| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 81.02 |
| Liaison | Sam Lubow |
| Submission Date | June 29, 2016 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Stanford University
OP-4: Building Design and Construction
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
2.84 / 3.00 |
Moira
Hafer Sustainability Specialist Office of Sustainability |
Total floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space (include projects completed within the previous five years) :
Floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space certified Living under the Living Building Challenge:
Floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space certified at each level under a rating system for design and construction used by an Established Green Building Council (GBC) :
| Certified Floor Area | |
| LEED BD+C Platinum or at the highest achievable level under another rating system | 387,570 Square feet |
| LEED BD+C Gold or at the 2nd highest level under another 4- or 5-tier GBC rating system | 0 Square feet |
| Certified at mid-level under a 3- or 5-tier GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g. BREEAM, CASBEE, DGNB, Green Star) | 0 Square feet |
| LEED BD+C Silver or at a step above minimum level under another 4- or 5-tier GBC rating system | 0 Square feet |
| LEED BD+C Certified or certified at minimum level under another GBC rating system | 0 Square feet |
Floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space certified under a non-GBC rating system for design and construction (e.g. Green Globes NC, Certified Passive House):
Percentage of newly constructed or renovated building space certified under a green building rating system for design and construction:
A brief description of the green building rating system(s) used and/or a list of certified buildings and ratings:
The Knight Management Center (Graduate School of Business) is certified LEED-NC Platinum. A brief description of the physical campus can be found on the Our Campus page of the Graduate School of Business website: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/stanford-gsb-experience/life/campus.
In 2010, California adopted green building standards into its building code. Known as CALGreen, these standards have minimum mandatory sustainability requirements to which all buildings in California are required to be designed and built. CALGreen also provides optional sustainability standards, Tier One and Tier Two, which are respectively more stringent than the mandatory measures. All of Stanford’s new buildings are designed and constructed to CALGreen Tier One standards (the highest level) and certified by Santa Clara County.
More information on CALGreen is available at http://www.bsc.ca.gov/Home/CALGreen.aspx.
Floor area of newly constructed or renovated building space that is NOT certified, but that was designed and constructed in accordance with published green building guidelines and policies:
A copy of the green building guidelines or policies :
The green building guidelines or policies:
Do the green building guidelines or policies cover the following?:
| Yes or No | |
| Impacts on the surrounding site (e.g. guidelines to reuse previously developed land, protect environmentally sensitive areas, and otherwise minimize site impacts) | Yes |
| Energy consumption (e.g. policies requiring a minimum level of energy efficiency for buildings and their systems) | Yes |
| Building-level energy metering | Yes |
| Use of environmentally preferable materials (e.g. guidelines to minimize the life cycle impacts associated with building materials) | Yes |
| Indoor environmental quality (i.e. guidelines to protect the health and comfort of building occupants) | Yes |
| Water consumption (e.g. requiring minimum standards of efficiency for indoor and outdoor water use) | Yes |
| Building-level water metering | Yes |
A brief description of the green building guidelines or policies and/or a list or sample of buildings covered:
In its existing Guidelines for Sustainable Buildings, Stanford lists its project targets as 30% below Title 24 and 25% below code-allowed water consumption. In addition, Stanford’s new buildings are now being designed to meet a whole-building, energy performance target. The target is unique to each new building, but based on performance of existing campus buildings of the same space type. Each new building is targeted to perform better than the peer buildings that were built before it.
For descriptions of some of the "greenest" buildings on Stanford's campus, please visit the website below:
http://sustainable.stanford.edu/green-buildings
Stanford has also invested significant resources over the last several years in building out its Arts district, which includes buildings focused on the mindset of the user inside. From museums, such as the new Anderson Collection and the new McMurtry Building, to contemplative centers like Windhover Pavilion, these buildings not only incorporated key sustainability features in their construction, but they also contribute to the overall health, wellness, and vibrance of the campus community. For instance, Windhover is a contemplative center located in the heart of campus accessible to Stanford students, staff and faculty. Art by Nathan Oliveira inspired both its name and its construction, turning Windhover into an elegant and natural space.
A brief description of how the institution ensures compliance with green building design and construction guidelines and policies:
Title-24, California's Green Building Standards, and Santa Clara County all set sustainability standards with which Stanford must comply. In order to comply with these standards, a LEED-NC equivalency analysis is performed on each new building project and submitted to appropriate jurisdictions. On every project, Stanford allocates budget to include high-efficiency transformers, sophisticated energy management systems, and building-level energy and water metering, among other components.
Stanford's Department of Project Management (http://dpm.stanford.edu) is responsible for the development, design and construction of major capital projects at Stanford University. DPM reports to the Associate Vice President for Academic Projects and Operations within Land, Buildings, and Real Estate, and includes professionals with backgrounds in architecture, engineering, construction and cost management. These professionals serve as Project Managers and Project Engineers, Quality Assurance Field Inspectors, and Project Coordinators, who work as a project team that involves multiple stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of facilities that support the University’s academic mission. Together with its colleagues in the departments of Sustainability and Energy Management (http://sem.stanford.edu) and Buildings and Ground Maintenance (http://bgm.stanford.edu), DPM strives to employ life cycle cost analysis and sustainability measures in the delivery of all capital projects.
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Please note that Stanford does not have a blanket policy that requires LEED certification, but rather guidelines with equivalent standards and an emphasis on prioritizing selection of the most appropriate high-performance features for a particular building function. The decision of whether or not to seek formal certification lies with the particular school or department for whom the new building is intended. For the majority of new construction in the past three years, the decision was made not to pursue certification under LEED-NC, and instead, to put the money that would have been spent on certification towards heightened sustainability features. These innovative features within Stanford's high-performance buildings add value without formal certification and should be recognized as such. By taking potential certification fees and putting them back into its projects, Stanford can leverage its resources to achieve a real and quantitative impact instead of a plaque and accolade.
Please note that Stanford does not have a blanket policy that requires LEED certification, but rather guidelines with equivalent standards and an emphasis on prioritizing selection of the most appropriate high-performance features for a particular building function. The decision of whether or not to seek formal certification lies with the particular school or department for whom the new building is intended. For the majority of new construction in the past three years, the decision was made not to pursue certification under LEED-NC, and instead, to put the money that would have been spent on certification towards heightened sustainability features. These innovative features within Stanford's high-performance buildings add value without formal certification and should be recognized as such. By taking potential certification fees and putting them back into its projects, Stanford can leverage its resources to achieve a real and quantitative impact instead of a plaque and accolade.
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