Green Buildings, Resilient Infrastructure & Climate Smart DesignPanel Participants – Building & Infrastructure Focused

Graham Gillespie HOLT ARCHITECTS

Susan Cosentini NEW EARTH LIVING

Lew Durland HUNT ENGINEERS

Paul Mazzarella INHS

Frost Travis TRAVIS HYDE PROPERTIES

Climate Change: The Prequel“Everyone has a plan until they get hit” - M. Tyson

What Happens When:• Electric Grid Goes Down • Water Becomes Contaminated,

Unavailable…Too Available• Sanitation Systems Fail• Food Goes Scarce• Air Quality is Threatened• Shelter is Destroyed

Blackouthttp://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~scintech/blackout/skyline.jpg

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleanshttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/images/new-orleans_050831-n-8154g-115.jpg

Hurricane Katrina: Superdomehttp://formulagreen.net/pro/files/9713/5026/9517/Superdome_After_Katrina.png

Washington Monument/Reflecting Pool – 25” Sea Level Risehttp://blu.stb.s-msn.com/i/B2/C54A899EAE1257CE6082AE92D15C0_h316_w628_m5_czHPpcANQ.jpg

Carnival Triumphhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Carnival_Triumph.jpg

Carnival Triumphhttp://geekalabama.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/ht_carnival_cruise_stranded_triumph_tent_city_ss_thg_130214_ssh.jpg(from ABC News)

Food Goes Scarce (Hurricane Sandy)http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Empty_supermarket_shelves_before_Hurricane_Sandy,_Montgomery,_NY.jpg

Air Quality is Threatenedhttps://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/2013/01/28/smog.jpg

California Wild Firehttp://www.nationalturk.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/western-fire-8754.jpg

Binghamton: Tropical Storm Lee Flooding – Sept. 8, 2011http://www.wbng.com/home/View-From-Above-Binghamton-129502638.html(from WBNG Sports)

Endicott/Vestal: Tropical Storm Lee Flooding – Sept. 8, 2011http://www.wbng.com/home/View-From-Above-Binghamton-129502638.html(from WBNG Sports)

Ice Melthttp://priceofoil.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Arctic-ice.jpg

Climate Therapy: Green Buildings, Resilient Infrastructure & Climate Smart Design

• Buildings in the US:– Consume 30% of our total energy– Consume 60% of electricity– Generate 2.5 pounds of solid waste/sf of floor space during

construction• 5 billion gallons of water are used per day to flush

toilets

“The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Design It”- Buckminster Fuller

Avoid / Mitigate / ReadyWhat are the innovations of the future? The look of resiliency?

Large Scale Mitigation - Thames Barrier Seawallshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thames_Barrier_London.jpg

Avoid / Mitigate / ReadyWhat are the innovations of the future? The look of resiliency?

Regulatory Reformhttp://www.usgbc.org/articles/follow-green-building-code-how-living-architecture-fits-californias-new-green-codePhoto credit: Rana Creek

Avoid / Mitigate / ReadyWhat are the innovations of the future? The look of resiliency?

LEED DesignSection of Peggy Ryan Williams Center LEED Platinum Building, Ithaca College. HOLT Architects

Avoid / Mitigate / ReadyWhat are the innovations of the future? The look of resiliency?

Zone Green: NYChttp://buildabetterburb.org/pimages/slide/ViaVerde-2.jpg

Avoid / Mitigate / ReadyWhat are the innovations of the future? The look of resiliency?

Passive Haushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Passive_house_scheme_1.svg (Author Michka B.)

Avoid / Mitigate / Ready

• LEED (Today)• Net Zero / Carbon Neutral (by 2030)• Living Buildings (Future – Climate Ready)

– Process water & waste to generate energy on-site– Site-specific, climate-specific, use local materials– Zero pollution during operation– Wastes recycled, re-processed for other uses on site or immediately surrounding– Be a healthy environment for inhabitants– Systems integration to maximize efficiency– Biomimicry

What are the innovations of the future? The look of resiliency?

Living Buildings

• Relationship to:– Sun/Sunlight– Energy Consumption/Production– Recycling (Recycled Materials in Construction & Operation)– Links to other Buildings– Locality, Local Society– Diversity– Resiliency– Durability

Living Buildings• Bio-Mimicry = Resiliency– #1 Energy:

• Construction• Operation• PV – Solar Panels• Window Glass or Buildings• Fuel Cells

– # 2 Materials Processes• Ecological Waste Treatment• Integrated Design (through BIM) to Reduce Loads• Post-Commissioning/Post Occupancy Evaluation• Envelope Commissioning

Living Buildings

Water Sketchhttp://oregonsustainabilitycenter.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/osc_water_sketch.jpg

Living Buildings Challenge Rating SystemCascadia Green Building Council

• Shifting the market

• 60-70 buildings seeking LBC certification

• Currently 4%-49% more costly than LEED Gold Equiv.

Summary of Pre-requisites / Living Building Challengehttp://www.cascadiagbc.org

Sustainability Matrixhttp://www.packard.org/

Living Buildings

Montana State University EPICenter (Educational Performance & Innovation Center)National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)http://www.bnim.com/work/montana-state-university-epicenter. BNIM Architects

Living Buildings

Omega Center for Sustainable Living, Rhinebeck, NYhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Omega_Center_for_Sustainable_Living_(OCSL),_Rhinebeck,_New_York.jpgAuthor Andy Milford

Living Buildings

Oregon Sustainability Center, Portland, OR http://chatterbox.typepad.com/portlandarchitecture/2011/05/oregon-sustainability-center-team-seeks-feedback-on-schematic-design.htmlGBD Architects and SERA Architects with Gerding Edlen Development

Living Buildings

Lillis Business Complex - Lundquist College of Business, Univ. of Oregonhttp://lcb.uoregon.edu/app_themes/content/docs/lcb/hires/lillis_night.jpg

Living Buildings

Mount Angel Abbey Library, St Benedict, OR http://modernhomesportland.com/files/2012/10/DSC_0246.jpg

Living Buildings• Business Opportunities

– Construction– Products

• LED Lighting• PV• Wind Turbines• Energy Star Appliances• Low-flow Toilets/Waterless Toilets

– Teaching: Increasing, Enhancing the Knowledge Base• Cornell University • TC3• Ithaca College

– Materials & Product Development• Green R&D Center in Ithaca

Local Green Businesses• ASI Energy• CSAs• E2e• Earth Sensitive Solutions• EcoVillage• Farmshed CNY• Finger Lakes Climate Fund• Finger Lakes Fresh• Finger Lakes ReUse• Green Home Heroes• Greenstar• Ithaca Carshare

• Ithaca Green Building Alliance• Novomer• NYSERDA• Renovus• SEEN• Significant Elements• Snug Planet• Sustainable Tompkins• Synairco• TCCPI• The Plantsmen• USGBC