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Volume 3: The Costs and Benefits of High Performance Buildings

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS



THE ECONOMIC CASE

9          The Costs and Financial Benefits of High Performance Buildings

Greg Kats, Capital E
 

21        Examining The Cost of Green

Ethan Burrows and Lisa Matthiessen, Davis Langdon        
 

27        Defining LEED Costs for the US General Services Administration

John Amatruda, Steven Winter Associates

 



THE MARKET FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS

33        Developing Long-Term Competitive Value: A Primer on Sustainable Development

Bert Gregory, Mithun

 

39        Public Policy and Action: Mainstreaming High Performance Buildings

Timothy Carey, Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority
 

43        Looking To The Future

Bob Berkebile, BNIM Architects

 



OFFICE

47        The New York Times: A Melding of High Design and Performance

Bruce Fowle, Fox & Fowle
 

51        Getting It Right: Providing Energy Efficiency and Comfort in an All-Glass Building

Stephen Selkowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
 

55        Building On a Mission: Sustainability and Good Business

Sara Fox, Swiss Re
 

57        The Hearst Headquarters: The Green Matrix

Thomas Scarola, Tishman Speyer

 



INSTITUTIONS

65        Brooklyn Children's Museum: Green Building, Green Kids!

Rafael Vinoly, Rafael Vinoly Architects
 

69        Clearview Elementary: A High Performance Low Cost School

John Boecker, L. Robert Kimball & Associates
 

75        Architecture, Energy, Urbanism: The New York Sports and Convention Center

William Pedersen, Kohn Pedersen Fox

 



RESIDENTIAL

79        Living Green in a Gold Building

George Aridas, Albanese Development Corporation
 

85        The Helena: Achieving LEED in Multifamily Urban Residential Housing

Craig Wasoff, Rose Associates, Inc. and Pamela Lippe, e4, inc.
 

89        Greening Affordable Housing at the 1400 Fifth Condominium

Carlton Brown, Full Spectrum of NY, LLC
 

94        From Green Buildings to Green Neighborhoods

Bert Gregory, Mithun

 



HIGH PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS                        

102      Thermal Storage: Dollars and Sense

Eugene Garcia, ECM Energy Management Services, and Todd Coulard, Trane New York
 

105      Distributed Generation and Combined Heat & Power

Chris Wissemann, Northern Power Systems
 

108      Geothermal at the Center for Architecture

Frederic Bell, AIA, New York Chapter and Joyce Lee, NYC OMB
 

111      Discovering the Fifth Facade: Green Roofs Make Good Sense

Amanda Clontz, Earth Pledge

 



CONSTRUCTION BEST PRACTICES

114      The CMs Role in Achieving LEED Certification

Michael Deane, Bovis Lend Lease
 

117      21st Century Demolition

Robert Licopoli, Skanska
 

119      Avoiding Mold Through Good Construction and Maintenance Practices

Eileen Lee, PhD, National Multi Housing Council

 



TO0LS AND RESOURCES

121      Tools of The Trade

US Department of Energy, The Whole Building Design Guide, US Green Building Council, Building Green, Sustainable Buildings Industry Council, NYS Energy Research & Development Authority
 

126      Listings

129      Index Listings

IBC      Cooperating Organizations (Inside Back Cover)



The opinions expressed by the authors do not necessarily reflect those of Earth Day New York or its sponsors, and reference to any specific product, service, process, or method does not constitute an implied or expressed recommendation or endorsement of it

 

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