Strategic Planning and High Performance Design to Reduce Energy and Environmental Impacts at Brown University EPA Brownfields 2006 Kurt Teichert Resource Efficiency Manager Facilities Management Adjunct Lecturer in Environmental Studies Brown University

Discussion Points Campus strategic growth in Providence’s Jewelry District Community Service Learning High performance design standards Recommendations to reduce energy use and emissions despite campus growth

Campus strategic growth

Brown Currently has 230+ Buildings 6 Million+ Gross Square Feet Strategic Framework plans to add over 1 Million GSF

Aerial Photo From South

195 existing I-195 Existing Brown University I-195

Urban Redevelopment Providence’s Jewelry District Strategic investments in facilities beyond the campus on College Hill. 2006: Agreement on 7 properties. 2005: 121 South Main Street building that will house Brown’s Program in Public Health.121 South Main Street 2004: 70 Ship St. retrofitted to create the University’s Laboratories for Molecular Medicine.

Urban Redevelopment 70 Ship St. –Former Speidel Watch Factory –Now Laboratories for Molecular Medicine

Community Service Projects

Community Service Projects Save The Bay 17 Gordon Avenue

High performance building standards

Project Delivery Process Project Delivery Process: High Performance Design Projects are expected to commit to a high level of environmentally responsible design. Environmentally responsible design encourages the design team to incorporate the best elements of sustainable, high performance, and energy efficient design and construction practices.

Project Delivery Process Project Delivery Process: High Performance Design The goal is to reduce operating costs, improve the health and productivity of the occupants, and minimize negative environmental impacts over the life of the building. The team should use a whole-building, integrated design approach and include life-cycle cost analysis throughout the design process.

Guidelines and Standards

Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences 170,000 square foot dry and wet laboratory building for brain sciences Early environmentally responsible design charrette, and extensive energy modeling. Registered for LEED certification

Selected LEED Points for LSB Brownfields Redevelopment –Remediation of urban site Rainwater Storage for Irrigation Energy Reduction –High performance windows reduced first cost and operating costs by eliminating the need for perimeter radiation Carpool Spaces for Building –LEED process pushed this Additional Commissioning – Provides quality control – Verifies high performance goals for the building

Life Sciences Building

Elements of the organic community garden at the Center for Environmental Studies in The Walk Net Zero Discharge of Water Local, Tolerant Plants and Trees The Walk Project

Recommendations from the Environmental Task Force to reduce energy use and emissions despite campus growth

Reducing Consumption on an Expanding Campus Energy Utilization Index Reduction Targets with Square Footage Increases. If campus square footage is increasing and the goal is to reduce, or at least level out energy consumption, we need to set goals for new construction and existing facilities

Achieve an overall campus energy use reduction of 5% in 2020 compared to –Target a 1% to 2% annual reduction in total building energy utilization Target new construction and major renovation –At least 25% to 40%+ lower energy use than code requirement Energy Use and Emissions Reduction Recommended Goals

Kurt Teichert Resource Efficiency Manager Facilities Management Adjunct Lecturer in Environmental Studies Brown University