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Sustainable Buildings— Sustainable Cities

Jerry YudelsonLEED Fellow

Taking Action — 2013

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• How are cities driving sustainability?

• Green revolution?• Greening the cities: Just a dream?• What are the ‘new era’

priciples for greening communities and cities?

Key Questions:

How Are Cities Driving Sustainability?

*McKinsey Report - March 2011

The world’s 600 largest cities drive 64% of global GDP growth with only 22% of the world’s population*

Cities Drive Future Prosperity. . . But Are Inherently Unsustainable. If Green Revolution is the Answer. . . What’s the Question?

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Green Revolution: What’s The Question?

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Business Case: Green Buildings

ENVIRONMENTAL • sustainable devel. • stormwater mgmt. • renewable energy • risk mitigation

FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC

• energy/water savings• higher rents/occupancy• +net operating income• higher resale value• tax benefits

REPUTATIONAL• recruit/retain talent• increase entity value• marketing/PR• investors/donors• value retention

SOCIAL/POLITICAL• inclusiveness• public health• productivity• resiliency

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What’s The Issue?

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Only Performance Counts

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Where Should We Go From Here?

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Smart Cities — 5 Action Steps

• Start with Smart Living Buildings– Keep Score with GRESB

• Start with Green Infrastructure– Singapore’s NEWater

• Keep Score: Cloud-based Solutions– Sustainability Reporting

• Throw Away 20th Century Rule Book– Seattle’s Bullitt Center

• Communicate Success!– Global Best Practices

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Smart Buildings

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*About GRESB — The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark is an industry-led organization committed to rigorous, independent evaluation of the sustainability performance of real-estate portfolios. GRESB works to identify and implement sustainability best practices to enhance and protect shareholder value. More: www.gresb.org.

GRESB* Standards For All Buildings

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NREL Research Support Facility I • Golden, Colorado, USA20,000 sq.m./LEED Platinum • 110 kWh/sq.m./year

Zero-Net Energy Buildings

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Cut US CO2 Emissions 14% by 2025

Rapid Greening Impact

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Masdar City, Abu Dhabi

Smart Cities — Green Infrastructure

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Singapore Marina Barrage

Smart Cities — Water Infrastructure

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• Switch Smart Hub — real time monitoring and control via cloud• Monitoring and control

• Non-proprietary• All over IP• All in real time• All via Web• All Cloud-hosted

• Fault detection• Sustainability reporting• Investment decisions

Keep Score: Cloud-based • Real-time • Data Analytics

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Bullitt Center, Seattle, Washington, USA: 5.000 sq.m.Seeking LEED Platinum/Living Building Challenge

Discard 20th Century Rule Book

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Take-AwaysTake-Aways

Buildings + InfrastructureCloud-based InformationChange Rule BookShare Best Practices

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THANK YOU!

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