3. Agenda
1. Van Looy Group
2. URS Corporation
Why3. Why
4. Few thoughts about
BREEAM / LEED
5. Benefits
6. Expirience
4. Van Looy Group
Multi Disciplines
Architecture & Civil works
Logistics systems
Technical Utilities
Projects
Distribution Centers
LaboratoriesLaboratories
Datacenters
Team
70 Specialists
Main location: Antwerp
Eindhoven 10 november, Zaal A, 11:00 - 11:20 4
5. URS Corporation / URS Benelux
1. One of the World’s Leading Engineering and Construction Services
Firms.
2. 45,000 employees in more than 40 countries in the Americas,
Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
3. In Europe and the Middle East, URS' presence in 20 countries with
approximately 3,000 staff spread over more than 50 offices.approximately 3,000 staff spread over more than 50 offices.
4. 3 offices in the Benelux (Holsbeek, Ghent & Rijswijk) with 60 staff.
5. Focus on environmental engineering, technical due diligence,
decommissioning and environmental related A/E.
6. Expirience in sustainable project development, construction
management, energy modeling
7. Green Building - a key topic for the Industry
1. Global climate change
2. Shortage of energy resources
3. Political goals and legal requirements
1. Climate protection goals globally, EU, states
2. PBD und laws in EU member states
4. Private Initiatives, e. g.
1. Clinton Climate Initiative
2. ICSC (Pan-European BREEAM Retail Standard)
5. New key words
1. Zero-Energy House / Plus-Energy House
2. “Triple Zero” (Zero Carbon, Zero Water, Zero Waste)
8. Origin System URS experience*
Germany DGNB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Nachhaltiges Bauen
Germany
UK BREEAM - Building Research
Establishment Environmental Assessment
Method
UK, Belgium,
France, Spain,
Germany, Czech
Rep, Austria
USA LEED - Leadership in Energy and Germany,
International Certification Systems supported by URS
USA LEED - Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design
Germany,
Belgium,
Netherlands
* Can be supported in each EU country
Both New Construction / Major renovation as Existing building
9. Sustainability
1. Motivate developments above norms and requirements
2. Simulate improvements of standards and processes
3. Award outstanding performance
RequiredMinimum
NumberofBuildings
Pass
Good
VeryGood
Excellent
Outstanding
RequiredMinimum
Sustainability Standards
NumberofBuildings
VeryGood
Outstanding
11. Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED-NC 2009, v3)
• Sustainable Sites 26
• Water Efficiency 10
• Energy and Atmosphere 35
• Materials and Resources 14
LEED ‚Scorecard‘ Categories
• Materials and Resources 14
• Indoor Environmental Quality 15
• Innovation in Design 6
• Regional Priority Credits 4
• Maximum potential Score 110
12. Why green certification & retrofit?
*Deloitte and Charles Lockwood – The dollars and sense of green retrofits, 2008
13. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
1. Higher rental prices 3%* β – 5%$ - 6%** - 8%Ŧ – 10%ŋ
2. Superior building valuation (sale price premium) 7.5%β - 8.2%Ŧ -16%* -
30%**
3. Increased occupancy rate 3.5%Ŧ β
4. Lower operating costs 8%-9%Ŧ β
5. Lower depreciation, reduced risk for investors (certified buildings are “future-
Value of Green Buildings
5. Lower depreciation, reduced risk for investors (certified buildings are “future-
proofed” investments)
*RICS – Doing well by doing good, 2009
ŦBRE – BREEAM and the benefits of green buildings, 2009
**CBRE – Who pays for green?, 2009
β McGraw Hill Construction, Key Trends in the European and US Construction Marketplace SmartMarket Report, 2008
$ Cushman & Wakefield - European Landlord and Tenant Survey , 2009
ŋJones Lang LaSalle -Global Trends in Sustainable Real Estate: An Occupier’s Perspective.February 2008.
14. CORPORATE BENEFITS*Ŧβ
1. Improve productivity 5%, lower absenteeism 15% - 40% and healthcare costs
2. High employee satisfaction, quality and control of buildings
3. Strengthen employee retention and attraction of quality workforce
4. Improve corporate sustainability reports, marketing and brand image
5. Demonstrating best practice (comparability with other corporate
Value of Green Buildings
5. Demonstrating best practice (comparability with other corporate
buildings/portfolios)
*Deloite – Dollars and sense of green retrofit , 2008
ŦBRE – www.breeam.org, accessed 2010
βGBCA - Dollars and Sense of Green Buildings, 2006-8
15. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL BENEFITS*
1. Lower embodied and operational environmental impacts
2. Improved occupant satisfaction/well being (higher indoor quality, good daylighting,
occupant control and low ambient noise levels)
3. Better work places, homes and leisure facilities
4. Increase functionality, flexibility, maintainability
Value of Green Buildings
Increase functionality, flexibility, maintainability
and durability
ŦBRE – www.breeam.org, accessed 2010
16. Sustainability – Key references
Great Glen House, Inverness
Scotland
HQ „Scottish Natural Heritage“
1.Natural ventilation
2.Solar energy
3.Rainwater harvesting
4.Recyclable building materials
Sustainable construction5.Sustainable construction
management
6.Highest BREEAM score
BREEAM Offices Award 2006
17. Sustainability – Key references
Distribution Centre in Villanueva de Gállego
GFA: 48.000 m² GFA
Client: Prologis
• First registered „BREEAM
International Industrial“ in
Continental EuropeContinental Europe
• Rainwater harvesting for landscape
irrigation and toilets
• Photovoltaic (100 kW / 2,500 m²
surface)
• Natural lighting through roof lights
(4.5% of roof)
• Landscape with native plants
18. Sustainability – Key references
• Plus-Energy house
• Facades with integrated
Daylight-control and natural
ventilation
• Individual control for energy
Green Office, Meudon near Paris, France
approx. 23.000m² Offices
• Individual control for energy
consumption
• Photovoltaic at facades and
roofs
• Primary energy
consumption: approx. 57%
against reference buildings
• Parallel BREEAM- and
LEED-Assessment
Quelle: www.bouygues-immobilier.com
19. Sustainability – Key references
• Incorporates a green roof of approx.
7,500m2, relying solely on precipitation
for irrigation
La Médiacité, Liège
Retail Area: Approx. 37,500 m2
Client: Wilhelm and Co.
BREEAM Rating: Very Good
for irrigation
• Rainwater will be utilised to meet a portion of
the flushing demand
• A heat pump system will provide heating and
cooling resulting in significant CO2 emission
reductions
• Excellent public transport provision
• A travel information point will provide real time
information on public transport service
20. Key succes factors
1. Clear vision
2. Not just environment / energy also
well-being
3. Partnership between developer and
user
As early as possible (avoid re-4. As early as possible (avoid re-
design)
5. Early A/E, contractor involvement
21. URS Benelux
www.urscorp.eu
URS Belgium BVBA URS Netherlands BV
Ambachtelijke zone
De Vunt 13
B-3220 Holsbeek Belgium
T +32 16 468 660
F +32 16 468 661
Handelsdokcenter
Stapelplein 70
B-9000 Ghent Belgium
T +32 9 235 40 80
F +32 9 223 26 60
Diepenhorstlaan 13B
PO Box 1765
NL-2280 DT Rijswijk
T: +31 70 319 2112
F: +31 70 319 1125
belgium_mail@urscorp.com URS-Hague@urscorp.com
