We can use LEAN and more integrated processes to deliver buildings that achieve high levels of performance at less cost. In this presentation we explore how SMART building technology can be used to foster sustainable behaviour enabling the paradigm shift levels of GREEN building performance needed to protect our one and only planet.

1. The Planet needs Smarter Buildings
&
“Being Cool with Realistic Comfort
Expectations”
BOMA Energy Conference Edmonton
Murray Guy mguy@i-designs.ca

2. Hey Buddy, the
planet needs help
We need YOU to
do something!
Now

3. We need you to stop having
so much FUN Windsurfing

4. and get serious about energy management
•1/3 of Canada’s Energy Use
•50% of extracted materials
•25% of our landfill waste
•10% of our airborne particulates
•40% of our greenhouse gases
•Reference: A Business Case for Green Buildings in Canada

5. Massive Market Failure
The first step is recognize we have a problem
Amory B. Lovins

6. In 1996, while studying for an MBA, I
used 3 classes to write the business
plan for Integrated Designs.
We are a company that is committed
to breaking down the barriers to high
performance buildings.

8. The Economist reports that “energy efficiency is good for
business”.
In a global survey of 423 senior executives from the buildings
industry, they discovered companies are linking energy
stewardship with financial performance and that clean, green
buildings give them a marketing advantage. [1]

9. Economics
By designing GREEN buildings, adopting LEAN practices
and creating SMART building systems that foster
sustainable behavior we can achieve paradigm shift
levels of GHG reduction at less cost

11. So WHY are some of our buildings still
being operated with Half Dead Zombie
Controls

12. That stress out our tenants and staff and use
more energy than they should.
That can’t be good for business!

14. A Smart Building system that enables
seamless integration of all building systems, a
Visual Dashboard of graphical information.
that empowers stakeholders to make wise evidence based
decisions enabling unprecedented performance gains in
productivity, GHG emission reduction and the optimization of the
millions of dollars and resources flowing through the building
industry in an intuitive and effortless manner.

15. Smart Buildings
From a LARGE landlords
perspective!

16. Describing itself as “America’s largest real-estate agency,” the US
Government Services Administration (GSA) says of its mandate to cut
the energy levels of all government buildings by 30 per cent by 2015 and
make properties smarter:
Technology alone won’t do it. The GSA
realizes that the smartest part of smart buildings
is people and wants to engage them. Providing
feedback and information through a dashboard is
a good start.
With smart technology, we can learn anything we want about a building and
optimise its performance. But real performance means happier, more
productive tenants. And that requires insights into the hearts and minds
of the people inside.
What a dashboard can really do is enable better
decisions, inspire participation, spread knowledge
and best practices, communicate at a human
scale and propagate new norms in how we use
our buildings.”

17. It is not all about technology!
We need to propagate new norms
in how we use our buildings

18. Behavior change is the cornerstone of
sustainability and action is required to
generate long-term changes of habits and
attitudes, writes environmental
psychologist, Doug McKenzie-Mohr, in his
book “Fostering Sustainable Behavior”.

19. How then can we design our buildings, controls,
information systems and programs to make best
use of resources and engage building occupants
in achieving sustainable building performance?

20. The GSA realizes that the smartest part of smart buildings is
people and wants to engage them. Providing feedback and
information through a dashboard is a good start.

21. BUT we have an Issue
94% of commercial buildings in the U.S. cannot afford
advanced building technology, such as a building
automation system. If we really want cities around the
world to get closer to climate neutrality, we would need
real disruptive innovation. We would need to bring
advanced building technology to the 94% of buildings
which cannot afford it today.

23. LUCID

24. Disruptive innovation, by definition,
creates new markets and disrupts
existing industries.
Thermostat
Elevator
We haven’t had disruption in the building industry for a
long long time

26. Challenge …. Compete…. Change Behavior

27. DASHBOARDS in the Lobby of Each Dorm

28. In 2 Weeks

30. How much more could we
save if it was affordable to
access all energy
consuming equipment?

31. IP addressable networked plug loads

32. Individually addressable LED light bulbs

34. http://1.usa.gov/1nnkHV6

35. New Smart Building Technology to Increase Federal Buildings
Energy Efficiency
GSA’s innovative smart building systems to be installed initially in 50 government buildings, has estimated annual
savings of $15 million
May 14, 2012
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. General Services Administration awarded a contract to IBM to develop and install
advanced smart building technology in 50 of the federal government’s highest energy-consuming buildings. Part of
GSA’s larger smart building strategy, this initiative will connect building management systems to a central cloud based
platform, improving efficiency and saving up to $15 million in taxpayer dollars annually. Commercial buildings account
for nearly 40% of the United State’s primary energy use and GSA owns nearly 182 million square feet of office space
nationwide. GSA's plan to meet the requirements of President Obama’s Executive
Order 13514 includes a goal of reducing energy consumption in
federal buildings by 30% by 2015.

36. Disruptive
Processes, People & Projects

37. LEED Platinum 70% Less Energy
Manitoba Hydro Place was designed based upon realistic
expectations for thermal comfort that was communicated to all
staff prior to occupancy.
Commissioning, measurement and verification were key in
achieving 70% less energy for this double-wall, naturally
ventilated corporate office tower.
.

39. University of Winnipeg Science Complex
& Richardson College for the Environment
University of Winnipeg Science Complex
& Richardson College for the Environment

40. Net 0 Energy

41. For our project we wanted to demonstrate to that triple bottom line economics work for
commercial real estate. We are on target to deliver the Mosaic Centre to the highest level of
sustainability as defined by Living Building Challenge for approximately the same cost as a
traditional build.
Our return on investment will be in the productivity of our people, recognition as good stewards of
the planet and from the financial benefits of having higher occupancy and no energy bills.
Dennis Cuku
Mosaic Center for Community and Commerce
Canada’s first private commercial Living Building Challenge project
Economics

44. RATS Experiment
Responsible Adults Temperature Study
•Red Button Hot/Blue Button Cold
•Males 16 to 23 ºC
•Females 20 to 27 ºC
The difference in comfort range was attributed to the difference
in clothing worn in summer months as well as body mass.
Why not have a more relaxed dress code for summer months?

45. The difference in comfort range was attributed to the type of
clothing worn in summer months as well as body mass.
Why not have a more relaxed dress code for summer months?

47. It pays to have higher set points in
summer, lower in winter
Cooling Savings of $1000/yr/DGC for a 140,000 sq.ft building

48. 100/10/1
People Production Facilities
$500/sq.ft/yr $500/sq.ft $5/sq.ft/yr
Operating Cost
We are not talking about reducing comfort as productivity should always be the top priority

49. Existing comfort standards are more
stringent physiologically or
economically
•ASHRAE, 2.5 to 5.5ºC
•Studies 9ºC plus or minus 7ºC
•10 factors affecting comfort
•10% to 30% energy saving without
affecting comfort
Air Conditioning Comfort: Behavior and Cultural Issues,
ESource

50. CONCLUSION
Staff working in a office environment would likely not
experience productivity decline or level of comfort
satisfaction for temperature ranges
From 20ºC to 26ºC

51. • Educate clients on Sustainable
Expectations for Comfort
• Global set points
• Individual comfort ranges
• Direct feedback on how building is
performing
• Feedback on comfort conditions
• Optimize set points for time of day
• Predictive temperature control
• Night purge
Dash Boards and Smart Controls

52. Trades Center Kelowna Campus
LEAN, GREEN and SMART

53. Okanagan College Kelowna Trades Centre
Living Building Challenge Project #2
As leaders in the community it is our duty to protect the planet and demonstrate that
triple bottom line economics work. For our second Living Building Challenge project,
we have adopted Lean Project Delivery to raise the bar even higher as we want less
cost, less time and to be fully commissioned at substantial completion.
Kathleen Lausman
Living Building Challenge #2

54. Kelowna $$$ Design Cooling Temperature? 27? 28? 29? Radiant Comfort?

55. LEAN, GREEN and SMART
Committed to reducing GHG emissions to 6% less than 1990 levels and
ahead of target even after adding 5 new facilities

56.  LEED Gold ....
 59% better than MNECB....
 9/10 energy points
LEAN Integrated Project Delivery
$43.8M Construction Cost
Less than a 2% contingency
$320/sq.ft
Most Energy Efficient Laboratory Project?

57. Sustainable Labs Behavior

58. U of W Commons Project Case Study
GREEN LOAN financing, SMART Building Technology
& Fostering Sustainable Behavior

59. Committed to Smart GREEN
buildings

60. Conceptual Design
• Educate clients on sustainable behavior in the marketing documents
• Encourage sustainable behavior as part of the rental agreements.
• Provide direct feedback on energy use for the building and individual suites on a
dashboard. (LCD and a web based interface)
• Implement an energy challenge program with measureable targets and a reward system
• Provide free tokens to the electric car coop for low energy users
• Implement global set points, turn-off your lights and non-essential power and other
energy saving strategies
Desired Behaviors
• Sustainable Culture
• Turn off all non essential power
• Lower set points in winter, higher set points in summer
• Responsible water use
• Car coop utilization
Smart Building Concept

61. Smart Building System
U of W Dashboard System
The U of W currently uses dashboards in
their building that are integrated with their
Alerton control system. We propose to
interface this technology with an
economical measurement and verification
system like Check-it, electrical and
mechanical systems plug-loads and
provide a use friendly interface like the
Nest temperature controller.

62. Taking Sustainability to the
Bank
On the U of W commons project we are using GREEN loan financing to finance a more
efficient VRF system and 95% efficient heat recovery unit. The saving more than cover the
financing cost of the loan enabling our project to achieve 40% less energy use.

63. We expect that turning off lights and non-essential power can and using
unoccupied temperature control modes could result savings of 20%.

64. Economics
Working on getting an estimate from Check-it on the M&V system

65. We will be using tenant education, energy monitoring together with
SMART building technology and a dashboard to facilitate
sustainable behavior in the operations of the this 102 housing
development. We hope to achieve an additional 20% savings for this
initiative. This will help fund an electric vehicle coop, greenhouse
and a roof top community garden.
Sherman Kreiner

66. What do all these projects have in common?
Dash Boards to help foster sustainable behavior

67. Case Study

68. High Performance Building Program

69. Re-Commissioning process helped reduce energy
use from 900 MJ/m2 to 600 MJ/m2 (30% Reduction)
Retro or Re-commissioning can reduce
GHG in buildings by 15% to 40%

71. Energy Performance
Innovation Place Energy Use
2,000
2,100
2,200
2,300
2,400
2,500
2,600
2,700
2002 2003 2004
EnergyUse(MJ/m2)
Energy Use (MJ/m2)
Energy Use Targets
Annual Energy Saving: $500,000/yr Savings to Date: $5,000,000

72. Energy Use Assessment Tool
www.i-designs.ca

73. Be Cool with Realistic Comfort Expectations
http://themosaiccentre.ca/blog/cool-realistic-comfort-expectations/
The Planet Needs Smarter Buildings
In Introductory Guide to Lean Project Delivery
http://www.i-designs.ca/blog/high-performance-design/the-planet-needs-smart-buildings
mguy@i-designs.ca

74. “To be successful in the 21st Century
We need to Think Differently”

75. Wind is to Windsurfing as
SMART Buildings and Sustainable Behavior
are to our future
mguy@i-designs.ca
Murray Guy