Facilities Planning & Analysis Green Building AssessmentNEXT (February 26th)Article ReviewsWhat makes a good field project?Parts of a Field Project ProposalWhat makes for a good Term Paper topic?Parts of a Term Paper ProposalLEED Building Assessment StandardLEED Building Assessment StandardSlide Number 10LEED Certification ProcessGreen Globes and other protocolsInternational Building Assessment SystemsWhat’s Next? Beyond Today’s Building Rating SystemsNEXT (February 26th)Facilities Planning & Analysis Green Building AssessmentTech045 February 19th, 2008Dept. of Aviation and TechnologyDr. Seth BatesNEXT (February 26th)No class meeting.Continued early planning to avoid later rushes and procrastination: Term Project proposals (group discussions) Refine Research Paper topics and develop RP resources (group discussions) Review critique of first article Upcoming ReadingsArticle Reviews Choose a good article Substantial content Authoritative and objective author (not biased or connected financially to what he/she is reporting on) Unquestionably related to facilities planning, site selection, green buildings, or other aspect of this course Download the document “Format for text and article reviews” from the Course Documents page. Use that format to compose your article review.What makes a good field project? Effort Research Interest Catchy topic? Manageable topic Clear purpose, goals and objectives Adequate resources Knowledge about the facility or companyParts of a Field Project Proposal Title Synopsis About 100 words describing the purposes, methods, resources and setting for the project [Tentative Outline] Too early for a full outline. Can be done in two weeks. List of references At least five references/resources that you will use to prepare your project, in addition to your textbook if used.What makes for a good Term Paper topic? Effort Research Interest Catchy topic? Manageable topic Clear purpose, goals and objectives Adequate resources Knowledge about the topicParts of a Term Paper Proposal Title Synopsis About 100 words describing the topic and goals for the paper. May include delimiters (subjects not included) Tentative Outline List of references At least five references/resources that you will use to prepare your project, in addition to your textbook if used. In the end you will need to have about 15 to 20 solid reference sources for your paper. They should include both traditional hard copy sources as well as electronic sources.LEED Building Assessment Standard Up until the 1990s, there were no real standards by which to measure and compare facilities that were attempting to be “green”. Worse, there was a lot of discussion and little agreement on how to do it. LEED for New Construction addresses this gap, along with other emerging standards. LEED is a point-based systemhttp://www.usgbc.org/Default.aspxLEED Building Assessment Standard LEED has a number of rating systems that continue to evolve: New Construction  Existing Buildings  Commercial Interiors  Core & Shell  Schools  Retail  Healthcare  Homes  Neighborhood Development Most facilities projects involve CHANGING facilities rather than new constructionLEED Rating SystemsNew ConstructionLEED for New Construction and Major Renovations is designed to guide and distinguish high-performance commercial and institutional projects. Existing BuildingsLEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance provides a benchmark for building owners and operators to measure operations, improvements and maintenance. Commercial InteriorsLEED for Commercial Interiors is a benchmark for the tenant improvement market that gives the power to make sustainable choices to tenants and designers. Core & ShellLEED for Core & Shell aids designers, builders, developers and new building owners in implementing sustainable design for new core and shell construction. SchoolsLEED for Schools recognizes the unique nature of the design and construction of K-12 schools and addresses the specific needs of school spaces. RetailLEED for Retail recognizes the unique nature of retail design and construction projects and addresses the specific needs of retail spaces. HealthcareLEED for Healthcare promotes sustainable planning, design and construction for high-performance healthcare facilities. HomesLEED for Homes promotes the design and construction of high-performance green homes. Neighborhood DevelopmentLEED for Neighborhood Development integrates the principles of smartLEED Certification Process Make sure you review the steps for LEED certification Compare this process to the process for ISO 900x certification Consider the benefits and costs of LEED certificationGreen Globes and other protocols Based out of Canada An alternative to LEED Adopted in the U.S. by the Green Building Initiative GBI is the first green building org to be accredited for standards development by ANSI ANSI standard under development Review structure of Green Globes p 64. Do we need this alternative std?International Building Assessment Systems BREEAM (UK) CASBEE (Japan) Green Star (Australia) GBTool http://www.iisbe.org/iisbe/gbc2k5/gbc2k5-start.htm You can download the software (an Excel system) for free to evaluate itWhat’s Next? Beyond Today’s Building Rating Systems What is needed? Industry Domestic (homes) Business Other…NEXT (February 26th)No class meeting.Continued early planning to avoid later rushes and procrastination Assignments due Upcoming Readings Next class meeting March