selecting green building materials

Selecting Green Building Materials:Tools & Strategies You Can Use

Ross G. Spiegel, FAIA, FCSI, FIGP, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP BD+C

Associate/Senior Specification WriterGreen Team Leader

Fletcher-Thompson, Inc.

Columbus Green Building ForumGreen Building Expo

Wednesday 14 April 2010

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Selecting Green Building Materials

Introduction – What We Will Learn Today Selecting Green Building Materials Steps to Specifying Green Products for Project

Certification Writing Specifications With Green Requirements Resources You Can Use Sample Projects

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Selecting Green Materials

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Steps in Selecting Green Building Materials Use the LEED Checklist to Identify Potential

Material Categories

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Material Categories

Develop List of Specification Sections That Will Have LEED Requirements in Them

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Material Categories


Investigate and Compile Information on Specific Products

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Material Categories


Investigate and Compile Information on Specific Products

Document Specific LEED Information Such as Recycled Content, VOC Content, Etc.

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Steps to Specifying Green Products for Project Certification

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Steps in Specifying Green Products for Project Certification

Determine Which Prerequisites and Credits are Being Pursued

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First Things First

Start Early Review

Checklist Create List of

Possible Spec Sections

Assign Responsibility for Sections

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Determine Which Ones Require Specifications Using Previously Developed Checklist

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Assemble List of Required Specification Sections Using Specification Table of Contents

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Assemble List of Required Specification Sections Using Specification Table of Contents

Research Product & System Information

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Research Product & System Information

Prepare Specifications & Incorporate Green Requirements as Appropriate

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Writing Specifications With Green Requirements

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Incorporating Green Requirements Into Project Manual

Include Green Requirements In Individual Sections

Coordinate With LEED Checklist

Coordinate With Division 01 Sections

Be Specific – Indicate How Applies to Section

Verify That What You Want Is Achievable

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Use CSI’s SectionFormat as a Guide to Start

Add Green Requirements to Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Section as Required

Coordinate with Requirements of LEED Rating System

Verify Availability of Products, Documentation, and Alternates to Specified Products/Systems

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Selecting Green Building MaterialsWriting Specifications With Green

RequirementsAdding Requirements Into Division 01 Sections

– Section 01 11 00 - Summary of Work Include Owner’s Goals For LEED

– Section 01 25 00 - Substitution Procedures Include Specific Requirements for Green Products

– Section 01 32 33 - Photographic Documentation Include Requirements for Construction Photos

– Section 01 33 00 - Submittal Procedures Include LEED Requirements

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SECTION 01 11 00 – SUMMARY OF WORK

1.10 PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL GOALSA. This project has been registered with the U.S. Green Building Council’s

(USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) GreenBuilding Rating System Program. More information about the requirements and details of this program can be found at the web site: www.usgbc.org.

B. In conjunction with this registration, the Owner has established certainenvironmental goals for this project to enable the building, upon completion, toachieve the LEED Program’s “Silver” level rating.

C. The environmental goals for this project can generally be described as follows:1. Use Resources Efficiently:

a. Select materials that use resources efficiently.

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Adding Requirements Into Division 01 Sections– Section 01 33 29 - Sustainable Design Reporting

New Section MasterFormat 2004

– Section 01 81 13.13 - LEED Requirements

Include Specific Requirements for LEED Rating System

– Section 01 45 23.13 - Testing for IAQ, Baseline IAQ, & Materials

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Section 01 57 30 - Indoor Environmental Control

Coordinate with LEED Section 01 57 40 - Construction IAQ Management

Plan

Coordinate with LEED EQ Credits 3.1-3.2 Section 01 74 19 - Construction Waste Management

and Disposal

Coordinate with LEED MR Credits 2.1-2.2

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Section 01 77 00 - Closeout Procedures

Include LEED Specific Requirements

Section 01 78 53 - Sustainable Design Closeout Documentation

New Section in MasterFormat 2004 Section 01 81 13 - Sustainable Design Requirements

New Section in MasterFormat 2004

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Section 01 90 00 - Life Cycle Activities

New Section in MasterFormat 2004

Includes Commissioning

Section 01 91 00 - Commissioning

Coordinate with Section 01 81 13.13

Coordinate with LEED Prerequisite & Credit

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RequirementsAdd Green Requirements to Technical SectionsIn Part 1 – General Add The Following: Submittal Requirements For Recycled Content,

Local/Regional Materials/VOC DataIn Part 2 – Products Add The Following: Requirements Such As: Recycled Content, Biobased

Content, Restrictions On VOC Content In ProductsIn Part 3 – Execution Add The Following: Requirements Such As: Indoor Air Quality, Green

Installation Requirements, Waste Management

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Requirements SS Prerequisite 1 Erosion & Sedimentation

Control Specify Plan Requirements in Section 31 25 00

SS Credit 4.2 Bicycle Storage & Changing Rooms Specify Bicycle Racks in Section 12 93 13

SS Credit 5.1 Site Development Specify Native Vegetation in Section 32 90 00

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SS Credit 8 Light Pollution Reduction Specify Automatic Lighting Control in Section 26 09

23 WE Credit 1.1 Water Efficient Landscaping Specify Irrigation System in Section 32 84 00

WE Credit 2 Innovative Wastewater Technologies Specify Constructed Wetlands in Section 32 71 00

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Requirements

EA Prerequisite 1 Building Energy Systems Commissioning Specify Commissioning in Section 26 08 00

EA Prerequisite 3 Refrigerant Management Specify Non-CFC Refrigerants in Section 23 23 23

EA Credit 2 On-Site Renewable Energy Specify Wind Energy Equipment in Section 26 32

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MR Credit 6 Rapidly Renewable Materials Specify Materials Such as Bamboo Flooring, Cotton

Insulation, Agrifiber, Linoleum, Wheatboard, Strawboard and Cork in Various Technical Sections

Section 07 21 00 Thermal Insulation Section 09 62 23 Bamboo Flooring Section 09 65 16 Linoleum Flooring

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EQ Credit 1 Outdoor Air Delivery Monitoring Specify Ventilation System Monitoring in Division 23

Sections EQ Credits 3.1-3.2 Construction IAQ Management

Plan Specify Plan in Section 01 57 40

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Selecting Green Building MaterialsWriting Specifications With Green Requirements

Add Green Requirements to Technical Sections

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Incorporating Green Requirements Into Bidding And Contract Documents

Reference Green Requirements In Advertisement/Invitation For Bids

Explain Green Requirements in Instructions To Bidders Incorporate Green Requirements by Reference Into

Supplementary Conditions Link Green Requirements in Division 01 Section To

Contract Through Supplementary Conditions

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Greening a Specification Your Turn

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Greening a Specification – Your Turn What This Exercise Will Teach You Using Tools Available Green The Sample Specification Using The Time Available Work in Groups Audience Members Will Be Selected to Report The

Results of Their Group’s Efforts to All Attendees

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Resources You Can Use

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Resources You Can Use Green Building Materials: A Guide To Product

Selection And Specification – Second EditionSpiegel & Meadows - John Wiley & Sons – 2006

Third Edition Coming November 2010! Guide to Green Building Rating Systems

Linda Reeder, AIA - John Wiley & Sons – 2010 Federal Green Construction Guide for Specifiers

www.wbdg.org/design/greenspec.php GreenSpec Directory – Building Green Environmental Building News - Building Green

www.BuildingGreen.com

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Resources You Can Use The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building

7group and Bill Reed / John Wiley & Sons - 2009 The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design – 2nd Ed.

Mendler & Odell / John Wiley & Sons - 2005 Sustainable Commercial Interiors

Penny Bonda & Katie Sosnowchik / Wiley & Sons-2006 Sustainable Design: Architecture, Planning, & Ecology

Daniel Williams / John Wiley & Sons – 2007 NYC Department of Design + Construction

www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/html/design/specifications.shtml

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Sample Projects

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XX,XXX SF Space in Existing Building LEED-CI Certified 2009 First LEED Certified Project in Shelton,

CT 31% Reduction in Electric Power for

Connected Lighting 96% of the Equipment & Appliances are

Energy Star Rated 39% of the Furniture was Salvaged,

Reused, or Refurbished 24% of Total Building Material Was

Manufactured Using Recycled Material

BIC Headquarters Second Floor RenovationsShelton, Connecticut

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99% of Construction and Demolition Waste Was Recycled

0.6 Mile Walking Trail Around PropertyNew Furniture & Seating Are Certified as

Zero or Low VOCDedicated Parking for Van/Car Pools


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New 122,500 SF Science Building LEED Silver Certification Candidate 70 Lab Hoods Classrooms, Clean Rooms, Greenhouse,

Meteorology Station, Roof Top Observatory

Western Connecticut State UniversityNew Science Building – Danbury, Connecticut

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Selecting Green Building MaterialsUse of Regional Materials

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•Regionally Sourced Materials

•Sunshades Reduce Glare & Shade Windows

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Second Floor Lounge

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Typical Science Classroom

Use FSC Lumber in Casework

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Science Library

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Lecture Hall

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Main Lobby & Glass Sculpture

Use Daylighting

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Main Lobby Wood Ceiling

Use FSC Wood for Ceiling

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80000 SF Facility With 40000 SF Office Space Lighting Control System Adjusts Artificial

Lighting To Respond To Natural Light Underfloor Plenum For Conditioned Air, Power,

Data, and Voice Cabling Unique Storm Water Management System

Timex HeadquartersMiddlebury, Connecticut

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Raised Floor With Distributed Services Within

Reflected Lighting

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Review And Summary Reviewed Process of Selecting Green Building

Materials Reviewed Steps to Specifying Green Products for

Project Certification Reviewed Writing Specifications with Green

Requirements Discussed Incorporating Green Requirements into

Bidding and Contract Documents Reviewed Resources You Can Use Reviewed Sample Projects

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Review And Summary Projects Specifying Green Building Materials Require

Special Attention & Expansion of Standard Formats & Methods

Never Lose Sight of Green Goal Established for Project - Keep Working Toward Darker Shade of Green

Questions

Ross G. Spiegel, FAIA, FCSI, FIGP, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP BD+CAssociate/Senior Specification Writer/Green Team LeaderFletcher-Thompson, Inc.3 Corporate Drive, Suite 500Shelton, Connecticut 06484-6244203-225-6551/Fax [email protected]

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Thank You For Attending Today A Greener Future Is In Your Hands!

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