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Measuring & Communicating the Value of Sustainability to your Constituents

Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System. Measuring & Communicating the Value of Sustainability to your Constituents. May 4 th , 2011 Sustainability in Local Government Conference, Milwaukee Zoo, WI Andrew Dane Short Elliott Hendrickson adane@sehinc.com.

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Measuring & Communicating the Value of Sustainability to your Constituents

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  1. Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System Measuring & Communicating the Value of Sustainability to your Constituents May 4th, 2011 Sustainability in Local Government Conference, Milwaukee Zoo, WI Andrew Dane Short Elliott Hendrickson adane@sehinc.com (Presentation adapted in part from material provided by Bill Wallace, Wallace Futures)

  2. No U.S. system covers all aspects of infrastructure • LEED • Sustainable Sites • Zsimple • GreenLITES • Sustainable Airport Manual • ASPIRE • BREEAM

  3. Rating system overview: description System Overview • Focuses on civil infrastructure • Draws heavily on CEEQUAL • 74 objectives • 5 degrees of performance • 4 types (stages) of application • Awards and recognition

  4. Features Breaks project contribution to sustainability into 2 parts

  5. Performance Contribution

  6. Level 2 Structure Sustainable Infrastructure Project Rating System Level 1: Exploration and Testing Level 2: Assessment & Recognition Level 3: Operational Imperatives Level 4: Decision Support Scoring your project • Considerations for each level of achievement • Basis for the rating • How to advance to the next level • Evidence needed to support rating • Deficiencies (less than threshold performance) Extended guidance on each objective Link • Useful references • Technologies and strategies to be used • Related objectives Weight Earned Score Objective 1.1.1 Text description Required? Measures (0) Threshold Raw Score (x) Basic (x) Improved (x) Superior (x) Sustainable (10)Restorative Levels of Achievement Total earned score XXX Total score, normalized to account for objectives that are “Not Applicable” to the project Eligible for award? ZZZZ Compare earned score to predetermined minimum score for “Bronze,”“Silver,” etc.

  7. Rating system overview: description Examples of Objectives

  8. Rating system overview: description Examples of Levels of Achievement

  9. Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System Rating System Status • Version 1.0 rating system and business plan approved by the ASCE Board, Oct 2010 • Pilot testing through Feb 2011 • Version 2.0 rollout end-April 2011 • Internal/External partner review through 2011 • Launch 2012

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