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Office of Real PropertyU.S. General Services Administration
Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
Jonathan HerzJonathan Herz, , AIA, LEED®AIA, LEED®
U.S. General Services AdministrationU.S. General Services Administration
William WalshWilliam WalshHealthy Building NetworkHealthy Building Network
Karla ArmentiKarla Armenti, ScD, MS, ScD, MS Consulting in Occupational and Consulting in Occupational and Environmental SciencesEnvironmental Sciences
Building Health Back Into Building Health Back Into Community - Toward the Creation Community - Toward the Creation
of a Moreof a More Sustainable Sustainable and Less and Less Toxic Built Environment, Part IToxic Built Environment, Part I
Built Environment Institute III:Built Environment Institute III:
Office of Real PropertyU.S. General Services Administration
Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
Remaining BEI Sessions Session IV: School Environments - Not Just Little Offices Session V: Transportation, The Built Environment, and Public Health:
A Critical Review of the Science Session VI: Discussions on Direct and Indirect Influences of a
School’s Built Environment on Health and Physical Activity
Session VII: Building Health Back into Community - Session VII: Building Health Back into Community - Toward the Creation of a More Sustainable and Toward the Creation of a More Sustainable and Healthful, Less Toxic Built Environment, Part IIHealthful, Less Toxic Built Environment, Part II
Session VIII: Multiple Perspectives on Designing Healthy Futures Session IX: Built Environment and Weather Influences on
Environmental Public Health Session X: Housing Quality and Environmental Justice Issues in the
Built Environment
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
• Learn how social equity must be considered on an equal basis with economic prosperity and environmental quality
• Understand the principles of:
• true lifecycle costing
• living wages
• and toxics reduction
Learning Objectives
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
Public Health
Modern medical practice does not concern itself merely with the treatment of the sick as individuals. That is only part of the work. It concerns itself in a large measure with the maintenance of the health of the community as a whole.
J.A. Salzmann, D.D.SPrinciples and Practice of
Public Health Dentistry, 1937
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
Our Environmental Impact
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Mathis Wackernagel and William Rees
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
What is Sustainable Development?
Sustainable development is development that allows people "...to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."
The Bruntland CommissionOur Common Future
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
The Sustainable Development Triad
World Business Council For Sustainable Development
“Sustainable development involves the simultaneous pursuit of:
•economic prosperity,
•environmental quality, and,
•social equity.”
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
McDonough Braungart Design Protocol™
EquityEquity
EcologyEcology
EconomyEconomy
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
What Is Equity?
Respect
Well-being
Quality of Life
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
Respect and Well-Being-- Living Wages - Living Wages -
“Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.”
Frederick Douglass, The North American Review, 1881
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
Quality of Life- Toxics Elimination -- Toxics Elimination -
By reducing the hazards of certain industrial processes, we prevent workers from being exposed to those hazards…
By finding alternative and substitute products for hazardous materials used in industrial processes and by consumers, we reduce the overall harmful effects both to human health and to the environment.
National Association of County and City Health Officials.
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
Equity And Sustainable Development
EconomyEconomyEquityEquity
EcologyEcology
EconomyEconomy-Equity-EquityAre our employees earning a living wage?
EquityEquity--EcologyEcologyAre employees and customers safe making and using our products?
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
WHAT IS A LIVING WAGE?
International NGO Summit on the Living Wage (1998)
http://www.bsr.org
“Are Our Employees Earning a Living Wage?”
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
WHAT ARE TOXICS?
“Are Employees and Customers Safe Making and Using Our Products?”
Substances that can cause severe illness, poisoning, birth defects, disease, or death when ingested, inhaled, or absorbed by living organisms.
US Environmental Protection Agency
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Creating Long Term Value
There are economic, environmental, and social issues associated with every business decision we make.
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“Is our production safe for the local and global communities?”
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“Are our employees earning a living wage?”
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Building Construction, Renovation and Operation
Consumes: 17% of water 33% of energy 40% of the raw materials
extracted 66% of electricity 6 billion pounds of
cleaning chemicals 4.5 billion pounds of
janitorial paper
Produces (directly or indirectly):
49% percent of SO2
40% of landfill waste 33 % of CO2
10% of particulates 500 million pounds
of janitorial waste sent to landfills
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
Asbestos Lead PCB’s Formaldehyde Dioxin Chromium
Arsenic VOC’s Mercury Chlorine CFC’s Many others
Building Materials and Methods Directly Affect Worker and
Community Health
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
Wages Associated with Building Materials and Methods Directly Affect
Workers and Their Communities
“The American labor market should be based upon highly skilled workers earning decent wages with time for family and a childhood of learning for the young.”
Additional Views on S.440
Senate Report 104-086
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The Government and Wages
•Davis-Bacon Act (1931)•Walsh-Healy Public Contracts Act (1936)•Service Contract Act (1965)
Representative Robert L. Bacon (R-NY) 1927
“The least the federal Government can do is comply with the local standards of wages and labor prevailing in the locality where the building construction is to take place.”
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The Government and Toxics Reduction
EO 13101 promotes the Government's use of recycled products and environmentally preferable products and services
EO13148 requires Agencies to reduce use of Cadmium, Lead, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, and, naphthalene by 50% by 2007.
• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 1970• Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 1976• Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) 1990• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) 1984
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
Creating Long Term Value
There are economic, environmental, and social issues associated with every business decision we make.
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Office of Real Property U.S. General Services Administration
“Is our production safe for the local and global communities?“
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“Are our employees earning a living wage?”
• Davis-Bacon• Wagner-Javits-
O’Day• Service Contracts
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Sustainable Planning, Design, and Construction
Eliminates mitigation
Eliminates toxics
Minimizes or eliminates waste
Reduces contingent liability
Increases safety and proficiency
Creates long-term value
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What is LEED?
The U.S. Green Building Council
The LEED® Green Building Rating System:• “Provides a complete framework for
assessing building performance and meeting sustainability goals.
• “Emphasizes state of the art strategies for sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.”
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LEED and Community Issues
The U.S. Green Building Council
• Environmental Issues address the environmental impacts of the prerequisite or credit and attempt to relate specific goals or concerns with the influence on our natural environment.
• Economic Issues address considerations that the prerequisite or credit involves as related to first costs, life-cycle costs and estimated savings.
• Community Issues focus attention on the benefits or disadvantages to the surrounding community and our built environment that result from the implementation of the measure.
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LEED Impact on GSA Requirements
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Let’s Make The Built Environment GreenGreen and Fair
Ask these questions:Are those who provide the products and services we specify earning a living wage?Is production of the products and services we specify safe for the local and global communities?
There are economic, environmental, and social issues associated with every business decision we make.
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GSA Real Property Sustainable Development Guide
William McDonough & Ray Anderson Videos
Green Roofs Brochure and Poster
GSA Sustainable Development Resources
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Sustainable Development and Society
Innovative Workplace Strategies
The Guide is available electronically at http://www.gsa.gov Hard copies of videos and guide may be requested at 202.501.0856
GSA Sustainable Development Resources
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