Tracking Performance in Your Buildings: Why Bother?
Jim Newman Principal, Linnean Solu4ons [email protected] Audi4ng and Monitoring of Integrated Environmental Performance
Jim Newman Principal, Linnean Solu4ons [email protected] Audi4ng and Monitoring of Integrated Environmental Performance
What We Know That Performance MaFers
Actual resource use is more important than “expected” use.
• Knowing what we expect from our buildings is important and useful. • Actual energy, water, and purchasing are more important. • InformaFon on actual use seems harder to get.
Performance is Taking Center Stage LEED Building Performance Partnership Performance ReporFng
AIA 2030 Commitment ReporFng
AIA 2030 Commitment Annual Report
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LPD Reduc4on Goal 25.0%
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s GSF Firm % LPD Reduc4on from ASHRAE 90.1 2007 #DIV/0!
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What We are Star4ng to Know
Building operaFons have a stronger effect than design
InnovaFve changes come from within an organizaFon
What We are Star4ng to Know Building operaFons have a stronger effect than design
InnovaFve changes come from within an organizaFon
What Does This Mean for Me? Performance tracking supports continuous improvement
For Designers For Owners For Building Users
Today’s Agenda
1. What are your steps in a general process to track environmental performance
2. Poten4al environmental inputs, outputs, and report metrics
3. Examples 4. Who needs to see what informa4on – What do
YOU need to know?
Hit List Implementa4on
Automate Report Card and set Access Across Organiza4on
Create Environmental Report Card
Evaluate Data and Create a Hit List
Collect and Manage Data
Evaluate Current Performance and Define Benchmarks
Set Goals Rela4ve to Organiza4on Requirements
A Performance Tracking Project Plan
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
A Performance Tracking Project Plan
Phase 1 Evaluate Current Performance and Define Benchmarks
Set Goals Rela4ve to Organiza4on Requirements
Seing the Context Define organiza4onal environmental goals. Find exis4ng data sources. Look at other, similar organiza4ons for performance benchmarks.
A Performance Tracking Project Plan
Phase 2
Geing and Evalua4ng Data Some data collec4on can be automated (like energy data) and some will need to be collected manually. Link data with dollars. Evaluate the data, looking for obvious resource-‐saving ac4ons.
Evaluate Data and Create a Hit List
Collect and Manage Data
A Performance Tracking Project Plan
Phase 3
Repor4ng Informa4on Define who your target is for this informa4on. Create a set of reports for your primary targets. Find the right tools to automate data collec4on. Deploy the tools to automa4cally gather and process data.
Automate Report Card and set
Create Environmental Report Card
A Performance Tracking Project Plan
Phase 4
Make Changes, Track Progress Use the environmental performance informa4on to find the richest targets for ac4on. Implement the defined ac4ons. Watch and learn what works.
Hit List Implementa4on
An Amount, Flow, or Snapshot
A Denominator
A Metric
Environmental Impacts What is a Metric?
Can You Tie This to The Organiza4on’s Mission?
An Amount, Flow, or Snapshot
• KWh • Gal. of Water • Lb or $ of Material • Outside Tempera4re
• Toxins in Waterway
• Number of Faculty/Staff
• # of Trees
• # of Animal/Plant Species
A Denominator • Time
• Square Ft. of Building
• Number of Students
• Number of Faculty/Staff
• Acre of Campus
• Total Weight
• # of Degrees/Course Hours
• $ of Spending
Metrics • Energy Use per Campus User
• Energy Use per SqFt of Building
• Potable Water Use per Campus User
• Degree Days
• Waste Cost per Total Weight
• Storm Water Runoff per Acre of campus
• Staff Produc4vity by Building
• Energy per Student Degree
• Local Farm and Business Support per Total Spending
Environmental Impacts What is a Metric?
Energy Use Trends – Design Verifica4on
Report Card • Energy Use per Occupant
• GHG Emissions per Occupant
• Potable Water Use per Occupant
• Waste Cost per Waste Type
• Storm Water Runoff per Acre
• Overall Produc4vity
• Overall U4liza4on of Space
• Local Farm and Business Support
Environmental Impacts Example Residen4al Data
Energy Use Trends – Ac4on Planning
Environmental Impacts Example Residen4al Data
Report Card • Energy Use per Occupant
• GHG Emissions per Occupant
• Potable Water Use per Occupant
• Waste Cost per Waste Type
• Storm Water Runoff per Acre
• Overall Produc4vity
• Overall U4liza4on of Space
• Local Farm and Business Support
Energy Use Trends – Implementa4on Tracking
Environmental Impacts Example Residen4al Data
Report Card • Energy Use per Occupant
• GHG Emissions per Occupant
• Potable Water Use per Occupant
• Waste Cost per Waste Type
• Storm Water Runoff per Acre
• Overall Produc4vity
• Overall U4liza4on of Space
• Local Farm and Business Support
Waste Type Weight vs Cost
Environmental Impacts Internal Ins4tu4onal Repor4ng
Waste Hauler Bills
Compost Team
Recycling Service
Hazardous Waste Services
Regulated Waste Services
Data from all facili4es
Waste Type Weight and Cost by Month
Monthly Scorecard and
Trends
Bills may be electronic or not Aggrega4on is new
Presented for decision-‐makers
Waste Type Weight vs Cost
Environmental Impacts Internal Ins4tu4onal Repor4ng
This is rela4vely easy data to gather.
Water Quality Effect of Stormwater
Environmental Impacts Internal Ins4tu4onal Repor4ng
Waterway Samples
Local Rainfall
Campus Ouplow Samples
Data from mul4ple loca4ons
VOC s and Nitrates by Month
Monthly Scorecard and
Trends
Requires exper4se to structure this data correctly
Presented for decision-‐makers
Tes4ng Lab
Water Quality Effect of Stormwater
Environmental Impacts Internal Ins4tu4onal Repor4ng
This is rela4vely hard data to gather.
But Who Wants to Know?
Do you, as a designer, want to learn about how effec4ve your design strategies are?
Do you, as the building owner want to know how
close you are geing to a net zero campus?
Do you, as the VP of Facili4es, want to know where to concentrate your aFen4on to sa4sfy the CEO and
Board?
Environmental Impacts
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Environmental Impacts External Ins4tu4onal Repor4ng
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What Do We Know ?
Actual resource use is more important than “expected” use. Building operaFons have a stronger effect than design
InnovaFve changes come from within an organizaFon
What Does This Mean for Me ?
A Chance to Have a Huge Impact on Resource Use and Facility Value
What Does This Mean for Me ?
Define Relevant Metrics Before StarFng Design Use Metrics to Guide Design
Set up Tracking in Building OperaFon
Jim Newman Principal, Linnean Solu4ons [email protected]