Green Building

Prepared
By:
Hui Chin,

Build Green

What is Green Building?

Why Build Green?
Rating Systems for Green Buildings
Benefits

What is Green Building ?

Sources: Heartland Builders,LLC

Energy
Use

Green Building Occupants Are

Healthier & More Productive
In the U.S., people spend on average 90% or more of
their time indoors*
Indoor pollutant levels may be 2 5 times higher than
outdoor levels

EPA ranks poor Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in the top 5

health risks**
Costs to Americans estimated at:
$1.5 billion in medical bills
Tens of billions in lost productivity & absenteeism
LEED certified project case studies illustrate 2 - 16 %
increased worker and student productivity
*
**

What are the rating

systems?

LEED (US)
BREEAM (UK)
CASBEE (Japan)
DGNB (Germany)
Green Star (Australia)
IGBC/LEED (India)

LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)

Created by the U.S Green Building Council

(USGBC) in 1998
Nationally recognized standard for Green
Building
Adapted for other countries
Canada
Australia
Hong Kong

LEED 2009
An analytical
basis for
point
allocation.
An extensible
analytical
foundation to
address new
issues and
new green
building

LEED Certification Scorecard

Breakdown

Indoor Environmental Quality; 17%

Sustainable Sites; 21%
Materials & Resources; 14%
Water Efficiency ; 11%
Energy & Atmosphere; 37%

Total : 100
points
Sources: LEED-NC (V2.2) Point Breakdown.

Certified
40-49
points
Silver
50-59 points
Gold
60-79 points
Platinum 80-100
points
*Source: U.S Green Building

Rainwater
harvested
for
irrigation
& toilet
flushing
Benefici
al water
reuse

Recycle
Construct
ion &
demolitio
n waste
Recycledcontent
Regionall
y
manufac
tured
Certifi
ed
Wood

Low-emitting
materials
Ventila
tion
Thermal
comfort
Dayligh
t&
views

Outdoor
microcli
mate
Stormwat
er
manage
ment &
erosion
Ecosyst
control
em
Alternati
ve
transpor
tation

Renew
able
energy
Perform
ance
measur
ement
&
verificat
Life
ion
Cycle
Assess
ment

 UW School of Human Ecology LEED

Gold
UW Madison Education Building LEED
Gold
Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
LEED Gold

Wisconsin Institute for Discovery

recycling 92
percent of
constructionrelated debris

Installing chilled
beams cooled by
groundwater in
warm areas

solar panels to
reduce energy
used to heat the
building

high-performance
terra cotta and
recycled
insulation on the
exterior walls

glass for natural

lighting

automatic window
shades to limit
exposure to heat
and cold

Benefits

Why the Demand?

Unprecedented level of government
initiatives
Heightened residential demand for
green construction
Improvements in sustainable
materials

Source: Facility Management Institute 2008 U.S.

Construction Overview

Vertical Farming

Sources: The Future of Agriculture May

Be Up, Wall Street Journal, Oct 15 2012

1.
Plants will
grow in boxes
on a
mechanical
track that
carries them
from the top

2.
Mechanical
arms below
the track
will
gradually
shift the
boxes

3.
Leafy vegetables
will be planted in
the boxes in
pumice to hold
water.
An irrigation line
will carry water

Thank You!