usgbc regionalization credits ims pm 2009

USGBC LEED® v.3 2009

Regional Bonus Credit System

and CEC GIS-IMS WebsiteTodd Holloway and Calvin Creech

Regional Environmental/Economic/Cultural Differences

LEED® REGIONALIZATION

Governing Purpose

USGBC LEED® v.3 2009

Regional Bonus Credit System

Previous LEED® v.2.2 Rating System was ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL


USGBC Chapter Regions


Heartland Region

Heartland Regional Chapters


15 Chapters, 2-Affiliates

Regionalization Credit Mission (National)


(1) Identify local/regional sustainability issues and determine what LEED® rating credits for a project should receive up to four (4) extra points in order to help address those issues. They must be defined as Environmental Zones (EZ’s) and be identified by zip codes.

(2) Provide a map and zip code list for each EZ to USGBC National within ten (10) weeks.

(3) Keep to the principals of Dynamic Governance.

(4) Each USGBC affiliate would coordinate this through representatives termed a Regionalization Task Force (RTF)


REGIONALIZATION CREDITSLEED®v. 3 2009

• Overview and Update:

• USGBC LEED® Regionalization Efforts

DRC-Regionalization Task ForceHeartland

presented by: Todd D. Holloway, RLA, PWS

DRC-RTF TeamToni Gasperoni Todd Holloway, RLA, PWS Julie Lyons-Bricker, LEED APPaulette Alioa, LEED AP Vicki Harding, esq. Dawn Oree, Harrell Scarcello, LEED APCarrie Black, Charlie Poat, AIA, LEED AP, Calvin Creech, PE, LEED AP

Regionalization Credit Mission (expanded by Heartland)


(1) Treat the exercise as a “Living Resource” that would

allow commonalities and broader regional sustainability issues and solutions to be enhanced in the future to include collaboration with other data, studies and on-going research (public and private sector)

(2) Provide a map and zip code data base of each EZ to USGBC National that could be easily updated and dynamic.

(3) Provide each Heartland Chapter with access to the mapping data base.

►►CEC proposed employing GIS early on in our involvement


(1) Large data set, multiple inputs and the need to produce rapidly updated map and zip code outputs was a direct fit for GIS and CEC’s skill set and resources.

(2) CEC realized that this GIS Bonus Credit mapping exercise could be open-sourced one the web to all the sponsor chapters for use by membership and the development community and linked to each chapter home page.

(3) CEC understood the this powerful IMS website resource had far reaching marketing use, positions CEC well within the USGBC community with expertise on this subject, and provides unlimited www. exposure.

(4) CEC secured a stipend contract from Heartland Chapters for GIS data base development which lead to the IMS

website.

Identification of Issues and Opportunities (first step)


Mission Sub-Region Causes Negative Effects Techniques/Opportunities

Improve Air Quality Urban, Suburban Traffic, Industry, Utilities Economics, H&W, CO2 reduce VMT, mass transit

Protect Water Resources All Regions PS and NPS pollution, degraded water quality BMP's, zeriscaping SW mgt,inefficiency, waste water ecosystem impacts re-use and capture

Encourage Brownfiled In-fill Urban, Suburban sprawl, economic decline sprawl, CO2, infrastructure increased incentiveslimits viable mass transit mass transit

Limit Sprawl Urban, Suburban cheap land, cultural bias consumes natural areas encourage in-fill in brownfieldsCO2, VMT

Support Regional Products All Regions poor specification, air qaulity, energy use specify local productslimited availability local jobs, cultural

Protect Native Landscapes All Regions sprawl, lack of management reduced bio-diversity restoration and enhancement poor landscape design economics plans, limit sprawl

Preserve Farms and Forests Rural, Outer Ring housing and job sprawl limits local foods, reduced limt sprawl, encourage green infrastructure mass transit

Promote Green Infrastructure Urban, Suburban sprawl, land use policy fragmented habitat, H&W limit sprawl, NGO mnagementfunding

Encourage Mass Transit Urban, Suburban housing and job sprawl economic, air qaulity increase in-fill, limit sprawlCO2, VMT, energy use

Promote Re-use (Elements) All Regions waste management, GHG, Loss of land, facilitate efficiency, availablitypersonal involvement lossed energy creativity

Promote Sustainabilty Education All Regions Limited exposure, training Limits and slows positive hightened exposure of limited knowledge change sustainablity practices

Improve Energy Efficiency All Regions outdated methods GHG, enenery waste etficient systems, Alternativeand renewable energy

Protect Cultural Resources All Regions housing and job sprawl economic, social Limit sprawl, encourage in-fillloss of natural areas/farms

Promote Re-use (Buildings) All Regions sprawl, economics economic, increased encourage retrofitswaste stream, energy

Water Issue

Energy Issue

Ecosystem Issue

Cultural/Health & Wellness

Transportation Issue

missions, sub-regions, causes, negative effects, techniques and opportunities

Brownfield Redevelopment _______________________________________

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credits selected for bonuspoints= SS2, SS3, SS4.1, MR1.1

priority issue:

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REGIONALIZATION CREDITSLEED®v. 3 2009

• Dynamic Governance Priorities:• Protect Water Resources (rank 10)• Encourage Brownfield Development(rank 10)• Encourage Mass Transit(rank 10)• Promote Building Re-Use (rank 10)• Renewable Energy (rank 8.5)• Limit Sprawl (rank 8)• Protect Native Landscapes (rank 8)• Improve Air Quality (rank 8)

• Environmental Zones: (urban, suburban, rural/agriculture, forest and wind harvest)

DRC-Regionalization Task ForceHeartland

Final Regionalization Credit Goals (Detroit RTF)

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Dynamic Governance Priorities:

Protect Water Resources (rank 10)Encourage Brownfield

Development (rank 10)

Encourage Mass Transit (rank 10)Promote Building Re-Use (rank 10)

Renewable Energy (rank 8.5)Limit Sprawl (rank 8)

Protect Native Landscapes (rank 8)Improve Air Quality (rank 8)

USGBC Environmental Zones Mapping -GIS Data Base

Composite Environmental Zones-State of MichiganSource: Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.

SE Michigan Environmental Zones


Wind Harvest-DOE

Forest Zone

Rural /Ag Zone

Suburban Zone

Urban Zone

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Final Regionalization Credit Goals by EZ (Detroit RTF)


http://gis2.cecinc.com/IMF/imf.jsp?site=USGBC

http://gis2.cecinc.com/IMF/imf.jsp?site=USGBC

Geographic Information and Modeling (GIS)


Regionalization Zones, Populations and EPA Brownfield Sites

Google Earth Pro licensed to CEC, Inc.

Of the eight other Regional Chapter Groups, only Heartland and CEC employed this technology.

This technology and IMS resource has been viewed by representatives of the USDOE.

CEC is encouraged by the potential to have this become a USGBC National Product representing a IMS data base for the entire US, hosted by CEC, linked to the USGBC national home page and chapter home pages (for fee).

CEC is further encouraged by the potential for this tool to become mainstreamed into the sustainability research community with the ultimate benefit to USGBC of an increasingly more effective LEED® rating system to address regional issues.


CEC Team: Holloway – regional systems/RTF technical director Creech- GIS application development/LEED® credit systems Doershner- GIS/IMS architecture and hosting applications

Thank You….

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