4. What is wrong with this picture?
• LEED Platinum certified
BrightBuilt Barn project
• A triple net-zero home.
• One of the only buildings in the
world designed to be truly
carbon neutral.
5. What is wrong with this picture?
It is a “Green-Building” that everyone drives to!!
• LEED Platinum certified
BrightBuilt Barn project
• In Walk Score, which measures
and rates a site’s proximity to
common shops, goods and
services, the location gets a 6 -
yes, 6 - out of 100
• From Walk Score: 6 is “Car-
Dependent/Driving Only:
Virtually no neighborhood
destinations within walking
range. You can walk from your
house to your car”
13. More Energy is Used Driving to a
Building than Operating It!
1. U.S. Department of Transportation,
Transportation Energy Data Book 26th
Edition, 2007, Table 8.6
2. U.S. EPA Light-Duty Automotive
Technology and Fuel Economy Trends:
1975 Through 2006
3. Assumes 124,000 Btu/gallon of gasoline,
DOE Energy Information Administration
data
4. Assumes 76.3% commute in single-
occupancy vehicle, 11.2% carpool (2 per
car) and no other energy use (commuting
transportation modes from U.S. DOT
Transportation Energy Data Book 26th
Edition, 2007, Table 8.14.
5. U.S. General Services Administration
6. This includes site energy only, not source
energy. U.S. DOE Energy Information
Administration Commercial Building Energy
Consumption Survey (CBECS) data for
2003, published June 2006.
7. Bruce Hunn, ASHRAE, personal
communication
Copyright 2010, BuildingGreen, LLC
132 Reduced
Comparing Transportation and Operating Energy Use for a US Office Building
14. • Population
• Households
• Area
• Cars
• Vehicle Km
Traveled
2010
7.6M
2M
2.3M
2030
10M
~5M
3.3M
Growth in Israel
34B 70B
15. Implications of ~5M Cars and 70B VKmT
in Israel in 2030
~5M
70B
Increased
Fatalities
16. 70B
• Population
• Households
• Area
• Cars
• Vehicle Km
Traveled
2010
7.6M
2M
2.3M
2030
10M
~5M
3.3M
Smart Growth in Israel - a Great
Opportunity for GHG Reductions
34B 56B
Infill Compact
Mixed-Use
17. Land use can reduce travel
• Travel and the Built Environment - a ‘meta-analysis’ of nearly 50
published studies on the subject of land use and travel behavior by
Reid Ewing (University of Utah) and Robert Cervero (UC-Berkeley) in
the Journal of the American Planning Association
'Almost any development in a
central location is likely to
generate less automobile
travel than the best-designed,
compact, mixed-use
development in a remote
location.‘
Of course best of all is to employ
all of these factors in synergy…
18. Smart Growth in Israel - a Great
Opportunity for GHG Reductions
4.54B Km reduction
=
-1.36 MtCO2e
13.91B Km reduction
=
-4.46 MtCO2e
19. Smart Growth #3 in GHG Reduction
Potential – Relative to McKinsey Levers
Israeli Smart Growth
28. Israeli Green Building Standards 2012
– still a long way to go…
• Location and Transportation, a new category within LEED 2012 systems
– LT Prerequisite: Bicycle Storage
• transportation mode choice is an essential aspect of LEED
– LT Credit: Bicycle Network, Storage and Changing Rooms
• The project must be connected to an extensive bicycle network
– LT Credit: Site Selection
• coordinated with LEED-ND
– LT Credit: Development Density and Community Access
• more graduated.
• a “synergy” point for projects that combine density and mixed use
• a better measure of walkability
– LT Credit: Reduced Automobile Dependence
• transit stops within walking distance is unquestionably important.
• frequency of transit service is critical as well
– LT Credit: Walkable Streets
• adapted from LEED-ND and tailored to apply to individual buildings.
– LT Credit: Parking Reduction
• rewritten with absolute standards replacing the relative standard
• tougher thresholds to projects in dense, mixed use, or transit-oriented locations
– LT Credit: Low-Emitting and Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
• deletes: Preferred parking for low-emitting and alternative-fuel vehicles, and provision of
alternative fuel fueling stations.
• The remaining two options in this credit are essentially unchanged.