Selecting Green Building
Materials and Products
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Presented by Lynn N. Simon, AIA |
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Simon & Associates, Inc. •
Green Building Consultants |
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Lynn@greenbuild.com www.greenbuild.com |
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Green Building
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Planning Sustainable Sites |
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Safeguarding Water |
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Improving Energy Efficiency |
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Enhancing Indoor Environmental
Quality |
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Conserving Materials and
Resources |
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Opportunities
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Healthier indoor environments
resulting in satisfied clients and tenants |
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Improved productivity and
performance, reduced health complaints/liability |
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Resource and energy
conservation, reduced emissions, reduced solid waste |
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Reduced operating and
maintenance costs |
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Increased value/marketability
of projects |
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Increased knowledge base |
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Obstacles
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Resistance to try new products;
concern about unproven performance/durability |
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Lack of knowledge about
available products and how to include them in specifications |
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Greenwashing: False marketing
claims |
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Code and warranty constraints |
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Higher initial cost (perceived
or real) |
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Perception of aesthetic
sacrifice |
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Availability / supply / lead
time |
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Life-cycle assessment/data
limitations: difficult to measure, weigh & compare impacts and trade-offs |
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A Shifting Marketplace
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Drivers: |
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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 |
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Energy crisis |
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Mold liability concerns |
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Education, public awareness,
market demand |
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Result is that there are
better practices, more and better materials available |
Materials and Systems Trends
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Residential (and small scale
commercial) |
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Structural Insulated Panels
(SIPs) |
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Insulated Concrete Forms
(ICFs) |
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Radiant Floors (heating and
cooling) |
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Strawbale |
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Commercial |
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Raised Floor |
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Cool Roofs |
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Waterless Urinals |
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Green Roofs |
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EBN Top 10 Products, 2003
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BioBase 501 soy-based foam
insulation, BioBased Systems, Inc. |
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American Pride latex paint,
Southern Diversified Products |
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Case Systems, Inc. laboratory
casework w/ Woodstalk Dow Bio Products wheatboard |
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EcoPower faucets, TOTO USA |
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Hot Water D’MAND system, Taco,
Inc. |
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EBN Top 10 Products, 2003
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Mineral silicate paints, Keim
Mineral Systems |
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EnvironOxide pigment, Hoover
color Corp/Iron Oxide Recovery |
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EnviroGT wall and corner
guards, InPro Corp. |
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MemBrain “smart” vapor
retarder, Certainteed/Saint Gobain |
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Mirra office chair, Herman
Miller |
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Green Materials Selection
Criteria
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Resource Efficiency |
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Natural Resources and Solid
Waste (e.g. durable, salvaged, recycled content, sustainably harvested,
rapidly renewable) |
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Energy (e.g. high efficient
appliances, sensors, transportation efficiency, efficient manufacturing
process) |
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Water (e.g. waterless urinals,
sensors, efficient manufacturing process |
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Health |
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Occupant and Installer Health (e.g.
low-VOC, formaldehyde free, air filters) |
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Public and Environmental Health
(e.g. clean inputs, by products and emissions, free of toxic and heavy metals, PVC-free) |
Greening the Specifications
Greening the Specifications
Slide 13
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design
LEED-NC Market
Transformation
LEED-NC Market
Transformation
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"Energy Resource
Center"
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Energy Resource Center, Downey
(v1Certified) |
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Donald Bren School of
Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara (v1 Platinum) |
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William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation, Menlo Park (v2 Gold) |
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Capitol Area East End Complex,
Building 225, Sacramento (v2 Gold) |
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Toyota Motor Sales South Campus
Office Development, Torrance (v2 Gold) |
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Ford Motor Company Premier
Automotive Group, North American Headquarters, Irvine (v2 Certified) |
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"Audubon Center at
Debs Park"
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Audubon Center at Debs Park, E.
Los Angeles |
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(v2 Platinum) |
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Capitol Area East End Complex,
Blocks 171-174, Sacramento (v2 Certified) |
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DPR-ABD Office Building,
Sacramento (v2 Silver) |
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Hayward Lumber Building Systems
Plant, Santa Maria (v2 Gold) |
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West Valley Branch Library, San
Jose (v2 Certified) |
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Applied Biosystems Building D,
Pleasanton (v2 Silver) |
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Inland Empire Utilities Agency,
Administration HQ, Chino (v2 Platinum) |
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Common Materials
Available with Recycled Content
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"linoleum"
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"FSC-certified
glulams"
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Green Product Certifiers
Green Building Resources
"A sustainable
California supports and..."
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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. |
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- Blueprint for a
Sustainable Bay Area, Urban Ecology |
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