It Can’t Be Green!

If It Doesn’t Perform

Jerry Yudelson

Yudelson Associates

Take-Aways

• Lower CO2 Emissions• Report Actual Use• Use “Best Practices”

Take-Aways

Testable Propositions (7)

New York, NY

Green Building . . .

Reduces Carbon

Green Buildings = Carbon Solution

Does Green Building Pay Off?

Business Case Proven

Green Building Growing Rapidly

Business Case: Green Building

FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC

• energy/water savings• higher rents/occupancy• +net operating income• higher resale value• tax benefits

REPUTATIONAL• recruit/retain talent• increase stock value• marketing• public relations• investors/donors• value retention

ENVIRONMENTAL • sustainability • stormwater mgmt. • renewable energy • risk mitigation

SOCIAL • health gains • employee morale • improved productivity

Potential Impact Of Rapid Greening

Green Building By The Numbers

Energy Performance Reports Needed

One Shelley St. Sydney, Australia

Performance

Reporting Informs

Some Green Buildings Under-Performing . . .

OHSU Center For Health & HealingPortland, OR

Energy Savings in LEED Buildings

Manitoba Hydro PlaceWinnipeg, Canada

What’s The Issue?

Performance Counts!

Total Carbon Emissions Count

Bank of America Tower New York City

Forum Chriesbach Dübendorf, Switzerland

Europe: Measure Total Carbon Emissions

Measuring Carbon

Lessons From Lean Manufacturing

Zero-Net-Energy Buildings

NREL Research Support Facility I

Golden, CO

World’s Greenest Buildings: Research

One Bligh— Sydney, Australia

Solon Corporate HQ, Berlin

Zero-Net-Energy Building

How Much Energy Should Buildings Use?

Where Do We Need To Get To?

North American Buildings: LEED Platinum

Manitoba Hydro PlaceLEED Platinum

Winnipeg, Canada

Manitoba Hydro PlaceLEED Platinum

NREL RSF IGolden, COLEED Platinum

NREL Project Objectives

Stretch (8)

Highly Desirable (15)

Mission Critical (3)

2000 Tower OaksRockville, MD

2000 Tower Oaks

Yale University

Kroon Hall

Kroon Hall

Newark, CA

Ohlone College

Ohlone CollegeCenter For Health Sciences &

Technology

Rooftop PV System

Visible Enthalpy Wheel

Portland, OR

Twelve WestDouble LEED Platinum

Twelve West

Where Do We Go From Here?

The Future Is Green, But . . .

If It Doesn’t Perform . . .

. . . It Can’t Be Green!

THANK YOU!

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