Green Libraries LEED Presentation

Presentation to the Library Commission

June 19, 2008

• Purpose: Overview and introduction about municipal green buildings. Applicability to Branch Library Improvement Program.

• MOU between DPW and SFPL: 10 branch libraries in Planning and Design phases to be LEED Silver standard.

• 5 in planning are Bayview, Golden Gate Valley,

North Beach, Park and Presidio.

• 5 in design are Anza, Merced, Ortega, Parkside

and Visitacion Valley.

LEED Presentation

Speakers and Slide presentation

• Mark Palmer, Department of the Environment

• Raphael Sperry, Simon & Associates

LEED Presentation

Presented by: Mark Palmer

City of San FranciscoDepartment of Environment

Raphael SperryURS/Simon & Associates

Green Libraries Initiative

June 19, 2008

SF Environment Programs:

Energy Efficiency & Renewables

Recycling & Composting

Toxics Reduction

Transportation & Clean Air

Environmental Justice

Outreach and School Education

Urban Forestry

Green Building

LEED for new construction

buildings

Distribution

by geography

1-19

20-49

50-99

100-199

200+

94

91111

69

125

2582

4028 14

8

134

186480

22

23

57

19

6

6

18

73

10222

11

19

12079

11936

52

74

95

173

17433

105

61 2712

9 (DE) 38 (DC)

23 (DE)

24 (NH)

5 (OK)

4

68AK=10

HI=16

PR=1

as of 07/06

Labeling: How we know what we’re getting

San Francisco’s Green Building Policies

LEED Silver certification required for all City projects over 5,000 square (adopted 2004)

Pending legislation to require LEED certification for private sector commercial and residential buildings

Photo courtesy Luke Thomas fogcityjournal.com

San Francisco Civic Center

20%

100%

energy cost savings

water use savings

Transitional affordable housing with on site social services

PlazaApartments

30%

San Francisco History Museum “Old Mint”

25%

40%

100%

energy cost savings

less potable water use

National Historic Landmark building restored

Laguna Honda

Hospital

30%

75%

100%

energy cost savings

of demolition debris recycled

of residents have operable windows with natural daylight and ventilation

Center for Sustainable

Gardening

30%

100%

0%

of annual rainfall captured and infiltrated onsite

potable water used for irrigation

energy cost savings

EcoCenter at

Heron’s Head Park

100%

100%

40%

solar environmental education center

on-site biological waste water treatment

energy cost savings

California Academy of Sciences

20%

40%

100%

energy cost savings

potable water use reduction

stormwater capture and reuse

Thank You!

LEED and Libraries:Background for the San Francisco Branch

Library Improvement Project

Raphael Sperry, AIA, LEED AP

Simon & Associates, Inc.

www.greenbuild.com© 2008

May 30, 2008

Tom Sweet, PE, LEED AP

URS Corporation

www.urscorp.com

San Francisco Department of the Environment Joint

Venture

Integrated Design and

Construction Process Multi-disciplinary team approach

Collaboration from beginning of the project

Identify and get consensus on goals and targets

Using green to achieve function, budget & aesthetics

Whole systems thinking, synergistic design (e.g., integrate

daylighting design, electrical lighting, HVAC system load size)

Incorporate green strategies into all phases of the project, from

programming through to construction and post-occupancy

O&M

Include life-cycle costing, ROI & Cap Rate

Integrated Design and Construction

Source: http://www.wbdg.org/design/engage_process.php

Sample Design Bid Build Process

Timeline of LEEDS

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Selection

of Green

Design Team

Time

Review

Costs/Benefits

& ROI of LEED

LEED spec

& DWG

Review

Meet with GC

to review LEED

Const. Doc Rqmts

Submit LEED

Documentation

to USGBC

Confirm LEED

requirements

in Bid Docs

Track status of

LEED Const.

Credits

Owner

Commitment

to LEED

& USGBC

Project

Registration

LEED Charrette

Team ‘Buy-in’

Complete

LEED Const.

Credit Docs

Complete

LEED Design

Credit Docs

Library Example:

West Valley Library First LEED certified

library in the world

City of San Jose’s first

LEED certified building

20,100 sq. ft.

LEED level: Certified

Library Example:

West Valley Library Drought-tolerant

landscaping

Clerestory windows and

skylights for daylighting

Photocells turn off lights

Recycling over 90% of

C&D waste

Re-used objects,

sustainably harvested

wood, and low-VOC

paint

Library Example:

UC Merced Kolligian Library Completed Fall 2007

Ten energy credits (42%

below Title 24)

40% water use reduction

through fixture selection

76% C&D waste

diversion

Low-VOC sealants,

adhesives, paints,

flooring and composite

wood

LEED Level: Gold

Library Example:

Castro Valley Library Scheduled completion:

2009

Stormwater diversion

30%+ Water use

reduction

14% below Title 24

energy use

FSC-Certified wood

Healthy building: 11 IEQ

points

LEED Target: Silver

Green Highlights for San Francisco

Libraries Daylighting: light quality

and energy savings

Energy efficiency:

building envelope,

heating system,

commissioning

Indoor environmental

quality: healthy building

Stormwater

management: roofs and

landscaping

Simon Associates / URS support -

San Francisco Projects CCSF Performing Arts

Center

SFO Terminal Two

SFPUC Headquarters

7 downtown towers

Housing, small offices,

synagogue, St. Anthony

Foundation, Central

YMCA, Thoreau Center

for Sustainability

Presidio Internet Center

Presidio Bay School

Cliff House Restoration

Rincon Park

Laguna Honda Hospital

Transbay Transit Center

A sustainable community

supports and improves the quality of life

of all its residents and recognizes the interdependence

of its people, culture, economy, and urbanized and natural environments.

More important, it is a community that knows itself,

demands the utmost of itself and understands

what it has to lose.

- Blueprint for a Sustainable Bay AreaUrban Ecology

July 2008, complete LEED evaluation for Anza, Merced, Ortega, Parkside &

Visitacion Valley. By August 2008, update budgets to account for LEED

implementation.

• Anza: July 08, 100% DD

• Merced: May 08, Schematic

• Ortega (new): June 08, 100% DD

• Parkside: July 08, 50% CD

• Visitacion Valley (new): June 08, 100% DD

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• Bayview: Tent. Fall 08, Schematic

• Golden Gate Valley: Nov 08, Schematic

• North Beach: Tent. Fall 08, Schematic

• Park: Aug 08, Schematic

• Presidio: Aug 08, Schematic

LEED Cost Timeline for BLIP

– Design teams prepare the preliminary score cards

– They identify possible points to reach Silver

– Choices for materials and building systems are

reviewed with client

– Client approves range of choices

– Cost estimate is then updated

– Design team integrates the approved

design direction

Next Steps

– Score card is evaluated at the end of each

submittal to ensure choices are still

workable and feasible

– Design progresses toward bid documents

– After bid documents, submit to USGBC for design

phase review

– Contractor submit to USGBC for

construction phase review

– Commissioning process

– LEED process is complete

Next Steps---continue