The Role of Engineering: The Climate Emergency, the Living Building Challenge and You. Kathleen Hetrick – BuroHappold Engineering Senior Mechanical Engineer
UT AR UT ARCH CH-E Pr E Proud! oud!
SANTA MONICA: A LIVING CITY + LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE
Santa Mo Santa Monica nica: A Sustain : A Sustainable ble City of City of W Wellbein ellbeing • Sustainable City Plan - 1994 • 15 x 15 Climate Action Plan • Water Self -Sufficiency by 2023 • 100% Green Power (CPA) • 100% Renewable Energy Goal for Big Blue Bus Fleet • 7.5 MW Solar Capacity Installed by 2020 • Carbon Neutrality by 2050 • Mandatory Solar on All New Construction • First City to Require ZNE for all New Homes • Water Neutrality Ordinance • First Municipality to Construct a Living Building
Clima Climate Emer te Emergenc gency GLOBAL CO2 GLOBAL CO2 BY DOUBLE BUILDING EMISSIONS STOCK BY 2060 SECTOR Other Building Not Operations Cities Transportation Cities Embodied A new Carbon Industry NYC every 70% 40% month
CITY SERVICES BUILDING DESIGN BUILD PROJECT TEAM FREDERICK AND FISHER PARTNERS + HDCCO + BUROHAPPOLD
THE LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE: BEYOND MERELY BEING LESS BAD AND TO BECOME TRULY REGENERATIVE.
THE LIVING BUILDING CHALLENGE: BEYOND ENERGY
CITY SERVICES BUILDING
SITE PLAN
OLYMPIC DRIVE VIEW
BUILDING SYSTEMS NZE STRATEGY: RENEWABLE SYSTEMS ANNUAL ENERGY GENERATED = ENERGY DEMAND o SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION (APPROX. 200 KW ARRAY) o NZE STRATEGY: ACTIVE SYSTEMS RADIANT HEATING AND COOLING EMBEDDED IN THE SLAB o AIR SOURCE HEAT PUMPS (NO COMBUSTION) TO HEAT HOT WATER FOR BOTH o DOMESTIC WATER AND RADIANT SLAB USE OPTIMIZED CONTROLS o CONVENTIONAL VAV SYSTEM FOR PEAK CONDITIONS o NZE STRATEGY: PASSIVE SYSTEMS HIGH PERFORMANCE GLAZING TO MINIMIZE SOLAR GAIN o WEATHER STATION FOR OPTIMIZED CONTROLS WITH AUTOMATED NATURAL o VENTILATION DAY LIGHTING CONTROLS o EXPANDED COMFORT CRITERIA (70 TO 78 ° F) o LOCALIZED CONTROL WITH DESK FANS AND OPERABLE WINDOWS o
BUILDING SYSTEMS NZW STRATEGY: RAIN TO POTABLE RAINWATER TO BE COLLECTED FROM NSF CERTIFIED ROOF AND PV CANOPY o STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD – DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER (DDW) TO PERMIT o FOOD GRADE ROOFING AND COMPONENTS WILL BE USED THROUGHOUT o TESTING TO BE CONDUCTED BY DDW STANDARDS o GREY WATER RECYCLING GREY WATER FROM SHOWERS AND LAVATORIES TO BE CAPTURED AND TREATED TO NSF 350 o STANDARDS WORKED WITH LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PERMIT o IRRIGATION DEMAND TO BE MET FROM RECYCLED GREY WATER o NZW STRATEGY: DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN TIMES OF DROUGHT, THE SYSTEM WILL BE TOPPED UP WITH WELL WATER o
UNPRECEDENTED GREEN BUILDING 1 ST IN CALIFORNIA RAINWATER TO POTABLE
UNPRECEDENTED GREEN BUILDING LARGEST IN CALIFORNIA COMPOSTING TOILETS
UNPRECEDENTED GREEN BUILDING GREYWATER – EDIBLE LANDSCAPE
South Stair Open Workspace Roof Ready for Solar Status: On Budget & O On Schedule for 4/22/2020
Healthy Buildings? Healthy Buildings?
Healthy Buildings Healthy Buildings for All? or All? Design Building Users 2-5x Higher exposure to VOCs than outdoors
Or Onl Or Only f y for Some? or Some? Externalities Design Procurement End of Life Communities Workers First-Responders Building Users 20% 2-5x 74x 14% Of US population within 1- Higher exposure to VOCs Allowed exposure to Higher risk of dying from cancer mile of at least one polluting than outdoors Formaldehyde than WELL or than general population facility. LEED
Gr Growing Compl wing Complexity xity
Chemical R Chemical Regula gulation tion
Business Business as Usual as Usual
Ho How Muc w Much is T h is Too Mu oo Much? h?
Cumula Cumulativ tive e Impacts Impacts 3.9 Billion Pounds Annually!
Pollution Bur ollution Burden den + Equity + Equity ONSITE EMISSIONS POPULATION BURDEN (LBS/PERSON) 600 517.24 500 374.37 400 300 200 100 13.49 10.39 0.02 0.32 1.73 0
The T he True Impact of ue Impact of Design Design
Who ar ho are W e We Designing f e Designing for? or? Regenerative Design Natural Ventilation? Rainwater Reuse? Biophilic Design? Urban Agriculture? Human Scale? Vs 95th percentile for: Air Toxic Respiratory Index Cancer Risk Superfund Designation Hazardous Waste Proximity
Small St Small Steps, Huge Impact eps, Huge Impact
Go Bey Go Beyond ond the Day job the Day job
Bey Beyond ond 40 hour w 40 hour wor ork w k week eek
Emer Emerging ging Tec echnolog hnology
The New Nor he New Normal mal
Where’s the industry going? • Embodied Carbon + Structures • Parametric modeling + Energy Modeling • Zero Waste + Circular Economy • Net Zero Energy Campus + City Carbon Planning • Sustainable Water +Plumbing Engineering and Policy • Circadian Lighting Design + Daylighting • Revit + Dynamo (Computational Design) • Virtual Reality + Storytelling • Triple Bottom Line: Social, Health and Environmental
QUESTIONS? Kathleen Hetrick – BuroHappold Engineering Kathleen.Hetrick@BuroHappold.com
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