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Richard Habrukowich - leadership energy & environmenal design
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4. S U S TA I N A B I L I T Y
» Sustainability is the act of balancing the
environmental, social, and economic needs of
the built and natural environments for
present and future generations.
15. CLEVELAND CLINIC ABU DHABI
H O S P I TA L
To be certified LEED Gold
» Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Hospital
(CCAD) is being lauded as the "hospital
of the future," and will redefine the
way medical prevention and treatment
are delivered in the future
Sustainable features:
» Recycled grey and storm water and the
use of photovoltaics to reduce energy
will help the structure achieve its
anticipated LEED Gold certification.
» Annual energy costs reduced by over
50%
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16. ARZANAH MEDICAL COMPLEX
To be certified LEED Gold
» The new LEED Gold-designed 78-bed
facility anchors a terminus of the
community’s central Grand Canal.
» Aimed at addressing the significant
demand for specialist medical
treatment in the region, the facility
will provide multi-disciplinary health
care services through a Spine Center,
Knee and Sports Medicine Center, and
a Wellness and Diagnostic Center.
» Annual energy costs reduced by over
40%
17. S U S TA I N A B L E R E T U R N O N
INVESTMENT (SROI)
What is it?
» The SROI process accounts for a project’s
triple-bottom line—its full range of
environmental, social and economic
impacts.
» The process builds on best practices in
cost-benefit analysis and financial
analysis methodologies, complemented
by state-of-the-art risk analysis and
stakeholder elicitation techniques
» Results are presented in innovative ways
that help clients and their stakeholders
prioritize projects, better understand
trade-offs and evaluate risk.
18. SROI PROCESS
» Elements such as water quality or CO2
currently have no tradable value and are
not captured by financial return on
investment analyses.
» SROI Process assigns a monetary value to
such elements can sometimes involve a
high-level of uncertainty. SROI relies on
evidence and expert opinions to determine
the economic, social and environmental
value of investments.
» As an example, the divergent perspectives
on the value of a ton of CO2 can be shown
as a distribution of potential values. The
median value is one that is supported by
the U.S. Federal Government.
19. S R O I - C A L C U L AT I N G T H E
TRIPLE BOT TOM LINE
» SROI adds to traditional financial analysis the monetized value of non-cash benefits and externalities
Project Cash Internal Non-Cash External Costs
Impacts Benefits & Benefits
Operations & Health & Greenhouse Criteria Air Water & Solid
Capital Productivity Mobility
Maintenance Safety Gases Contaminant Waste
SROI
Harmonizing LEED’s credits and viewing them each as a weighted piece of the whole allowed LEED to be more holistic than ever and enabled the move to a 100-point scale. Under this new system, all five LEED commercial and institutional rating systems will have a total of 100 possible points, instead of point totals that vary among rating systems and from version of version within each of those rating systems.
Green Building Councils are growing quickly; with 65 countries and territories with Councils at various stages of formation. In Europe alone, where there’s a strong push toward zero net resource consumption in buildings, there are 25 countries with green building councils that are either established, emerging, or prospective members of the World Green Building Council.
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Hospital (CCAD) is being lauded as the "hospital of the future," and will redefine the way medical prevention and treatment are delivered in the future. Located in the heart of Abu Dhabi on Al Sowah Island, this healthcare destination offers state-of-the-art medical technologies, high performance facility design and unprecedented levels of patient-centered care.HDR was chosen to design the hospital and clinic because of its experience delivering iconic design that blurs the line between hospital and hospitality. Imagine the difference a seven-star hotel environment would make during a hospital stay, relieving stress and fortifying body, mind and soul. In addition to establishing the optimal healing environment, CCAD will be a distinct source of civic pride for Abu Dhabi and its emerging skyline.CCAD combats the characteristic maze of most hospitals by employing a village concept. The main building serves as a "clock tower gathering place," with smaller surrounding buildings housing medical specializations. This departmental grouping creates efficiencies for the staff and obvious wayfinding for visitors, replacing winding hallways with sleek glass walls and color-coding.Abundant windows with views of lush, verdant roof-top gardens and the gentle waves of the Arabian Sea provide a soothing atmosphere that advances wellness and recovery. Indoor water elements impart white noise to calm patients and provide a sense of tranquility, while green spaces boost mental alertness and create gathering spaces which reinforce the hospital's sense of community.CCAD's design incorporates dual-curtain walls, giving the building its own "respiratory system" to let in natural light while simultaneously minimizing cooling costs. In addition, recycled grey and storm water and the use of photovoltaics to reduce energy will help the structure achieve its anticipated LEED Gold certification.Project DetailsCost: ConfidentialSize: 2.4 million SFResponsibility: Design Architect, Interior Architecture, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Medical PlanningComponents: Patient tower/acute care, diagnostics & treatment, clinic, ICU, administration building, pools and roof garden
Project Name:Arzanah Medical Complex Project Location:Abu Dhabi, UAE Client Name:Mubadala Development Corporation Type of Construction: New construction Type of Facility:Specialty hospital Size of Facility:333,600 SF Number of Beds:78 Space Components:Spine Centre, Knee and Sports Medicine Centre, and a Wellness and Diagnostic Centre Professional Services:Full A/E Services, Interior Design, Site Design, Medical Planning Cost:$165 million (estimate) Completion date:2012 Delivery Model:Fast Track Awards:2011 Hospital Build Middle East Hospital Design Honorable Mention (Future) Just a few yards from the national soccer stadium, the Arzanah Medical Complex is prominently located within a new mixed-use community. Designed to respond to this very public site, it balances the need for a calming, healing environment with the stringent technical requirements of an integrated multi-disciplinary healthcare facility. The new LEED Gold-designed 78-bed facility anchors a terminus of the community’s central Grand Canal. Aimed at addressing the significant demand for specialist medical treatment in the region, the facility will provide multi-disciplinary health care services through a Spine Center, Knee and Sports Medicine Center, and a Wellness and Diagnostic Center. Appearing to float on the Grand Canal, jewel-like glass forms – connected by a plinth – capture the calming serenity of water, with a shimmering reflection of the faceted structural system. Patients are afforded easy access and views to nature and vibrant life; expressing the importance of healthcare in modern, healthy communities. Interiors reinforce a consistent theme of patient care and service, taking cues from hospitality design to provide a luxurious, yet sleekly modern healing environment that visually reinforces the state-of-the-art services provided within. The use of warm woods and soft, clean color palettes in the interior are designed to put patients and families at ease. VIP suites, consisting of a patient room and an adjoining family room, and typical inpatient acute rooms provide spaces of respite and 24-hour-plus accommodations, encouraging participatory whole-family healing. The tri-partite design also expresses the continuity and legacy of the nation’s leadership: past, present and future.
SROI builds on economic theory to estimate the monetary value of a project through its environmental, social and economic impacts. The process provides decision support to increase the likelihood of project funding by prioritizing sustainable initiative benefits. SROI helps communicate the full value of your sustainable initiative by including not just the direct cash effects, but also the indirect and non-cash effects a project will have on your organization, as well as the monetary value of the externalities generated— something almost always overlooked in financial assessments. This complete “triple bottom line” view is invariably of great interest to stakeholders.
How Does the SROI Process Work?Decisions considering sustainability require more inclusive forecasting of future costs and benefits. Elements such as water quality or CO2 currently have no tradable value and are not captured by financial return on investment analyses. Assigning monetary value to such elements sometimes involves a high-level of uncertainty. SROI relies on evidence and expert opinions to determine the economic, social and environmental value of investments. Monetary values are determined across a probabilistic spectrum to account for this uncertainty. For example, the divergent perspectives on the value of a ton of CO2 can be shown as a distribution of potential values. The median value is one that is supported by the U.S. Federal Government. By accounting for uncertainty, greater assurance is realized in the process of identifying the best and highest value projects.
