College of Health and Human Services LEED-EB Gold

1. College of Health and Human ServicesLEED-EB Gold Anand Sankey, WMU Evan Escamilla, WMU Jim Nicolow, Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architects November 9, 2009

2. Outline • Impact of Buildings • LEED Rating System • LEED-EB • CHHS Certification Process • Lessons Learned • Discussion

3. Impact of Buildings

4. Public Perception

6. What about Buildings?

7. Impact of the Building Sector

8. Who's really to blame? The cars we drive… …or the buildings we inhabit?

9. The 2030 °Challenge www.architecture2030.org

10. Campus GHG Emissions Research done by: Chris Caprara Kaityn Shields

11. Buildings and Water

12. Buildings and Water Images courtesy Ecos Environmental Design

13. Buildings and Water • Largest water use in Michigan?

14. Buildings and Water

15. Buildings and Waste • 163 Million Tons of Construction and Demolition waste in the US. • 2.8 pounds/person/day • 40% (3 billion tons annually) of raw material use globally

17. LEED Rating System

18. Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design® A leading-edge system for designing, constructing, operating and certifying the world’s greenest buildings.

26. LEED-EB

27. LEED-EB Differences • Policy-based (construction / renovation) • Measured Performance • Maintenance & Operations Procedures • Purchasing • Staff Education • Green Cleaning • 3-step Process • Implementation • Performance Period (3 months to 1 year) • Certification Review

28. CHHS Certification Process

29. Project Timeline – 22 months • Grant Awarded – Sept 2007 • Project Kick Off – October 2007 • Feasibility Study – Feb 2008 • Implementation – Feb-May 2008 • Performance Period – May-July 2008 • Review – Oct 2008 – May 2009

30. Grant – Sept 2007 • State of Michigan $15,000 grant 32-39 40-47 48-63 64-85

31. Feasibility Analysis – Feb 2008

32. Feasibility Analysis – Feb 2008 14 prerequisites: • 10 met • 1 required policy change (erosion control) • 1 required operational adj. (ventilation) • 2 required additional analysis (energy & mercury in lights)

33. Feasibility Analysis – Feb 2008 48 points targeted (silver + 8): • 29 met • 11 required policy change or minor building changes • 8 required additional analysis WMU Approval to Proceed Grant Variance Approved

34. LEED Categories • Sustainable Sites • Water Efficiency • Energy & Atmosphere • Materials & Resources • Indoor Environmental Quality • Innovation, Operations & Maintenance

35. Sustainable Sites • Erosion & Sedimentation Control • Policy in place • Prereq • Age of Building • > 2 years • Prereq • Plan for Green Site and Building Exterior Management • Policy addressing • Maintenance equipment • Plantings • Animal and vegetation • Landscape water • Irrigation management • Fertilizer use • Snow removal • Cleaning of building exterior • 2 Points 11 Earned/ 14 Possible

36. Sustainable Sites • Alternative Transportation • Proximity to public transportation • Bicycle Storage & Changing Rooms • Alternative Fuel Vehicles • Car Pooling & Telecommuting • 4 points • Reduced Site Disturbance • Asylum Lake • 2 points 11 Earned/ 14 Possible

37. Sustainable Sites • Stormwater Management • Mitigation of at least 50 % of the annual stormwater • 2 points • Light Pollution Reduction • Shield all out door luminaries > 50 watts • 1 point 11 Earned/ 14 Possible

38. Water Efficiency • Minimal Water Efficiency • Prereq • Discharge Water Compliance • Prereq • Water Efficient Landscape • 1 point • Water Use Reduction • Dual flush toilets/aerators • 2 points 3 Earned/ 5 Possible

39. Energy & Atmosphere • Existing Building Commissioning • Prereq • Minimum Energy Performance • Baseline measurement • Historical consumption • Prereq • 3 points • Ozone Protection • Prereq • 1 point 10 Earned/ 23 Possible

40. Commissioning • a systematic process of assuring that a building performs in accordance with the design intent and the Owner’s operational needs

42. Commissioning • 30,000 square foot office building • July ‘08 and “is still a work in progress operationally” • Faulty sensors • Errors in equipment installation & setup • System control interface problems • Non-optimized operating sequences and schedules • Equipment failures and leaks

43. Commissioning • September ‘09 down 22% • New glitch in control programming make up air unit, continuous 20kW • 30% further to match predicted

44. Energy & Atmosphere • Building Operation & Maintenance • Staff education • Best practices monitoring & maintenance • 3 points • Performance Measurement • Enhanced metering • Domestic water • Irrigation system • Process water (Cooling tower) • Cooling load (Steam absorption) • Boiler efficiency • Emissions reduction • 2 points • Building Cost Impacts • Operating costs of all aspects • 1 point 10 Earned/ 23 Possible

45. Materials & Resources • Source Reduction & Waste Management • Waste stream audit • Storage and collection of recyclables • Occupant recycling • 2 prereqs • 3 points • Toxic Material Source Reduction • Mercury in light bulbs • Prereq • 1 point • Construction, Demolition and Renovation Waste Management • 1 point • Sustainable Cleaning Products and Materials • 3 points 8 Earned/ 16 Possible

46. Indoor Environmental Quality • Outside Air and Exhaust • Increased ventilation • Prereq • Tobacco, Asbestos and PCB free • 3 prereqs • Outdoor Air Delivery Monitoring • 1 point • Increased Ventilation • 1 point • Construction IAQ Management Plan • 1 point 13 Earned/ 22 Possible

47. Indoor Environmental Quality • Indoor Chemical and Pollutant Source Control • ≥ MERV 13 • 1 point • Controllability of lighting • 1 point • Thermal comfort • ASHRAE 55 • 1 point • Day lighting & views • 2 points • Green cleaning • Entryway systems • Pest control • Equipment • Policy • 5 points 13 Earned/ 22 Possible

48. Innovation, Operations & Maintenance • Asylum Lake • Water Reduction • Bronco Bio-diesel • Dolphin fountain treatment • LEED Accredited professional 5 Earned/ 5 Possible

49. Performance Period

50. Submittal – October 2008