Webinar: Real Green: Why To Track Performance in your Buildings

Tracking Performance in Your Buildings: Why Bother? Jim Newman Principal, Linnean Solu4ons jim@LinneanSolu4ons.com Audi4ng and Monitoring of Integrated Environmental Performance

Jim Newman Principal, Linnean Solu4ons jim@LinneanSolu4ons.com Audi4ng and Monitoring of Integrated Environmental Performance

What We Know That Performance MaFers Actual resource use is more important than “expected” use. •  Knowing what we expect from our buildings is important and useful. •  Actual energy, water, and purchasing are more important. •  InformaFon on actual use seems harder to get.

Performance is Taking Center Stage LEED Building Performance AIA 2030 Commitment Partnership Performance ReporFng ReporFng AIA 2030 Commitment Annual Report 0 Design Work Use Data To Be Predicted EUI Project Modeling Collected LPD Analysis Current 2030 PEUI LPD Reduc4on Reduc4on Goal #N/A Goal 25.0% GSF of Ac4ve Firm PEUI % Reduc4on Project Firm % LPD Reduc4on from from Average EUI #DIV/0! s GSF ASHRAE 90.1 2007 #DIV/0! GSF of Ac4ve Modele Data will be GSF of Ac4ve Projects 0 d 0 collected 0 Projects 0 Not % GSF of Ac4ve Projects Modele Data will not be % GSF of Ac4ve Projects mee4ng current goal #N/A d 0 collected 0 mee4ng current goal #DIV/0!

What We are Star4ng to Know Building operaFons have a stronger eﬀect than design InnovaFve changes come from within an organizaFon

What We are Star4ng to Know Building operaFons have a stronger eﬀect than design InnovaFve changes come from within an organizaFon What Does This Mean for Me? Performance tracking supports continuous improvement For Designers For Owners For Building Users

Today’s Agenda 1.  What are your steps in a general process to track environmental performance 2.  Poten4al environmental inputs, outputs, and report metrics 3.  Examples 4.  Who needs to see what informa4on – What do YOU need to know?

A Performance Tracking Project Plan Set Goals Rela4ve to Organiza4on Requirements Phase 1 Evaluate Current Performance and Deﬁne Benchmarks Collect and Manage Data Phase 2 Evaluate Data and Create a Hit List Create Environmental Report Card Phase 3 Automate Report Card and set Access Across Organiza4on Phase 4 Hit List Implementa4on

A Performance Tracking Project Plan Set Goals Rela4ve to Organiza4on Requirements Phase 1 Evaluate Current Performance and Deﬁne Benchmarks Seing the Context Deﬁne organiza4onal environmental goals. Find exis4ng data sources. Look at other, similar organiza4ons for performance benchmarks.

A Performance Tracking Project Plan Collect and Manage Data Phase 2 Evaluate Data and Create a Hit List Geing and Evalua4ng Data Some data collec4on can be automated (like energy data) and some will need to be collected manually. Link data with dollars. Evaluate the data, looking for obvious resource-‐saving ac4ons.

A Performance Tracking Project Plan Create Environmental Report Card Phase 3 Automate Report Card and set Repor4ng Informa4on Deﬁne who your target is for this informa4on. Create a set of reports for your primary targets. Find the right tools to automate data collec4on. Deploy the tools to automa4cally gather and process data.

A Performance Tracking Project Plan Phase 4 Hit List Implementa4on Make Changes, Track Progress Use the environmental performance informa4on to ﬁnd the richest targets for ac4on. Implement the deﬁned ac4ons. Watch and learn what works.

Environmental Impacts What is a Metric? An Amount, A Flow, or Denominator A Metric Snapshot Can You Tie This to The Organiza4on’s Mission?

Environmental Impacts What is a Metric? Metrics • Energy Use per Campus User An Amount, A Flow, or Denominator • Energy Use per SqFt of Building Snapshot • Time • Potable Water Use per • KWh Campus User • Square Ft. of Building • Gal. of Water • Degree Days • Number of Students • Lb or $ of Material • Waste Cost per Total • Number of Faculty/• Outside Tempera4re Weight Staff • Toxins in Waterway • Storm Water Runoff per • Acre of Campus Acre of campus • Number of Faculty/ • Total Weight Staff • Staff Produc4vity by Building • # of Degrees/Course • # of Trees Hours • Energy per Student Degree • # of Animal/Plant • $ of Spending Species • Local Farm and Business Support per Total Spending

Environmental Impacts Example Residen4al Data Energy Use Trends – Design Veriﬁca4on Report Card • Energy Use per Occupant • GHG Emissions per Occupant • Potable Water Use per Occupant • Waste Cost per Waste Type • Storm Water Runoﬀ per Acre • Overall Produc4vity • Overall U4liza4on of Space • Local Farm and Business Support

Environmental Impacts Example Residen4al Data Energy Use Trends – Ac4on Planning Report Card • Energy Use per Occupant • GHG Emissions per Occupant • Potable Water Use per Occupant • Waste Cost per Waste Type • Storm Water Runoﬀ per Acre • Overall Produc4vity • Overall U4liza4on of Space • Local Farm and Business Support

Environmental Impacts Example Residen4al Data Energy Use Trends – Implementa4on Report Card Tracking • Energy Use per Occupant • GHG Emissions per Occupant • Potable Water Use per Occupant • Waste Cost per Waste Type • Storm Water Runoﬀ per Acre • Overall Produc4vity • Overall U4liza4on of Space • Local Farm and Business Support

Environmental Impacts Internal Ins4tu4onal Repor4ng Waste Type Weight vs Cost Waste Hauler Bills Hazardous Waste Services Waste Type Monthly Weight and Scorecard and Recycling Cost by Trends Service Month Compost Presented for Team decision-‐makers Bills may be electronic or not Regulated Aggrega4on is new Waste Services Data from all facili4es

Environmental Impacts Internal Ins4tu4onal Repor4ng Waste Type Weight vs Cost This is rela4vely easy data to gather.

Environmental Impacts Internal Ins4tu4onal Repor4ng Water Quality Eﬀect of Stormwater Waterway Samples Tes4ng Lab Campus Ouplow VOC s and Monthly Samples Nitrates by Scorecard and Month Trends Local Presented for Rainfall Requires exper4se to decision-‐makers structure this data correctly Data from mul4ple loca4ons

Environmental Impacts Internal Ins4tu4onal Repor4ng Water Quality Eﬀect of Stormwater This is rela4vely hard data to gather.

Environmental Impacts But Who Wants to Know? Do you, as a designer, want to learn about how eﬀec4ve your design strategies are? Do you, as the building owner want to know how close you are geing to a net zero campus? Do you, as the VP of Facili4es, want to know where to concentrate your aFen4on to sa4sfy the CEO and Board?

Environmental Impacts External Ins4tu4onal Repor4ng Integrated Environmental Repor4ng STARS Data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

Environmental Impacts Integrated Environmental Repor4ng Global Repor4ng Index

What Do We Know ? Actual resource use is more important than “expected” use. Building operaFons have a stronger eﬀect than design InnovaFve changes come from within an organizaFon

What Does This Mean for Me ? A Chance to Have a Huge Impact on Resource Use and Facility Value

What Does This Mean for Me ? Deﬁne Relevant Metrics Before StarFng Design Use Metrics to Guide Design Set up Tracking in Building OperaFon

Jim Newman Principal, Linnean Solu4ons jim@LinneanSolu4ons.com

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