Overview of effective green building policy and related programs. This presentation was delivered in the "Green Profit" conference in Kingston, ON to an audience of policy makers, researchers, ENGO's, and industry. I was invited to speak about the trends I see in the policy world, and to educate listeners about what existing policies are present, how they are being used, what is coming in the future, how to change policy to increase effectiveness of encouraging more green buildings to be built, and similar items.
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• Introduction
• Update on Green Building Policy Programs in Ontario
• Path to NZE in Canada
• Smart Solar Communities
• Communicating the Benefits
• Technologies to Watch (if time!)
7. Costs of a Green Home
Healthy
Comfortable
Durable
Energy/Water/Resource Efficient
Environmentally Responsible
Comfortable
Energy Efficient
Extra Benefits:
Comparison
Criterion
Code
Home
ENERGY STAR
Home
LEED
Home
Difference
($/month)
Sticker Price $300,000 ~$304,000 ~$308,500 $50 to $70
Energy
Savings
N/A 20-25% 30-70% -$40 to -$60
Water
Savings
N/A N/A 20-50% -$10 to -$30
Value: Good Better Best No net cost!
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Path to Net-Zero Energy
EU 2010: Energy Performance Building Directive
Nearly Net-Zero Energy Building: Energy consumed for heating
and cooling of buildings are reduced to cost optimal levels
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A Net-Zero Energy Building generates at least as much renewable
energy as it consumes in a given year.
Path to Net-Zero Energy
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Smart cast a larger net than green:
1) Community: programming
and opportunities
2) Mixed Use: Work/Live
opportunities
3) Economics: Making NZE
affordable
4) Environment: Make it Green
too!
5) Convenience: tech/controls
to improve occupant
experience for all ages!
6) Health and Comfort
7) Energy Resilience
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• Sell experiences, not technology
• Why do granite countertops and marble
back-splashes sell before efficiency
packages?
• Sales: Cash flow, not life-cycle metrics.
• Recognize and respect your audience
• Target your messages
• Policy Makers: local revenue, job creation,
lower GHG emissions, …
• Owners: economics, convenience, comfort,
health, resilience to brown/black-outs, …
Tom Carpenter Wants: 1) Discuss Green Bldgs and discuss it future 2) Discuss existing programs to help people achieve their GB goals 3) Open panel discussions
Key point:For no more than a couple % on the price (which amounts to pennies/day, or few dollars/month), you get a LOT MORE VALUE, and it pays for itself twice (in resale, and in utility savings)!$$ aside, there are significant soft benefits, like health and comfort.SB: Discussed brieflyThe question this slide answers:CAN I AFFORD IT?Like anything else, the more you invest, the more you get back. LEED® Silver is very affordable (~5% premium and ~4-5 yr. payback), and even Gold isn’t too expensive (~10% for <10yr. payback)Builders we have contact with are telling us that their costs and sale value increases are approximately:E-star: $4k - $5k avg. increase, (~1.6% on a 250k home). E-star increased sale value: same!LEED®-H: “certified” (via US) ~10 - 12% more. LEED “gold” home will be ~25 - 30% (via US). We’ll fix that when we bring it to Canada!LEED®-H increased sale value: __Capital cost impact affected by:LEED target levelSpec flexibility (eg: Green Roof’s are expensive)Building type (ie: how energy efficient was the base design?)Project size (economies of scale): big projects tend to be less expensive on a per unit basisGreen market maturity (in mature markets there is more experience and better availability, thus lower costs)Climate zone (eg: extreme clients have high cost projects, so the incremental costs tend to be less pronounced)Team experienceRegardless, incremental costs tend to be very reasonable.
Partnership with a Developer (looking to differentiate), LDC, various RE supply change, city looking to revitalize and a project manager to glue all partners together
SB: Community (first and foremost), technology only have building a great community experienceSB: RE Commute: If we all own NZE homes and commute 3 hrs, then we failed. HAVE to build green buildings in green communitiesSB: Able to achieve great things at a community scaleSB: Term smart-washing
Experiences not Tech: 1) DON’T: New tech and list the properties of it. Funny thing happens: eyes glaze over and roll into back of head 2) DO sell the experience: SMART controls for sump-pumps (diagnostics SB: People LOVE the “sell experiences, not technology”. Really resonatedWhy to granite/marble sell before green packages? * Experience envy? * Impalpable benefits?
“Those who complain the loudest are always the statistical minority”SB: Know when to educate, know when to walk awayStart of a bad joke::Two BANANAs and a NOPE walk into a bar…
I want to leave you with one final thought: Would NZE be more resilient to ice storms (need to be!!!)One in 40 year storm - 300,000 homes without power (600k homes in total) - Power lost for one week - 106 million in damages (in TO alone) - Power at peoples door steps * Cant use it cause no distribution * Didn’t take down central distributionWould it have been any different in a NZE community? - Probally not- but it should be! - Importance of have district/distributed systems what work at variable speeds (not a huge peak, run essential equipment)
Heating loads of the homes are so small. Don’t need a huge heating systems
We’re waiting for a Regulation that offers details about what is “prescribed”: likely to happen shortly after NRCan releases the next generation (updated ) version of EnerGuide (tent. Spring 2014)