Parliament, Cape Town, 22 July 2011

Manfred Braune, GBCSA Technical Executive

GBCSA presentation to Parliament’s Energy Efficiency Committee

Presentation Agenda

1. GBCSA overview

2. Why focus on buildings

3. Building Rating Tools

4. Other GBCSA core activities

5. Links with Government

6. GBCSA Energy & Water Benchmarking Tool

The Green Building Council of South Africa will lead the transformation of the South African property industry to ensure that all buildings are designed, built and operated in an environmentally sustainable way that will allow South Africans to work and live in healthy, efficient and productive environments.

VISION

Board of Directors January 2011

Category Company Name

Comm. Prop. Developers Old Mutual Investment Group Brent Wiltshire

Investors, Owners, Growthpoint Properties Rudolf PienaarProperty Managers SAPOA Neil Gopal

PIC Wayne Van der Vent

Major Corporate Tenant & Retail Woolworths M de Villiers /Les Hall

Building Contractors Grinaker-LTA Chris Jiyane

Building Product Manufacturers & Desso Pieter Smits Van

Distributors Waesberghe

Professional Services: SA Inst. of Architects Al Stratford

Architects, Designers, Engineers, Consulting Engineers SA G Pirie / C Van Dyk

Quantity Surveyors, PM’s etc Assoc of SA Quantity Surveyors Deen Letchmiah

WSP Green by Design Eric Noir

PJ Carew & Associates Paul Carew

Research, Higher Education & NGO’s WITS Daniel Irurah

Utilities, Financial, etc Nedbank Property Finance Richard Thomas

ABSA Hope Mashile

Alternative Energy Agama Energy Mike Munnik

Government CIDB (Department of Public Works) Rodney MilfordSALGA Seana NkhahleDEA Dorah Nteo

Executive Chairman Spire Property Group Bruce Kerswill

World Green Building Council

1. Australia

2. Brazil

3. Canada

4. Germany

5. India

6. Japan

7. Mexico

8. New Zealand

9. Taiwan

10.UAE

1. UK

2. USA

3. South Africa

4. Argentina

5. Columbia

6. Netherlands

7. Poland

8. Romania

9. Singapore

10. Spain

Why buildings are an important focus

Globally, the built environment is responsible for:

Green buildings: Why the focus?

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40%solid waste generation

Source: UNEP, 2011, Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication, www.unep.org/greeneconomy

Source: IEA, 2010, Energy Performance Certification of Buildings: A Policy Tool to Improve Energy Efficiency, International Energy Agency, http://www.iea.org/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?PUBS_ID=2295

Significant challenges? Significant opportunities…

Green buildings: Why the focus?

IPCC projections of CO2 mitigation in 2030Source: UNEP, 2011, Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty

Eradication, www.unep.org/greeneconomy

Significant challenges? Significant opportunities…

Green buildings: Why the focus?

McKinsey & Co GHG abatement cost curvesSource: McKinsey, 2009, Pathways to a Low-Carbon Economy: Version 2 of the Global Greenhouse

Abatement Cost Curve, McKinsey & Company, www.mckinsey.com/globalGHGcostcurve

GBCSA Rating Tools

First 5 Star Green Star SA project – Aurecon Century City

Green Star SA rating system

Rating systems typically under GBC’s:

• Identify different categories in which a building’s environmental performance can be improved

• Identify specific initiatives (“credits”) that would improve performance

• Award points for incorporating initiatives

• Total the points to give a score

• Award a rating on the basis of a score

Green Star SA Rating Tools - developed to date

Management

Indoor Environment Quality

Energy

Transport

Water

Materials

Land Use and Ecology

Emissions

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Rating Tools – under development

Public Assembly & Education Building Tool (Green Star SA):

• Government has sponsored the tool development: R 1.3 million

• PILOT tool to be released end October 2011

• Working group includes Dep. Of Public Works representation

Energy & Water Benchmarking Tool

• How does my existing building perform compared to others in SA?

• PILOT tool for office buildings to be released in the first half of 2012

Other core GBCSA activities

GBCSA Education Programme

Educational Courses on Offer:

• Green Star SA Accredited Professional Course – over 2000 people trained

• Approximately 300 people taken exam and passed

• Other specialist courses, including conference education day courses

GBCSA Convention & Exhibition 2011

Links between Government and GBCSA

Links between Government & GBCSA

• GBCSA Board of Directors: cidb, Dep. of Env. Affairs, SALGA

• Green Building Task team – setup and chaired by the cidb

• Government has sponsored the public building tool

• Government gazette in 2011 via cidb for 4 Star Green Star SA as a best practice standard requirement for all new and refurbished government office buildings.

• Dep. of Energy involved with development of GBCSA Energy benchmarking tool

• Early market penetration of the SANS-204 via Green Star SA in 2008

GBCSA’s Energy & Water Benchmarking Tool: overview

What is benchmarking?

• Position your building’s performance against industry practice

• National averages based on actual surveyed buildings but normalized for weather, etc. (vs. a tool that compares to simulated building performance)

eg. level of energy efficiencyPoor

your building

Excellent

International benchmarking tools

UK – Energy Performance Certificates (EPC) required by the European Union – simulated performance

USA EPA – Energy Star – operational performance

Australia – NABERS (mandated for larger buildings) – operational performance

Objective of benchmarking

•Establish benchmarks (not previously existing)

•Reduce energy / water usage

•Reduce costs

•Reduce carbon emissions and air pollution

•Track changes in energy & water performance

•Transform / revolutionise the industry

Technical Advisory Group & Independent ReviewTechnical Advisory Group

•Government (Dep. of Energy, cidb)

•ESKOM

•SANS-204 chair & past chair

•Property Owners (Growthpoint & Old Mutual)

•Property Managers (JHI)

•CSIR

•IPD

•Sustainability Consultant(WSP Green by Design)

Independent Peer Review

•ICF International – developers of Energy Star (USA)

Conclusion:GBCSA Impact on the market

First 4 Star Green Star SA project – Nedbank Phase II JHB

GBCSA’s approach is to pull the market forward

Green Building best practice

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Top 25% of

Green building best practice

Illegal Leaders

Building regulation

requirements

Typical practice

75%

Questions

Parliament, Cape Town, 22 July 2011

Manfred Braune, GBCSA Technical Executive

GBCSA presentation to Parliament’s Energy Efficiency Committee