# Presentation: 681168

## Creating Demand for Above Code Design

- 2005 National Workshop on State Building Energy Codes
- June 29, 2005
***Presented by: Don Fudge***
***Program Manager***
***High Performance Schools ***
***Exchange***

## The High Performance Schools Exchange

- a regional information and education resource managed by the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Inc. (NEEP)
- to support the promotion of and application of high performance design in K-12 schools.

## My Unique Position

**NEEP history and people**
- Policy
- Standards
- Commercial buildings
- EnergyStar
**Northeast Codes Project**
- Technical assistance
- Training
**Building Operators training course (BOC)**
- energy efficiency techniques
- Codes module

## The Mission of the Exchange:  Market Transformation

- By 2010, the majority of new and
- renovated K-12 schools in the
- Northeast will be built using High
- Performance School principles of
- design and construction

## High Performance Schools Offer Better Learning Environments

- Healthy and Productive
- Educationally Effective
- Sustainable
- Community Centered
- Less costly to Operate

## By Using above code design

- Energy: at least 20% above IECC or ASHRAE 90.1
- Thermal Comfort: ASHRAE 55
- Acoustic Comfort: ANSI
- Visual Comfort: ASHRAE
- Indoor Air Quality: ASHRAE 62

## ...and Ensuring Building Performance

- Building Commissioning
- Re-commissioning
- Operations and Maintenance Plans
- Indoor Air Quality Plans
- Project or District Innovations or Policies

## Tools: Rating Systems and Design Guides

**LEED-NC and EB** – the first commercial building Design Rating System
- NBI *E*-*Benchmark*, ASHRAE 90.1 - 1999
**CHPS **– *California* – Voluntary
- Schools only
- Best Practices
- Performance and Prescriptions
- O&M and Commissioning volumes
- Minimum Energy design at CA code
**DOE EnergySmart Schools**

## Rating Systems and Design Guides

**NBI *****Benchmark**** – *adopted by* Maine*
- Performance-based
- Highly prescriptive
- Energy and IAQ only
- In Maine: 20% energy use reduction *mandatory*
**Washington Sustainable Schools Protocol**– Mandatory
- CHPS, LEED, Benchmark
- Energy: 10% reduction from Non-Residential Energy Code (NREC)

## Rating Systems and Design Guides

**MA-CHPS** – *Massachusetts*
- CHPS, LEED,* Benchmark*
- Energy: exceed the MA energy code (ASHRAE 90.1-1999 and IECC 2000) by 20%
***New Jersey***** High Performance Schools** – mandatory
- LEED-based
- Energy: NBI Benchmark + 20%, ASHRAE 90.1 - 1999
***New Haven, CT**** – *LEED Silver
- Gilbane, Inc.
***Boston, MA**** – *Energy usage in
-     public buildings reduced 20%

## SO...

- 	Why aren’t all schools built to high performance standards?

## Barriers to Choosing High Performance Design

- State school construction regulations and funding guidelines
- Design professionals wary of “above code”
- Primary decision-makers (School Building Committees) are amateurs in building
- Communities do not want to pay for change
- Lack of substantive performance data

## And...

- Increase in first cost, perceived or real
- Fear of Change
- Lack of Trust
- Inertia

## Overcoming Barriers: the Exchange model

**Top-down: Policy changes – state by state**
- Form Partnerships with Key Players
- Facilitate and Support working groups in each state
- Educate the decision-makers

## Overcoming Barriers: the Exchange model

**Bottom-up:** ***Create Demand – school by school***
- Partner with Associations
- Work with school districts directly
- Educate through Rebuild America workshop model
- Be an Information resource

## Exchange Partners: Top Down Effort

- Boston Office DOE
- Legislators
- State Education Dept. Facilities Administrators
- State Health Agency Administrators

- State Energy Officials
- State Building Code officials
- Utilities representatives
- SBC Program administrators

## Partners: Bottom-Up or Grassroots Effort

- Regional Associations of Educators
- State Associations of School Boards
- State Associations of Superintendents
- Associations of Municipalities
- Design Professionals
- Builders
- School Building
-    Committees

## Exchange is developing a Regional Guide or Protocol

- Baseline design above code and at standards, regulations
- prescriptive measures – do this and you will be...
- Adapted to state culture, climate and geography
- Written in *code-like* language
- Commissioning, re-commissioning and Training required
- Review process based on code review calendar

## 2005 Exchange Goals

***HPS Guidelines*** in place
***School funding agencies*** actively participate in the development of regional technical guidelines
- At least 12 ***school boards commit*** to the use of HPS design to exceed energy code requirements by 15-20 percent.
- An increasing pool of ***architectural firms committed*** to and qualified in HPS design
- Exchange ***funded and broadly supported*** by utilities, program administrators, businesses, foundations

## Exchange Sponsors

**Henry A. Kendall Foundation**
**Connecticut Light & Power**
**Efficiency Maine**
**Efficiency Vermont**
**Keyspan Energy Delivery (MA)**
**Long Island Power Authority (NY)**
**Unitil/Fitchburg (MA,NH)**
**United Illuminating (CT)**
**Western Massachusetts Electric**

## High Performance Schools Exchange

- Contact:
- 	Don Fudge
-            Phone:  (781)-860-9177  ext 20
- 	Email: _[dfudge@neep.org](mailto:dfudge@neep.org)_
- 	Website: www.neep.org