Navigating the WBDG

Richard R. Paradis, P.E.

Federal Buildings Program Manager
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Washington, DC

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Steven Winter Associates, Inc.

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Oakland, CA

Walter Reed Army Institute

of Research, Forest Glen, MD

Bldg. 33,
Washington Navy Yard

The Whole Building Design Guide

www.wbdg.org
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To Do a Job Well
It Takes the Right Tools
Building a Home
Planting a Garden
Baking a Cake
If You are planning,
designing, constructing,
operating or maintaining
a building
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The Whole Building Design Guide

(WBDG) as a Tool
Your Complete
Internet Resource
to Integrated,
Whole Building,
Design Information
and Tools.
The WBDG
condenses the
vast amount of
Web-based data
on building design,
products, & systems
Into usable, up-to-date
information.
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WBDG/CCB Contributors
Development of the WBDG is a
collaborative effort among federal
agencies, private sector
companies, nonprofit organizations
and educational institutions. Its
success is based on industry and
government experts contributing
their knowledge and experience to
better serve the building
community.

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What is Whole Building Design?

It is an Integrated
Design Approach
and a
Integrated Team
Process to achieve
high-performance
buildings

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Whole Building Approach

NREL Solar Laboratory

Golden, CO
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Materials, systems, and assemblies

reviewed from many different
perspectives

Building components, sub-systems

and materials are interdependent,
can impact the total performance of
the whole, and can perform double
duty

Integrated Project Team

Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse

Portland, OR

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Comprehensive Stakeholder
involvement throughout the buildings
life cycle

Evaluation for cost, quality-of-life,

future flexibility, energy efficiency,
overall environmental impact,
productivity, creativity, and how the
occupants will be enlivened

Applying the Integrated Team

Process
Who needs to be at the table at the outset of your
project to ensure an integrated team process?
Architect
Landscape Architect
Owner, Client, Tenants
Engineers
Programmers
Interior Designer
Contractor
Specialists (Security, Telecom, Acoustics)
Community Members or Other Stakeholders
Operations and Maintenance Personnel
Others???? (Real Estate Buyer)
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WBDG Goal
to provide centralized access and use of
facility information in a knowledge based
management environment, from a whole
building perspective.
WBDG Building Type Page
on Research Laboratory

CCB Documents

NGS

w/ direct links to: Govt. Lab;

Vivarium; Therapeutic Envi. RP;
Sustainable Lab Design RP,
Security & Safety in Labs RP, etc.

VA Research Laboratory Des. Guide

NIH Design Policy and Guidelines
HHS Biosafety in Microbiological
and Biomedical Laboratories

ISEA Z358.1Emergency Eyewash

and Shower Equipment
ANSI/AIHAZ9.5 for Laboratory
Ventilation
NFPA 45Fire Protection for
Laboratories using Chemical

w/ DIRECT LINKS to
Other Resources & Pubs.
Labs21
Design and Planning of Research
and Clinical Laboratory Facilities

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Level 1
Homepage

Whole Building Design Guide

www.wbdg.org

Level 2
Category
Pages

Operations
&
Maintenance

Design
Guidance

Tools

Documents
Project
&
Management References
Project
Delivery Teams

Federal
Mandates

Project
Planning and
Development

Publications

Project Delivery
and Controls

Case Studies

Participating
Agencies
Commissioning

Building
Types
General
Level 3 Building
Types
Pages

Space
Types

Design
Objectives

Products &
Systems

Design
Disciplines

Space Type
Pages

Design
Objective
Pages

General
Products &
Systems Pages

Design
Discipline
Pages

Principles
Pages

Specific
Products &
Systems Pages

Specific
Level 4 Building
Types
Pages

Level 5

Resource Pages

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Industry
Organizations
Related Links

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Design Guidance

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Design Objectives

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Secure/Safe
Branch

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Resource Pages
Concise summaries
Written by industry
experts
Format:

Introduction
Description
Application
Relevant Codes &
Standards
Additional Resources
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Sustainability- and Security/SafetyRelated Pages in WBDG

Achieving Sustainable Site Design

through Low Impact Development
Air Barrier Systems in Buildings
Air Decontamination
Balancing Security/Safety &
Sustainability Objectives
Building Integrated Photovoltaics
Cost Impact of the ISC Security
Criteria
Daylighting
Designing Buildings to Resist
Explosive Threats
Distributed Energy Resources
Electric Lighting Controls
Energy Efficient Lighting
Evaluating and Selecting Green
Products
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Glazing Hazard Mitigation

High-Performance HVAC
Life Cycle Cost
Analysis (LCCA)
Low Impact Development
Technologies
Mold and Moisture Dynamics
Security and Safety in Laboratories
Sun Control and Shading Devices
Sustainable Laboratory Design
Sustainable O&M Practices
Threat/Vulnerability Assessments
and
Risk Analysis
Water Conservation
Windows and Glazing

Tools and Resources in WBDG

Green Construction Guide for Federal Specifiers

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Impact of WBDG as a Tool

In February 2008
974,049 page views (July 07 highest 1,070,216)
434,040 visitor sessions (June 07 highest 541,020)
227,471 unique visitors (March 07 highest 237,529)
189,361 visitors who visited more than once March 07
highest 198,593)
1,652,510 pdf downloads from the WBDG website
(All time high by almost 300,000)
For 2007, pdf downloads exceeded 12.6 million.
For 2008, pdf downloads could exceed 18 million
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SUSTAINABLE

Sustainable Design Objectives

Optimize Site Potential

Optimize Energy Use
Protect & Conserve Water
Use Environmentally
Preferable Products
Enhance Indoor
Environmental Quality
(IEQ)
Optimize Operational &
Maintenance Practices

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SUSTAINABLE

EPA's New England Regional Laboratory

(NERL)
achieved a LEED Version 1.0 Gold
rating. From conception the project was
charged to "make use of the best
commercially-available materials and
technologies to minimize consumption of
energy and resources and maximize use
of natural, recycled and non-toxic
materials." Chelmsford, MA

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SUSTAINABLE

SUSTAINABLE

LEVEL 4
OPTIMIZE
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E.O. 13423 Technical Guidance Five

Guiding Principles
The five Guiding Principles address:
Employing integrated design;
Optimizing energy performance;
Protecting and conserving water;
Enhancing indoor environmental quality; and
Reducing the environmental impact of materials.
To build from this and other accomplishments and to pave the way for future
success, President Bush signed Executive Order 13423 "Strengthening
Federal Environmental, Energy and Transportation Management" on
January 24, 2007. The new Executive Order (EO) consolidates and
strengthens a number of prior EOs by establishing new and updated goals,
practices, and reporting requirements for environmental, energy, and
transportation performance and accountability.
In the area of sustainable design and high performance buildings, the new EO
makes mandatory the five Guiding Principles of the MOU for all new
construction and major renovations and sets an aggressive goal for
applying these practices to existing capital assets over the next decade.
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Coordinate WBDG Sustainable D.O.

With E.O.
13423
Technical
Guidance
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And Federal
Green Constr.
Guide for
Specifiers

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Whole Building Design Charrette

Idea: Use WBDG for your next Design

Charrette or
Project Planning Meeting
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Beyond
TM
A HighGreen
Performance Approach to
Building Design,
Construction and Operations

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Course Description & Content

2-Day Course for both Federal Personnel and Contractors
to Federal Agencies involved in building design,
construction and operations
Architects, engineers, building owners and managers in both the public
and private sectors have come to realize that an integrated design
approach is critical to achieving truly high-performance buildings. This
approach is premised on a whole building understanding & requires an
analysis of the interdependencies of systems.

This workshop will help you meet the sustainability objectives in

Executive Order 13423 "Strengthening Federal Environmental,
Energy and Transportation Management"
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, and
The Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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Beyond Green: A High Performance Approach to

Building Design, Construction and Operations

Course Description & Content

Along with an introduction to high performance buildings using the whole
building approach, developing the owners project requirements, and
total building commissioning, key topics will include:
Site planning and design: energy, sustainability, accessibility and security;

Building form and envelope: energy, sustainability, accessibility and security;

Renewable energy: PV, solar thermal, passive solar design strategies, getting
to zero energy and seeking carbon neutral;
Lighting: daylighting, efficient electric lighting and controls, lighting for security;
HVAC: low energy strategies, sustainability, control strategies, security issues;
Water: conservation, energy use, sustainability and security;
Environmentally preferable materials;
Indoor environmental quality: acoustics, glare, air quality;
Discussion of green building rating systems; and
Tools and resources: ENERGY-10 energy-efficient design software and the
Internet-based Whole Building Design Guide http://www.wbdg.org/

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Beyond Green: A High Performance Approach to

Building Design, Construction and Operations

Beyond
Green

SBICs 2008 High Performance Building Awa

TM
Call for Entries

Category A: High Performance Buildings

Category B: High Performance Initiatives
July 1, 2008 Call for Entries
October 15, 2008 Submissions due to SBIC
November 12, 2008 Judging complete, Winners notified
January 27, 2009 Awards Reception in Washington, DC

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Lets check out the WBDG!

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to visit
the site
when
you sta
rt your
next pr
oject!

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