1	Selecting Green Building Materials and Products Presented by Lynn N. Simon, AIA Simon & Associates, Inc. • Green Building Consultants Lynn@greenbuild.com www.greenbuild.com
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3	Green Building Planning Sustainable Sites Safeguarding Water Improving Energy Efficiency Enhancing Indoor Environmental Quality Conserving Materials and Resources
4	Opportunities Healthier indoor environments resulting in satisfied clients and tenants Improved productivity and performance, reduced health complaints/liability Resource and energy conservation, reduced emissions, reduced solid waste Reduced operating and maintenance costs Increased value/marketability of projects Increased knowledge base
5	Obstacles Resistance to try new products; concern about unproven performance/durability Lack of knowledge about available products and how to include them in specifications Greenwashing: False marketing claims Code and warranty constraints Higher initial cost (perceived or real) Perception of aesthetic sacrifice Availability / supply / lead time Life-cycle assessment/data limitations: difficult to measure, weigh & compare impacts and trade-offs
6	A Shifting Marketplace Drivers: LEED adoption by government agencies: San Mateo County, San Francisco (near adoption), Pleasanton, San Jose, Oakland requiring LEED on key buildings, State of California LEED Supplement Energy crisis Mold liability concerns Education, public awareness, market demand Result is that there are better practices, more and better materials available
7	Materials and Systems Trends Residential (and small scale commercial) Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) Radiant Floors (heating and cooling) Strawbale Commercial Raised Floor Cool Roofs Waterless Urinals Green Roofs
8	EBN Top 10 Products, 2003 BioBase 501 soy-based foam insulation, BioBased Systems, Inc. American Pride latex paint, Southern Diversified Products Case Systems, Inc. laboratory casework w/ Woodstalk Dow Bio Products wheatboard EcoPower faucets, TOTO USA Hot Water D’MAND system, Taco, Inc.
9	EBN Top 10 Products, 2003 Mineral silicate paints, Keim Mineral Systems EnvironOxide pigment, Hoover color Corp/Iron Oxide Recovery EnviroGT wall and corner guards, InPro Corp. MemBrain “smart” vapor retarder, Certainteed/Saint Gobain Mirra office chair, Herman Miller
10	Green Materials Selection Criteria Resource Efficiency Natural Resources and Solid Waste (e.g. durable, salvaged, recycled content, sustainably harvested, rapidly renewable) Energy (e.g. high efficient appliances, sensors, transportation efficiency, efficient manufacturing process) Water (e.g. waterless urinals, sensors, efficient manufacturing process Health Occupant and Installer Health (e.g. low-VOC, formaldehyde free, air filters) Public and Environmental Health (e.g. clean inputs, by products and emissions, free of toxic and heavy metals, PVC-free)
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18	"Energy Resource Center" Energy Resource Center, Downey (v1Certified) Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara (v1 Platinum) William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Menlo Park (v2 Gold) Capitol Area East End Complex, Building 225, Sacramento (v2 Gold) Toyota Motor Sales South Campus Office Development, Torrance (v2 Gold) Ford Motor Company Premier Automotive Group, North American Headquarters, Irvine (v2 Certified)
19	"Audubon Center at Debs Park" Audubon Center at Debs Park, E. Los Angeles (v2 Platinum) Capitol Area East End Complex, Blocks 171-174, Sacramento (v2 Certified) DPR-ABD Office Building, Sacramento (v2 Silver) Hayward Lumber Building Systems Plant, Santa Maria (v2 Gold) West Valley Branch Library, San Jose (v2 Certified) Applied Biosystems Building D, Pleasanton (v2 Silver) Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Administration HQ, Chino (v2 Platinum)
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45	"A sustainable California supports and..." A sustainable California supports and improves the quality of life of all its residents and recognizes the interdependence of its people, culture, economy, and urbanized and natural environments. More importantly, it is a community that knows itself, demands the utmost of itself and understands what it has to lose. - Blueprint for a Sustainable Bay Area, Urban Ecology