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<DIV><SPAN class=310113916-08062009><FONT face=Univers color=#0000ff size=2>I
agree with Marcus on this on. Langdon's study is a follow-up to his
earlier work and confirms the statement that LEED projects are distributed
across the cost spectrum rather randomly. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=310113916-08062009><FONT face=Univers color=#0000ff size=2>It
all depends what you are comparing against. If you are trying to design a
high-performance building, there should be no construction cost premium to go to
LEED, provided you have an "experienced" design team and construction manager /
trades. There may be some soft premiums for additional documentation
requirements, but LEED requirements are not that onerous for design teams.
Mechanical consultants in particular should be designing according to ASHRAE
anyway for building code compliance and modelling is an extension of the
mechanical/architectural integrated design process of optimizing buildings for
low-energy use starting with passive design and then high-efficiency
systems. If on the other hand you want to build a code building, then yes
there will be a premium. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=310113916-08062009><FONT face=Univers color=#0000ff
size=2>Let's be serious, LEED is not rocket science, it should be code, not some
mark of distinction. The fact that LEED is seen as difficult to achieve
just shows how far behind the eight ball we are in trying to address the
environmental impact of buildings. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=310113916-08062009><FONT face=Univers color=#0000ff
size=2>European buildings regularly achieve less than 100 ekWh/m2. Yet in
North America, we're not only consuming 3 times that amount, but we have managed
to lower our energy usage by a mere 7% since the 1920s!!! (See Graph 3
showing the CBECS data in this article: <A
href="http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-012-why-energy-matters/">http://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-012-why-energy-matters/</A>)
We have a long long way to go to Architecture 2030....roughly a millennium
if we keep this pace up!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org
[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Marcus
Sheffer<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 08, 2009 12:39 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
paul.hay@phcjamaica.com; Bldg-Sim<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bldg-sim] Cost of LEED
certification<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Anyone’s first LEED project
requires an investment of time to learn how to do it. This learning curve
is somewhat steep but once you learn how to do, actually doing it takes
considerably less time. Outside soft costs (commissioning, energy modeling
and LEED documentation) if you are spending a dime more for construction costs
than conventional for LEED Certified or Silver then you have made an optional
choice or are not properly applying the system. Many projects attain the
Gold certification level without an increase in construction costs.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">There have been several cost
studies over the years than do not show that LEED requires the type of
investment purported by the American Chemistry Council. Here are some
links:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><A
href="http://www.cap-e.com/publications/default.cfm">http://www.cap-e.com/publications/default.cfm</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><A
href="http://www.davislangdon.com/USA/Research/ResearchFinder/2007-The-Cost-of-Green-Revisited/">http://www.davislangdon.com/USA/Research/ResearchFinder/2007-The-Cost-of-Green-Revisited/</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">The Davis Langdon study above is
far more thorough and comprehensive than the much older ACC report which relies
on a considerable amount of early anecdotal evidence.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">In many respects the cost of
LEED comes down to what you assign to LEED as an “extra” cost. Many teams
have figured out how to neutralize even the added soft costs through an
integrative design process. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">Marcus
Sheffer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">7group <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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[mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>P.
Hay<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 08, 2009 11:36 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
Bldg-Sim<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Bldg-sim] Cost of LEED
certification<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I recall someone once asked about the time needed to be spent
on LEED certification. Well, I have just come across a report prepared by
Northbridge Environmental Management Consultants
<http://www.nbenvironmental.com> entitled <U>Analyzing the Cost of
obtaining LEED Certification</U>, which is available online at the following
link: <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><A
href="http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/for_communities/LEED_links/AnalyzingtheCostofLEED.pdf">http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/for_communities/LEED_links/AnalyzingtheCostofLEED.pdf</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>It indicates that the documentation takes 226 working hours
on average to prepare and costs between US$8,000 - US$70,000 per project: the
first project costing between US$30,000 - US$60,000.<o:p></o:p></P>
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