Toolkit on
Sustainable Buildings
John Smiciklas
ITU Consultant
Principal, MJRD Assessment Inc.
International
Telecommunication
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Contributors & Collaborators
John Smiciklas (MJRD Assessment Inc.), Liezl de Jager, (IBI
Group), Flavio Cucchietti (Telecom Italia), Ahmed Zeddam (France
Telecom), Jean-Manuel Canet (France Telecom), Lutz-Guenther
Scheidt (PE international AG), Constantin Herrmann (PE International
AG), Giacomo Mazzone (EBU), David Wood (EBU), Richard Smith
(BBC), Yogesh Chauhan (BBC), Mariam Ali (BBC), Rohan Parikh
(Infosys), Sunita Purushottam (Infosys), Samit Kumar Bhowmick,
(Infosys), Shannon A. West (Verizon), Chris T. Lloyd (Verizon), Nicole
De Furia (Verizon), Sébastien Ziegler (Mandat International)
•Cristina Bueti (ITU)
•Erica Campilongo (ITU)
THANKS:
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Purpose:
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Aims to give directions on the many current green building programs
and standards that can be used to enhance the environmental
performance of a company’s infrastructure.
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Present information on the standards and how they can be applied at
various life stages of a building, including design, construction, use
and demolition.
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Present examples of the use of environmental sustainability
standards and principles in projects and the benefits obtained.
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The Document:
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Design and build specifications
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Building maintenance, repair and operations
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Building improvement
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Technical buildings and outside plant
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Life cycle
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Case Studies throughout
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Check list
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Conclusions - Suggestions
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Design and build specifications:
 Provides an overview of Global Standards
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LEED
Green Globes
Green Building (Europe)
BREEAM
International Green Construction Code
German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB)
Green Building Council of Australia
Estidama − United Arab Emirates
CASBEE – Japan
 Case studies
 Waterfront Toronto Minimum Green Building Requirements −Toronto,
Canada
 UNEP Building − Nairobi, Kenya
 Suzlon One Earth − Pune, India
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Building maintenance, repair and operations
 Provides an overview of Global Standards
 LEED guidelines for existing buildings: operations and
maintenance
Best Environmental Practice
•Using a systematic process, a thorough understanding of the operation
of the building’s major energy-using systems should be undertaken
with the goal of the development of a plan to optimize energy
performance and efficiency.
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Building improvement
Provides an overview of Global Standards
Benefits
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Increased building value
Increased rent premiums
Lower occupancy cost for tenants
Fewer vacant buildings
Improved public relations and marketing value
Reduced ownership risk
Economic Benefit
Occupancy rates are approximately 3% to 6% higher for certified
spaces over comparable non-certified spaces, according to a
research conducted by the University of Reading, UK.
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Technical buildings and outside plant
Provides an overview of Global Standards
Important to the ICT Industry
BREEAM New Construction: data centers
Case Study
 British Geological Survey data center, Nottingham, UK
Economic Benefit
Data centers are used to house computer systems and associated
components, such as telecommunications and storage systems. These
buildings tend to be heavy consumers of energy and, as they have
grown in number, the application of sustainable building standards can
have a measureable impact on energy use.
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Life Cycle
A life cycle assessment (LCA) can help avoid a narrow
outlook on environmental, social and economic concerns by
assessing a full range of impacts associated with all the
stages of a process from cradle-to-grave (i.e. from extraction
of raw materials through material processing, manufacturing,
distribution, use, repair and maintenance, and disposal or
recycling). Impacts taken into account include (among
others) embodied energy, global warming potential, resource
use, air pollution, water pollution, and waste.
Economic Benefit
In terms of the physical environment, it is estimated that good design
can reduce energy costs by 25%, and by reducing energy bills, the
overall costs will also be lower.
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Checklist Examples
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Conclusions - Suggestions
1. Standards
 Green building standards available for almost every type of building on
a global basis and these standards are well developed and continuously
being updated.
 Buildings that have been designed with sustainability in mind also need
to be operated and maintained using sustainability standards.
2. Environmental, socio-economic aspects:
 Buildings built and operated according to green building standards
maximize the economic and environmental benefit to owners and
tenants.
 ICTs are critical to the energy efficient operation of our built
environment.
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Suggestions to ITU-T Study Group 5:
3. Review and development of standards
With respect to ICT usage in buildings to monitor and manage building
systems, there is an opportunity to review the landscape and ensure that
standards are in place and being used to ensure that equipment and systems
from all manufacturers are compatible with each other.
Any lack of compatibility may constrain building owners and operators from
improving their systems when potential replacement equipment purchases
lack compatibility with current systems due to proprietary standards.
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More information
http://itu.int/ITU-T/climatechange/ess/index.html
Contact:
 Cristina Bueti (greenstandard@itu.int)
 John Smiciklas(john.smiciklas@sympatico.ca)
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