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Volume 4: The Costs and Benefits of High Performance Buildings

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS



THE ECONOMIC CASE

9          Sustainability in Action:  The Business Case for Values-Based Decision-making

S. Richard Fedrizzi, US Green Building Council
 

15        Documenting the Financial Benefits of ENERGY STAR Buildings

Greg Kats, Capital E    
 

21        White Tags: Monetizing Energy Efficiency Savings

Robert A. Mattox, Jr. and Paul MacGregor, PhD, Sterling Planet

 



THE MARKET

23        Driving the Marketplace to Green

James Cavanaugh & Susan Kaplan, Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority
 

27        The Dollars and Sense of Green Buildings

Daniel R. Tishman, Tishman Realty and Construction Co., Inc.
 

29        The Costs and Benefits of Green Buildings: Surveying the Industry

Michael Deane, Turner Construction Company

 



COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

35        A Journey Toward Sustainability

Jon Ratner, Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
 

39        Noisette: City Crafting The New American City

John L. Knott, Jr., Noisette Company LLC
 

43        Green Home Building:  The Last Holdout or The Next Frontier

Judi G. Schweitzer, Schweitzer + Associates LLC
 

49        NYC's High Performance Infrastructure Guidelines:  Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Hillary Brown, New Civic Works

 


 

RESIDENTIAL

53        From Brownfields to Green Homes

Brad Wood, Cherokee Investment Partners, LLC
 

59        Learning on the Job

Martin S. Dettling, Albanese Organization, Inc.
 

63        A Green Future for Affordable Housing

Jonathan Rose & Whitney Foutz, Jonathan Rose Companies, LLC
 

65        High Performance Multi-Family Buildings at No Extra Cost with No Extra Funding

Henry Gifford

 

 

COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS

69        One Bryant Park Tenant Guidelines

Pamela Lippe, e4, inc.
 

85        Improving the Bottom Line and Grid Reliability

Lee Smith, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority
 

87        Ice Storage - How and Why

Eugene Garcia, ECM and Todd Coulard, The Trane Company
 

91        The New York Power Authority: Moving Beyond Energy Efficiency

Timothy S. Carey, New York Power Authority
 

93        Greening Your Building Toward Your Bottom Line

Craig D. Sheehy, Thomas Properties Group LLC

 


 

RETAIL

97        Northfield Stapleton: Green Retail Makes Cents

Brian J. Levitt, Forest City Commercial, Inc.
 

101      PNC Bank's Green Branch Prototype: The Multiplier Effect of Volume Build

Brad Pease, Paladino and Company, Inc.

 

 

INSTITUTIONS

105      Inside Out/Outside In: Two Tracks to Sustainability for an Enlightened Client

Sylvia J. Smith, FXFOWLE and Richard Meilen, Kallen & Lemelson
 

109      Case Study: Stephen Epler Hall at Portland State University: A one year post-occupancy

evaluation of economic performance

Bert Gregory, Mithun, Inc.

 

 

TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY

115      Designing Data Centers for the 21st Century

Rudy Krauss and Ron Croce, Power Converter Technologies LLC
 

117      Indoor Air Quality for LEED

William Esposito, Ambient Group, Inc.
 

121      Commissioning (Cx) 101

Michael C. English, Horizon Engineering Associates LLP
 

125      Measurement and Verification: Monitoring Building Systems for Optimum Performance

Jessica Boehland, Environmental Building News
 

129      The Flush Factor

Ed Clerico, Alliance Environmental LLC

 



131      Tools of the Trade: A Compendium of Green Building Tools and Resources

137      Listings and Index

IBC      Cooperating Organizations
 
 

                         

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