
seen by supporters and critics as
visionary, radical, market-chang-
ing, unnecessary, useless and
industry defining. Im guessing you
wont have to think too hard to
realize Im talking about the LEED
rating system. A mere decade or
so ago, LEED was introduced to a
range of emotions and reactions
on both sides. Indeed, while more
commonly accepted today, the
system still raises strong feelings,
both for and against.
Whats odd is that this rating
system or what could even be
called a reformed thought pro-
cess that was once heralded as
a visionary new system for defin-
ing green buildings has come
to be derided as not stringent
enough, not pushing the enve-
lope enough and certainly no
longer visionary. This comes from
some of the rating systems most
ardent early supporters.
That leads me to weigh the
pros and cons of both arguments
of the future evolution of LEED.
Ive lived neck deep in LEED and
green buildings for the better part
of the past decade. Ive dealt with
the industry learning curve, the
certification frustrations and the
perceived cost issues that seem
to be brought up by everyone as
soon as those four little letters are
declared. But Ive also basked in
the glow of project teams hanging
their plaques, never looking more
satisfied; of communities rallying
behind projects because the
developer has made a true com-
mitment toward making buildings
and neighborhoods better; of
talking to facility people who are
amazed by how low the actual
utility bills really are.
Its a tough job being a vision-
ary. Actually, being a visionary is
easy. Being a successful visionary
is something else. Let me explain.
There are lots of visionaries. Lots!
Youre probably one or are sitting
next to one. But the biggest
problem with many visionaries,
at least the ones I see, is that they
have no ability to implement. Its
easy to come up with a visionary
idea (this building should run off
of smiles and self-esteem!), but
taking that vision and getting it
done is something else altogether.
Visionaries better have some dang
good technical and detail-oriented
people working with them, a
never-ending passion and years of
dedication; otherwise, that vision
goes nowhere.
So what does that have to
do with anything? Well, LEED was
visionary 10 years ago. I think
the greatest sign of success for
something truly visionary is that
it doesnt seem all that out there
anymore. In a decade, what was
once a wild idea for green building
certification has become the norm
elevating building design and
construction to a level not usually
seen. No, a building doesnt have
to be LEED certified to be green,
but as Ive often wrote about, a
lot of those folks Ive met whove
told me they already design/build
buildings that would be LEED
certified usually produce projects
that dont measure up.
There is a continued push for
LEED to become more stringent
and rigorous in determining
requirements for a project to gain
certification. And the rating system
has adapted, consistently, over the
past 10 years. Thats the beauty of
it. The energy component espe-
cially is much more rigorous than
it was when it was based off of
ASHRAE 90.1-1999. Can you make
it tougher for the amount of bike
racks and showers? Not really, but
you see the improvements where it
is really practical and really makes
long-term differences, like energy,
water and indoor air quality.
There are some new rating
systems out there looking to push
well beyond what LEED is current-
ly prescribing things like the
Living Building Challenge. I cer-
tainly hope they succeed and in
10 years Im writing about the suc-
cess and market-transformation
of those systems. But until then,
Ill leave this question to both the
visionaries of great new things to
come and the folks who dont like
the incremental improvements to
the LEED rating system. Is it better
to have one building completely
off the grid (perhaps powered by
smiles and self-esteem), or 5,000
buildings using 20-30 percent
less energy? Visions are great and
necessary but so are things that
are so successful they become
common.
TOMMY LINSTROTH, LEED AP,
IS THE PRINCIPAL OF TRIDENT
SUSTAINABILITY GROUP (WWW.
TRIDENTSUSTAINABILITY.COM),
A CONSULTING FIRM FOCUSED
ON SUSTAINABLE BUILDING
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. HE CAN BE
REACHED AT TOMMY@TRIDENTSUSTAINABILITY.COM.
Incrementalism and LEED
THE LEED RATING SYSTEMS HAVE CONSISTENTLY ADAPTED AND BEEN REVISED AS THE GREEN
BUILT ENVIRONMENT GROWS.
By Tommy Linstroth, LEED AP
THERE I S A CONTI NUED
PUSH FOR LEED
REQUI REMENTS TO
BECOME MORE STRI NGENT
AND RI GOROUS.
THE GREEN
P R A C T I T I O N E R
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vid surfers and professors of biology
and environmental studies, Arkin Tilt
Architects clients wanted to push the
ecological envelope while provid-
ing a fun, comfortable house for the
family of six, along with a second unit
for rental or aging parents. The result is a
2,500-square-foot two-story house that was
awarded as this years winner in the Single-
Family Residential category.
Situated in a dense residential neighbor-
hood in Santa Cruz, Calif., the house contains
four bedrooms and an office, as well as a small
(330 square foot) one-bedroom accessory
dwelling unit with its own entrance. The site
borders a linear park that follows a creek two
blocks to the ocean. The exuberant south
faade and generous terraces play off of the
lively public park space while taking advantage
of the western shading of the creek-side syca-
THE ENVELOPE,
Please
The Single-Family Residential winner mixes a highly
insulated envelope with cutting-edge technology.
2011
EXCELLENCE
IN DESIGN
AWARDS
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mores. The street side presence
is more subdued with smaller
glimpses of the active spaces
within through a thick, insulat-
ing strawbale wall.
Combining cutting-edge me-
chanical technology with natural
building techniques, passive solar
strategies and locally sourced ele-
ments, this house is designed for
net-zero energy and minimal car-
bon footprint. Good daylighting,
supplemented by fluorescent and
LED lighting, and ENERGY STAR-
rated appliances keep internal
energy loads low. When needed,
an ultra-efficient Altherma
electric air-to-water heat pump
produces hot water for domestic
use and space heating via radiant
tubing in the concrete slab on the
main level and a topping slab at
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the upstairs bath. This usage is offset by a 5.2
kW photovoltaic array mounted on the roofs of
the office and the stairwell volume. Natural gas
is used only for cooking.
An efficient plan, solar panels and a well-
insulated envelope mean that little supple-
mentary heat is needed. Strawbale walls
wrap the north and west, while the wood-
framed south wall features extensive glazing,
opening up to the sun to bring daylight far
into the living spaces. Deep overhangs and
trellises shade the spaces in the summer time
while still filling the rooms with daylight.
With no mechanical cooling, natural ventila-
tion occurs by simply opening windows, par-
ticularly the high windows in the two-story
dining space which can be left open for night
flushing if necessary.
2011 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY
CATEGORY WINNER
Name: Santa Cruz Strawbale House
Submitted By: Arkin Tilt Architects
Date Completed: June 2010
Size: 2,170 square feet
Location: Santa Cruz, Calif.
Winning Team
Architects: Arkin Tilt Architects
Partner-in-Charge: Anni Tilt and David Arkin, AIA,
LEED, AIA
Clients: Erika Zavaleta and Bernie Tershy
Builder: Marc Susskind of MS Builders
Materials
Flooring: Triangle Coatings (concrete stain)
Roofing: AEP Span (metal roof)
HVAC System and Appliances: Daikin (pump);
Frigidaire (Refrigerator); Bosch (dishwasher)
Interior Finishes and Furnishings: Vetrazzo
(countertops); Fireclay (tile)
Paints and Wallcoverings: Benjamin Moore
(paint); Osmo (finish)
Energy Efficiency: SANYO (PV); Sunny
Boy (inverter)
Building Envelope: Sierra Pacific (windows
and doors)
Plumbing Fixtures: Toto (toilets)
Landscaping: Turf Block (permeable paving)
I may not be able to y,
but I can turn construction
waste into fuel.
Chuck Cox, LEED AP BD+C
Lafarge Cement
Lafarge is about so much more than materials. Its about the people
who stand behind them. Its about the people dedicated to transforming
materials to adapt to our everyday environment.
These are the people of Lafarge. Those who are totally committed to nding
sustainable solutions for a better world. Those who collaborate with architects
and engineers, leading universities, research centers, and industry and
environmental organizations to make sustainable construction a reality.
Im proud to be one of these people. For more on an innovative project
where we turned construction waste into alternative fuel, join me online.
Visit: www.lafarge-na.com/visitwithme
2011 Lafarge North America Inc.
LEED and the related logo is a trademark owned by the U.S. Green Building Council and is used with permission.
Each space serves several functions in
the compact house, and the rooms seem
to shift and change with the seasons as
light and shadow play through them. To
wit, the exposed framing in the stair-
well becomes a bookcase display, and a
built-in bench off the upper hall marks
the entry below. The dramatic height
of the dining room is accentuated with
the natural branching of a madrone tree
column, found by the owners on a friends
nearby property. The open dining room
is balanced by an intimate living space
with a sitting bay rotated toward the park.
Recycled and salvaged doors, interior
windows, flooring and driftwood pickets,
as well as a driftwood column at the entry,
reduces the impact of the building and
provides character and sense of place.
Open and intimate, flexible and efficient,
budget-conscious and playful in overall
form and detail, this house speaks to the
specificity of its place, reflecting the con-
sciousness and vibe of its urban Santa
Cruz site.
The above information was provided by Arkin Tilt Archi-
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in Design Awards contest, visit eid.EDCmag.com.
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Affordable
PLATINUM
THE GENERAL COLI N POWELL
APARTMENT BUI LDI NG TAKES THE
PRI ZE AS THI S YEAR S EI D
WI NNER I N THE MULTI FAMI LY
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2011
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eneral Co-
lin Powell
Apart-
ments
is not
only the
first new
multifam-
ily ownership building built in
more than 30 years in an area
of the South Bronx formerly
known as Fort Apache, but it is
also the first affordable LEED
Platinum multifamily ownership
building in New York State. In a
unique development partner-
ship between a private devel-
oper and Habitat for Humanity
NYC, the building offers luxuri-
ous apartments in a building
that models 43 percent better
energy efficiency than ASRAE
90.1-2004 that are affordable to
families with incomes between
50-110 percent of the NYC aver-
age median income, earning it
the top spot in the Multifamily
Residential category of the 2011
EID Awards.
General Colin Powell Apart-
ments is a mix of studios and
one- to three-bedroom apart-
ments, most with balconies or
terraces. The units are generous
in size and include finishes such
as wood plank flooring, ceram-
ic- and glass-tiled bathrooms,
kitchen floors and backsplashes,
oversized frameless kitchen
cabinets, two-panel molded
doors, and designer bathroom
accessories, lighting and plumb-
ing fixtures not usually found in
affordable housing.
Included in the design is a
2,400-square-foot green roof
along with a 1,200-square-foot
terrace with water views, pergo-
las, seating areas and flowering
vines to create a peaceful oasis
in a built urban environment.
A 700-square-foot community
room at the roof terrace level
extends the owners entertain-
ing abilities.
Developed on an irregularly
shaped former brownfield site,
the building faade steps in and
out, providing a pleasing visual
context to the neighborhood.
New York City artist Beatrice
Coron was commissioned to
design the ornamental iron and
lobby artwork that brings an ad-
ditional vibrancy to the building.
Mechanical Advances
The building also incorporates
many sustainable features
including a 10 kW micro CHP
system to produce electricity for
the building while providing 100
percent of the buildings domes-
tic hot water supply. The sealed
combustion condensing boilers,
coupled with computer controls
and indoor/outdoor tem-
perature sensors, modulate the
boiler firing down to 25 percent
of its rating based on demand.
All system motors are either
variable frequency drive or
NEMA premium efficiency, and
through the use of a hydraulic
separator, two large pumps
typically found in large hydronic
systems were eliminated.
Instead of a conventional
building exhaust design, each
apartment is ventilated indi-
vidually through rigorous air
THE SPACIOUS UNITS INCLUDE HARDWOOD FLOORING AND PLENTY OF DAYLIGHT.
ALL IMAGES BY BERNSTEIN ASSOCIATES.
OWNERS CAN ENTERTAIN ON THE 1,200-SQUARE-FOOT ROOFTOP TERRACE.
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Affordable
PLATINUM
sealing, a continuous background exhaust
fan, constant air regulators and trickle
vents in each window opening to guaranty
circulation. This design also minimizes or
eliminates the problems of noise, odors, fire
and thermal stack effect found in standard
vertical duct building designs.
Water conservation measures include dual-
flush toilets, very low-flow showerheads and
aerators manufactured to the buildings actual
water pressure, and a planted green roof to
help minimize stormwater runoff.
Many products and materials in the
building were produced locally, including
the precast concrete plank, concrete block,
drywall, paint and kitchen cabinets to name
a few. Similarly, many of the materials and
products were low-VOC, such as paints, seal-
ants, adhesives, kitchen and bath cabinetry,
carpeting, vinyl wallcovering, wood flooring,
VCT flooring, insulation and acoustical tile.
Wherever possible, recycled content materials
were specified for use throughout including
drywall, recycled concrete aggregate, wood
and VCT flooring, structural- and light-guage
steel framing, asphalt millings and carpet
tiles, as examples.
2011 RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY CATEGORY WINNER
Name: General Colin Powell Apartments Submitted By: Blue Sea Development Company LLC
Date Completed: August 2010 Size: 62,603 square feet
Location: Bronx, New York Cost: $15,300,000
Winning Team
Architect: ABS Architect Partner-in-Charge: Barbara Skarbinski
Client: Blue Sea Development Company LLC MEP Engineer: Sideris Kefalas Engineers
Structural Engineer: William Atlas Associates
Materials
Flooring: ParaTimber (wood plank); Patcraft (carpet tiles); Daejin (VCT); Gyp-Crete (underlayment)
Ceiling: USG (tile); CertainTeed (drywall)
Wood: Elmwood Reclaimed Timber (walls)
Roofing: Live Roof System (planted roof); Karnak (coating)
HVAC System and Appliances: Laars and Armstrong (boilers); Marathon ecopower (CHP cogeneration); tekmar
(boiler controls system); Exhausto (fan and draft inducer system); Islandaire and White-Rodgers (hydronic PTAC
units); Frigidaire (refrigerator, dishwasher, washer); Panasonic and Aldes (exhaust systems); AAON (air system)
Insulation or ICFs: Dow (insulation); Guardian (batt); Thermafiber (batt, board)
Interior Finishes and Furnishings: CertainTeed ProRoc (drywall); Boro Kitchens (cabinets)
Paints and Wallcoverings: Mercury Paint (paint); Wolf-Gordon (wallcovering)
Energy Efficiency: Good Earth and Minka Lavery (lighting); Hubbell (occupancy sensors, lighting); WattStopper
(daylight sensors)
Building Envelope: ThoroSeal (sealer); Pella and Titon (windows)
Plumbing Fixtures: Sterling (toilets); Bricor (showerheads, aerators)
Other: Dietrich UltraSTEEL (framing); DAP and DriTac (sealants, adhesives); Kone EcoSpace (elevator); New
Hemisphere (furniture)
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olaleya Design
first introduced its
Domespace house
to the U.S. market in
2007. The design,
utilizing a motor
to rotate the entire
structure relative to
the sun to increase or
decrease solar collection, was
intended to dramatically reduce
energy consumption versus tradi-
tional housing. Solaleya Designs
latest model intends to equally re-
duce energy consumption while
leaving the motor behind.
Dubbed The Pearl, Solaleyas
latest offering is aiming for LEED
Platinum certification. One of two
model types offered by Solaleya,
this project is highlighted for
its energy efficiencies (thanks
in part to an effective passive
solar design) and selective mate-
rial use. The economically viable
structure is completely customiz-
able. The structure can be sized
between 500 to 5,000 square feet
with a bevy of layout options
and finishes available. All of the
available options are intended
to be equally balanced and easy
to maintain without taking away
from the structures main purpose
and identity. The initial model
has three bedrooms/two baths
within its 2,800 square feet. It
is equipped with a white (sun
reflecting) steel roof finish and
a rainwater recuperation system
ideally located at the base of the
northern pedestal.
The Pearl is the brainchild of
French designer David Fanchon,
who combines his understanding
of human form and its sensibili-
ties with architecture to design
optimally balanced habitats. The
inspiration for the design is ap-
parent at first glance.
I have to say that my main
focus was to give a heart to the
structure, Fanchon says. Putting
the main living area at the very
center of the 180 degree bay win-
dows creates a sense of convivial-
ity where all inhabitants share a
privileged space. This would have
been the location of the actual
pearl in the original seashell a
place where it is able to gather
THE PEARLS UNIQUE DESIGN
OPTIMIZES PASSIVE SOLAR
COLLECTION YEAR ROUND WHILE
OFFERING OCCUPANTS
SAFETY AND COMFORT.
pearl
of wisdom
By Derrick Teal
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all the energy and protection to
grow, hence the houses chosen
name. I hope this house brings
people together with a greater
sense of awareness of the world
around them.
Fanchons philosophy behind
The Pearls design is Functional
Beauty: create ideal conditions
for people to live and blossom in
harmony with our environment.
He says that he strives to propose
innovative sustainable housing
solutions, blending aesthet-
ics, functionality and energy
efficiency with an emphasis on
optimized architectural form and
the rigorous choice of ecological
materials. In this case, as in others,
he gives credit to Mother Nature
for the design.
As far back as I can remember,
I have always been fascinated by
the way nature best adapts to its
surrounding, says Fanchon. It is
a great source of inspiration and
discovery. This specific structure
is inspired from a seashell which
offers great structural strength
and aerodynamics. I found that by
adapting its shape and attributes
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to our habitats, it would greatly serve our pur-
poses of strength and protection with a twist
of sun-catching optimization.
Conservative Alternative
The unique structure was designed with both
the suns daily and year-round course in mind.
Its shape is optimized to take advantage of the
Suns benefits when needed and to protect
from its harsher heat when necessary. The
front of the structure offers large bay windows
to take advantage of the suns heat in the
winter while being completely protected by its
adapted roof during summers warmer days,
therefore keeping the houses interior naturally
cooler. This translates into a reduced need to
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artificially heat and cool the interior. Its unique
shape and inclinable solar panels provide
maximized solar energy gains and additional
shade when necessary.
My first goal was to design a passive
structure in order to reduce its need for energy.
Its intrinsic seashell shape offers unparalleled
passive solar efficiency. Adding optimized solar
panels along with geothermal heating/cooling
also allows for greater energy independence.
As I wanted to design a house that would be
balanced and easily adapted to most climates
and season changes, I then added climate
control features such as top window vents and
multilayered insulation.
Insulation in the walls consists of cork
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beads and engineered straw
walls. The roofings inner insula-
tion has a layer of air and a sec-
ond (12-inch thick) layer filled
with cork beads (>R28).
Side external walls are made
of engineered12-inch thick com-
pacted straw with an outer wood
plank covering.
Structural Integrity
The Pearl is anti-seismic and aero-
dynamic. The roofs shape along
with the use of thick wooden
arches procures the structure with
great resistance against earth-
quakes and high winds, providing
inhabitants with the incomparable
comfort and safety of a cocoon.
But certain elements of the
structure were initially a chal-
lenge to the design. As many
ecologists and environmental-
ists know, nature has had far
longer to perfect its designs than
humans have. Fanchon explains,
My early version of this design
attempted to stretch the shells
shape. But I soon found that in
order to overcome most structural challenges
I needed to simply emulate natures patient
evolutionary work to the dot. I then created a
northern concrete pedestal to strengthen the
arches converging base and extended arches
all the way to ground level on the open side
in order to create greater structural integrity.
The arches used exemplify the serious
thought put toward material selection. Ac-
cording to Fanchon, FSC Alaskan cedar arches
were chosen to provide unparalleled strength
against earthquakes.
Since the design was intended for a variety
of climates, earthquake protection wasnt the
only natural disaster considered.
Even though I used impact-resistant
windows, I also imagined a hurricane-proof-
ing option that would allow to easily and
quickly close the entire front terrace of the
structure to protect its large bay windows,
says Fanchon. The system uses reinforced
vinyl covers stretched between arches. Once
installed, they are held strong with a set of
thick cables that belt the entire front of the
structure at different levels anchoring back in
the concrete pedestal.
By incorporating the lessons learned by
nature throughout the history of the Earth, The
Pearl is proof that some manmade gems are
equally precious.
More information on the Pearl is available
at www.solaleya.com.
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1 Act relating to promotion of
clean energy, abbr.
4 Architecture 2030 _____
9 Expected
10 Budgeted amount
11 Landscape feature and carbon
consumer
12 Trouble
15 Capital city
16 Eithers alternate
17 Organization providing
independent oversight of LEED
credentialing, abbr.
19 Oil spill area
21 Gas that absorbs and emits
radiation within the thermal
infrared range, abbr.
22 Needing irrigation
24 Spreads out without planning
or design
28 Green expanse
30 Takes responsibility for, the
environment for example
31 ____ oak
32 Professional association of
architects, abbr.
34 The building sector represents
this percentage of the USAs
carbon footprint
36 Diesel Emissions Act, for one
38 Save from waste
39 Curved architectural feature
41 Neighborhood development,
for short
42 Capable of continued survival
44 One of USBGCs long term
goals is reducing our
dependency on ___- based
energy
45 Spanish for it is
46 LEED building _____ the
carbon footprint of a building
47 CE hours classification
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2 One of the focuses of the USGBC
and the LEED program (2 words)
3 Build (on)
4 ___ hours, hours credited to
post certification education
5 Indoor ____ quality
6 One of the USGBC certifications
(2 words)
7 _____ construction rating system
8 The cleaner it is the better!
11 Label
13 Expression of awe
14 Two-way
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(goes with 37 down)
20 Increases
22 Carry out
23 Unit of power, abbr.
25 In advance
26 ___ general rule (2 words)
27 Grassland
29 USGBCs LEED certification
systems involve the saving and
reduction of waste of _____
30 LEED rating system category,
abbr.
33 Innovates
34 Section of the USGBC website
for questions relating to the
certification process
35 Participation in LEED
certification programs can
result in tax ______s
37 See 18 down
38 Covered (with)
39 Commercial
40 Falls back
41 Makes a profit of
43 Practice
44 __ of order
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