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Sustainable Building Operations: New Technology

Options Jerry YudelsonPE, MS, MBALEED Fellow

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Green Building Was Once Thought to Be

The Best Pathway to a Better Future

Green Building Rating Systems: Cure or Curse for Sustainable

Operations?It’s instructive to take a step back and look at history of green building, taking a generational perspective – 25 years.

One could say that green building rating systems have been a great success, but one could also say that today there are now major limits to

their effectiveness in inducing change.

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What Happened?

We Started with a Simple System…

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And Wound Up With a Very Complex One

Vs.

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…That Pleases No One

Consider: ~10,500 Credit Interpretations!

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LEED Growth Has Plateaued

US Commercial Building LEED Projects

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With Limited Impact – Thru 2015

US Commercial Building Market Uptake

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With Limited Impact – Thru 2015

US Commercial Building Market Uptake

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Existing Buildings Lag Even More

US Commercial Building Market Uptake

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Existing Buildings Lag Even More

• 5.5 million existing US nonresidential buildings• Annual LEED EBOM certifications: 500-600• Amount: 0.01% (1 in 10,000)• No growth in the US• LEED Dynamic Plaque has had limited uptake• In 2016, USGBC promotes “arc” to keep score• None of this will work because it fails to

create any real value for building owners!

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This Might Be Great Art, But…

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…Is There a “Better Way”?

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Simplification: A “Better Way”

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Radical Simplification

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Measure Absolute Performance

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LEEDership Means New Objectives

• Radically cut carbon emissions – primary goal– 2030 goals

• Redesign green ratings as management tools for continuous improvement

• Set a Big Hairy Audacious Goal: Increase uptake 10x in 10 years, from 4% to 40% of building area

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How Can We Do This?

• Take advantage of recent developments in real estate operations

• Leverage algorithms to measure sustainability in building operations– Self-driving cars

• Cut certification costs 90% to 99% & cut time to certify to one week– Must change delivery model!

• Fully commit to achieving 2030 goals for all buildings

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A Grand Convergence

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Bright Green Buildings Are Key

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Key Components of “Smart”

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Putting it all Together…

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Customizable Dashboards

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Diagnostics: Using Heatmaps

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Automated Reporting

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• Real time monitoring and control via cloud• Monitoring and control

• Non-proprietary• All over IP• All in (near) real time• All via mobile• All cloud-hosted

• Fault Detection & Diagnostics

• SMS Messaging• Sustainability Reporting• Assess Investments

across Portfolio

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

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Communicate Successes!

…and, More Importantly, Failures!

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Take-AwaysTake-Aways

• Buildings + Algorithms• Embrace Big Data Analytics• Keep Score• Use Cloud-based & Mobile• Use Global Best Practices

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THANK YOU!

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Let’s Stay in Touch…

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