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Progress Report on USDA and USFS Green Building Initiatives. Changing Forests…Enduring Values. USDA and FS Lead the Way on Green Buildings. Chief Tidwell – - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Progress Report on USDA and USFS Green Building Initiatives
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Chief Tidwell –
“As we move forward with restoring America’s forests, we are getting smarter and more efficient in how we use wood products as both an energy and green building source, which will help maintain rural jobs”
USDA and FS Lead the Way on Green Buildings
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Sustainability:The Big Picture
SustainabilitySustainability
1. USE: select wood in new USFS & USDA building construction
2. RESEARCH: enhance research & development of green building materials
3. DEMONSTRATION: capture opportunities in USFS, USDA and with partners to demonstrate new uses of wood
4. PARTNERSHIPS: develop and support partnerships for using wood in federal government, private, and NGO sectors
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
USDA Strategy - Goals
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Sylamore RD OfficeOzark – St. Francis National ForestMountain View, AR
Use of Wood Pre-2011
First FS certified green building, 2006
Building is wood framed with wood and stone veneer siding
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
USFS 2011 Directive
Increase use of locally milled timber in all new agency buildings and facilities
Camino Real Ranger Station, Carson National Forest, Penasco, NM Building features locally milled
wood products
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USDA Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan
Goal 3, Objective 6 – Use Domestic Wood as the Preferred Sustainable Building Construction Material.“Use domestically harvested wood products, ideally locally sourced and from National Forest System lands wherever practicable and feasible, as the preferred green building material for all USDA facilities and buildings.”
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Progress
LCI/LCA: current information and tools to meet green building codes and standards; develop environmental product declarations (EPDs)
Direction: 2011 USDA Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan & USDA Sustainable Buildings Implementation Plan (soon to be published)
Buildings constructed in AK, NM, OR, CA, etc. Under design and registered in “Green Globes”:
Research Triangle Park Forestry Science & Assessment Center (NC)
Enoree Ranger District Office (SC)
Goal 1: Use of wood in building construction
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Angeles National Forest Supervisor OfficeArcadia, CA
New USFS Buildings
24,500 sq. ft. Wood frame Wood trusses in
roof system
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Camino Real Ranger Station, Carson National Forest Penasco, NM
8,500 sq. ft. Locally milled wood
products Wood in framing,
sheathing, doors, and windows
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Corvallis Laboratory – Siuslaw National Forest HQ OfficeCorvallis, OR
Before construction
After construction 9,700 sq. ft. Wood exterior, interior
paneling, glulam and wood fixtures
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Juneau Laboratory, AK
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Enoree Ranger District OfficeFrancis Marion-Sumter NFWhitmire, SC
Renovation and addition planned for 2013
Expected to be first FS Green Globes building
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ProgressGoal 2: Enhancing green building and wood use
research & development
Innovative ways to use smaller diameter timber, leftover branches and limbs
New building materials research at FPL Enhancing the development and application of LCA Developing wood product standards and code acceptance for
wood in non-residential construction
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Nanotechnology
Cross Laminated Timber
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Progress
Demo projects: FPL Demo house, Madison, WI Mississippi State University campus Haywood Community College campus, NC
Green building competitions: Carbon Challenge Baltimore Carbon Challenge Providence
Supporting USDA Biopreferred Program
Goal 3: Demonstrating innovative uses of wood compatible with green building standards
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
FPL - Advanced Housing Research Center Demonstration House Madison, WI
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
ProgressGoal 4: Develop partnerships in federal, private, and
NGO sectors to advance the use of wood
Promote wood preference policy with USDA’s position on White House Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability
Outreach results of the FPL - LCA study and ongoing work Work with GSA on high performance building guiding principles Partner with U.S. WoodWorks program on educating and
transferring technology to design and building professionals New DOD schools initiative partnership Continue offering technical assistance to private, non-profit and
public sector
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Partnership Opportunities
How can we move forward as a community to develop and promote sustainable wood uses?
How do we build a bigger, more effective coalition supporting wood as a material for sustainability?
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How Can We Better Position Wood in the Big Sustainability Picture?
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Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Changing Forests…Enduring Values
Thank you …. Contact:
Jim Reaves, Deputy Chief – Research and Development ([email protected])
Dave Cleaves , Climate Change Advisor – Office of the Chief ([email protected])