Sustainability Susan McFaddin, PhD, LEED-AP, CEM

Economics – the study of the allocation of scarce resources to unlimited wants. Externalities – benefits and costs that you don’t pay for

Sustainability meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. UN Brundtsland Commission 1987

Pacific Gyre

From: Green to Gold by Dan Esty and Andrew Winston

Conventional vs UFAD

Employer Costs Rules of Thumb $1 – Energy $10 - Rent $100 - Salaries

West Bend Mutual Insurance Company (West Bend, WI)

Average WorkerExecutive Salary $ 60,000 $ 120,000 Benefits 30% $ 18,000 $ 36,000 Total Cost $ 78,000 $ 156,000 Square Feet per employee Employee Cost/ Sq ft $ $ % Increase in Productivity $ $ % Increase in Productivity $ $ Lawrence-Berkley Study Absenteeism and Recruiting are also improved

Adobe Towers LEED-EB Energy Efficiency Measure Capital Cost Annual Energy Savings Payback PeriodROI Motion Sensors for HVAC in all Conference Rooms$37,500310,438 kBtu8 months140% Reprogrammed Garage Lighting$55,26776,713 kBtu11 months115% Installed VFD on Chiller$65,00087,265 kBtu7 months163% Surge Protectors and Motion Sensors for each Office$104,750148,498 kBtu5 months253% Retrofitted Garage Lighting$157,775312,254 kBtu10 months118%

Let ours be a time remembered for the awakening of a new reverence for life, the firm resolve to achieve sustainability, the quickening of the struggle for justice and peace, and the joyful celebration of life. Earth Charter 2000 We did not inherit the earth from our ancestors. We are borrowing her from our children. Seneca Nations