Achieving high-performance federal facilities : strategies and approaches for transformational change / National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.).

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on High-Performance Green Federal Buildings: Strategies and Approaches for Meeting Federal Objectives.

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment.

National Research Council (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Conference Name:

Federal High-Performance Green Facilities Workshop (2010 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public buildings--United States--Congresses.

Public buildings.

Sustainable buildings--United States--Congresses.

Sustainable buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (158 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The design, construction, operation, and retrofit of buildings is evolving in response to ever-increasing knowledge about the impact of indoor environments on people and the impact of buildings on the environment. Research has shown that the quality of indoor environments can affect the health, safety, and productivity of the people who occupy them. Buildings are also resource intensive, accounting for 40 percent of primary energy use in the United States, 12 percent of water consumption, and 60 percent of all non-industrial waste. The processes for producing electricity at power plants and delivering it for use in buildings account for 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. federal government manages approximately 429,000 buildings of many types with a total square footage of 3.34 billion worldwide, of which about 80 percent is owned space. More than 30 individual departments and agencies are responsible for managing these buildings. The characteristics of each agency's portfolio of facilities are determined by its mission and its programs. In 2010, GSA's Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings asked the National Academies to appoint an ad hoc committee of experts to conduct a public workshop and prepare a report that identified strategies and approaches for achieving a range of objectives associated with high-performance green federal buildings. Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities identifies examples of important initiatives taking place and available resources. The report explores how these examples could be used to help make sustainability the preferred choice at all levels of decision making. Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities can serve as a valuable guide federal agencies with differing missions, types of facilities, and operating procedures.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Context""; ""2 Objectives and Challenges Associated with Federal High-Performance Green Buildings""; ""3 Levers of Change""; ""4 Best Practices, Tools, and Technologies for Transformational Change""; ""5 Strategies and Approaches for Achieving a Range of Objectives Associated with Federal High-Performance Facilities""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A: Biosketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B: Committee Meetings and Speakers""

""Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and List of Participants""""Appendix D: Transformative Action Through Systems-Based Thinking

Robert Berkebile""; ""Appendix E: Sustainable Fort Carson: An Integrated Approach

Christopher Juniper""; ""Appendix F: Beyond Incrementalism: The Case of Arlington, Virginia

Peter Garforth""; ""Appendix G: Getting to Net-Zero Energy: NREL's Research Support Facility

Jeffrey M. Baker""; ""Appendix H: Sustainable Asset Management: The Case of Los Angeles Community College District

Thomas L. Hall""

""Appendix I: The Economics of Sustainability: The Business Case That Makes Itself

Greg Kats""

Notes:

"Committee on High-Performance Green Federal Buildings: Strategies and Approaches for Meeting Federal Objectives, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613376268

9780309211710

0309211719

9781283376266

1283376261

9780309211697

0309211697

OCLC:

842256568