Green Building Standards & Initiatives John Koeller, P.E. Koeller and Company Technical Advisor for the U.S.-Canadian Alliance for Water Efficiency

Green Building Standards &

Initiatives

Green Building Standards &

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John Koeller, P.E.John Koeller, P.E.Koeller and CompanyKoeller and Company

Technical Advisor for theTechnical Advisor for theU.S.-CanadianU.S.-Canadian

Alliance for Water EfficiencyAlliance for Water Efficiency

Water Efficiency InitiativesWater Efficiency Initiatives

• Program Initiatives - U.S. & Canada U.S. EPA WaterSense

SM

Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) “Green building” programs (LEED,

ASHRAE, NAHB, Build-it-Green, California

Friendly, others)

Alliance for Water EfficiencyAlliance for Water Efficiency

Centralized focus on water efficiency for U.S. and Canada

Research and testing

Advocate for water efficiency

“Green Building” support

Codes & standards technical support

Clearinghouse & network of water efficiency information and expertise

Training and workshops

Consumer education



“Green Building”…“Green Building”…

• Numerous national green building programs…

• USGBC LEED Program

• Green Globes-Green Building Initiative draft standard

(comm’l & residential above 3 stories)

• ASHRAE draft Standard 189.1 for High Performance Bldgs

(comm’l & residential above 3 stories)

• ASHRAE Standard 191 for Water Efficiency (yet to begin)

• NAHB draft National Green Building Standard (for homes)

• U.S. EPA WaterSenseSM for New Homes

Applications Guidelines

or standard?

Code-adoptable language?

Minimum thresholds or points?

Status

USGBC LEED-NC All except

SFR Guidelines No Points

LEED 2009 will likely mandate 20% reduction

USGBC LEED-Homes Single Family Residential

Guidelines No Both

Green Globes Š Green Bldg Initiative 01-2008P

All above 3 stories

ANSI Standard

Yes Points Public comment period closed; 2nd public draft to be issued

ASHRAE S189 Š High Performance Buildings

All above 3 stories

ANSI Standard

Yes Minimum

thresholds

Public comment period closed; 3nd public draft to be issued

ASHRAE S191 Š Water Conservation

All above 3 stories

ANSI Standard

Yes Minimum

thresholds Process began July 1; no progress to date

NAHB Green Bldg Std for Homes

Residential ANSI

Standard Yes Points

Public comment period closed 2nd public draft

WaterSense for New Homes

Residential Guidelines No Minimum

thresholds Public comment period recently closed on 1st draft


• ASHRAE Standard 189.1 for High-Performance Buildings (a draft)

Developed in conjunction with USGBC

Proposed as an ANSI National Standard

Comment period closed on 2nd public draft - 3rd draft later this year

Covers only “high performance” buildings of 4 floors and more, incl residential

• HETs required; includes all plumbing & appliances

• Focuses on water reuse

• Focuses on landscape & landscape irrigation

Does not cover single family homes or low-rise MF

Competes directly with Green Building Initiative (GBI)


Green Globes - Green Bldg Initiative (GBI) Std 01-2008P“Assessment Protocol for Commercial Buildings” (a draft)

More aggressive than LEED in water efficiency Proposed as an ANSI National Standard Comment period closed on 1st public draft - 2nd public draft to be

released later this year or early 2009 Point-based Covers only buildings of 4 floors and more, incl. residential

• HETs encouraged; includes all plumbing & appliances

• Focuses on water reuse

• Focuses on landscape & landscape irrigation

Does not cover single family homes or low-rise MF

Competes directly with ASHRAE S189.1


National Assoc of Home Builders: National Green Building Standard

Proposed ANSI nat’l standard for new & remodeled homes

(3 stories & less)

Point-based

Water efficiency a small part (6% to 9%)

WaterSense HETs required; other water-using equipment & designs included: urinals, faucets, showers, appliances, structured plumbing, landscape & landscape irrigation, graywater reuse, leak detection-automatic shut-off

To provide a basis for home builders to build “green”


WaterSenseSM for New Homes Guidelines for water-efficient new homes (3 stories & less)

1st public draft released for stakeholder comment

- comment period closed in Sept

Third-party certification may be a part of the program

Water efficiency is 100% of the program

WaterSense HETs required; other water-using equipment & designs included: appliances, water treatment systems, structured plumbing, landscape & landscape irrigation

To provide a common basis for local governments adopting “green building” programs for new homes

Internet ResourcesInternet Resources

• www.allianceforwaterefficiency.org

• www.cuwcc.org

click on >“product news”

• www.cuwcc.org/maptesting.lasso

• www.waterwiser.org (AWWA)

• www.awwa.org/waterwiser/watch/

• www.h2ouse.org/ (Water Saver Home)

• www.epa.gov/watersense/ (U.S. EPA)

• www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/docs/matrix508.pdf

• www.fishnick.com (FSTC-Food Service Technology Center)

Thank you…Thank you…

John Koeller, P.E.Koeller & Company

Yorba Linda, California

Tel. (714) 777-2744

[email protected]



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Green Building Standards & Initiatives John Koeller, P.E. Koeller and Company Technical Advisor for the U.S.-Canadian Alliance for Water Efficiency