The Greening of SEFA
 The Greening of SEFA actually means:
 The Greening of the SEFA membership
 Accomplished by:
1. Greening the products we manufacture
2. Greening the process used in the manufacture of those
products*, and
3. Greening the associated facilities*
*Remember, “Product manufacturers will not only have to prove that they
can provide a green product, but also that it was produced in a green
manner” – USGBC
September 18, 2008
Our Products
 Within our US membership I count:
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3 - Manufacturers of Flexible systems
7 - Wood Casework manufacturers
11 - Steel Casework Companies
5 - p/lam Casework Companies
20 - Ventilation Equipment Manufacturers
4 - Service fixture companies
5 - Worksurface companies
September 18, 2008
LEED-AGL
 Purpose
 Customizes credit
criteria to be project
type specific LABS!
 Deletes credits that
do not apply to the
vertical market
 Adds new credits?
September 18, 2008
EPC 2.0 DEVELOPERS
Daniel Arons
Tsoi/Kobus Architects
Karl Aveard *
Earl Walls Associates
Larry Boyer
TerraFirma Environmental
Nancy Carlisle
National Renewable Energy Lab
Colin Cathcart
Kiss + Cathcart, Architects
Victoria David *
Maynard/David Partnership
John DeLahunt *
The Colorado College
David Drummond *Univ of Wisconsin - Madison
Marc Estra
Bristol-Myers Squibb
James Fraley
Earl Walls Associates
Darren Fritsch
Vanderweil Engineers
Charles Garnett * Flad & Associates
Steve Hackman
HERA Inc.
William Lintner
U.S. DOE
Mike MacDonald * Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Garrick Maine
Flad & Associates
Dennis Maloskey * Brinjac Engineering, Inc.
Itzhak Maor
PWI-Energy
Paul Mathew *
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Charlotte Matthews* Steven Winter Associates
Derek McGarry
McCracken & Lopez, PA
Jennifer Melton *
Kling Lindquist
*drafted credit criteria
November 9, 2004
Jack Mizner
The IT Corporation
Richard Mohr
Flad & Associates
Scott Moll *
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Robert Morris
Configuration Management
Jim Nicolow
Lord, Aeck & Sargent
Julie Paquette
Vanderweil Engineers
Don Posson *
Kling Lindquist
Richard Rittelmann*Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann
Don Rosen
Einhorn Yaffee Prescott A&E
Dale Sartor
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Jeffrey Schantz
Lord Aeck Sargent
Roy Sieber *
ERG, Inc.
William Starr
UC Davis
John Swift
Einhorn Yaffee Prescott A&E
Eric Truelove
IBC Engineerng Services, Inc.
Otto VanGeet
National Renewable Energy Lab
Mike Walters *
Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
John Weale
Rumsey Engineers, Inc.
Pat Weggel
U.S. EPA
Robert Weidner
Brinjac Engineering, Inc.
Alexander Wing * Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann
Phil Wirdzek
U.S. EPA
LEED-AGL
 Sustainable Sites
 1 NEW credit
 Water Efficiency
 1 NEW credit
 Energy& Atmosphere
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1 NEW Prerequisite
1 NEW Credit
Modified 1 Prerequisite
Modified 3 Credits
September 18, 2008
 Materials & Resources
 Modified LEED calculation
affecting 3 Credits
 Modified 1 Credit
 Indoor Environmental
Quality
 1 NEW Prerequisite
 3 NEW Credits
 Modified 4 Credits
 Innovation & Design
LEED-AGL
Water Efficiency
Prerequisite 1:
Laboratory
Equipment Water
Use
Intent
Reduce water use for
laboratory equipment
September 18, 2008
LEED-AGL
Water Efficiency
 Requirements
 Prerequisite 1.0 No domestic water shall be used “oncethrough” for any laboratory equipment cooling unless the use is
less than 2 gpm.
 Technologies and Strategies
 Use closed-loop cooling water for equipment cooling instead of
open-loop (once through).
 Use non-potable water sources.
 Use vacuum pumps instead of aspirator fittings at cold-water
faucets. One way to discourage this is to specify the use of
non-threaded faucets, unless threaded faucets are required for
other laboratory function
September 18, 2008
LEED-AGL
Water Efficiency
Credit 4 Process
Water Efficiency
Intent
 Reduce process
water use and
process
wastewater
generation.
September 18, 2008
LEED-AGL
Water Efficiency
 Credit 4.1 (1 point):
 Adopt technologies and strategies to reduce process water use
and process wastewater generation by 20%. Document the
reductions from baseline.
 Credit 4.2 (1 point):
 Adopt technologies and strategies to reduce process water use
and process wastewater generation by 30%. Document the
reductions from baseline.
November 9, 2004
LEED-AGL
Energy & Atmosphere
EA Pr 4: Assess Minimum
Ventilation
Requirements
(New prerequisite)
 Intent
To determine minimum
ventilation requirements in
laboratories based on user
needs, health/safety
protection and energy
consumption
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LEED-AGL
Energy & Atmosphere
 Requirements
 The ventilation requirements shall be determined by a team of
the following professionals: A/E Team, Laboratory
Consultants*, User Representative, Facilities Maintenance,
Owner Environmental Health & Safety, Commissioning Agent
 Determine the necessary fresh air ventilation rate based on
applicable codes and standards and the planned use of the
laboratory over the next 5 years.
 Consider exhaust alternatives to fume hoods
 Develop a workable fume hood sash management plan
LEED-AGL
Indoor Environmental Quality
 EQ Pr 3: Laboratory Ventilation
(New LEED AGL Prerequisite)
 Intent
 Ensure that minimum requirements for
safety and worker protection are met with
worker comfort as an important but
secondary requirement.
LEED-AGL
Indoor Environmental Quality
 Requirements: Meet the minimum requirements of the
following sections of ANSI/AIHA Z9.5 (latest version).
 Chapter 2 - Laboratory Ventilation Management Program in
the design process.
 Chapter 3 - Laboratory Chemical Hoods
Chapter 4 - Other Containment Devices as they apply to
selection of equipment and accessories.
Exclude 4.1.10 Decontamination because it is an operational
 Chapter 5 - Laboratory Ventilation System Design
 Chapter 9 - Air Cleaning (all subsections)
 Appendix 5 - Laboratory Ventilation Management Plan
LEED-AGL
Indoor Environmental Quality
 EQ 4.2: Low Emitting
Materials - Paints and
Coatings
(Modification of the existing
LEED credit)
 Intent
 Reduce the quantity of indoor
air contaminants that are
odorous, potentially irritating
and/or harmful to the comfort
and well-being of installers and
occupants
 See Rational next slide
LEED-AGL
Indoor Environmental Quality
 Requirements:
 VOC emissions from paints and coatings must not exceed the
VOC and chemical components limits of Green Seal’s
Standard GS-11 requirements.
 VOC content limits for laboratory specific coating such as
epoxy floors and wall shall comply with AQMD rule 1113:
Architectural coatings.
 Rationale for Modification
 Credit needs to address materials and products that are
unique to the laboratory environment such as epoxy floors,
floor sealers and other materials that might not meet Green
Seal requirements.
LEED-AGL
Indoor Environmental Quality
 EQ 5: Indoor Chemical
and Pollution Source
Control
(Modification of the existing
LEED credit)
 Intent
 Avoid exposure of building
occupants to potentially
hazardous chemicals that
adversely impact air
quality
LEED-AGL
Indoor Environmental Quality
 Requirements
 Minimize pollutant cross-contamination
 Permanent entryway systems
 Provide segregated areas with deck to deck partitions with
separate outside air exhaust
 Provide chemical storage cabinets that are vented to the
outside where applicable.
 Do not use chemical fume hoods as ventilated storage.
 Drains plumbed for appropriate disposal of liquid waste in
spaces where drain disposal may occur.
 Do not specify and/or install localized chemical neutralization
tanks within the occupied lab space.
LEED-AGL
Indoor Environmental Quality
 EQ 9.1: Indoor
Environmental
Safety – Airflow
Modeling
(New LEED AGL
credit)
 Intent
 Ensure health
and safety of
employees
LEED-AGL
Indoor Environmental Quality
 EQ 9.2: Indoor
Environmental Safety –
Fume Hood
Commissioning
(New LEED AGL credit)
 Intent
 Ensure health and safety
of employees
LEED-AGL
Indoor Environmental Quality
 EQ 9.3: Indoor
Environmental
Safety – Alarms
Systems
(New LEED AGL credit)
 Intent
 Ensure health and
safety of employees
LEED-AGL
Indoor Environmental Quality
 EQ 9.3: Indoor Environmental Safety – Alarms Systems
(con’t)
 Common building and fixed equipment alarms in laboratories
include:
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Fire alarm
Fume hood alarms
instrument exhausts
dedicated exhausts for biosafety cabinets
Pressure balance alarms for areas that must be negative or positive
to adjacent areas
Air supply or general exhaust failure alarms
Intrusion alarms
Freezers, incubators, autoclaves and other fixed equipment equipped
with temperature, pressure or other alarms
Hazardous gas detectors
Working Towards
the Greening Your
Facilities
• SEFA is going GREEN. As a SEFA member, each of
us can set an example by leading the way to
GREENER company.
• GREEN companies and organizations are ones who
take the reins of LEEDership for the sustainable future
 Polish & Elevate the Company
Brand
 Reduce Operating Costs
 Reduce Product manufacturing
Costs
Create an image of the SEFA
membership companies as first
class environmental custodians in
the eyes of our customers, our
vendors, our employees the
architects and the owners in the
 Action Set One:
“The Low Hanging Fruit”
 Action Set Two:
“All the Remaining”
Low Hanging Fruit
1) Establish Goal for Improvement
2) Write a SEFA “GREEN Policy Document” to Include
the Following:
Low Hanging Fruit
 Heating Management Plan to include:
 Room Temperature Limits
 Off Hour Settings
 No Portable Heaters except when authorized
 Cooling Policy Plan to include:
 Implement Room Temperature Limits
 Off Hour Settings
 Reheat Operation if applicable
Low Hanging Fruit
 Lighting Survey & :oghting Reduction Plan
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Eliminate All Incandescent Lamping
Use Natural Light Where Possible
Turn Off Unused or Unneeded Lights
When repainting use light colors
Use Fluorescent Task Lighting Where Appropriate
 Windows and Doors – Keep closed in air conditioned
and heated areas.
Low Hanging Fruit
 Reduce Paper Waste
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Print & Copy as little as possible
When you must print, consider doing it double sided
Edit on screen not on paper
Save to disk instead of printing on paper
Do not routinely print e-mails
Consider recycled paper
Low Hanging Fruit
 GREEN Computing
 Keep computers off unless they are in use
 Turn off printers, especially laser printers, unless printing
 Minimize use of screen savers in lieu of the computer’s power
management features
Low Hanging Fruit
 Other Equipment like vending machines, fans, etc.
 Insist on equipment with the Energy Star rating
 Go digital