EDUCATION MARKET

Consumers

• The U.S. equals 3% of the earth’s population.

• The U.S. consumes 40% of the earth’s energy.

• The U.S. draws 340 billion gallons of fresh water per day from rivers, streams and reservoirs.

Energy Efficiency

• Electrical Energy Consumption: Educational Facilities

Heating

Cooling

Ventilation

Water Heating

Lighting

Cooking

Refrigeration

Office Equipment

Other

1999 Energy Information Administration – US Department of Energy Statistics

CHPS and LEED

• LEED (Certified, Silver, Gold, Platinum)– Third Party Verification– LEED NC (LEED New Construction)– LEED EB (LEED Existing Building)– LEED for Schools (K-12)

• CHPS– Verified vs. Designed

www.chps.netwww.usgbc.org

CHPS Range of Offerings

• Addresses the total school population– New construction– Modernizations– Additions on existing campuses– The High Performance relocatable

• Tailored for California’s schools– Professional Training– Greentools Conference– Low Emitting Materials

List (to be expanded)

CHPS Project: ChartwellPicture Courtesy of EHDD Architecture

CHPS Addresses the School’s Life Cycle

• Provides resources from Planning through Operations– Volume I – Planning A descriptive “how-to” for school

districts, superintendents, board members, and others. – Volume II – Design Technical information for architects,

engineers, school planners, contractors and other building professionals.

– Volume III – Criteria Benchmarks used for measuring whether or not a school qualifies as “high performance”.

– Volume IV – Maintenance and Operation Guidelines for ensuring that high performance schools operate as their designers intended.

– Volume V – Commissioning Information on making certain that technologies and high performance elements are actually built and tested to meet specifications.

– Volume VI – Relocatable Classrooms Addresses the performance problems and solutions specific to portable classrooms, and includes design guidelines for building high performance portables.

Characteristics of a High Performance School

• A High Performance School is:− Healthy

− Thermally, Visually and Acoustically Comfortable

− Energy Efficient

− Material Efficient

− Water Efficient

− Easy to Maintain and Operate

− Commissioned

− An Environmentally Responsive Site

− a Building that Teaches

− Safe and Secure

− A Community Resource

− Stimulating Architecture

− Adaptable to Changing Needs

CHPS Criteria – Scorecards

• Free Self Certification System or…

• New ‘CHPS Verified’ Program

• Types– New Construction– Additions for existing

campus– Major modernizations– Minor Mod’s – no

scorecard– Relocatables 25 pts.

minimum

Funding Sources

• Prop 1D– 2-8%

• Savings By Design• Bright Schools• Various Solar Incentive• California Energy Commission

– CHPS High Performance Relocatables

• Integrated Waste Management Board

Cost of “Green”

• High Performance is the right thing to do!

– Healthier environments for students– Improved educational outcomes– Reduced energy use &

environmental impact

• Get Paid for It Now and…– Acquire supplemental Prop 1D

funding– Incentive Funding (i.e., Savings by

Design, Bright Schools, etc.)

• Continue getting paid for it– Lower energy costs– Reduced operations costs– Teacher retention and less sick

days

Alder Creek Middle School – Case Study

Alder Creek Middle School - Daylight and Views

• Students increased 20% in math 24% in reading

• Workplace productivity can be increased between 2% and 5% with the introduction of good daylighting and views over current office design standards

Design tools

SPOT for daylighting design

ECMS for Energy

CHPS Low Emitting Products List

Sierra College – Truckee Campus

Sierra College – Truckee Campus

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