Presentation Blair McCarry

SDI RETREAT WHY CAN’T WE DO INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS GREEN BUILDINGS IN OUR REGION? IN SUSTAINABLE BUILDING SDI RETREAT, SEATTLE MAY 15, 2013

Sustainable Buildings 2013, Vancouver, BC June 4, 2013 Blair McCarry P.Eng. PE FASHRAE LEED BD&C Hon AIBC

SUSTAINABLE BUILDING RESEARCH IN NORTHERN EUROPE

With higher energy costs, urban density, and a different ethic from North America, Northern Europe has a wide array of Sustainable Building Approaches.

Multiple trips to investigate, learn and understand new approaches have significantly influenced my project designs.

This presentation shows some issues and projects they were applied in.

Zero Energy House in Woubrugge

UNDERFLOOR SUPPLY AIR – MID 1980’S

Underfloor supply air projects researched

Different load calculations Application issues Lower energy use in our climate

Underfloor Air Swirl Pattern

Library Square Moshe Safdie/DA Architects

NATURAL VENTILATION – MID 1990’S

Opening windows not allowed by some mechanical engineers – lose control.

Rules written on humid East Coast.

Had to relearn how natural ventilation had worked for thousands of years.

In our climate, need a good reason to build with just sealed windows.

CK Choi Building UBC Matsuszaki Wright Architects

DISPLACEMENT VENTILATION – MID 1990’S Displacement supply air projects researched Different load calculations Application issues Lower energy use in our climate

West Chevron YVR Stantec Architects

Displacement Air Outlets

Displacement Air Pattern

SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS 2000 Maastricht

Significant Exposure to a broad range of building design and systems approaches with low annual energy Met with very interesting delegates to discuss different approaches, successes, and challenges.

High performance envelopes – Discussions about Passive House buildings here.

RADIANT HEATING AND COOLING – 2002 Warm or Cool Water in Piping with Slab Thermal Mass - Flywheel Effect Sea Water Heating and Cooling Low Temperature Heating and High Temperature Cooling

Panels

In Slab Piping Prior to Pour

Under Slab Piping Prior to Plaster Vancouver Convention Centre West

LMN/MCMP/DA

GROUND WATER COOLING Ground Water Cooling significantly reduces the cooling energy for YVR at the International Terminal Building

International Terminal Building at YVR Flights to US and Rest of World

BLATCHFORD DEVELOPMENT, EDMONTON ALBERTA International Competition Re-plan Municipal Airport for 30,000 People Required to be Carbon Neutral!

Urban Density Rather than Sprawl = Community and Effective Transit

Carbon Neutral Operations

1,87 Mio Tons 455,000 Tons 825,000 Tons

1.87 Million Tons Carbon Reduction from business as usual 2015-2035

Beyond Carbon Neutral

1,87 Mio Tons 455,000 Tons 825,000 Tons

3.2 Million Tons Carbon Reduction from business as usual 2015-2035

Beyond Carbon Neutral with City Waste Reuse

1,87 Mio Tons 455,000 Tons 825,000 Tons

3.2 Million Tons Carbon Reduction from business as usual 2015-2035

The earth can sustain a stable human population of 8 billion at 2.2 tons/person

DOCKSIDE GREEN, VICTORIA, BC Carbon Neutral Development

Residential and Commercial Development in Victoria, BC Carbon Neutral with Biomass Heating Plant and Offsite Sales Sewage Treated on Site and Reused for Toilet Flushing and Waterway makeup in Summer

Synergy Waste Water Plant Below Waterway

Biomass Plant

SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE Robin Guenther (P+W) and Gail Vitorri – Authors Updated Version of Book Available mid July 2013

50 Hospitals highlighted 36 from other than North America Some Netherlands Hospitals Included Targeting 100!

• European Hospital Examples • Reduce Hospital energy to 100 kBTU/ft2/yr (315 kWh/m2/yr) • From ~240 kBTU/ft2/yr (750 kWh/m2/yr) • Organized at University of Washington