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Beyond Energy-Efficiency: The Full Range of Sustainable Development
Principles
JASON HARTKEU.S. Green Building Council
Solutions for Sustainable Communities: 2011 Learning Conference on State and Local Housing Policy Washington, DCSeptember 26, 2011
• Accountability• Synergy• Customization• Scale
Energy & Atmosphere
Indoor Environmental
Quality
WaterEfficiency
Sustainable Sites
Innovationin Design
Materials & Resources
Organization of LEED
Increased Productivity
Investment Returns
Government Incentives
ImprovedHealth
ReducedOperating Expenses
• Accountability• Synergy• Customization• Scale
Wishard Hospital, targeting LEED Silver/Gold, HOK
Asking the Resiliency Question
•Will We Be Resilient to Warmer Temperatures
•Will We Be Resilient to Drought & Water Shortages
•Will We Be Resilient to Stronger Storms & Flooding
•Will We Be Resilient to Energy Challenges
Will We Be Resilient to Warmer Temperatures
• Avoiding cooling-load• Landscaping to minimize cooling
requirements• Planning for (new) Pest management• Natural ventilation• High-efficiency lighting & equipment • Increase cooling design temperatures
• Accountability• Synergy• Customization• Scale
• Accountability• Synergy• Customization• Scale
www.usgbc.org/paidfromsavings
STAR Community Index
• Community sustainability assessment framework
• Recognition platform• Information sharing platform• Inclusive and accessible design• Policy and performance
metrics• Tiers of recognition• Third-party verification• Periodic re-certification
Costs and benefitsCosts and Benefits of Green Buildings:
Present value of 20 years of estimated impacts based on study data set collected from recent green buildings
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Green School Green Office
Additional benefits not estimated:+Productivity and student performance+Property Value impacts+Indirect water systems impacts+Brand+Operations and Maintenance savings+Embodied energy savings
Costs and Benefits of Green Buildings: Present value of 20 years of estimated impacts based on study data set and
synthesis of relevant research*
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employment
emissions
Green School Green Office
Additional benefits not estimated:+Productivity and student performance+Property value impacts+Indirect water systems impacts+Brand improvements+Operations and maintenance savings+Embodied energy savings
*There is significantly greater uncertainty, and less consensus around methodologies for estimating health and societal benefits.
