1. HISTORIC PRESERVATION & THE LEED RATING SYSTEM
BARBARA A. CAMPAGNA, AIA, LEED AP
Graham Gund Architect of the National Trust
Farnsworth House, Plano, IL
Robie House, Chicago, IL

2. THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION
The National Trust provides leadership, education, advocacy and resources to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our communities.

3. STEWARDSHIP OF HISTORIC SITES
Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Oak Park, IL
Hotel de Paris, George, Colorado
STEWARDSHIP OF HISTORIC SITES
29 Historic Sites Across the Country that tell the many-layered story of America.

4. Mississippi River, Minneapolis
PROGRAMS
The Programs department supports local preservationists in saving and enhancing historic resources.

5. PUBLIC POLICY
Advocates the integration of preservation into public policies before federal, state, and local legislative bodies and appointed officials and pursues annual federal appropriations for state historic preservation and other programs.

6. WHY ARE HISTORIC & EXISTING BUILDINGS IMPORTANT?
Smog in the Hollywood Hills
WHY ARE HISTORIC & EXISTING BUILDINGS IMPORTANT?
BUILDINGS ACCOUNT FOR ALMOST HALF OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

7. CLIMATE CHANGE Our Role US emits 22% of greenhouse gases
Griffith Observatory, Hollywood, CA
CLIMATE CHANGE
Our Role
US emits 22% of greenhouse gases

10. “Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”
WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY?
Source: UN World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987,
The Brundtland Report

11. Pike Place Market, Seattle
GOALS
MAKE THE CASE FOR PRESERVATION AS INHERENTLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT & CRUCIAL TO CONTROLLING CLIMATE CHANGE

12. GOALS- PROMOTE 1. Building Reuse 2. Reinvestment in Older & Historic
Brucemore, A National Trust Site, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
GOALS- PROMOTE
1. Building Reuse
2. Reinvestment in Older & Historic
Communities
3. Retrofit the Existing Building Stock

13. BUILDING REUSE 1. Preserves Embodied Energy And Avoids New Impacts
Federal Courthouse, Tacoma, WA
BUILDING REUSE
1. Preserves Embodied Energy And
Avoids New Impacts
2. Reduces Amount of New Waste Added
to Landfills
Lessens Demand for New Materials

14. REINVEST IN OLDER & HISTORIC COMMUNITIES
Downtown Galena, Illinois
REINVEST IN OLDER & HISTORIC COMMUNITIES
Preserves Embodied Energy & Avoids
New Impacts
2. Reduces Demand for New
Infrastructure

15. GREEN THE EXISTING BUILDING STOCK
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
GREEN THE EXISTING BUILDING STOCK
1. Traditional Historic Buildings were built
to last
Many are already Energy Efficient

16. GREEN THE EXISTING BUILDING STOCK
Nakamura Courthouse, Seattle
A LEED Silver GSA Project
GREEN THE EXISTING BUILDING STOCK
Energy performance Can be improved
Increasing Number of Historic buildings
are going green

17. SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE
THE NATIONAL TRUST’s
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE
A FOUR-PRONG PROGRAM
Policy Outreach
Research Internal Practices

18. POLICY – NTHP AGENDA Incorporate Preservation Metrics into LEED.
Federal/State
Expand Historic Tax Credits.
Tax Credits for Green Rehabs.
3. Local
Ensure building codes are preservation friendly.
Encourage long range planning to target growth to existing communities.
Fed level legislation – energy, climate change
HR 3226 – energy efficiency improvement act of 2007
HR 3221 – renewable energy and energy conservation act of 2007
Green building initiatives
How sustainability has implication on overarching nthp policy initiatives – tax, schools, teardowns, smart growth (ms, etc.) recent past. 18

19. Green Building Initiatives
Tybee Island, GA
Seattle
Portland, OR
General Services Administration
Washington, DC
Montgomery County, MD
Wisconsin
New York, NY
Washington State
California
Austin, TX
Scottsdale, AZ
Nashville, TN
Green Building incentives are popping up across the country in the forms of legislation, executive orders, resolutions, ordinances and various policy incentives including: tax incentives, density bonuses, grants, expedited permit reviews, and rebates.
The USGBC has tracked such activity in 55 cities, 11 counties, 8 towns, 22 states, 33 schools, and 11 federal agencies.
While most of these initiatives are tied to the LEED rating system, some offer individual and innovative methods to measure sustainability.
San Jose, CA
Honolulu, HI
Chicago, IL
Minneapolis, MN
US Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Public School Districts
Colorado 19

20. CHICAGO, IL The Green Standard of 2004
All new city-funded construction and major renovation projects will earn LEED certification. 20

21. The Green Permit Program
CHICAGO, IL
The Green Permit Program
Offering expedited permitting for projects that incorporate innovative green building strategies, including LEED certification. 21

22. WASHINGTON, DC Green Building Act of 2006
Requires LEED compliance with municipal and private projects over 50,000 sq ft. 22

23. THE SUSTAINABLE PRESERVATION COALITION
THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE
NTHP, APT, AIA & NPS + GSA & NCSHPO

24. environmental choices
Reduce
Re-use
Re-cycle
PRESERVATION CHOICES
It is better to preserve than to repair, better to repair than to restore, better to restore than to reconstruct.
N. Didron, 1839.

25. THE SUSTAINABLE PRESERVATION COALITION
HOW TO BEST INTEGRATE PRESERVATION & CULTURAL VALUES INTO LEED & GREEN RATING SYSTEMS

26. WHAT IS LEED® AND THE US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL?
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.
WHAT IS LEED® AND THE US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL?

27. worldwide are certified with a voluntary, consensus-based
Levels of
LEED
Ratings
Green Buildings
worldwide are certified with a voluntary,
consensus-based
rating system.
USGBC has four
levels of LEED.
The LEED Rating System is flexible, not a ‘one-sized fits all’ approach
There are a few prerequisites all projects must meet in the Rating System, and beyond that project teams can choose which credits to pursue based on their environmental and performance goals as long as they meet the minimum threshold for certification
There are 4 different thresholds for LEED certification to recognize varying levels of achievement: Certified, Silver, Gold and Platinum
Test

28. WHAT IS LEED ? WHAT IS THE U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL? LEADERSHIP in
Scores are tallied for different aspects of efficiency and design in appropriate categories.
For instance, LEED assesses in detail:
1. Site Planning
2. Water Management
3. Energy Management
4. Material Use
5. Indoor
Environmental
Air Quality
6. Innovation &
Design Process
LEADERSHIP in
ENERGY and
ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN
A leading-edge system for certifying
DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, & OPERATIONS
of the greenest buildings in the world
LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – is the leading green building rating system in the country. It’s a roadmap for how buildings can be built to meet high performance standards so desired by tenants and owners alike.
If you can by an $.89 box of crackers and have it tell you down to the micrgram how much salt, fat, calories it contains, you should be able to find out the same for an $89 million building. LEED makes that possible.
(Discuss categories)
Test

29. LEED & HISTORIC PRESERVATION CURRENTLY
1. Out of 69 points, about 20 are building type neutral.
2. Another 10 support preservation activities.
Any existing building can basically get a “certified” rating with very little effort.
Getting “silver” requires a bit more effort and “gold” is readily achievable.

30. PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S COTTAGE
Visitor Education Center
PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S COTTAGE
ON TARGET FOR A GOLD LEED RATING FOR THE VISITOR EDUCATION CENTER ON THE SITE

31. 50-90% 30-50% 35% 30% WASTE COST SAVINGS WATER USE SAVINGS CARBON
Average Savings of Green Buildings
WASTE
COST
SAVINGS
50-90%
WATER
USE
SAVINGS
30-50%
CARBON
SAVINGS
35%
ENERGY
SAVINGS
30%
If we build our buildings green – we can have a huge impact
Source:
Capital E
Test

32. impact of buildings on their occupants and on the environment.
What is
green building?
Design and construction practices that meet specified standards, resolving much of the negative
impact of buildings on their occupants and on the environment.
Site
Planning
Indoor
Environmental
Quality
Water Management
Material
Use
Energy
So what is a green building anyway?
Design and construction practices that meet specified standards, resolving much of the negative
impact of buildings on their occupants and on the environment
Test

33. LEED addresses the complete life cycle of buildings
LEED addresses the complete life cycle of buildings. It started with the crating of a new construction program, which expended to include core and shell, commercial interiors and the ongoing operations of a building through the LEED for Existing Buildings program. LEED for Schools was launched earlier this year. 33

34. LEED & HISTORIC PRESERVATION CURRENTLY
1. Overlooks the impact of projects on cultural value;
2. Does not effectively consider the performance, longer service lives and embodied energy of historic materials
and assemblies;
3. And is overly focused on current or future technologies, neglecting how past experience helps to determine sustainable performance.

35. THE NATIONAL TRUST & THE US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL
Building a Partnership
Changing the Face of LEED

36. REVISING LEED – LEED v3 2009
Changing LEED to a weighted system based on LCA Indicators & Preservation/Social/Cultural Metrics

37. LEED SYSTEM IS POINT BASED

38. LEED v3 2009 3 key pieces: LEED Rating System updates and revisions
NC 2.2 v3
Sustainable Sites
Water Efficiency
Energy & Atmosphere
Materials & Resources
Indoor Env Quality
Innovation & Design
Regional Bonus
Project Totals Possible Points
Certified 40–49 points
Silver 50–59 points
Gold 60–79 points
Platinum 80–110 points
LEED v3 2009
3 key pieces:
LEED Rating System updates and revisions
- Revision and evolution of the LEED certification
process
- LEED Online v3

39. WHAT IS LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS?
Arctic Building, Seattle
WHAT IS LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS?
A methodology for assessing the environmental performance of a product over its full life cycle

40. LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS LCA INDICATORS AND US NEPA NIST
BEES – BUILDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY

41. LEED Weighted Credits
WEIGHTINGS

42. LEED v3 2009 Virtual Bookshelf
1. LEED Prerequisite/Credit Alignment and Harmonization

43. LEED v3 2009 Virtual Bookshelf
Predictable Development Cycle
Regular Updates – 2010, Cultural Metrics

44. LEED v3 2009 Virtual Bookshelf
3. Transparent Environmental/Human Impact Credit Weighting

45. Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, CO
LEED v Virtual Bookshelf
4. Regionalization

46. LEED v3 2009 Virtual Bookshelf
Changes to Sustainable Sites

47. LEED v3 2009 Virtual Bookshelf
Changes to Energy & Atmosphere

48. LEED v3 2009 Virtual Bookshelf
Changes to Materials & Resources

49. LEED v3 2009 Virtual Bookshelf
Changes to Materials & Resources

50. Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Oak Park, IL
LEED v Virtual Bookshelf
ALTERNATE COMPLIANCE PATH FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS
LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS OF BUILDING ASSEMBLIES

51. Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
DURABILITY
Identify the relative durability of various materials, systems and assemblies and reward buildings whose components are more durable.

52. LEED v3 2009 Virtual Bookshelf
Beyond green building blog on PreservationNation

53. LEED v3 2009 Virtual Bookshelf
Open for public comment May 19-June 22
Then will go out for member vote for implementation January 1, 2009

54. LEED ND (Neighborhood Development)
French Quarter, New Orleans
LEED ND (Neighborhood Development)
The LEED for Neighborhood Development Rating System integrates the principles of smart growth, urbanism and green building into the first national system for neighborhood design.

55. Promotes reinvestment in existing neighborhoods
Reduces pressure for development on urban fringe
Reduces fossil fuel demand, pollution
Infrastructure
Reduced vmt
SPRAWL
Historic preservation reduces sprawl. LEED ND - a collaboration among USGBC, the Congress for the New Urbanism and the Natural Resources Defense Council. 55

56. Millennium Park, Chicago Manitou Springs, Colorado
LEED ND
Changes to the Pilot version coming out for final review this fall, with the final version ready for 2009.

57. Millennium Park, Chicago
LEED ND - GIB Credit 5
To achieve this point, the project must not demolish any historic building or portion of a historic building within the project boundary, unless approval for such action is granted by the local historic preservation review board, or equivalent body…

58. Reliance Building/Hotel Burnham, Chicago
LEED ND
OPTION 1 (1 point): Preserve historic buildings located within the project boundary.
OPTION 2 (1 point): If the historic building or buildings are to be rehabilitated, rehabilitate in accordance with local review or federal standards for rehabilitation..  

59. Manitou Springs, Colorado
LIFE CYCLE FLEXIBILITY
Recognize the multiple reuses and adaptability of historic building types which extends the life cycle of buildings, the building stock and our communities.

60. DENSITY
Places like Boulder are town-centered, transit and pedestrian oriented, have a greater mix of housing, commercial and retail uses and preserve open spaces.

61. Millennium Park, Chicago
LEED v Virtual Bookshelf
Adding more cultural/historic preservation and social metrics

62. 1. Social Sustainability Social Capital
Additional METRICS
1. Social Sustainability
Social Capital
How to Quantify the Unquantifiable?
INTEGRATING PRESERVATION METRICS INTO LEED

63. Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio, Oak Park, IL
SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
Celebrate existing buildings and provide more reward for the recognized sites of architectural, cultural and social significance using nationally recognized standards and criteria.

64. Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
SOCIAL CAPITAL
Recognize the importance of “social capital” associated with historic buildings and neighborhoods.

65. THE NATIONAL TRUST & THE US GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL
Building a Partnership
Changing the Face of LEED
LEED 3.0/2009
Weighting using LCA
Alternative Compliance using
Durability of Materials
LEED 3.0/2010
Preservation/Social Metrics

66. HISTORIC REHABILITATION TAX CREDITS
THE ARMORY IN PORTLAND
The first LEED Platinum/Tax Credit Project
Federal Program
29 States
Stats on useage – embodied energy and avoided waste 66

67. HISTORIC REHABILITATION TAX CREDITS THE CHRISTMAN BUILDING
Lansing, MI
The first dual LEED Platinum Project AND Tax Credit Project
Federal Program
29 States
Stats on useage – embodied energy and avoided waste 67

68. Milwaukee Art Museum, Calatrava
BY % OF ALL BUILDINGS WILL HAVE BEEN ERECTED AFTER 2000: 82 billion sq. ft. demolished
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE, 2004

69. The Pritzker Pavilion, Gehry
WE CAN’T BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE

70. Governor’s Palace, Williamsburg, VA
WE ALSO CAN’T FREEZE OUR WAY OUT OF IT….
THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE

71. IT’S ALL ABOUT CHOICE AND BALANCE

72. View of Earth from Apollo 17, 1972

73. Polar Bears stranded in Northern Alaska, from the Daily Mail
February 1, 2007, © EnviroZine

74. WE ALL HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO IMPACT THE POLITICAL WILL
THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE

75. THANK YOU,
NCSHPO & Historic Tax Credit
Conference Colleagues!