1. Go Green is an alternative?
SAHIC 2011
Chile

2. Introduction

3. Argentina Green Building Council
FULL MEMBER OF THE WORLD GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL
GREEN BUILDING COUNCILS WORLDWIDE

4. AGBC
Argentina Green Building Council is a non governmental, non profit organization, founded in
Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 4, 2007.
"The Mission of the ArgentinaGBC is to facilitate and promote the design and
construction of sustainable buildings, increase awareness of climate change and
environmental concerns, and to offer support to decision makers and professionals by
providing assistance and serving as a guide for the development of ecological practices
for both new and existing buildings and urban developments ..."
Carlos Grinberg
President

5. Argentina Green Building Council
Is Enough to claim being
Sustainable?
What about Green
Washing?

6. Argentina Green Building Council
GREEN WASHING
The term green washing was coined by New York environmentalist Jay Westervelt in a 1986 essay
regarding the hotel industry's practice of placing placards in each room promoting reuse of towels
ostensibly to "save the environment". Westerveld noted that, in most cases, little or no effort toward
reducing energy waste was being made by these institutions .
Picture: Diario_Responsable

7. Global Certifications
Hanover Square - UK
30 The Bond
Sydney Olympic Village - 2000 Stratford City - 2012
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8. Certified buildings rates
8% (Other countries)
France
40% 9% (Other) Australia
(United
States)
Singapour
Japan
43% (UK)
Several
countries

9. Hotels
Going green, is an
alternative?

10. Main aspects of the Design Process
 Image
 Service
 Sustainability

11. Argentina Green Building Council
Why would Developers/
Owners go green?

12. Argentina Green Building Council
 Benefits (lower taxes)
Developer  Appreciation of the property
 At least to finish break even
 O&M Savings
Owner  Image
 Increase occupation

13. Argentina Green Building Council
Is more expensive to
be Green?

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 Is more expensive to be Sustainable?
Developer  How much will the property increase its value?
 Will this delay the construction?
 How much will I save?
Owner  How long will take to offset the investment.

15. Argentina Green Building Council
GREEN FACTS
 Operating costs decrease 13.6% for new
construction and 8.5% for existing building projects
 Building value increases 10.9% new construction
and 6.8% existing building projects
 Return on investment improves 9.9% new
construction and 19.2% existing building projects
 Occupancy increases 6.4% new construction and
2.5% existing building projects
 Rent increases 6.1% new construction and 1%
existing building projects
McGraw Hill Construction (2010). Green Outlook 2011: Green Trends Driving Growth.

16. Argentina Green Building Council
LEED®
Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a voluntary certification
program developed by the USGBC (United States Green Building Council).
LEED provide owners, designers and builders with:
 A list of goals and performance standards to create a Sustainable building.
 Sustainable Benchmarking for projects.
 A recognizable brand within the market.
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17. Argentina Green Building Council
Which certification to seek?
 LEED NC (New Construction)  LEED Volume
 LEED CS (Core & Shell)  LEED HC (Health & Care)
 LEED CI (Commercial Interior)  LEED Homes
 LEED Schools  LEED ND (Neighborhood Development)
 LEED Retail  LEED EB:O&M (Existing Building: Operation
& Maintenance)
Developer  LEED NC (New Construction)
 LEED EB:O&M (Existing Building: Operation &
Owner Maintenance)

18. LEED Process

19. Main aspects of the LEED Process
Sustainability
LEED NC (New Construction)
What is Sustainable design?
 The intention is to substantially reduce or eliminate negative impacts to the
environment and people, attained through a competent and sensitive design.
Five main areas are identified:
Sustainable Water Energy & Materials & Indoor Air
sites efficiency Atmosphere Resources Quality

20. Sustainable Sites
Solutions
 Select sites with existing infrastructure.
It takes years  Control Pollution during Construction.
to remediate
impacts on  Protect local wildlife and vegetation.
the
 Minimize building footprint.
environment
generated by  Maximize pervious surfaces.
a new
 Remediate brown fields or contaminated sites.
development
 Green roofs for storm water runoff control and for reducing heat
island effect.

21. Water Efficiency
Solutions
 Reduce potable water consumption.
An average  Measuring, monitoring and regulating daily water consumption.
US citizen  Leakages control program.
consume  Install efficient fixtures (dual flush/low flow toilets, shower aerator,
580 liters of automated faucets)
 Grey water to be used for toilets or irrigation.
potable
 Storm water collection.
water per
 Implement a rationalized linen laundry program.
day.
 Black water treatment.

22. Energy & Atmosphere
Solutions
 Design Solar Passive strategies (blinds, sunshades, orientation, etc.).
 Measuring and monitoring daily energy consumption.
Buildings  Install illumination control systems.
expend  Install HVAC control systems (ideally a BCMS).
39% of the
 Low consuming fixtures.
energy
 Keep a 25 C° degree temperature in rooms when not occupied.
In HVAC and
 Interrupt non essential electrical services in not occupied rooms.
illumination
 Produce energy on site.
 Consider using renewable energy.

23. Materials & Resources
Solutions
 Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Excessive use,  Segregate waste.
Manufacture
 Reuse materials on site.
and
Transportation  Select recycled content materials.
of materials  Select rapidly renewable materials (Bamboo, cotton, linen, etc.)
produce
 Use of local materials reduce the need of transportation.
negative
environmental  Use FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) wood.
impact.  No plastic and green purchase policy.

24. Indoor Air Quality
Solutions
 Increase natural and mechanical ventilation.
 Monitor CO2 concentrations.
Indoor air is 2  Maximize daylight and views.
to 5 times  Implement HVAC handlers filters changing program.
more  Select non adhesive carpet systems (tact-tile).
contaminated  Select low emission materials (carpets, flooring, paints, coatings,
furnishings, etc.).
than outdoor
 Implement a green cleaning policy.
air.
 No smoking policy.
 Individual thermal control.

25. Main aspects of the LEED Process
Sustainability
LEED EB:O&M (Existing Buildings:
Operation & Maintenance)
Encourages owners of existing buildings to implement
sustainable practices and reduce the environmental
impacts of their buildings over their functional life
cycles.
Specifically, the rating system addresses:
 Exterior building site maintenance programs,
 Water and energy use,
 Environmentally preferred products and practices
for cleaning and alterations,
 Sustainable purchasing policies,
 Waste stream management,
 Ongoing indoor environmental quality.

26. Main differences between LEED NC and LEED EBOM
 LEED NC is a one-time certification, it does not expires,
 LEED EBOM needs recertification every 5 years.
 LEED NC can be achieved as soon as the building is occupied,
 LEED EBOM needs one year from occupation due to the
performance period.  Both have the same
criteria of Prerequisites
and credits.
 LEED NC focus on design & Construction,  Both need same amount
 LEED EBOM focus on policies implementation. of points to achieve
certification.
 LEED NC needs Energy modeling,
 LEED EBOM does not.

27. Latin America

28. Projects registered and certified LEED in Latin America
Country Registered Certified Reg. Hotels Confid.
Argentina 46 3 1 1
Brazil 328 35 0 66
Chile 108 9 6 (1) 4
Colombia 57 4 3 1
Ecuador 2 0 0 0
Peru 22 3 1 3
México 216 16 19 (1) 16
Venezuela 2 0 0 0
 781 Projects Registered, 70 of which have achieved the Certification (9%).
 Only 30 of projects registered are hotels, 4% (11% are confidential).
 Only 2 of the certified projects are hotels (Chile, Peru).

29. Projects registered and certified LEED in Latin America
Posada de Mike Rapu, Isla de Pascua, Chile
First LEED hotel in Latin America
Architecture and Interior Design by José Cruz Ovalle and
Associates
Owned by Explora
 US Travel + Leisure magazine selected Mike Rapu’s hotel as
the best in Latin America and one of the top 13 worldwide.
 The Architect employed about 100 local artisans to build the
bases of the buildings according to ancient traditions using
local stone.
 Then he brought in wood from Chile and employed another
100 artisans from the mainland to build the lighter
superstructure with its large windows and support posts
stretching upward toward the sky.
 boiled red volcanic clay called hani hani on the rooftops.
Photography by Michael Calderwood
Source: Architectural Digest

30. Why is the Sustainable construction not
growing faster in Argentina?
 In Argentina energy is strongly subsidized
 Legislation in force is week
 There is not pricing, hence no motivation
Natural gas, households, $/m3 Natural gas, commerce, $/m3 Electricity
Country/region (1) (1) households, $/m3
Argentina, Bariloche 0.026 (2) 0.043 (2) 0.10
Argentina, Buenos Aires 0.075 (3) 0.063 (3) 0.08
Canada (4) 0.41 0.23
43 times as
Chinese Taipei (4) 0.42 0.47 0.074 much!
Finland (4) 0.45 0.32 0.17
France (4) 0.83 0.50 0.17
Italy (4) 0.94 0.47 0.27
Korea (4) 0.66 0.52 0.096
Mexico (4) 0.67 0.39 0.11
Netherlands (4) 1.14 0.24
Poland (4) 0.70 0.42 0.18
Spain (4) 0.90 0.41 0.19
Turkey (4) 0.54 0.48 0.16
United Kingdom (4) 0.71 0.37 0.23
USA 0.45 0.32 0.10
(1): One m3 of natural gas is priced as 9,300 Kcal Gross Caloric Value (38,9MJ/m3)
(2): Tax included, in 2008, supplied by Camuzzi Gas del Sur(www.camuzzigas.com)
(3): Tax included, in 2008, supplied by Gas Natural Ban (www.gasnaturalban.com.ar)
(4) Natural gas, electricity, gasoline and diesel for end‐use customer, in 2008, with tax, from IEA

31. What is being done in Argentina?
IN PROGRESS:
 Regulatory Decree 1030 | Law 13,059 “Thermal conditioning in construction, province of Buenos
Aires”.
 IRAM 15,392 – Voluntary standard for Sustainable buildings – General Principles.
 IRAM 11,603 – Thermal Conditioning in Buildings.
 IRAM 11,900 - Building heating energy efficiency label. Classification according to the thermal
transmittance of the building envelope.
 Buenos Aires City – Adaptation and Mitigation for Climate Change Act
 Buenos Aires City EPA- Resolution Nº 175/010 – Green rooves program
 Rosario City – City ordinance Nº 8,208/2007 – Green rooves program
 Rosario City – City ordinance mandating thermal collectors on public buildings
 San Isidro City – City ordinance Nº 8,497 – Benefits for Sustainable buildings
 Governmental building tender with LEED requirements.
 Isolated measures (PRONUREE; loans; etc)
PENDING:
 Regulation for non hazardous Construction Waste Management (segregation, recycling, etc).
 Pricing to Sustainable initiatives (lower taxes, code regulations benefits, etc).
 Update energy prices.

32. Go Green is an alternative?
Lucas Clariá
LEED-AP: BD+C | Latin America Sustainability Manager
lucas.claria@lendlease.com