1. Tom Carney Colleen Clay
Brian Dale Yolanda Domneys
Keith Giarrusso Bonitta Stearns-Churchill

4. What is Green/Sustainable Development?
The practice of
• increasing the efficiency with which buildings and
their sites use energy, water and materials, and
• reducing building impacts on human health and
the environment, through better siting, design,
construction, operation, maintenance, and removal
– the complete building lifecycle.

5. Why Green?
National (HUD) Perspective
No Requirement for “Green” but it
does relate to HUD’s Policy Priorities
Build’s on HUD’s 21-Point Energy
Action Plan
“Green/Sustainable Building” is part of
the future of affordable housing.

6. The National Context
• Increasing energy costs
drive up development and
operating costs in housing.
• Much of U.S. housing
stock contains
environmental hazards.
• Current development
patterns and practices are
environmentally
unfriendly or wasteful.

7. Sponsorship
• Office of Native American Programs
(ONAP)
• $95,000 to implement Green Building
Tribal Assessments and Workshop
• Deputy Assistant Secretary Rodger Boyd
• NWONAP Administrator Ken Bowring

8. Model Approach
• HUD leadership team • Assessment of existing
outlines project sustainable or ‘green
opportunities and building practice’
constraints • Selection of model
• ONAP funds Green programs and
Building pilot program outcomes
providing technical • Conference to
support and assistance disseminate
information

9. Assessment
• Interviews with Tribal
Leaders in the Pacific
North West to identify
potential ‘best
practices.
• Site visits to document
outcomes and identify
further challenges and
opportunities

10. HUD ONAP
BUILDING GREEN
Sustainable & Innovative Design Strategies
for the Tribes of the Northwest
Little Creek Casino, Shelton, Washington
July 11 -13, 2006

11. Workshop Content
• Community and Site Planning
• Renewable Energy
• The Building Envelope
• Energy Efficiency
• Efficient Water Use
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Materials
• Operations & Maintenance
• Construction Waste Management Practices
• Tribal Examples

12. Green Building
Guidelines
Meeting the Demand for
Low-Energy, Resource-Efficient
Homes©

13. Problem: Increased Energy Costs
Increasing energy costs drive up development
and operating costs in housing.
US Energy Price Increase 1990 - 2000
450 420
400
350
Percent Increase
300
Coal
250 200 Natural Gas
200 150 Oil
150
100
50
0
Coal Natural Gas Oil

14. Green Building Solution
Energy Efficiency
• Energy Star
• Building Envelope
• Active and Passive
Solar
• Building System
Engineering

15. Building Envelope

16. Indoor Environment/Energy

17. Renewable Energy

18. Green Building Solution
Reduced Operating Costs
• Site planning
• Optimized Operations
and Maintenance
• Energy Star
• Water Saving
Plumbing Fixtures

19. Energy Star
R e s id e n tia l E n e r g y U s e
R e fr i d g e r a to r
14%
A p p li a n c e s A ir
42% C o n d i ti o n i n g
16%
Wa
S pace Heat
te r
%
10%
He
in g 9
ate
L ig h t
r 9%

20. Optimized Operations/Maintenance

21. Problem: Environmental Hazards
• Much of U.S.
housing stock
contains
environmental
hazards.

22. Green Building Solution
Healthier Homes
• Site planning that
supports walking
and transit
• Mold resistant
building envelope
and building
materials
• Healthy Materials –
low voc paints

23. Problem: Development Patterns
Current
development
patterns and
practices are
environmentally
unfriendly or
wasteful.

24. Green Building Solution
Minimize Environmental Impact
• Site planning for
resource preservation
(trees, drainage, light)
• Efficient water use
• Recycled and
recyclable building
materials
• Construction waste
management

25. Site Planning

26. Building Materials

27. Construction Waste Management

28. Methods for Green Building
• Use of sustainable building materials that emit
fewer health-endangering toxins, such as
carpets, paints, and mold-resistant materials.
• Use of water- and energy-conserving fixtures
and appliances.
• Site selection that integrates into the natural
environment and promotes healthy living.
• Owner and resident training and education.

29. Lessons Learned
• Green Building practices can be applied at
all stages of the development process
• Green Building Practices bring more
funding partners and equity to the housing
market.
• Green Building has become a viable
economic practice with multiple examples
in affordable housing

30. Next Steps/Call to Action
• Disseminate best • Promote Interagency
practices among coordination
ONAP regions by • Implement green
replicating the building practices in
conference model appropriate HUD
• Incorporate green funded programs and
building practices into projects
Healthy Homes
training

31. Thank You/Questions