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A ssessin g gr een Bui ldi ng P e rfo rmAnce : u. s . g o v e rnme nt’ s ‘ lAndlo rd’ e vAl uAt e s 12 Buil d ing s and quality of maintenance. we also gained the following insights from the lower-performance buildings:  acoustic performance matters, and should be addressed by appropriate teaming and design criteria at the outset of every project  Both change management and periodic fine-tuning may be needed to make automated systems work well for building occupants, at least until these systems are fully accepted  Good building maintenance is a foundation stone of occupant satisfaction. Don’t neglect it! FI G U R E 2 KEy FIndInGS COMPaRED TO ThE NaTIONaL avERaGE, BUILDINGS IN ThIS STUDy havE: 26 PERCENT LESS ENERGy USE 13 PERCENT LOwER MaINTENaNCE COSTS 27 PERCENT hIGhER OCCUPaNT SaTISFaCTION 33 PERCENT FEwER CO2 EMISSIONS finding 4: green Buildings deliver on gsA’s mandates New executive and legislative mandates raise the performance requirements for buildings in GSa’s national real estate portfolio (see Figure 3). To meet these new requirements, GSa will need to ensure that its future buildings, including both new construction and major renovation projects, achieve a consistently high standard of performance. The study found a strong positive correlation in that direction. Taken as a group, these 12 sustainably designed buildings use less energy and water, and have a smaller carbon footprint than the national average for U.S. commercial buildings. although they were not designed to meet GSa’s new legislative mandates, the top-performing quartile of the buildings studied already meet 2015 requirements for reducing metered energy and water use. GSa can build on this strong foundation of achievable performance. GSa is and will continue to be an important benchmark for other public agencies and for companies and institutions as they plan and implement their building programs. About the Authors Kevin M. Powell is the Director of Research for the General Services administration’s Public Buildings Service. Kim Fowler is a Senior Research Engineer leading the sustainable design and development research at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. John Parman is the editor of Gensler's Dialogue magazine, and a contributor to design, planning, and research journals in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. For more information on this topic, go to CoreNet Global’s Knowledge Center Online. Mandating Green: Emerging Trends in the Governmental Regulation of Sustainable Building Construction www2.corenetglobal.org/dotCMS/ kcoAsset?assetInode=4596573 Implementing Sustainability in a Global Corporation www2.corenetglobal.org/ dotCMS/kcoAsset?assetInode=4496239 FIG U RE 3 MAndAtE PERFoRMAnCE REqUIREMEnt MODELED ENERGy PERFORMaNCE MUST BE aT LEaST 30 PERCENT BETTER ThaN aShRaE 90.1-2004 By 2015 EPACt 2005 Eo 13423 FOR ENTIRE GSa PORTFOLIO: 3 PERCENT PER yEaR METERED ENERGy USE REDUCTION 30 PERCENT METERED ENERGy USE REDUCTION By 2015 16 PERCENT METERED waTER USE REDUCTION By 2015 EISA 2007 FOR NEw GSa BUILDINGS aND MaJOR RENOvaTIONS, REDUCE FOSSIL FUEL GENERaTED ENERGy CONSUMPTION By 55 PERCENT By 2010 aND 100 PERCENT By 2030 2 0 0 9 th e le Ade r 23 JAnuAry / feBruAry http://www2.corenetglobal.org/dotCMS/kcoAsset?assetInode=4596573 http://www2.corenetglobal.org/dotCMS/kcoAsset?assetInode=4496239 http://www2.corenetglobal.org/dotCMS/kcoAsset?assetInode=4496239

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The Leader - January/February 2009 Contents Leadership Message from the CEO Real Estate in the News Mergers and Aquisitions Assessing Green Building Performance Measuring Space You Actually Use Global Trends in Sustainable Real Estate Whirlpool’s Lee Utke Northmarq’s Kevin Farrell Plastics: Hoping for Resiliency in Resins Regional Profile: Heartland Holding Strong Industry Profile: Ascendas Brings New Age Business Space to Asia-Pac Industry Tracker From the Applied Research Center Discovery Forum Findings Capital Corner Career Development Young Leader Economic Development in the News Learning Spotlight Connect With CoreNet Global Index of Advertisers A Look Ahead In our Next Issue Calendar of Seminars

The Leader - January/February 2009

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