Department of National Defence “Approach to Green Buildings” Viv Walsworth

1. National Executive Forum on Public Property “Sustainable development”opportunities and implications Department of National Defence “Approach to Green Buildings” Viv Walsworth

2. DND approach to green buildings • Realty: a sustainability opportunity • Policies & motivators • DND Unique challenges & considerations • DND Strategy for green building • Tools • How are we doing • Future direction

3. realty: a target of opportunity for DND transition to sustainability • strategic context • life cycle cost savings • productivity& QOL enhancements • Reduced impacts, residual liabilities • Kyoto commitments • Demonstrate stewardship

4. DND Approach to Green Buildings Policy and motivators

5. Policy: Defence Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) • Minister’s commitment • policy fostering sustainability • 1997 realty objectives, targets, action plans • 2000 “integrating” environment into realty “decision-making” “processes & practices” • 2003 (planned): first “green building target” • Reporting: whole building environmental assessment

6. Policy: Defence Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) • regulatory compliance • due diligence/ environmental risk management • policy integration/ dissemination/ implementation • stewardship/ acculturation • environmental Management System (EMS) • green procurement • issue targets, action plans

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8. DND Approach to Green Buildings Unique challenges and considerations

9. DND realty sustainability challenges: • custodial “life cycle” asset management • unique DND realty context: environmental issues: range/ complexity/ risks asset age/ campus context capacity for re-capitalization diversity of occupancies spanning climatic regions limited knowledge/ capacity • Priority: existing buildings

10. DND realty: sustainability challenges: • all pre-design, design & construction: contracted • facilities management: contracted/ alternate service delivery • monitoring & oversight of 3rd party providers • Render transparency/ measurability/ sustain documentation • transferability of lessons learned to portfolio

11. DND Approach to green buildings Elements of Green Building Strategy

12. DND Green Building Strategy • collaboratively developed • lessons learned • conceived as continuum • coordinated with SDS cycle/ updated annually • commercially available whole building assessment • integrate decision support tools/ modeling • synergies with other initiatives/ programs • foster knowledge transfer/ capacity building

13. DND Green Building Strategy: 1. Existing buildings • Existing buildings: whole building assessments • for benchmarking • post occupancy evaluations • due diligence; • to assess/ improve operations • target remedial work for re-fit & renovations • lessons learned • Initiated: on-line assessments by base staff

14. DND Green building Strategy2. existing buildings retrofit • energy performance contracts under FBI • utility data management • building energy performance indices (BEPI’s) for building archetypes • BEPI’s: feed into existing building assessments • On-line retrofit assessment tool planned

15. DND Green Building Strategy:3. New building project delivery • adaptation of “Green Leaf” to support “environmental issues integration” into each stage of ISO 9001 “project delivery” process • partnership with PWGSC • (alpha) on-line version: “Green Globes for new buildings” (DND) Testing/ translation • support to SDS 2003 green building target

16. DND Green Building Strategy 4. targeted issues/ savings Example: operating energy/ GHG reduction • strategic: : target 10% • operational savings: : estimate > 10% • retrofit existing buildings: 20% per EPC benchmark archetypes • New building min 25% less than MNECB: substantiation: CBIP modeling

17. DND Green building approach Assessment & decision support TOOLS

18. Tools: DND/ PWGSC environmental integration framework • Structured: whole building environmental assessment • Contextual: issues/ goalsrelevant to DND • Targeted: guidance/ indicators of content/ specificity targeted for “each” stage • Integrated: decision support/ modeling/ compliance • Transparent: Checklist/ indicators at “each” stage • Measurable: rating at major milestones • Flexible: generic framework with add-on modules

19. Tools: DND/ PWGSC on-line Green Globes for new buildings • “DND/ PWGSC environmental issues integration framework” On-line • available alpha test version www.greenglobes.com/nbalpha/ DND version • DND variant identical to general practitioner except hotlinks to Federal regulations, policies • synergies with other Federal programs • seamless input to CBIP energy modeling • links: decision support tools

21. Select User Download questionnaire

22. Questionnaire Screen Other than entering the CBIP input information, most questions are “yes” or “no”.

23. TOOLS: DECISION SUPPORT ATHENA DESIGN LCA MATERIALS

24. Tools: Value-based selection including “sustainability” • Design-build: evaluated 50% price/ 50% “quality” • “quality” points include “Sustainability” • detailed CBIP energy simulation • min perf: 25% below MNECB • Price: annual energy cost x 10 + (capital cost) • encourage 10 year payback energy saving features • 15 sustainability points: LEED substantiation

25. DND Approach to Green Building How are we doing?

26. DND Occupancy ProfileInitial focus: exist/ new quarters

28. CFB Toronto MFRCMilitary Family Resource Centre • project managed for DND by PWGSC Ontario region • applied integrated design approach • targeting natural light, indoor environment, operating energy savings • stack effect to promote natural ventilation • first DND project to achieve 4 “green leafs” eco-rating • Energy performance Richard Doucette PWGSC

29. CFB HALIFAX QUARTER & MESSES

30. CFB ESQUIMALT NAVAL OFFICER TRAINING CENTER

31. DND Approach to Green Building The future

32. DND 5 year Capital Plan: “Unit Lines” occupancy modules

33. DND Green Globes development/ adaptations • occupancy & environmental issue specific add on’s • jurisdictional overlay “existing buildings” • Foster retrofit transition to Green building performance contracting (GBPC) from EPC • Retrofit version to support GBPC • Provincial/ municipal jurisdictional overlays?

34. LEED CanadaFederal jurisdiction adaptation • statutes, regulations, policy & standards applicable to Federal jurisdiction • reconcile credits with Federal procurement policy & trade agreements • Rationalize regional/ climatic applicability • foster balanced approach • heritage, physical security, maintainability

35. Conclusions • whole portfolio view/ each phase of activity • Acculturation- Process modification- strategy- best practices • Timely feedback/ lessons learned/ transferred • Capacity building • Hierarchy of tools/ same concepts/ different packaging • What works for you • Reward/ recognition