Presentation for CEC Conference Cocoyoc, Mexico

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Presentation forCEC ConferenceCocoyoc, Mexico

• Washington, DC
• October 24,2007

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Green Building Initiative
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GBI Solutions

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GBI Commercial Program Offerings

• Green Globes for New Construction guides the
  Integrated Design Process at each stage of
  project delivery.

• Green Globes for Continual Improvement
  establishes the baseline, gives a current
  performance report, guides improvement.

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Points SystemExample from Existing Buildings
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Intuitive Data Entry Screens
Tip box Explains requirements when you put your
mouse over a question.
Questionnaire Questions are yes, no or n/a,
multiple choice, require data entry or
description.
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Integrates EPA Target Finder and Portfolio Manager
Design
Operation
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Easy to Read Reports
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Easy to Read Reports
Summarizes Your Achievements
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Easy to Read Reports
Provides Recommendations for Improvement
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Easy to Read Reports
Provides opportunities to learn more about the
recommendations
Supplementary information
Hyperlinked web references
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Asset Management
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Green Globes Projects

• Summit County MRF (Breckenridge, CO)
• Blakely Hall (Issaquah, WA)
• Pfizer Clinical Research Unit (New Haven, CT)
• RenewAire, LLC (Madison, WI)
• Alberici Headquarters (St. Louis, MO)
• WEEBF Office Building (Madison, WI)
• Home Savings Bank (Madison, WI)
• Clinton Library (Little Rock, AR)
• Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter (Fairfax, VA)
• ADEQ Headquarters (Little Rock, AR)
• NewPage Corporate Headquarters (Dayton, OH)

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About the Summit CountyMaterials Recycling
Facility
First facility of its kind in the U.S. to be
built green Awarded two Green Globes for
merits in heat recovery, use of salvaged and
recycled materials and the maximization of
daylighting. Green Globes was a good fit for
us it helped us meet our public commitment to
build this Building in a sustainable way by
walking us through the decisions. Third-party
verification helps to ensure you stick to those
decisions. - Matthew Stais, principal
architect, Matthew Stais Architects
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About the RenewAire, LLC
First building in the Midwest to be recognized by
Green Globes Awarded two Green Globes for
merits in energy- efficiency, use of integrated
design and the minimization of natural resource
consumption and emissions. Ive been impressed
with the systems ability to provide both
education and on-site verification. Its flexible
yet comprehensive. -Eric Truelove, P.E.,
Director, Sustainable Design, Renschler, Inc.
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About the NewPage Corporate Headquarters

• First building in the Ohio to be recognized by
• Green Globes
• Awarded three Green Globes for merits in the
• minimization of harmful air emissions, its use
• of energy and water conservation strategies,
• the integration of recycled materials and its
• project management practices.
• As a company reliant on renewable resources,
• we are committed to sustainability. We chose
• Green Globes because it helps us provide a
• healthy working environment to our employees
• and reduce our impact and
• community.
• Mark Suwyn, NewPage Chairman Chief
• Executive Officer

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About the Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter
First homeless shelter in the country to be
recognized by Green Globes Awarded one Green
Globe for merits in minimization of energy and
materials through efficient use of space, the
incorporation of an integrated approach and the
minimization of site disturbance. Green Globes
was helpful due to its interactive framework and
stark functionality, and we found the
suggestions and solutions provided with the
questionnaires particularly insightful. Most
importantly, using Green Globes helped us and
the County in our focus of achieving
sustainability. - Reuben Hameed, Project
Designer and Manager for Wisnewski Blair
Associates
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Why Green Globes?

• Its easy to use. It provides a self assessment
  tool that focuses the team on how to make the
  building green.It helps to eliminate the high
  costs and labor typically associated with green
  certification.
• Zoe Khoee (Ottawa, Canada)
• Project Manager, Dept. National Defense HQ
• Using BREEAM Greenleaf (Green Globes) for
  Warehouse, Dining Hall, Quarters, Officeall
  under 10 million in construction cost

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Why Green Globes?

• I have begun to use both the LEED rating system
  and the Green Globes. I feel the ability to use
  both systems provides our teams with the means to
  thoroughly evaluate sustainable strategies for
  our clients.
• Thomas Taylor (St. Louis, MO)
• General Manager, Vertegy an Alberici Enterprise
• Alberici Headquarters Four Green Globes LEED
  Platinum

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Value of Competition

• Movement toward consensus standards
• Stimulating use of technology
• Incorporation of life cycle assessment
• Cost effective solutions

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Who is Using Green Globes

• Architects, Engineers, Specs Writers, Students,
  Universities, Developers, Govt Agencies (DHHS,
  DOI, 11 states, Can DND, DPW)
• U.S. use includes building projects in more than
  25 states
• Financial Sector Firemans Fund
• Large Corporate Entities
• University OutreachStanford, Berkeley, Cal
  Poly-Tech, Univ. of Arkansas
• Firms education and certification

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Green Globes Users
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Green Globes Ratings
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Verification Choices

• Third Party Verification (required for a Green
  Globes rating)
• 4,000 - 6,000 per building, depending on
  complexity, size and distance travel costs for
  verifier. CSA America is creating personnel
  certification program.
• Value-added even if not pursuing
  verificationGreen Globes provides automatically
  generated early assessments and reports for those
  who dont need or want to promote their building
  as having a rating.

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30 Day Free Trial

• Go to www.thegbi.orgthen choose

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Training
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GBI/Green Globes Next 3-12 months

• New Green Globes User Interfaces
• Increased Team Management Functionality
• GBI/ANSI Standard Reprogramming
• Specs and Other References
• Staying on top of emerging technologies

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Green Globes ANSI PROCESS
Step 2 Align Green Globes with any
revised stds
Step 3 Align Construction Questions
with revised standards
Step 1 Rewrite of Green Globes Rating System

• Main Committee
• 30 stakeholders
• 10 producer
• 10 users
• 10 general interest
• 7 sub-committees
• 75 /- other experts

Step 4 Train Third Party Verifiers
Project Initiation
Site Analysis, Programming
Schematic Design
DesignDevelopment
Construction Documents