Reinventing green building : why certification systems aren't working and what we can do about it / Jerry Yudelson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yudelson, Jerry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System.

Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.

Sustainable buildings.

Sustainable construction--Certification.

Sustainable construction.

Green technology.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 277 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Gabriola, BC : New Society Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

"Residential and commercial buildings produce 50 percent of the carbon emissions in the developed world. Reinventing Green Building combines a unique insider's critique of the lack of large-scale carbon reduction from certified green buildings with a potent vision for the future. Yudelson's proposed data-driven approach takes maximum advantage of new cloud-based technologies to cut costs and expand marketplace adoption."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The Green Building Movement

1 The Technological Challenge: The Age of Algorithms and Big Data 3

The Great Convergence: Real Estate, IT, Energy and Sustainability 7

The Age of Algorithms 9

Bringing Green Building Certification into the Age of Big Data 10

A Smorgasbord from the Internet of Things 11

Summary 15

2 The Future of Green Building: Top Ten Megatrends 17

Megatrend #1 Green Building Certification's Growth Rate Is Flat in the United States 18

Megatrend #2 Energy Efficiency Leads the Way 19

Megatrend #3 Zero Net Energy Buildings Are on the Rise 20

Megatrend #4 Competition Among Rating Systems Will Increase 21

Megatrend #5 A Sharper Focus on Existing Buildings Will Emerge 22

Megatrend #6 Cloud Computing and Big Data Analytics Will Provide Much Needed Direction 22

Megatrend #7 Cities and States Will Demand Building Performance Disclosure 23

Megatrend #8 Debate over Healthy Building Materials Will Become Even More Vexatious 24

Megatrend #9 Solar Power Will Finally Break Through 25

Megatrend #10 Expect a Heightened Emphasis on Water Conservation 27

Summary 27

3 The Green Building Movement: A Brief History 29

BREEAM 32

LEED 35

Green Globes 38

Living Building Challenge (LBC) 40

National Green Building Standard (NGBS) 42

Comparing Three Leading US Green Building Rating Systems 43

Summary 43

4 The US Green Building Movement Today 45

LEED Data Sources 46

LEED in the United States since 2005 49

LEED Projects in 2014 52

The US Construction Market 52

International 54

Summary 57

5 The (Business) Case for Green Building 59

Carbon Reduction in Green Building 59

The Business Case for Commercial Projects 61

The Business Case for Green Homes 67

Employees-The Elephant in the Room 68

Summary 70

Part II Green Building Hits the Wall

6 Successes: Positive Impacts of LEED and Other Rating Systems 73

Defining Green 73

Integrated Design 75

Professional Education 76

Better Energy Performance 77

Building Commissioning 77

Better Products 78

Occupant Comfort and Satisfaction 80

Government Policy 80

Commercial Successes 80

The LEED "Ecosystem" 83

Summary 85

7 Failures: LEED's Limited Appeal 87

LEED Fatigue 88

Designed to LEED 90

LEED Has Not Transformed the Built Environment 91

LEED's Real Appeal Is Quite Limited 93

LEED's Customer Experience Is Questionable 95

Summary 96

8 LEED Fails to Transform the Marketplace 97

Overall LEED Project Trends 97

The US Commercial Buildings Market 99

Large Commercial and Corporate Offices 101

Smaller Office Buildings 101

Public Sector 101

Education 102

Retail 104

Healthcare 107

Existing Buildings 108

Commercial Interiors 109

Residential 110

Summary 112

9 Forensics: Why Green Building Has Hit the Wall 113

It's Too Hard to Get Certified 115

Documentation Is Cumbersome 116

Arbitrary and Capricious Rulings 117

It Costs Too Much 119

It Takes Too Long 120

There's No Longer Much PR Value 121

Idealists Designed LEED; Realists Rule the Market 122

LEED Is Too Rigid 124

Certified vs. "Certifiable" 125

Summary 126

10 Green Building Certification Costs Too Much 129

Does Green Building Cost More? 129

Rethinking Cost and Value 130

What I Learned as a Management Consultant 131

What Should Green Building Certification Cost? 132

The "LEED Tax" 133

Lessons from Other Economic Sectors 134

Summary 135

Part III Looking for Solutions

11 LEEDv4: Can It Succeed? 139

What Is LEEDv4 Supposed to Do? 140

The LEED Delivery Model Is Still Wrong 142

LEEDv4-New Construction Adds to the Problem 142

LEEDv4 Will Likely Cost Even More 144

LEEDv4-"Operations and Maintenance" Doesn't Meet Building Owners' Needs 145

The Bottom Line-LEEDv4 Is a Bug Looking for a Windshield 145

12 Current Alternatives Won't Solve the Problem 147

Energy Star 149

Green Globes 150

Living Building Challenge 152

BREEAM 156

Green + Productive Workplace 157

Property Efficiency Scorecard 159

Summary 161

13 Is Certification Really Necessary? 163

Reducing Energy Use in Buildings 164

Regulation 164

Incentives 166

Policy 166

Education and Transparency 167

Ultimately the Customer Decides 168

Summary 168

14 Focus on Carbon and Leverage New Technology 171

Begin with the End in Mind-Architecture 2030 171

Begin with the End in Mind-Zero Net Energy Buildings 172

Zero Net Energy Retrofits 174

Zero Net Energy Homes 174

Moving Beyond LEED, Green Globes and BREEAM-Cutting Carbon Emissions 175

Intelligent Buildings 177

The LEED Dynamic Plaque 180

Incorporating Green Building Data on Cloud-based Platforms 181

How Data Platforms Can Help Create New Green Building Rating Systems 182

Cloud-based Energy Management at the Microsoft Campus 183

Rekindling the Green Building Revolution 187

Part IV The Future of Green Building

15 Reinventing Green Building 191

An Analogy-Painting vs. Sculpture 191

Designing a Disruptive Innovation 192

Smart 194

Simple 194

Sustainable 196

Design on the EDGE 198

Focus on Continuous Improvement 198

Reaching Beyond the "1 Percent" 200

Conclusion: A New Green Building Manifesto 201

16 Green Building Futures 203

Five Scenarios 204

Scenario 1 Business as Usual 207

Scenario 2 Reform-LEED Adopts a New Format and Delivery Model 208

Scenario 3 KPIs and Internet 3.0 211

Scenario 4 Zero Net Carbon 212

Scenario 5 Reward Continuous Improvement 213

Scenario Review 214

Conclusion: Reinventing Green Building 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Yudelson, Jerry, author. Reinventing green building.

ISBN:

9780865718159

0865718156

OCLC:

923552553