 DECEMBER 6, 2012
 EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
WHY ARE WE
HERE?
NOTABLE QUOTE
 ‘There are two great days in a person’s life – the day
that they are born, and the day they discover why” Desmond Tutu
REMEMBER THIS?
EXPONENTIAL
GROWTH
 FOLDED PAPER
 LILY PADS
 STADIUM WITH A DRIPPING FAUCET:
 7 MINUTES BEFORE YOU DROWN
 7 SECONDS BEFORE YOU REALIZE IT
STATISTICS
 Buildings are one of the heaviest consumers of natural
resources and account for a significant portion of the
greenhouse gas emissions that affect climate change.
In the U.S., buildings account for 38% of all CO2
emissions.
 Buildings represent 73% of U.S electricity
consumption.
 90% of Time Spent in Buildings
WHAT CAN
BE DONE?
AS OF JUNE 2012
 There are over 45,000 commercial projects
participating in the LEED green building certification
system, comprising over 8.4 billion square feet of
construction space in 50 states and 120 countries.
 In addition, over 19,000 units have been certified
under the LEED for Homes rating system, half of
which are in the affordable housing sector, with nearly
76,000 more units registered.
 1.8 billion square feet of building space are LEED-
certified (as of March 2012).
 13,356 LEED-certified commercial projects (7-1-
12) 34,243 LEED-registered commercial projects (7-112) 21,868 LEED for Homes certified units (7-212) 85,206 LEED for Homes registered units (7-2-12)
GREENBUILD
2012
San Francisco, California
5 MAIN POINTS
 A SOCIAL MOVEMENT
 PRODUCT TRANSPARENCY
 LEED v4
 CHAPTER COMMUNITY 3-YR PLAN
 CHAPTER PRIORITIES & GRANTS
 GREEN SCHOOLS
5 MAIN AREAS
 SPEAKERS
 SESSIONS
 CHAPTER FORUM
 EXPO
 THE CITY
SESSIONS
RED LIST OUT
 PEOPLE FIRST VIA TRANSPARENCY
 HUMAN<>NATURE RELATION
 MOVING FROM CODE TO RESTORATIVE
 PHAROS ONLINE DATABASE
 DESIGN PROBLEMS OUT
 HPD – HEALTH PRODUCT DECLARATION
 LEED V4 MATERIALS CREDITS
SITE-SPECIFIC LCA
 B-PATH: BERKELEY LAB MATERIALS
PATHWAYS MODEL
 LCI IS LOCATION DEPENDENT
 THERMAL MASS EFFECT
 TAILORED TO LOCAL SUPPLY CHAIN
 VERY COMPREHENSIVE & COMPLEX
PUSHING THE
ENVELOPE
 BUILDING ENVELOPE COMMISSIONING
 SET/CHECK/MEET GOALS
 NOT MEC/ELECT Cx
 FIRST APPEARED IN LEED 2009 FOR HC
 NIBS GUIDELINE 3, 2006
 “COMMISSIONING IS NOT TESTING”
FUTURE OF LEED
 LEED 2030 ROADMAP
 v4 FOCUS ON PERFORMANCE
 CREATIVE TENSION BTWN MARKET & URGENCY
 SHIFTING FROM DEVELOPMENT TO
IMPLEMENTATION
 7 LEED SYSTEM GOALS – WATER, SUSTAINABLE
MATERIALS, COMMUNITY/EQUITY, GREEN
ECONOMY, BIODIVERSITY/ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES, HUMAN HEALTH, CLIMATE CHANGE
FUTURE OF LEED –
CONT’D
 SYSTEM GOALS UNDERPIN PRIORITIES
 BETTER METRICS – ABSOLUTE VS RELATIVE
 DRIVEN BY GOALS, LINKED TO
PERFORMANCE
 THE DYNAMIC PLAQUE
 PLAQUE IS THE BEGINNING, NOT THE END
LEED v4
The next version of
LEED.
 LEED v4 is the newest update to the LEED rating
systems. Changes from LEED 2009 are seen in three
main categories: new market sectors, increased
technical rigor and streamlined services. LEED v4
raises the bar on leadership.
CHAPTER FORUM
USGBC GRANTS

Key Dates
 Dec 7: Strategic Investment Grant Application
deadline
deadline
deadline
deadline
deadline
Jan. 4: Capacity Building Grant Application
Jan. 18: Impact Grant Application
Jan. 25: Advocacy Grant Application
Feb. 8: Green Schools Grant Application
2013 Priorities for
Chapters
 Each of USGBC’s 77 chapters tailors its efforts to suit
the social and environmental needs of its region, but
in 2013 chapters across the network will share five
areas of focus with each other and USGBC national:
 LEED and Performance
 Green Building Information Gateway (GBIG), LEED
v4, Building Performance, Existing Homes, Chemicals
of Concern
 State and Local Advocacy
 Seven Advocacy Campaigns
Chapter Priorities –
Cont’d
 Organizational Excellence

Membership, USGBC.org, Chapter Minimum Performance
Standards
 Green Schools

Green Apple Day of Service, Green Schools Fellows,
Existing Schools, USGBC Students, Green Schools
Advocacy, Green Classroom Professional Certificate
 Community Engagement

Affordable Housing, Existing Neighborhoods, Diversity,
Emerging Professionals, Volunteer Recognition
EXPO
STAR COMMUNITIES
 WWW.STARCOMMUNITIES.ORG
 RELEASED LAST MONTH BY ICLEI, USGBC,
NATL LEAGUE OF CITIES
 30 CITIES IN PILOT TESTING
(NORTHAMPTON)
WEBSITES
 WWW.STARCOMMUNITIES.ORG
 WWW.THENOUNPROJECT.COM
 B-PATH
 WWW.EARTHECHOORG
 GBIG.ORG
 WWW.SPHERE-E.COM
 WWW.ECORGLOBAL.COM
WEBSITES – CONT’D
 WWW.METHODHOMES.NET
 ARCOM@ARCOMNET.COM
 WWW.KONE.US
 WWW.BLUEBEAM.COM
 WWW.PATHTONETZERO.COM
 www.usgbc.org/LEEDv4
SPEAKERS
 Governor Jerry Brown
Mayor Edwin Lee
 Scott Horst
William McDonough
 Jane McGonigal
Phillipe Costeau
 Rick Fredrizzi
Dan Geiger
 Chris Pyke
Kimberly Lewis
Jane McGonigal
 Angry birds – 1 billion downloads & 200 mil per day
 71% of US workers are actively disengaged
 we have passion to work and solve problems, but it is
displaced in virtual worlds
 how to harness the millions of hours
 skills & abilities – producing positive emotions
 Showmethescience.com
 even violent games add creativity
Jane McGonigal
 gamers spend 80% of the time failing
 HARNESSING THE VIRTUAL WORLD
 1. – can summon crowds out of thin air
 [100% increase in volunteer participation for the
gaming gardens – using google maps]
 2. – working together? [fold-it game beats computer]
 3. - see the future
 world without oil game – now wwo early warning
system
Phillipe Costeau
 EarthEco International
 Global Eco Fund – portion of fees to social initiatives
 Only 200 million people 2000 years ago
 Arctic ice melting faster than models
 For 1st time, arctic ice was studied in the spring, not
winter in 2009
Phillipe Costeau
 Arctic is the world’s a/c and most important ocean
 Tomahawk missile costs $2mil
 We fired 150 of them in one day recently
 We spent $2 mil on research in the arctic ocean
Phillipe Costeau
 Importance of educating the young
 Why we wet the toothbrush – behaviors learned when
little
 Conservation spirit can be passed on to next
generations
 www.earthecho.org
 action leads to awareness, not the other way around
CITY OF AUSTIN, TX
 LUCIA ATHENS, CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY
OFFICER
 DO YOU HAVE A PERSONAL MISSION
STATEMENT?
 CITY MOTTO – “KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD”
 ARTS & CULTURE & PEDICABS
 THINK BIG/PEOPLE MATTER/HAVE FUN
RICK FREDRIZZI
 How does USGBC help chapters and communities
recover from storms?
 Thanks for GSA letter – something going on
 Thanks for slowing down LEED v4
 We have ability to send strong message to federal
government
 Cornell – kids have built green school in Africa –
Great Video!
RICK FREDRIZZI
 A social movement
 Historic social movements prevailed because THEY
WERE RIGHT.
 The sustainability movement is RIGHT
Scott Horst
VP - LEED

GOOGLE grant of $3 Million for materials research

LEED v4 MR Credits – Chemicals of Concern

History repeats: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring - 50 years ago last
September

DDT was a de-licer in WWII – Govt wanted to employ ex-pilots to
spray everywhere, both public and private land

She was personally attacked, accused of being communist

1962 – Monsanto publication “the desolate year”

LEED v4 blowback (on concerned chemicals): “there will be work to
limit use of LEED in federal and state governments”.
William McDonough
 WHAT’S NEXT is what’s next
 Design is the first signal of human intention
 A regulation is a signal of design failure
 Anthropocene era – planetary change caused by
humans
 Carbon is our friend – we are carbon
William McDonough
 We don’t have an energy problem, we have a material
problem – carbon is in the wrong place
 A toxin is a material in the wrong place
 Materials as nutrients – biological & technical
 Material reutilization
 Renewable energy, period
CLOSING
THOUGHTS
WHO WOULD WANT
TO JOIN USGBCNH?

SOMEONE WHO…..

IS PASSIONATE ABOUT SPACESHIP EARTH AND THE
ENVIRONMENT

CARES ABOUT LIFE IN ALL ITS FORMS AND PLACES

IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR OUR
CHILDREN

IS SEEKING A FORUM TO EXPRESS THEIR IDEAS

WANTS TO LEARN ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY

WANTS TO TEACH ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY
AM I SOMEONE WHO
 BELIEVES THE POWER OF CORPORATISM
AND CAPITALISM CAN BE HARNESSED FOR
GOOD

----AND CHALLENGED FOR ITS ABUSES
 WANTS TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO
SOCIAL EQUITY
 WANTS TO SHARE IDEAS WITH LIKE-
MINDED PEOPLE [AND HAVE FUN DOING IT]
 AND SOMEONE WHO IS NOT AFRAID
TO STAND UP FOR AND TO DO WHAT
IS RIGHT
love your mother