materials and chemistry: new horizons in green building

New Horizons in SustainabilityMaterials and Chemistry

Jerry Yudelson, PE, LEED Fellow

Yudelson Associates

Where Are We Today?

• Green building growing rapidly, especially in existing buildings

• Building design improving gradually• BUT A long way to go

• Focus shifting away from energy & location to what’s inside

• Building performance

• Architecture 2030 & Net-Zero Energy

• Greening existing Buildings

• Resilient design• Sustainable Cities

Trends & Issues

Trends & Issues

• Convergence: IT & buildings with energy

• Indoor air quality• Materials &

chemistry• Healthy building

materials – EPDs, HPDs

• Healthy homes

Building Performance

Building Performance

Zero

Net Zero Energy Now!

Retro-Greening

Intercontinental Hotel

San Francisco, LEED-EB Gold

Resilient Design

Beyond Greening: Sustainability

Huge convergence underway with sustainability, IT & information cloud connecting with energy, buildings & transportation systems

Sustainable Cities

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi (future)

Sustainable Cities

Los Angeles (today)

We Need To Move Quickly!

EcoDistricts — Future of Sustainable Cities

Sustainable Cities: Issue Is Scale

Materials & Chemistry

Materials & Chemistry

Green Chemistry Is Not New!

Carbon Nanotubes

Materials & Chemistry

Materials & Chemistry

Biomimicry

Biomimicry

Indoor Environmental Quality

Healthy Buildings: Next Frontier

EPDs/HPDs Up Next In US

2015 Europe: all building materials

need EPDs Product Transparency Label

Healthy Buildings

Red List vs. Reality

Bottom Line: Transparency

Bottom Line: Transparency

Home Sweet Home: IAQ & Health

• Interiors: health and LCA-related decisions

• Exteriors: lifetime carbon emissions• Overriding concern: sustainability

• As a result, by 2020, most of the building products industry sells today will be either reformulated or become obsolete!

Sum It All Up. . .

Chemistry: The Enabler

THANK YOU!