Changing Forests…Enduring Values Progress Report on USDA and USFS Green Building Initiatives.

Changing Forests…Enduring Values

Progress Report on USDA and USFS Green Building Initiatives

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Chief Tidwell –

“As we move forward with restoring America’s forests, we are getting smarter and more efficient in how we use wood products as both an energy and green building source, which will help maintain rural jobs”

USDA and FS Lead the Way on Green Buildings

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Sustainability:The Big Picture

SustainabilitySustainability

1. USE: select wood in new USFS & USDA building construction

2. RESEARCH: enhance research & development of green building materials

3. DEMONSTRATION: capture opportunities in USFS, USDA and with partners to demonstrate new uses of wood

4. PARTNERSHIPS: develop and support partnerships for using wood in federal government, private, and NGO sectors

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USDA Strategy - Goals

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Sylamore RD OfficeOzark – St. Francis National ForestMountain View, AR

Use of Wood Pre-2011

First FS certified green building, 2006

Building is wood framed with wood and stone veneer siding

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USFS 2011 Directive

Increase use of locally milled timber in all new agency buildings and facilities

Camino Real Ranger Station, Carson National Forest, Penasco, NM Building features locally milled

wood products

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USDA Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan

Goal 3, Objective 6 – Use Domestic Wood as the Preferred Sustainable Building Construction Material.“Use domestically harvested wood products, ideally locally sourced and from National Forest System lands wherever practicable and feasible, as the preferred green building material for all USDA facilities and buildings.”

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Progress

LCI/LCA: current information and tools to meet green building codes and standards; develop environmental product declarations (EPDs)

Direction: 2011 USDA Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan & USDA Sustainable Buildings Implementation Plan (soon to be published)

Buildings constructed in AK, NM, OR, CA, etc. Under design and registered in “Green Globes”:

Research Triangle Park Forestry Science & Assessment Center (NC)

Enoree Ranger District Office (SC)

Goal 1: Use of wood in building construction

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Angeles National Forest Supervisor OfficeArcadia, CA

New USFS Buildings

24,500 sq. ft. Wood frame Wood trusses in

roof system

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Camino Real Ranger Station, Carson National Forest Penasco, NM

8,500 sq. ft. Locally milled wood

products Wood in framing,

sheathing, doors, and windows

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Corvallis Laboratory – Siuslaw National Forest HQ OfficeCorvallis, OR

Before construction

After construction 9,700 sq. ft. Wood exterior, interior

paneling, glulam and wood fixtures

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Juneau Laboratory, AK

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Enoree Ranger District OfficeFrancis Marion-Sumter NFWhitmire, SC

Renovation and addition planned for 2013

Expected to be first FS Green Globes building

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ProgressGoal 2: Enhancing green building and wood use

research & development

Innovative ways to use smaller diameter timber, leftover branches and limbs

New building materials research at FPL Enhancing the development and application of LCA Developing wood product standards and code acceptance for

wood in non-residential construction

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Nanotechnology

Cross Laminated Timber

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Progress

Demo projects: FPL Demo house, Madison, WI Mississippi State University campus Haywood Community College campus, NC

Green building competitions: Carbon Challenge Baltimore Carbon Challenge Providence

Supporting USDA Biopreferred Program

Goal 3: Demonstrating innovative uses of wood compatible with green building standards

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FPL - Advanced Housing Research Center Demonstration House Madison, WI

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ProgressGoal 4: Develop partnerships in federal, private, and

NGO sectors to advance the use of wood

Promote wood preference policy with USDA’s position on White House Steering Committee on Federal Sustainability

Outreach results of the FPL - LCA study and ongoing work Work with GSA on high performance building guiding principles Partner with U.S. WoodWorks program on educating and

transferring technology to design and building professionals New DOD schools initiative partnership Continue offering technical assistance to private, non-profit and

public sector

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Partnership Opportunities

How can we move forward as a community to develop and promote sustainable wood uses?

How do we build a bigger, more effective coalition supporting wood as a material for sustainability?

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How Can We Better Position Wood in the Big Sustainability Picture?

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Thank you …. Contact:

Jim Reaves, Deputy Chief – Research and Development ([email protected])

Dave Cleaves , Climate Change Advisor – Office of the Chief ([email protected])