LEED and Sustainability November 28 , 2013 12-1 · Right Direction? Flexible Platform? Return on Investment? • .5 day briefing with C-suite, developed champion teams, eLear ning,

© 2013 The Natural Step

LEED and SustainabilityNovember 28th, 2013 12-1

John Purkis – Senior Sustainability Advisor, TNSDana Sperling - Education Manager, Greater Toronto Chapter - CaGBC


John Purkis – Senior Sustainability Advisor TNS

Dana Sperling - Education Manager CAGBC Toronto Chapter

Presenters


Agenda

1. Introductions – Speakers– Webinar participants– Survey results

2. Brief history of LEED and sustainability 3. Cutting edge – what’s next?

– Living Building Challenge – Amazing Neighbourhoods

4. From building green buildings to greening the building sector – Landmark Group of Builders– SERA Architects

5. Question and Answer


The Natural Step: Our Story

• International NGO at the forefront of sustainable development for 20+ years

• Global network of non-profits sharing the same brand, core identity and purpose

• Scientific approach to sustainability

• Holistic, generic framework (Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, or FSSD)

• Innovative tools and services


Community Partners

City of Madision, WI


Business Partners


CaGBC

CaGBC Mission

Lead and accelerate the transformation to high-performing, healthy green buildings, homes and communities throughout Canada.


8 CaGBC Chapters


Canada Green Building Council

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design


Webinar Participants?

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65.2%

17.4%

4.3%13.0%

How long have you worked in the green building sector?

0-1 years

1-2 years

2-5 years

5-10 years

10 + years


Survey Results

16.7% 0.0%

0.0%

16.7%

33.3%0.0%

0.0%

33.3%

What area within the building sector do you work in:

• Architect

• Builder

• Developer

• Policy Maker

• Emerging green builder

• Trades person

• Building manager

• Sustainability manager


4.2%

16.7%

29.2%

37.5%

12.5%

Very low Low Average Good Excellent0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

How would you rate your current level of understanding and knowledge of sustainability?


26.1%

43.5%

60.9% 60.9%

0.0%

10.0%

20.0%

30.0%

40.0%

50.0%

60.0%

70.0%

What the heck issustainability anywaysand how does it relate

to LEED?

History and currentreality of green

buildings in Canada

From green buildings togreening the building

sector

Cutting edge casestudies and examples

Please select two of the webinar topics that most interest you.


Brief history of LEED and Sustainability


Why Green Buildings?

Our Industry Consumes:

• 40% of the world’s materials and energy • 35% of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions• 33% of Canada’s energy consumption• 50% of Canada’s natural resources consumption• 12% of Canada’s non-industrial water use• 25% of Canada’s waste going to landfill

Sources can be found on our website in the About Us sectionhttp://www.greenbuildingontario.ca/cagbc-toronto/about-us


Qualities of LEED

Consensus BasedBased on Proven Best Practices

VoluntaryRecognizes Leadership

InternationalRecognized Around the World

Full ScopeDesign, Construction & Operation


LEED Rating Systems

Sustainable Sites

Source: USGBC


What LEED Measures (example)

• 100-point scale• Each category has credits and prerequisites (must be achieved)• Minimum number of points to be certified, depending on rating system


Levels of Certification

Certified Silver Gold Platinum


Levels of Certification

Certified Silver Gold Platinum

45% 10%30%16%

Percentage of Ontario LEED Certified Projects


Green Building Produces Real Results

LEED Gold buildings in the US General Services Administration’s portfolio as compared to their conventional buildings:

• 25% less energy• 11% less water • 19% lower maintenance costs• 27% higher occupant satisfaction• 34% lower greenhouse gas emissions


Source: 2013 Dodge Construction Green Outlook; McGraw Hill

Construction is Changing


Green Building is a Growing Industry

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LEED Project Registrations & Certifications


Green Building is a Growing Industry

6,000in Canada

165,000LEED Professionals

internationally

4,000in Canada(350 in 2012!)

51,600LEED Registered or

Certified Projects internationally

44%in Ontario

37%in Ontario

Building statistics as of Nov 2012 Source: CaGBC

LEED Professional statistics as of Oct 2012. Source: GBCI


Ontario Green Building Landscape


Slide courtesy of Rob McMonagle, City of Toronto

Key Market for Green Building


Sustainability Challenges


Water Use

• Canadians– Use an average of 390L/day

of water in buildings– Largest per-capital users of

water in the world

• Buildings– Use only 3% of clean,

treated water for drinking!

• Leaky Pipes– A loss of $ 700 million/year

in Ontario


Construction Waste

•Construction waste makes up about 25% of solid waste in our landfills. More waste means more landfills means more taxes for you and me.

•The average home built in Canada generates 8,000 lb of waste.


Current Reality


Municipal Buildings Current Reality

• Nationally, municipal operations consume about 60 million gigajoules of energy, at a cost of about $700 million per year.

• About 40 per cent is consumed in municipal buildings, at a cost of about $280 million per year.

• The energy required to power municipal building operations, given an average national fuel mix, emits approximately four million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)

Source: FCM Municipal Building Retrofit Program: (http://gmf.fcm.ca/files/Capacity_BuildingMBRG/MBRG_thebusiness_case_En.pdf


Municipal Building Retrofit Benefits

Based on this, the following is considered achievable:• Energy costs to municipal governments could be reduced, on

a national basis, by about $56 million per year• Given a simple project payback of five to seven years, a

potential investment of $280 to $392 million dollars could be made in municipal building infrastructure

• GHG emissions could be reduced by about 800 kilotonnes per year

Source: FCM Municipal Building Retrofit Program (http://gmf.fcm.ca/files/Capacity_Building_-_MBRG/MBRG_thebusiness_case_En.pdf)


Building retrofits the big picture and the benefits


Green Retrofits The Big Picture?

New Buildings “The Head”1.5% of Existing Building Stock per

Year

Existing Buildings “The Good Stuff”

These buildings form the majority of aportfolio!

Energy-hogging office properties from the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s outnumber sleek eco-towers 100 to one. But green retrofits can restore these buildings' competitive edge - if not their looks - by reducing costs and enabling higher rents – Globe & Mail 9/2/2010


The Big Picture

Various reports ( McKinsey Consulting, CEC Report, IPCC ) have shown thecommercial building sector can reach 1990 GHG levelsProfitably…..

Source: WBCSD - Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Transforming the Market

Impact of User Behaviour on Residential Site Energy Consumption

The Impact of user behaviour can affect energy consumption by 20-30%t


The Big Picture – Short Term Finance View Limiting

Various reports ( McKinsey Consulting, CEC Report, IPCC ) have shown thecommercial building sector can reach 1990 GHG levelsProfitably…..


Buildings account for 40% of all electricity use, 25% potable water use, 40% processed material + emit 35% of all CO2

Tenants are increasingly placing value on being in a sustainable building

Sustainability efforts requiring capital frequently demonstrate a strong return due to operating expense savings and incentives from utilities

A higher quality asset that prevents asset obsolescenceEnergy + water efficiency measures drive value at exit

Optimizing Will Increase Your Portfolio Value

Environmental Impact

Leasing BenefitsEconomic Benefits

Increase Asset Quality


Occupancy Rates• National Average 87.9%• EnergyStar 91.5%• LEED 92%

Direct Rental Rates• National Average $28.15• EnergyStar $30.55• LEED $42.38

Sale Price / Square Foot• National Average $227• EnergyStar $288• LEED $438

Optimizing Will Increase Your Portfolio Value Commercial Real Estate Information provider for the U.S. & U.K.

* * Similar data validated in reports by Cushman Wakefield, RICS, McKinsey etc.


Cutting edge – what’s next?


Living Building Challenge






Amazing Neighbourhoods

Community engagement activities


From building green buildings to greening the building sector



“We believe sustainable building is here to stay. Landmark's position for becoming a sustainable builder is not based on emotion, but on sound business principles, economics and progressive thinking. It's a responsible and conscious decision we've made to benefit everyone, including our own customers, communities and our planet.

It is the inevitable future path residential builders will follow as resources become more scarce and more expensive to procure.”

- Landmark Group of Builders


The Landmark Sustainability Initiative

Right Direction? Flexible Platform? Return on Investment?

• .5 day briefing with C-suite, developed champion teams, eLearning, initial vision with 25% of company

• 2012 all staff session (journey 2.0)

• Workshops with internal team to ID key challenges

• Governance review

• Workshop with senior leadership to develop strat. goals, integrate into business processes, met with staff over whole company to get feedback, refine goals.

• Worked with internal team to id actions for each goal• 2012 all staff session to gather ideas• KPI development• Recommitment 2011


Key Sustainability Challenges

• We are highly dependent on the degradation of ecologically and agriculturally productive land through development.

• We are highly dependent on the dispersive use of hydrocarbons as fuel and raw material.

• We are dependent on an economic and physical system that systematically converts virgin material into unusable waste in both the short and long term.

• We are dependent on materials that have toxic effects in the ecosystem and organisms.

• We support and are dependent on an unsustainablesupply chain.


Strategic Goals

• Empower People : Enable a sustainable society through research, innovation, charity, advocacy, education and affordability that provide people with better, more sustainable lives.

• Sustainable Land Use: Develop the built environment to maximize the ecological, agricultural, economic and social potential of the land.

• Carbon Neutral: The net lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of our products and processes are zero or negative.

• Non-Toxic: Eliminate all toxic and potentially toxic materials from our products and processes.

• Zero Waste: Eliminate all waste in all its forms. Waste occurs when our use of time, material, energy, space and capital exceeds that which is necessary to generate value and well being for our customers, ourselves and our society.

• Closing the Loop: The materials in our communities are recovered and recoverable, recycled and recyclable or borrowed from nature in such a way that they can be returned to nature without doing harm.

• Revolutionize Industry: Our business model and supply chain relationships reinforce and support the drive towards sustainability.


The Results

• Net Zero Home design• PBS reduces GHG emission by more than

6.2 tons per house (more than 55% reduction compared to conversation construction)

• Waste production is reduced 58% by mass and volume, yielding a 722 kg CO2reduction in embodied emissions per house.

• Direct purchasing of materials and equipment further reducing the cost premium to substantially improve the energy efficiency of a home.


2010 -2012 (Implementation)

• 60% homes registered in Alberta with EnerGuide ratings over 80 built by Landmark

• Low VOC materials in homes• Employee driven activities:

– Changing our field staff routines to reduce driving time

– Acquiring hybrid vehicles for fleet use– Actively looking for like-minded trades and

suppliers to join us on our sustainability journey or having them start their own

– Sourcing construction and finishing material from local suppliers


The Awards





SERA’s commitment to sustainability begins with the way we run our business. We believe that a fully sustainable workplace is the logical first step towards practicing sustainability in our projects and helps nurture a culture of sustainability. By “walking our talk” we continue to discover new ways to work, interact, and create more sustainable physical environments. We learn from and share these discoveries, and the change ripples out into the world.


Thinkers who are doers. We're idea-driven.


SERA Architects


SERA Architects



Question and Answer

• Was there any topic discussed that you would want to learn more about?

• Is there anything of interest to you that was not discussed?

• Can you describe some of the challenges that you see/face in integrating sustainability into the building sector?


Thank You!

John Purkis, Senior Sustainability AdvisorThe Natural Step Canada. [email protected]

Dana Sperling, Education Manager, Greater Toronto Chapter – [email protected]

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LEED and Sustainability November 28 , 2013 12-1 · Right Direction? Flexible Platform? Return on Investment? • .5 day briefing with C-suite, developed champion teams, eLear ning,