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A Case Study of Abercorn Common Savannah, Georgia
AbercornCommon.com
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MELAVER INC.
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Mission
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Sustainabilitys Broad Reach

people
prosperity
Community
planet
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Measuring Green Buildings with LEED
U.S. Green Building Council USGBC.org

• Founded in 1993
• A Community of more than 8,500 member companies
  united by a common purpose To transform the
  building marketplace to sustainability

• 75 Regional Chapters with one in Savannah
• LEEDTM Leadership in Energy and
  Environmental Design The Green Building Rating
  System

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LEED Leadership in Energy Environmental Design

• LEEDTM
• Defines a threshold for green buildings
• Introduces a tool to promote and guide
  comprehensive and integrated building design.

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LEED Leadership in Energy Environmental Design

• LEED is
• Performance-based
• Compatible with standard design processes,
• Self-evaluating
• Self-documenting
• Not self-certifying
• Certification is solely done by the USGBC.

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Technical Overview of LEEDTM
The Whole-building approach

• Encourages guides a collaborative, integrated
  design construction process
• Optimizes environmental and economic factors

• Four levels of LEED-NC certification
• Certified Level 26 - 32 points
• Silver Level 33 - 38 points
• Gold Level 39 - 51 points
• Platinum Level 52 points (69 possible)

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LEEDTM Certification Benefits
Recognition of Quality Buildings Environmental
Stewardship

• Third party validation of achievement
• Qualify for growing state/local/govt. incentives
• Contribute to growing knowledge base
• LEED certification plaque to mount on building
• Official certificate
• Receive marketing exposure through USGBC website,
  case studies, media announcements

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Melavers Sustainable Portfolio
REALITY
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Historic RehabWhitaker State Street
Savannah, GA
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LEED CI First in Savannah, GA
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LEED EB Only 60 in the Nation Atlanta, GA
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LEED CIFirst in Birmingham
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Abercorn Common First all retail LEED CS in the
Nation
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Abercorn Common Shopping CenterSavannah, Georgia
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First LEED McDonalds In the Nation Savannah,
GA
GOLD
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First in AtlantaLEED Condominiums Oakland Park
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LEED ND Sustainable Fellwood, Savannah, GA
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Sustainable Fellwood
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What do these buildingsHave in Common?
30-50
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water usesavings
Melaver, Inc Sustainable Portfolio
designed energysavings
AVERAGE BOTTOM LINE SAVINGS
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Does building Green make financial sense?
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US Green Building Councils Survey
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The Melaver, Inc Experience
For 8 LEED certified projects 0 to 2 cost
premium
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Measured Productivity
2 1/2 day earlier discharge
SCHOOLS
20 better test performance
HOSPITALS
INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY
OFFICES
RETAIL
2 - 18 productivity Increase
increase in sales per sq foot
Source USGBC CEO Roundtable, Los Angeles, May
2006
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Abercorn Common
THE FIRST All-Retail LEED Core Shell
Developmentin the United States
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Abercorn Common
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Abercorn Plaza in the 80s
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Abercorn Common Today
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Abercorn Common Today
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The First LEED McDonalds
GOLD
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New Phase Shops Six Hundred
Awarded LEED Silver 2007
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Current Status
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Current Status
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Step 1 Integrated Design

• Pre-design charette with all relevant
  stakeholders, remove the barriers of the
  traditional design process
• Owners
• Architect
• Engineers (MEP, civil, etc)
• Landscape Architect
• Contractor
• More subs, potential occupants, community
  members impacted by the project

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Sustainable Sites

• Vehicle use in the U.S. has nearly tripled from1
  to 2.85 trillion miles per year (in the past 30
  years)
• Built environment contributes to the heat island
  effect
• Impervious surfaces increase stormwater runoff

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Erosion Control

• Extensive measures were taken to reduce erosion,
  including silt fences, dust control, seeding,
  inlet protection and detention ponds

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Site Features
White roof membrane reflects heat, keeping the
center cooler
White roof membrane reflects heat, keeping the
center cooler
Concrete paving reflects heat, keeping the center
and parking lot cooler
Concrete paving reflects heat, keeping the center
and parking lot cooler
Pervious pavement diverts storm water
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Pervious pavement diverts storm water
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New Phase Shops Six Hundred
Awarded LEED Silver 2007 Features A Green
Vegetated Roof Solar Panels for
Hot Water
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Pervious Pavement

• Almost 1 acre of pervious pavement, which
  allows water to infiltrate the ground
  (runoff coefficient of .3 vs .95 for
  traditional concrete)
• Decreases the need for municipal stormwater
  treatment
• Helps remove sediment and pollutants
• Decreases site runoff by 25

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Transportation Features

• Within a ¼ mile of 3 bus lines and numerous
  stops
• Preferred parking for hybrid vehicles
• Numerous bicycle racks and a shower/change room
  promote biking

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Water Efficiency

• In the U.S., about 340 billion gallons of fresh
  water are withdrawn per day from rivers, streams,
  and reservoirs
• Some underground aquifer levels have dropped more
  than 100 feet since 1940
• U.S. industries use 36 less water than they did
  in 1950

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Water Reduction Features

• The Cistern harvests rainwater from rooftops,
• 5 million gallons annually

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Water Reduction Features
Waterless urinals, dual flush and ultra-low flow
toilets, and low-flow faucets reduce water use
by 55
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Sloan Flushmate IV

• Only uses 1 gallon per flush 38 less water than
• conventional toilets
• Capizzi
• Eclipse
• Mansfield Plumbing
• Vitra
• Vortens

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Sloan Flushmate IV
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Waterless Urinals
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Energy and Atmosphere

• Buildings consume approximately 48 of U.S.
  energy

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Energy and Atmosphere

• Seventy-six percent (76) of all power plant
  generated electricity is used just to operate
  buildings

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Energy Performance

• Tighter envelope, better glazing, High efficiency
• HVAC lighting
• 30 reduction in energy use
• 450,000 Kilowatts of electricity
• 9,000 therms of natural gas
• Over 20,000 annual savings
• Green power for 100 of electricity use
  (McDonalds/Shops 600)

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Abercorn Common Energy Use
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• Heating and air-conditioning of the building is
  provided by packaged roof-top units with
  air-cooled condensers and natural gas furnaces
• High Efficiency HVAC System The EER of the
  air-cooled condenser of the packaged roof-top
  units in the proposed design is 11 (or a SEER of
  13.3) versus and EER of 9.7 as allowed in ASHRAE
  90.1.
• Lennox L-series rooftop units with R410a
  refrigerant.

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Commissioning

• Review owners project requirements
• Analyze the design teams basis of design to
  ensure it meets the owners requirements
• Incorporate commissioning requirements in specs

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Commissioning

• Installation and verification
• Functional testing
• Owner training
• Final commissioning report

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Materials and Resources

• Construction/Demolition waste makes up 40of
  U.S. waste
• Reusing and recycling saves production and
  transportation energy and landfill volume
• Salvaged/Recycled content materials minimize the
  use of rapidly declining resources
• Use of rapidly renewable resources minimizes
  impact of natural resource consumption for
  manufacturing

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Waste Reduction

• Stringent construction waste management practices
  prevented 85 of construction waste from
  landfills
• Over 6,000 tons were recycled or reused

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Materials and Resources

• Over 70 of materials manufactured within a 500
  mile radius
• Over 20 recycled materials by cost
• FSC Forest Stewardship Council Certified Wood
  used at McDonalds

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Indoor Environmental Quality

• Americans spend 90 of their time indoors
• Inside pollutant levels may be two to five times
  higher than outdoor levels
• 17 million Americans have asthma
• 40 million Americans suffer from allergies
• Better IEQ can improve worker productivity as
  much as 16

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Indoor Environmental Quality

• Low-emitting paints, sealants and adhesives used
• Zero or low volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
• No smoking (including restaurants) before GA
  became non-smoking
• Increased ventilation 30 over ASHRAE 62

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Summary

• Abercorn Common is
• 30 more energy efficient than code (ASHRAE
  90.1)
• 55 more water efficient (than 1992 Energy Policy
  Act)
• Healthier indoor air less toxins and more fresh
  air
• Has 30 Less stormwater runoff
• Uses no potable water for irrigation

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