1. Progress Report on USDA and USFS Green Building Initiatives
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USDA and FS Lead the Way on
Green Buildings
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”
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3. Sustainability: The Big Picture
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USDA Strategy - Goals
USE: select wood in new USFS & USDA building construction
RESEARCH: enhance research & development of green building materials
DEMONSTRATION: capture opportunities in USFS, USDA and with partners to demonstrate new uses of wood
PARTNERSHIPS: develop and support partnerships for using wood in federal government, private, and NGO sectors
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Use of Wood Pre-2011
Sylamore RD Office Ozark – St. Francis National Forest Mountain View, AR
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
Goal 1: Use of wood in building construction
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)
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10. Angeles National Forest Supervisor Office Arcadia, CA
New USFS Buildings
Angeles National Forest Supervisor Office Arcadia, CA
24,500 sq. ft.
Wood frame
Wood trusses in roof system
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11. 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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12. Corvallis Laboratory – Siuslaw National Forest HQ Office Corvallis, OR
Before construction
9,700 sq. ft.
Wood exterior, interior paneling, glulam and wood fixtures
After construction
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Juneau Laboratory, AK
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14. Enoree Ranger District Office Francis Marion-Sumter NF Whitmire, SC
Renovation and addition planned for 2013
Expected to be first FS Green Globes building
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Progress
Goal 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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16. Cross Laminated Timber
Nanotechnology
Cross Laminated Timber
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Progress
Goal 3: Demonstrating innovative uses of wood compatible with green building standards
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
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FPL - Advanced Housing Research Center Demonstration House
Madison, WI
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Progress
Goal 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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21. 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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22. How Can We Better Position Wood in the Big Sustainability Picture?
NON-SUSTAINABLE
SUSTAINABLE
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Ecological
Social
Economic
Sustainable Future
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Thank you ….
Contact:
Jim Reaves, Deputy Chief – Research and Development
Dave Cleaves , Climate Change Advisor – Office of the Chief
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