National Executive Forum on Public Property Sustainable development

National Executive Forum on Public Property “Sustainable development” opportunities and implications Department of National Defence “Approach to Green Buildings” Viv Walsworth

DND approach to green buildings • • Realty: a sustainability opportunity Policies & motivators DND Unique challenges & considerations DND Strategy for green building Tools How are we doing Future direction

realty: a target of opportunity for DND transition to sustainability • • • strategic context life cycle cost savings productivity& QOL enhancements Reduced impacts, residual liabilities Kyoto commitments Demonstrate stewardship

DND Approach to Green Buildings Policy and motivators

Policy: Defence Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) • • Minister’s commitment policy fostering sustainability 1997 realty objectives, targets, action plans 2000 “integrating” environment into realty “decision-making” “processes & practices” • 2003 (planned): first “green building target” • Reporting: whole building environmental assessment

Policy: Defence Sustainable Development Strategy (SDS) • • regulatory compliance due diligence/ environmental risk management policy integration/ dissemination/ implementation stewardship/ acculturation environmental Management System (EMS) green procurement issue targets, action plans

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DND Approach to Green Buildings Unique challenges and considerations

DND realty sustainability challenges: • custodial “life cycle” asset management • unique DND realty context: environmental issues: range/ complexity/ risks asset age/ campus context capacity for re-capitalization diversity of occupancies spanning climatic regions limited knowledge/ capacity • Priority: existing buildings

DND realty: sustainability challenges: • all pre-design, design & construction: contracted • facilities management: contracted/ alternate service delivery • monitoring & oversight of 3 rd party providers • Render transparency/ measurability/ sustain documentation • transferability of lessons learned to portfolio

DND Approach to green buildings Elements of Green Building Strategy

DND Green Building Strategy • • collaboratively developed lessons learned conceived as continuum coordinated with SDS cycle/ updated annually commercially available whole building assessment integrate decision support tools/ modeling synergies with other initiatives/ programs foster knowledge transfer/ capacity building

DND Green Building Strategy: 1. Existing buildings • Existing buildings: whole building assessments – – – for benchmarking post occupancy evaluations due diligence; to assess/ improve operations target remedial work for re-fit & renovations lessons learned • Initiated: on-line assessments by base staff

DND Green building Strategy 2. existing buildings retrofit • energy performance contracts under FBI • utility data management • building energy performance indices (BEPI’s) for building archetypes • BEPI’s: feed into existing building assessments • On-line retrofit assessment tool planned

DND Green Building Strategy: 3. New building project delivery • adaptation of “Green Leaf” to support “environmental issues integration” into each stage of ISO 9001 “project delivery” process • partnership with PWGSC • (alpha) on-line version: “Green Globes for new buildings” (DND) Testing/ translation • support to SDS 2003 green building target

DND Green Building Strategy 4. targeted issues/ savings Example: operating energy/ GHG reduction • strategic: : target 10% • operational savings: : estimate > 10% • retrofit existing buildings: 20% per EPC benchmark archetypes • New building min 25% less than MNECB: substantiation: CBIP modeling

DND Green building approach Assessment & decision support TOOLS

Tools: DND/ PWGSC environmental integration framework • Structured: whole building environmental assessment • Contextual: issues/ goals relevant to DND • Targeted: guidance/ indicators of content/ specificity targeted for “each” stage • • Integrated: decision support/ modeling/ compliance Transparent: Checklist/ indicators at “each” stage Measurable: rating at major milestones Flexible: generic framework with add-on modules

Tools: DND/ PWGSC on-line Green Globes for new buildings • “DND/ PWGSC environmental issues integration framework” On-line • available alpha test version www. greenglobes. com/nbalpha/ DND version • DND variant identical to general practitioner except hotlinks to Federal regulations, policies • synergies with other Federal programs • seamless input to CBIP energy modeling • links: decision support tools

Select User Download questionnaire

Questionnaire Screen Other than entering the CBIP input information, most questions are “yes” or “no”.

TOOLS: DECISION SUPPORT ATHENA DESIGN LCA MATERIALS

Tools: Value-based selection including “sustainability” • • Design-build: evaluated 50% price/ 50% “quality” points include “Sustainability” detailed CBIP energy simulation min perf: 25% below MNECB Price: annual energy cost x 10 + (capital cost) encourage 10 year payback energy saving features 15 sustainability points: LEED substantiation

DND Approach to Green Building How are we doing?

DND Occupancy Profile Initial focus: exist/ new quarters

CFB Toronto MFRC Military Family Resource Centre Richard Doucette PWGSC project managed for DND by PWGSC Ontario region applied integrated design approach targeting natural light, indoor environment, operating energy savings stack effect to promote natural ventilation first DND project to achieve 4 “green leafs” eco-rating • Energy performance

CFB HALIFAX QUARTER & MESSES

CFB ESQUIMALT NAVAL OFFICER TRAINING CENTER

DND Approach to Green Building The future

DND 5 year Capital Plan: “Unit Lines” occupancy modules

DND Green Globes development/ adaptations • occupancy & environmental issue specific add on’s • jurisdictional overlay “existing buildings” • Foster retrofit transition to Green building performance contracting (GBPC) from EPC • Retrofit version to support GBPC • Provincial/ municipal jurisdictional overlays?

LEED Canada Federal jurisdiction adaptation • statutes, regulations, policy & standards applicable to Federal jurisdiction • reconcile credits with Federal procurement policy & trade agreements • Rationalize regional/ climatic applicability • foster balanced approach • heritage, physical security, maintainability

Conclusions • whole portfolio view/ each phase of activity • Acculturation- Process modification- strategy- best practices • Timely feedback/ lessons learned/ transferred • Capacity building • Hierarchy of tools/ same concepts/ different packaging • What works for you • Reward/ recognition