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Living Building Challenge

Elab green building hunt:


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LEED: 

Living building challenge:

  1. Energy, water and waste self sufficient (audit for one year with no failures)
  2. Materials sourcing based on density (steel, concrete, wood, etc.)
  3. Nothing can be toxic in production, use, or disposal (the “red list”) https://living-future.org/declare/declare-about/red-list/
  4. LBC petals (see below)
  5. Pass/fail

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Redlist:
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HPA Energy Lab: a Prototype Integrated Sustainable Building

  • Recycled toilet fixtures
  • Recycled building materials (lab tables)
  • Radiant cooling system (roof panels)
  • Solar thermal water heating system
  • Photovoltaic panels (three arrays)
  • Low/no VOC paints
  • No VOC carpet
  • No VOC furniture (no phenol glue)
  • Native plants (Koaia tree to reduce erosion)
  • Rain water catchment
  • Energy efficient LED lighting with occupancy controls
  • Automated climate control system (ventilation, CO2, temperature, RH)
  • Energy efficient appliances (Apple minis, all recyclable)
  • Water efficient toilets and sinks
  • FSC certified lumber from Oregon
  • Natural lighting (skylights, double glazed glass)
  • Noise reduction (double glazed glass)
  • View of outside (10 meters to windows everywhere)
  • Metal roof with insulation (soy insulation)
  • Passive ventilation system
  • Cement countertops (later found to be high CO2 producers)
  • Roof shape design: south facing for solar panels, roof shape for Bernoulli ventilation
  • Water storage under deck (10,000 gallons, 40,000 liters)
  • Insulated cool water reservoir for radiant cooling system
  • Soy insulation on roof
  • Low emissivity windows/tinting
  • Double glazed windows for sound and thermal isolation
  • Solar shade panels
  • Heat stack effect ventilation (a la pacific island design)
  • Technology innovation: EMC system
  • Energy monitoring and control system (reduce loads, locate vampire loads)
  • Land restoration (purchase of sanctuary lands in Oregon)
  • Locally sourced materials (concrete, steel, wood)
  • Brownfield restoration (Mount Spencer)
  • Bike Path to elab
  • Onsite sewage treatment
  • Hybrid/electric vehicle parking
  • Stormwater management
  • Reduced heat island impact
  • Environmental quality: noise reduction, lighting, outside view, ventilation
  • Recycled building materials (99% recycling of all building materials)
  • LEED for schools: all aspects of the building can relate to a K-12 concept
  • Erosion and sediment control: flume above elab
  • Weather stations interact with building automation system
  • Bifacial solar panels
  • Wind turbine
  • Co-gen plant 
  • Reflective deck
  • Greywater use
  • Red list for materials
  • Geo sourcing based on density
  • 1 year occupancy evaluation/certification
  • High SEER HVAC systems (heat pumps, HVAC)

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