Materials & resources presentation(final version may 2012)

Materials and Resources

in LEED EB&OMEng. Ruba Al-ForaihEng. Fatma Al-Fahad

Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research

Presentation Outline

Introduction to Materials & Resources

Materials & Resources in Kuwait

Introduction to LEED EB O&M

Introduction to LEED

LEED Rating Systems

Green Building Benefits

Enhance occupant comfort and health

Economic benefits by improved operating costs and increased

productivity.

Environmental benefits by reducing impacts of

natural resource consumption

Benefit community by minimizing strain on local

infrastructures and improve quality of life

The LEED for Existing Buildings Rating System helps building owners and operators measure

operations, improvements and maintenance on a consistent scale, with the goal of maximizing

operational efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts.

LEED for Existing Buildings addresses whole-building cleaning and maintenance issues

(including chemical use), recycling programs, exterior maintenance programs, and systems

upgrades.

Productivity Benefits

Improve occupant performance

Reduce absenteeism and turnover. Providing a healthy

workplace improves employee satisfaction

Decreases productivity losses per year. In USA an estimated $29-168

billion in national productivity is lost per year.

• There is currently no LEED EB O&M certified building in Kuwait, there are currently two LEED EB O&M registered buildings.

• There is currently one LEED EB O&M certified building in Dubai, which is also the only one in the Arab World.

• There are only 12 LEED EB O&M certified buildings outside of the USA (based on 2010/2011 studies).

• LEED EB O&M will transform the way buildings are operated enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.

LEED EB O&M Points Scale

LEED EB O&M Distribution Points

Sustainable Category

Sustainable Sites

Water EfficiencyEnergy and Efficiency

Materials and ResourcesIndoor

Environmental QualityInnovation in

Operation

Regional Priority

Pre-requistes

0

1

3

2

3

0

0

Points

26

14

35

10

15

6

4

Minimum Program Requirements (MPR)

1. Must comply with environmental laws.

2. Must be a complete, permanent building or space.

3. Must use a reasonable boundary.

4. Must comply with minimum floor area requirements (93 m2 gross floor area)

5. Must comply with minimum occupancy rates

- Full time equivalent occupancy (FTE): 1 or more FTE

- Minimum occupancy rate: 12 consecutive months

6. Must commit to sharing whole-building water and energy usage data.

7. Must comply with a minimum building area to site ratio (no less than 2%)

LEED EB O&M Phases

Phase 1 Feasibility Study

Phase 2 Implementation Plan

Phase 3 Performance Period

Phase 4 Certification

Materials &

Resources

MRP1 Sustainable Purchasing Policy0

Points

MRP2 Solid Waste Management Policy 0 Point

MRC1Sustainable PurchasingOngoing Consumables

1 Point

MRC2Sustainable Purchasing

Durable Goods2

Point


Facility Alterations & Additions1

Point


Reduced Mercury in Lamps1

Point


Food1

Point

Materials & Resources Distribution Points

Materials &

Resources

MRC7Solid Waste Management

Ongoing Consumables1

Point


Durable Goods1

Points


Facility Alterations & Additions1

Point


Waste Stream Audit1

Point

Materials & Resources Distribution Points

Materials & Resources Credits

5 Credits

6 Possible Points

Sustainable Purchases

4 Credits

4 Possible Points

Solid Waste Management

MR Role Towards Sustainable Building

Selecting green sustainable materials by

adopting sustainable purchasing program.

Reducing waste by managing waste solids.

Focusing on reusing and recycling materials

whenever possible.

Reducing mercury pollution

generated in the building

2 prerequisites

• MRP1: SUSTAINABLE PURCHASING POLICY

• MRP2: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY

Reduced packaging of the purchased materials

Recycled content option of purchased goods when

available

MRP1: Sustainable Purchasing Policy

Intent: To reduce the environmental impacts of materials acquired for the

use in the operation, maintenance and upgrades

of the building.

Environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP) policy

should be designed to cover at least purchasing of ongoing consumables.

Issues to Consider in Designing (EPP)

Issues to consider in designing

(EPP)

Resource use

reduction

Waste reduction and

prevention

Occupants health and

safety

Growth of sustainable economy

Reduction of gas

emissions

Challenges Faced In Kuwait

Limited choices of sustainable materials in the local market.

Limited number of vendors locally or in the Gulf region.

Lack of cooperation with vendors

MR P2: Solid Waste Management PolicyIntent: To facilitate the reduction of waste generated by building occupants that is hauled to and disposed in landfills or incineration facilities

To Manage Solid Waste in a Manner That Will:

Protect the environment and public health

Conserve natural resources

Minimize land filling and/or incineration and reduce toxicity


Difficulty is faced when developing a solid waste management policy for the building as this is a relatively new procedure in Kuwait.

This should be done with complete cooperation and commitment with staff for disposal of waste.

Difficult to locate local companies that will recycle or dispose of waste in a responsible manner.

MRC1: Sustainable Purchasing- Ongoing Consumables

Intent: to reduce the environmental and air quality impacts of the materials acquired for use in the operations and maintenance of building.

Requirement: to maintain sustainable purchasing program covering consumable materials (papers, notebooks, envelopes, toner cartridges, batteries and desk accessories) where sustainable purchases are of at least 60% of the total purchases.

MRC 1 – Sustainable Purchasing: Ongoing Consumables

Sustainable Purchasing-

Ongoing consumables

Materials harvested and processed or

extracted and processed within (800

KM) of the project. FSC certified paper

Rapidly renewable material.

Rechargeable Batteries.

Post-consumer materials

and/or post-industrial materials.

Challenges Faced in Kuwait

Limited ( if none) availability of locally produced sustainable ongoing consumables.

Limited number of vendors supplying sustainable consumable goods in the local market.

Possibility to obtain materials containing pre or post consumer materials but not with the specified percentages mentioned in LEED.

Lack of cooperation with some potential suppliers of sustainable consumable goods.

Awareness and understanding of the building owner to buy sustainable materials with relatively higher cost.

MRC 2 – Sustainable Purchasing : Durable Goods

Intent: To reduce environmental and air quality impacts of the materials acquired for use in the operations and maintenance of buildings.Requirements :To maintain sustainable purchasing program covering durable goods (electric-powered equipment & furniture) 40% by cost.

The sustainable criteria for electrical equipment is energy star qualified.


Although energy star qualified equipment are available in the local market, not all the types of electrical equipment used are energy star qualified.

The qualified equipment are higher in cost.

MRC 2.2 – Sustainable Purchasing: Furniture

Criteria for sustainable purchases

Materials harvested and processed or extracted and processed within

(800 KM) of the project.FSC

certified wood.

Rapidly renewable material.

Material salvaged from off-site or on-

site.

Post-consumer materials and/or post-industrial

materials.


Very limited number of vendors supplying such sustainable furniture.

Need to request relatively large quantities of furniture to be able to order the furniture from reliable vendors located out of Kuwait.

High cost of sustainable furniture, which needs cooperation and dedication of the building owner to purchase at high costs.

Limited number of designs and colors

MR C3: Sustainable Purchasing-Facility Alterations and Additions

Intent : This credit is to select building materials that will decrease the emission of harmful gases (VOCs) to the environment therefore improving the general quality of surrounding air. 1 point is earned for this credit.

During the performance period the cost of sustainable purchases should be 50% of the cost of the total purchases.

An additional exemplary point can be earned if sustainable purchases for facility alterations is 95% of the total purchases.

Health Effects of VOC Exposure

Key signs or symptoms associated with exposure to

VOCs include

Conjunctival irritation

Nose and throat discomfort

Headache

Allergic skin reactionShortness of breath which may

lead to asthma & cardiac disordersNausea

Fatigue

Dizziness

Psychologically, staff will not be comfortable working in an

environment that may cause any of these symptoms and

productivity will be low.


Kuwait is a relative new market for LEED certified materials, therefore difficulty is faced locating LEED materials required for this credit available locally.

LEED certified materials will be more expensive therefore difficulty is faced is persuading upper management to purchase the more expensive item.

Many LEED certified materials do not have a local supplier, problems are faced with upper management acceptance when requesting items with no locally supplier.

If and when the material is located locally, there will be a limited variety of designs and colors.

MR C4: Sustainable Purchasing Reduced Mercury in Lamps

Intent:To reduce the amount of mercury brought on-site through

purchased lamps. This is achieved through developing lighting purchasing plan that specifies maximum levels of mercury permitted in lamps including

lamps for both indoor and outdoor fixtures.1 point is earned for this credit.

Facility managers should take a list of existing lamps, and teams should work with an official lighting supplier to determine which products are acceptable for compliance with this credit. Keep technical specs for all lamps that include their life expectancy, light output and mercury content. Provide training and special recycling program for lamps.

No obstacles were faced but lamps should be purchased from an authorized dealer to obtain reliable technical specifications showing mercury content in the lamps. Buildings constructed before 1995 may have installed lamps with high mercury content.

MR C5: Sustainable Purchasing-Food

Intent: The aim of this credit is to reduce the environmental and transportation impacts associated with food production and distribution. 1 point is earned for this credit.

This requires maintaining a sustainable food purchasing program that satisfies purchasing of at least 25% of total combined food and beverage purchases (by cost) during the projects performance period of a project.


Difficult to find available in Kuwait foods and beverages that bear one or more of the following certifications, and if found they will be very expensive.• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Organic• Food Alliance Certified• Rainforest Alliance Certified • Protected Harvest Certified • Fair Trade• Marine Stewardship Council's Blue Eco- Label

160km

Due to Kuwait covering a small area, the requirement that at least 25% food and

beverages purchases by cost are produced within a 100 miles radius(160 km) can be

easily achieved, therefore this point is gained easily by using food and beverages produced

locally.

MRC 6 – Solid Waste Management: Waste Stream Audit

Intent: To facilitate the reduction of ongoing waste and toxins generated by building occupants and building operations going to landfills or incineration facilities.

Requirements: To conduct a waste stream audit of the building entire ongoing consumables waste stream during the performance period (durable goods waste and construction waste are not included).


Awareness and cooperation of building occupants with the audit team which requires sorting of the generated waste during the whole time of the audit period.

Commitment of the recycling party with audit team.

MRC 7- Solid Waste Management: Ongoing Consumables

Intent:To facilitate the reduction of waste and toxins generated from the use of ongoing consumables by building occupants and building operations going to landfills or incineration facilities.

Maintain a waste reduction and recycling program for low cost materials including paper, toner cartridge, glass, plastic, cardboard food waste and metals.

Reuse, recycle or compost 50% of ongoing consumable waste stream by weight or volume.

Have battery recycling program for at least 80% of discarded batteries.


Cooperation of building occupants in sorting wastes and dropping waste at the specified waste container.

Commitment of cleaning staff to transfer waste continuously from collection points in the building to the recycling area.

Acceptance of building occupants to minimize waste as possible, as well as work or use recycled materials.

Continuous monitoring to the recycling program of solid waste stream.

MR C8: Solid Waste Management-Durable Goods

Intent: To reduce durable goods waste from building occupants going to landfills or incinerators. 1 point is earned for this credit.

Maintain a waste reduction and recycling program for durable goods including computers, monitors, copiers, printers, scanners, televisions.etc.

Reuse or recycle 75% of the durable goods waste stream by weight, volume or replacement value during the performance period of a project. In Kuwait recycling is usually done by volume.


Gaining cooperation from occupants, staff and cleaning staff to dispose of durable goods in the correct allocated waste bins and to commit to it.

Convincing occupants and staff to set up a formal reuse program for furniture and electronics.

Difficulty is faced establishing a method to track and calculate all landfilled and diverted durable goods.

MR C9-Solid Waste Management Facility Alterations and AdditionsIntent: To keep construction and demolition waste out of landfills by reusing appropriate materials. To divert at least 70% of waste by volume generated by facility alteration and additions. This is applied only on base building elements. 1 point is earned for this credit.

It Will be Challenging to Implement All of the Following: Creating and using a waste

management strategy for construction materials. Qualifying materials include those that are removed and reused.

Designing with standard-sized materials. Avoid waste from cutting materials to odd sizes.

Designing spaces with easy deconstruction, such as using bolts in place of glue.

Minimizing waste on the site, such as by over packing.

Creating a tracking program for all waste to ensure uncontrolled waste is not leaving the job site.


Gaining complete cooperation from contractors

Finding and Working with a waste hauler who is willing to establish a system for managing and tracking construction waste.

To Implement LEED we have to change the general mindset, awareness and dedication of the public.

For LEED to Be Implemented Successfully in Kuwait

• There has to be complete building management and building occupant cooperation.

• All people involved with the building have to be dedicated to making a change.

• As mentioned in the previous slide, the general mindset and awareness of the public has to change to make more people care.

On a Final Note

• The Kuwait Green Building Council was established in March 2012. One of their main objectives is working to ensure Green certified materials and products will be readily available in the Kuwaiti market.

• Their vision is to encourage and engage both public and private sectors to adopt sustainable measures in the development sector in Kuwait.

• We applaud their efforts and hard work.

Finally; This is The World We Would Like For Our Children

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed;

if in terms of ten years,plant trees;

if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

ConfuciusChinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher

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