1. The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design
Program No.: CSGBD
Provider Name: Spacesaver Corporation
Provider No.: J197
Speaker’s Notes:
Thank you for attending “The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design.” This is an AIA Registered Seminar (program no. CSGBD) qualifying for one (1) AIA Learning Unit and Health, Safety & Welfare (HSW) credit. Please sign the attendance list. Please clearly print your name and also include your AIA member number. This will help Spacesaver Corporation (the seminar provider) process your AIA Learning Units and also supply you with a certificate of attendance in today’s seminar.
Recently (in 2005), Spacesaver Corporation co-authored (by Christopher Batterman, LEED AP – Spacesaver’s Product Manager for High-Density Mobile Products) a white paper on the same topic of today’s seminar with Alfred Herzog of Emory University. Copies of this white paper are among your handouts today. If you like, we can also make it available to you in PDF format. You should also have a seminar evaluation form. We ask that you kindly complete the evaluation at the conclusion of today’s seminar so that we can continue to improve our seminar program.
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: The handouts the audience should have received include:
1. The white paper, “The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design”
2. Seminar Evaluation Form]

2. Best Practices Statement
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Best Practices Statement
This program is registered with the AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include any
content that may be deemed or construed to be an
approval or endorsement by the AIA or any
material of construction or any method or
manner of handling, using, distributing
or dealing in any material or product.
Questions related to specific
materials, methods, and/or
services will be addressed
at the conclusion of
this presentation.
Speaker’s Notes:
Here is AIA’s official Best Practices Statement. It basically states that this presentation is not a commercial for a specific company. Any questions related to specific products and services can be addressed following this presentation.
Before we find out who’s in our audience today, let’s first outline the topics in today’s seminar.
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3. Seminar Goals: Define common “green” terms.
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Seminar Goals:
Define common “green” terms.
Understand motives for green buildings.
Describe role of the U.S. Green Building Council & LEED.
List ways you & compact storage can support green building goals and possibly contribute to LEED credits.
Things to look for in a compact storage equipment supplier.
Speakers’ Notes:
First, we’ll define some commonly used terms like “green design” to make sure we have an understanding of the basic concepts.
After that, I’ll ask those in the audience why green building design is important to your business.
Third, we’ll talk about the increasing role that the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is playing in the construction industry; specifically as it relates to the USGBC’s “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” or “LEED” rating system.
Fourth, we’ll talk about how we as designers and solution providers can help building owners and project managers achieve their green building goals; and possibly even contribute towards LEED points. We will use building project examples in the process; some LEED certified and others not LEED certified, but green nonetheless.
I’d encourage everyone to, if you have not already done so, to turn your cell phones to “stun.” We’d like to keep this somewhat informal so don’t be afraid to ask questions along the way. Are there any questions before we get started?
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4. What is “Green” or “Sustainable” Design?
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
What is “Green” or “Sustainable” Design?
Design and construction practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of buildings on the environment and occupants.
Speaker’s Notes:
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The goal of green design is to create high-performance buildings. Often called “sustainable design,” it evolved from a variety of concerns, experiences, and needs…..(from the USGBC’s own web site…)
Energy efficiency gained importance during the 1970s oil crisis.
Recycling efforts in the U.S. in the 1970s onward became commonplace and came to the attention of the building industry.
In the 1980s, the “sick building syndrome” concept emerged and concern for worker health and productivity became an issue. The concern for toxic material emissions also became an issue that needed to be addressed.
Projects in water-scarce areas began to focus on water conservation.
Early green designs usually focused on one issue at a time, mainly energy efficiency or use of recycled materials.
Green building architects in the 1980s and 1990s began to realize that the integration of all the factors mentioned here would produce the best results and, in essence, a “high performance” building.
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5. What is the “LEED®” Green Building Rating System?
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
What is the “LEED®” Green Building Rating System?
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design®
A leading-edge system for designing, constructing, operating and certifying the world’s greenest buildings. - USGBC
Speaker’s Notes:
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Why was LEED created? To name a few reasons, LEED was created to…
Facilitate positive results for the environment, occupant health and financial return
Define “green” by providing a standard for measurement
Promote whole-building, integrated design processes
Use as a design guideline
Stimulate green competition
Raise consumer awareness of green building design practices
Please understand that buildings are LEED certified and people are LEED accredited. I also want to emphasize again that products cannot be LEED certified; although products can contribute to a building’s LEED certification.
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Buildings are LEED certified. People are LEED accredited (Accredited Professional). Products are NOT LEED certified or accredited.

6. Motives for Green Building Design
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Motives for Green Building Design
People
Profit
Planet
LEED
Speaker’s Notes:
The U.S. Green Building Council is promoting the LEED Green Building Rating System as being in support of all three legs of a stool; the environment (or planet), people and profit.
Regarding “People,” green design is meant to improve indoor environmental quality which increases occupant health and well being. Studies have shown that students in green schools achieve higher test scores while workers in green buildings are healthier, happier and are easier to retain, therefore, more productive employees contributing more to their firm’s profitability.
Regarding “Profit,” most people think that saving the planet comes at the expense of profit; that you can’t have both. Our challenge and opportunity as designers and solution providers is to communicate both the positive environmental and economic benefits of compact storage. That’s what this seminar (and the white paper) is about. More about that later.
Enough definitions! Let’s bring you, the audience, into the discussion.
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7. What are your motives for green building design?
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
What are your motives for green building design? ?
Speaker’s Notes:
What motivates (your company) to place such a huge emphasis on green building design and LEED?
What impact does the growing emphasis on green building design have on your job; day to day?
How can suppliers of building materials (including storage equipment suppliers) help make your life easier with respect to a facility’s green building design and LEED certification?
Is there anything else anyone would like to add?
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: Use this time to get to know your audience and let their interest area guide where you spend more time.]

8. The Role of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
The Role of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
USGBC’s CORE PURPOSE:
“…transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.”
Speaker’s Notes:
If you go to you’ll find their CORE PURPOSE.
(Read slide.)
The Council is a national nonprofit organization that was formed in Its quickly growing membership includes representation from organizations across the building industry:
Architecture firms, engineering firms, builders, manufacturers, service contractors, government entities (federal, state, and local), real estate developers and owners, financial institutions, universities, retail companies, nonprofit associations, utilities, and others.
USGBC serves its members and the community through the development of industry standards, design practices and tools, policy advocacy, information exchange, and education.
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: KI, Spacesaver’s parent company, is a member of the USGBC.]

9. The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
LEED® Products
LEED covers many different types of buildings and construction. These are covered under the following LEED products:
LEED - NC: LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations/Additions (released in 2000)
LEED - EB: LEED for Existing Buildings (Winter 2004)
LEED - CI: LEED for Commercial Interiors (Winter 2004)
LEED - CS: LEED for Core and Shell (2005)
LEED - H: LEED for Homes (2006)
Speaker’s Notes:
This slide shows the list of the USGBC’s products (“rating systems,” or “certifications”).
The LEED certifications that are most pertinent to compact storage products and services are shown in green font on this slide. They are…
LEED-NC for New Construction and Major Renovations/Additions,
LEED-EB for Existing Buildings, and
LEED-CI for Commercial Interiors.
“Guideline” Vs. “Building Code”
Interestingly, LEED started out as a “guideline.” However, as more cities and organizations create incentives to follow LEED building principles, LEED is gradually becoming a de facto building code in some places.
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10. LEED-NC Rating System Categories
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LEED-NC Rating System Categories
Sustainable Sites (8 cr., 14 pts.)
Water Efficiency (3 cr., 5 pts.)
Energy & Atmosphere (6 cr., 17 pts.)
Materials and Resources (7 cr., 13 pts.)
Indoor Environmental Quality (8 cr., 15 pts.)
Innovation & Design Process (2 cr., 5 pts.)
Speaker’s Notes:
All the LEED rating systems have similar categories although prerequisites and points differ.
In LEED-NC, for example, within the six categories 7 prerequisites must be met. Just looking at the 7 prerequisites for LEED-NC you should get a sense for how comprehensive the LEED rating system is.
Sustainable Sites: Construction Activity Pollution Prevention, is required.
Water Efficiency: has no prerequisites
Energy & Atmosphere: has 3 prerequisites which are Commissioning of the Building Energy System, Minimum Energy Performance and Refrigerant Management
Materials & Resources: Storage & Collection of Recyclables
Indoor Environmental Quality has 2 prerequisites: Minimum IAQ Performance and Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control
All these prerequisites must be met for LEED-NC.
Possible LEED credits and points within each category are shown in parentheses on this slide. As you can see, some credits have more than 1 point possible. Judging from the number of possible points in each category overall you can really get a sense for which areas of green design LEED-NC puts the most weight on. For example, Energy & Atmosphere has 17 possible points total, whereas, Water Efficiency has 5 possible points and so on.
The maximum score is 69 points. However, no building project will ever earn all 69 points.
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11. 4 Levels of LEED Certification
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4 Levels of LEED Certification
(Maximum score for LEED-NC is 69 points.)
LEED Platinum (min. of 52)
LEED Gold (min. of 39)
LEED Silver (min. of 33)
LEED Certified (min. of 26)
Speaker’s Notes:
In LEED-NC, for example, this slide shows the minimum number of points required for the 4 different levels of certification.
(Read slide.)
I want to emphasize the phrase “contribute to a LEED point” since a product, by itself, cannot earn an entire point (exception: certain types of carpet in IEQ Credit 4.3 Low-Emitting Materials: Carpet).
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The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Ways you & compact storage can support green building goals and possibly contribute to LEED credits.
Understand the LEED process.
List the LEED credits that compact storage can help contribute to.
Speaker’s Notes:
What are some ways you and compact storage support green building goals and possibly contribute to LEED credits?
First, by attending today’s seminar you’re becoming familiar with the process that project teams go through to get projects LEED certified. LEED building project teams (made up of building owners, project managers, architects, interiors people and LEED consultants) only want to work with knowledgeable design professionals and solutions provides. As you will see in a moment, there’s a lot of documentation involved in the certification process. Unless you know what to do and where to find stuff to support their process, they won’t want to work with you.
You should also be able to list the LEED credits that compact storage can contribute to. By understanding how compact storage supports green building design and LEED, you’ll be promoting “green storage.”
Ultimately, both you and your designs will become much more in demand, especially by project teams building green buildings.
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13. LEED Categories Affected by Compact Storage:
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
LEED Categories Affected by Compact Storage:
Sustainable Sites
Water Efficiency
Energy & Atmosphere
Materials and Resources
Indoor Environmental Quality
Innovation in Design
Speaker’s Notes:
The next few slides will list the LEED credits that compact storage can possibly contribute to.
The only LEED category we won’t talk about is Water Efficiency because compact storage can’t do anything about water efficiency.
The following analysis is based on LEED-NC Version 2.2, the most current (at this writing 10/207) version of LEED for New Construction and Major Renovations.
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14. Disappearing Green Space
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Disappearing Green Space
Speaker’s Notes:
The United States currently loses more than a million acres of agricultural land to development each year[1]. When you add in parks and non-agricultural open space, the green space being gobbled up grows to more than two million acres annually[2].
The Washington metro area (shown in this slide animation) lost over 200,000 (two-hundred-thousand) acres of farmland, barren land, forests and wetlands in the booming 1980s. Between today and 2020, the region is predicted to lose an average of 10,300 acres of open space each year, or 28 acres a day — the equivalent of 21 football fields — to residential, commercial and industrial use[3].
Compact storage can contribute to Sustainable Sites and Reducing cite disturbance by helping preserve green space. That brings us to talk about Category 1: Sustainable Sites – Credit 5.1 and 5.2.
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Footnotes:
[1] 2001 Annual NRI (National Resource4s Inventory), published by the National Resources Conservation Service.
[2] Sierra Club.
[3] Study conducted for The Washington Post by the National Center for Resource Innovations.

15. Category 1: Sustainable Sites - Credit 5 Site Development
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Category 1: Sustainable Sites - Credit 5
Site Development
Credit 5.1 Protect or Restore Habitat (1 point)
Intent: Conserve existing natural areas and restore damaged areas to provide habitat and promote biodiversity.
Credit 5.2 Maximize Open Space (1 point)
Intent: Provide a high ratio of open space to development footprint to promote biodiversity.
Speaker’s Notes:
The first category that compact storage might help a credit in is Category 1: Sustainable Sites – Credit 5.1 and The intents of Credit 5.1 and 5.2 are shown on this slide:
Intent of 5.1: conserve existing natural areas and restore damaged areas.
5.1 Calls for limiting all site disturbance (on greenfield sites) to 40 feet beyond the building perimeter, 10 feet beyond surface walkways, patios, surface parking and utilities less than 12 inches in diameter; 15 feet beyond primary roadway curbs and main utility branch trenches; and 25 feet beyond constructed areas with permeable surfaces (i.e., pervious paving areas, stormwater detention facilities and playing fields) that require additional staging areas in order to limit compaction in the constructed area; OR, on previously developed or graded sites restore or protect a minimum of 50% of the site area (excluding the building footprint) with native or adapted vegetation.
Intent of 5.2: Provide a high ratio of open space to development footprint to promote biodiversity.
5.2 Calls for reducing the development footprint (defined as the entire building footprint, hardscape, access roads and parking) and/or provide vegetated open space within the project boundary to exceed the local zoning’s open space requirement for the site by 25%. For areas with no local zoning requirements (e.g., some university campuses and military bases), designate open space area adjacent to the building that is equal to the building footprint. Where a zoning ordinance exists, but there is no requirement for open space (zero), provide vegetated open space equal to 20% of the project’s site area.
Strategies for achieving these goals involve designing the building with a minimal footprint to minimize site disruption and maximize open space on the project site. High-density mobile storage helps minimize the building footprint; especially in cases where storage is a major function of the facility (i.e., libraries, archives, museums, etc.).
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16. The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No
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High-density mobile storage may help to reduce building size, thus reduce development footprint and maximize open space.
Speaker’s Notes:
Relative to “Sustainable Sites” and Credit 5 we need to educate project teams on how compact mobile storage may help reduce building size, thus conserve existing natural areas and help maximize open space by reducing development footprint. This is most likely to be the case in projects where storage makes up a large portion of the building’s function.
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Conventional Storage
High-Density Storage

17. Museum Art Storage Project
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Museum Art Storage Project
Storage space saved: 648 sq. ft.
% Storage space saved: 50%
Speaker’s Notes:
To illustrate compact storage’s ability to minimize the amount of storage space required, here’s an example in which an art association and museum (located in the Northeast) recently underwent an expansion. By using compact storage, the museum was able to reduce the amount of space required for art storage by over 600 square feet (or by 50%). They did this by eliminating space wasting static aisles that conventional, stationary art storage would have required.
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: If asked about the location, after the presentation, inform the person that it is the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA; a LEED-NC Silver Certification. This facility won “Honorable Mention” in the 2007 AIA/COTE (Committee on the Environment) Top Ten Award competition.]

18. University Library Project
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University Library Project
Speaker’s Notes:
Although this library addition project was not a LEED project, it helps us illustrate what is meant by “reduced development footprint.” When the university library underwent a four-floor renovation and addition, high-density shelving was used to house 95% of the library’s collection – 1.1 million volumes.
To house the combined collections, which were consolidated from several campus locations, would have required 75,000 square feet, if conventional stationary shelving were used.
In addition to the open space saved (the main intent of SS: Credit 5), by utilizing high-density mobile shelving the library was able to reduce the space needs to 45,000 square feet, which contributed to a $6 million dollar savings in construction costs.
In this example, by using compact shelving, the destruction of open space was minimized and the savings in construction costs were maximized.
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: If asked about the location, after the presentation, inform the person that it is Central Michigan University, Charles V. Park Library in Mount Pleasant, Michigan.]

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The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Museum Project
Speaker’s Notes:
In May 2005, a Canadian museum marked its 125th anniversary by moving into a spectacular new building downtown. The 40,860 m2 (439,813 sf) facility features cutting-edge conservation laboratories and storage facilities to ensure preservation of national treasures.
The storage challenge was immense, with 500,000 pieces ranging in size from buttons and insignia to tanks and airplanes. The museum was able to customize storage solutions and environmental controls for each collection’s specific needs. Without this, it would have needed two-and-a-half to three times as much footprint for conventional, fixed-aisle storage.
In the paintings vault, 90 movable art racks nest together on double rails for efficient storage of the 1,300-piece collection. The secure arms vault features a mobile system with storage units and racks customized for the type of weapon stored. Compact mobile systems also saved footprint space in the living history vault, 3D-map, photo, and paper archives, as well as the research library.
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: If asked about the location, after the presentation, inform the person that it is the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Canada.]

20. Category 3: Energy & Atmosphere - Credit 1 Optimize Energy Performance
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Category 3: Energy & Atmosphere - Credit 1
Optimize Energy Performance
Intent:
Achieve increasing levels of energy performance above the baseline in the prerequisite standard to reduce environmental impacts associated with excessive energy use.
Credit 1 (a max. of 10 points based on efficiency)
Speaker’s Notes:
In order to earn any of the 1 – 10 points in Credit 1, Optimize Energy Performance, the design team has three compliance path options each having to do with documenting energy savings; Option 1: Whole Building Energy simulation (1-10 points), Option 2: Prescriptive Compliance path (4 points), or Prescriptive Compliance Path (1 point).
Strategies for achieving Optimize Energy Performance can be summed up in four groups of activities: 1) Demand reduction, 2) Harvesting site energy, 3) Increasing efficiency, and recovering waste energy. Although, compact storage can’t harvest site energy or recover waste energy, it can certainly reduce demand through design strategies such as reducing the overall building footprint to decrease the total space that will require conditioning. On page 178 of the LEED-NC 2.2 Reference Guide it recommends strategies that, “Accomplish demand reduction by optimizing the building form…[]” Compact storage does just that.
Another strategy to increasing energy efficiency is by using efficient lighting. For example, powered compact shelving equipped with a the aisle lighting option that illuminates only the occupied aisle of a high-density mobile storage area and turns lights off automatically after a predetermined period of inactivity does that also.
If storage is a major part of your LEED building’s programming or function, then the energy savings from compact storage can add up to some REAL money savings. Page 6 of the white paper shows utilities costs per square foot for downtown office buildings in 6 major cities. Just multiply the floor space saved using compact storage by the dollars per square foot utilities cost in order to come up with an estimated annual utility cost savings.
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21. The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Reduce Energy Demand: Smaller buildings consume less energy for a lifetime.
Speaker’s Notes:
(Read slide to emphasize Optimize Energy Performance.)
In new construction projects, compact storage can help minimize the total volume of the building. This is one sure way to reduce the load placed on the heating and air conditioning system, thereby saving energy and reducing heating and cooling costs over the life of a building.
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Conventional Storage
High-Density Storage

22. Category 4: Materials & Resources – Credit 1 Building Reuse
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Category 4: Materials & Resources – Credit 1 Building Reuse
Intent:
Extend the life cycle of existing building stock, conserve resources, retain cultural resources, reduce waste and reduce environmental impacts of new buildings as they relate to materials manufacturing and transport.
Credit 1 (up to 3 points based on % reused)
Speaker’s Notes:
In order to earn points in Credit 1, Building Reuse, the design team has to quantify the extent of building reuse; 1.1) maintain 75% of the of the existing building walls, floors and roof (for a point), OR 1.2) maintain 95% of existing walls, floors and roof (for 2 points), AND 1.3) maintain at least 50% of interior non-structural areas.
Encourage the design team to research if the floor system in the existing building being considered for renovation can accommodate compact storage. Although not a LEED certified project, this was done for the main library on the campus of a major university in the city of Atlanta.
(Read the “Case Study” sidebar on page 4 of the white paper.)
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Building Reuse: High-density mobile storage aids adaptive reuse of existing buildings by allowing the shell to be retained.
Speaker’s Notes:
(Read slide to emphasize Building Reuse.)
Now let’s look some more cutting-edge North American examples of how high-density storage has aided the adaptive reuse of existing buildings. Although the next two examples are not LEED buildings, the principle is accurate. Compact storage helps retain the existing shell, particularly where storage is a major part of the building undergoing major renovation.
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Conventional Storage
High-Density Storage

24. Television Station Project
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Television Station Project
Speaker’s Notes:
A television channel, started its operation in a recently renovated, 95-year old heritage site in Canada.
Tape storage in any station presents storage concerns, but in this case, the historic building could not be altered in order to maintain its original historical character so all of the TV operations had to be outfitted within the limited space available. The owner could not add on to the building so they had to make the most effective use of the space they had.
The local high-density storage contractor worked with the architect to design compact storage systems that fit with the historic building’s specifications.
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: If asked about the location, after the presentation inform the person that it is the CIVI-TV station on Vancouver Island; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.]

25. The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No
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Art Museum Project
Speaker’s Notes:
Here’s another adaptive reuse project. This museum recently relocated to its city’s former Main Library, a 1917 Beaux Arts-style building known as one of the city’s most important historic structures.
The renovated facility allows the museum to better protect and exhibit one of the largest collections devoted to Asian art, including nearly 15,000 pieces spanning 6,000 years of Asian history.
Because of the historic nature of the building, there was nowhere to gain additional space for collection storage. Expanding or changing the exterior look or footprint of the building was not an option.
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: If asked about the location, after the presentation inform the person that it’s the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California.]

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The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Art Museum Project
Speaker’s Notes:
Considering the building’s size limitations compact storage was designed into the basement to give the museum the collection storage capacity it needed. Compact storage increased the capacity of the museum’s storage area and allowed space for other functional departments in the basement as well.
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27. Category 4: Materials & Resources - Credit 3 Materials Reuse
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Category 4: Materials & Resources - Credit 3 Materials Reuse
Intent:
Reuse building materials and products in order to reduce demand for virgin materials and to reduce waste, thereby reducing impacts associated with the extraction and processing of virgin resources.
Credit 3.1 (1 point for 5%+)
Credit 3.2 (1 point for 10%+)
Speaker’s Notes:
Category 4: Materials & Resources – Credit 5 – Materials Reuse
5.1 To earn this point, the project team must document that at least 5% of the total value of all building materials and products used in the project are reused.
5.2 To earn this point, the project team must document that at least 10% of the total value of all building materials and products used in the project are reused.
Furniture may be included, providing it is included consistently in MR Credits 3-7.
Compact storage may be relocated and reused.
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28. Category 4: Materials & Resources - Credit 4 Recycled Content
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Category 4: Materials & Resources - Credit 4
Recycled Content
Intent:
Increase demand for building products that incorporate recycled content materials, therefore reducing the impacts resulting from extraction and processing of new virgin materials.
Credit 4.1 & 4.2 ( 1 point for 10%+ & 2 for 20%+ )
Speaker’s Notes:
In order to earn points in Credit 4, Recycled Content, the design team has to quantify the extent of recycled content use.
For 4.1 (1 point), use materials with recycled content such that the sum of post consumer recycled content plus one-half of the pre-consumer content constitutes at least 10% of the total value of the materials in the project.
For 4.2 (1 point), use materials with recycled content such that the sum of post consumer recycled content plus one-half of the pre-consumer content constitutes at least 20% of the total value of the materials in the project.
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29. Public Library Project - LEED Case Study
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Public Library Project - LEED Case Study
Recycled Content:
Speaker’s Notes:
Let’s see how storage equipment (shelving) contributed to this public library’s LEED-NC Silver Rating!
You may not be aware that steel storage equipment contains a very high percentage recycled steel (approximately 45% post consumer and 45% pre-consumer). A key document you need to give to the project team is the letter from the manufacturer showing the percentage of recycled steel. The steel contained in the storage products (with such a high percentage of recycled steel) should be factored into every LEED project especially projects with a significant amount of storage equipment.
The project team in charge of collecting the documentation uses what the USGBC calls a “Letter Template” to tally the LEED points for Credit 4.
Finally, when the project team applies for certification and submits all the documentation supporting the application (i.e., the signed letter templates), the LEED steering committee (or LEED review team assigned to the application) will award points based on the submittals. The points are then tallied on a LEED points summary sheet or scorecard.
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: If asked about the location, after the presentation inform the person that it is the Seattle Central Library in Seattle, Washington]

30. Government Building – LEED Case Study
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Government Building – LEED Case Study
Recycled Content:
Speaker’s Notes:
Let’s see how compact storage contributed to this office building’s Platinum LEED-NC Platinum Rating!
Per the facility manager, the recycled steel content of the mobile storage was cited in the LEED documentation as contributing to the recycled content goals of this project.
The building saves space with compact storage using a very large powered system in the centralized file room AND a mechanical assist system in the personnel department.
These photos are courtesy of the agency’s web site. The installation shot of the powered mobile system was taken in October of The building received its LEED Platinum rating in March of  
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: If asked about the location, after the presentation inform the person that it’s the Lewis & Clark State Office Building in Jefferson City, Missouri.]

31. Government Building – LEED Case Study
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Government Building – LEED Case Study
Recycled Content:
HR Dept.: Manual
Central File Room: Powered
Speaker’s Notes:
Here are plan views of the two compact storage systems in the same office building. The one on the left is a large powered system in the central file room. The one on the right is a smaller mechanical assist system in the personnel department.
Can you image how much more square footage would have been needed if conventional, stationary storage would have been used? Compact shelving indeed helped maximize the storage efficiency of an already slim footprint of a building. At its widest spot, the building is only about 70 feet (21 M) wide.
As I said before, the recycled content of the steel shelving was factored into the LEED documentation for category 4 (Materials and Resources), credit 4 (Recycled Content).
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32. Category 4: Materials & Resources - Credit 5 Regional Materials
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Category 4: Materials & Resources - Credit 5 Regional Materials
Intent:
Increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured within the region (within 500 miles), thereby supporting the use of indigenous resources and reducing the environmental impacts resulting from transportation.
Credit 5.1 (1 point for 10%+ extracted, processed & manufactured regionally)
Credit 5.2 (1 point for 20%+ extracted, processed & manufactured regionally)
Speaker’s Notes:
Category 4: Materials & Resources – Credit 5 – Regional Materials
5.1 To earn this point, the project team must document that at least 10% of the total value of all building materials and products used in the project are extracted, processed and manufactured regionally; within 500 miles of the project site.
5.2 To earn this point, the project team must document that at least 20% of the total value of all building materials and products used in the project are extracted, processed and manufactured regionally; within 500 miles of the project site.
Reused and salvaged materials that satisfy the requirements of MR Credits 3.1 and 3.2, may also contribute to MR Credits 5.1 and The location from which they were salvaged is to be used as the point of extraction, and the location of the salvaged goods vendor is to be used as the point of manufacture. On-site salvaged materials automatically qualify.
As previously stated, compact storage equipment may be salvaged and reused.
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33. Category 4: Materials & Resources - Credit 7 Certified Wood
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Category 4: Materials & Resources - Credit 7 Certified Wood
Intent:
Encourage environmentally responsible forest management.
Credit 7 (1 point)
Speaker’s Notes:
To earn this point, the project team must document that the project uses a minimum of 50% of wood-based materials and products, certified in accordance with the Forest Stewardship Council’s Principles and Criteria, for wood building components…[]. In addition to the cost tally similar to what we with the recycled steel, the team must also provide the vendor’s or manufacturer's “Forest Stewardship Council chain-of-custody certificate number.” An FSC certificate number is required for each material/product used.
Again, some compact storage manufacturers can supply wood end/face panels certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), if a project requires it.
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34. The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Category 5: Indoor Environmental Quality Credit 4 Low-Emitting Materials
Intent:
Reduce the quantity of indoor air contaminants that are odorous, irritating and/or harmful to the comfort and well-being of installers and occupants.
Credit 4.1 Adhesives and Sealants (1 point)
Credit 4.2 Paints and Coatings (1 point)
Credit 4.4 Composite Wood & Agrifiber Products (1 point)
Speaker’s Notes:
4.1: To earn this point, the project team must document that the VOC (volatile organic compound) content of adhesives and sealants used must comply with South Coast Air Quality Management District Rule #1168, AND aerosol adhesives with Green Seal Standard for Commercial Adhesives GS-36.
4.2: To earn this point, the project team must document that VOC emissions from paints and coatings must not exceed the VOC and chemical component limits of Green Seal’s Standard GS-11 requirements, Green Seal Standard GC-03., and South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 1113 (architectural coatings).
This is most likely to be relevant on LEED-CI projects (Commercial Interiors). In the case of steel compact shelving coated with powder coat paint, powder coat paint does not off gas. VOC% is zero. Material Safety Data (MSDS) Sheets (listing VOC values) for most materials are available from your storage equipment supplier.
4.3: To earn this point, the project team must document that the composite wood and agrifiber products contain no added urea-formaldehyde resins. Some compact storage manufacturers can supply wood products that contain no added urea-formaldehyde resins, when required.
This is most likely to be relevant on LEED-CI projects (Commercial Interiors). More on this when we get to Category 6: Innovation & Design Process.
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35. Category 5: Indoor Environmental Quality Credit 8 Daylight and Views
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Category 5: Indoor Environmental Quality Credit 8 Daylight and Views
Intent:
Provide for the building occupants a connection between indoor spaces and the outdoors through the introduction of daylight and views into the regularly occupied areas of the building.
Credit 8.1 Daylight 75% of Spaces (1 point)
Credit 8.2 Views for 90% of Spaces (1 point)
Speaker’s Notes:
8.1 To earn this point, the project team must document that there project achieves a minimum Daylight measure (3 options to choose from) in 75% of all space occupied for critical visual tasks. Storage rooms and copy rooms are excluded from this requirement.
By densifying storage with compact storage – especially to the interior of a project – may also contribute toward Daylight.
8.2 To earn this point, the project team must document that there project achieves direct line of sight to vision glazing for building occupants in 90% of all regularly occupied spaces. Storage and copy rooms are excluded.
Again, however, by densifying storage with compact storage – especially to the interior of a project – and/or limiting of storage system height may also contribute toward View.
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36. Public Library Project - LEED Case Study
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Public Library Project - LEED Case Study
Views for 90% of Spaces
Speaker’s Notes:
According to its LEED point summary, the library project we discussed earlier earned this credit; 8.2 Views for 90% of Spaces!
In addition to the extensive use of glass, they “densified” the storage of its less active collection by using compact storage near the building’s core.
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[NOTE TO SPEAKER: If asked about this location, after the presentation inform the person that it’s the Seattle Central Library in Seattle, Washington.]

37. Category 6: Innovation & Design Process Credit 1 Innovation in Design
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Category 6: Innovation & Design Process
Credit 1 Innovation in Design
Intent:
To provide design team and projects the opportunity to be awarded points for exceptional performance above the requirements…and/or innovative performance in Green Building categories not addressed by this Rating System.
Credits 1 (up to 4 points)
Speaker’s Notes:
To earn this point, the project team must document performance above and beyond one or more of the earlier Credits (e.g., like MRc4 for the library project) and/or do something really outside the box; something not addressed by LEED.
All projects can submit 4 innovation points. LEED-CI (Commercial Interiors) Low VOC furnishings can be included here on a LEED-NC project.
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38. Category 6: Innovation & Design Process
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Category 6: Innovation & Design Process
Credit 2 LEED Accredited Professional
Intent:
To support and encourage the design integration required by a LEED-NC green building project and to streamline the application and certification process.
Credit 2 LEED AP on project team (1 point)
Speaker’s Notes:
Finally, it pays to have a LEED Accredited Professional (AP) on the design team.
If you find yourself on a building project team, you yourself could earn your project a point by passing the LEED AP exam!
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39. Things to look for in a storage system manufacturer:
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Things to look for in a storage system manufacturer:
Key Components of Green Manufacturing
Lean manufacturing
Recycled content
Recycling
Low-emitting materials
Flexible, reusable products
Employee health & safety
Speaker’s Notes:
Up to now we’ve talked about materials and processes in and around the building which may contribute to LEED credits. Many building owners and specifiers may also be interested to know what makes a high-density mobile storage system manufacturer “Green”. Key components to green manufacturing are listed on this slide.
If asked the question, “what should I look for in a green compact storage manufacturing plant?” simply refer to page 7. For more information, most compact shelving manufacturers will be happy to supply you with their environmental policy statements.
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40. Seminar Goals: Define common “green” terms.
The Role of Compact Storage in Green Building Design, Program No.: CSGBD (Rev )
Seminar Goals:
Define common “green” terms.
Understand motives for green buildings.
Describe role of the U.S. Green Building Council & LEED.
List ways you & compact storage can support green building goals and possibly contribute to LEED credits.
Things to look for in a compact storage equipment supplier.
Speakers’ Notes:
Did we accomplish our seminar goals? Let’s summarize.
We defined commonly used terms like “green design” and we spoke as a group about why green buildings are important to our businesses.
Third, we described the increasing role that the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is playing in the construction industry; specifically as it relates to the USGBC’s “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” or “LEED” rating system.
Fourth, we listed the ways we as designers and solution providers can help building owners and project managers achieve their green building goals; and possibly even contribute towards LEED points. We reviewed some actual projects; some LEED certified others not LEED certified, but green nonetheless.
Finally, we mentioned some key things to look for in a compact storage equipment supplier.
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