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How much time to people spend indoors?
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90%
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Indoor pollutant concentrations may be _____ than outdoor levels
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2-100 times
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Green buildings with better air quality and lighting can translate into a 2% increase in worker's and students _____, and can dramaticall increase what?
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Productivity, the value of the building
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Green building costs and benefits include:
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Lower maintenance costs
less energy usage higher levels of occupants satisfaction lower CO2 emmissions |
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What does USGBC stand for?
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United States Green Building Council
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To transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthey, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life
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Mission of the USGBC
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A rating system created by the USGBC to provide a framework for meeting sustainability goals and assessing building performance. Voluntary and consensus-based.
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LEED
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People (Social Capital)
Planet (Natural Capital) Profit ( Economic Capital) |
The Triple bottom Line
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The built environment is understood as a series of relationships in which each part affects many other parts
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Systems thinking
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Negative (Thermostat)
Positive (Population) |
Feedback Loops
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Places where a small intervention can have large impacts. The Pruis effect
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Leverage points
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A circular and repetitive loop that provides opportunities for setting goals and evaluating success
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Iterative Process
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Bringing all interested parties together to make project and design goals, budgets, environmental initiatives mutually understood from beginning of project
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Integrative Process
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Building Users
Owner Community Members Facilities Management Staff Planning Staff Facilities O&M Staff |
Client (Key Stakeholder)
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Architect
Structural Engineer Mechanical Engineer Electrical Engineer Civil Engineer Landscape Architect Daylighting & Energy Modeler |
Design Team (Key Stakeholder)
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