RENEWABLE ENERGY IN BUILDINGS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE

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1 RENEWABLE ENERGY IN BUILDINGS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE Mario Seneviratne FIMechE, PEng., LEED Faculty Member Managing Director - Green Technologies FZCO Secretary to the Board World Green Building Council

2 WORLD GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL Transforming the Built Environment

3 REGULATIONS BENCH MARK typical building practices 70% MARKET SHIFT lawbreakers 5% DEGREE OF GREEN innovators market leaders & risk takers 20% 5%

4 KEY ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES Anomalous Climate Change Natural Resource Depletion Atmospheric Pollution and Acid Rain Contamination of Freshwater Resources Soil Erosion and Degradation Loss of Biodiversity

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7 WASTE SHARE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 45% 40% 40% 35% 30% 30% 25% 20% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% CO2 Emissions Solid Waste Water Effluents Source: Global Green Building Trends, SmartMarket Report

8 RESOURCE USAGE SHARE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 45% 40% 40% 35% 30% 30% 25% 20% 20% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% Energy Raw Materials Water Land Source: Global Green Building Trends, SmartMarket Report

9 GREEN BUILDING AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE SOLUTION

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11 INTERNATIONAL RATING SYSTEMS

12 GREEN BUILDING RATING SYSTEMS ADOPTED AROUND THE WORLD LEED (US and Non US) BREEAM (UK and Non UK) HQE (France) Green Mark (Singapore) Green Star (Australia) Miljostatus (Sweden) PromisE (Finland) EcoQuantum (Netherlands) DGNB (Germany) CASBEE (Japan) EcoProfile (Norway) onebeat (Denmark) GBTool (Multiple Countries) Green Globe

13 TOP PRIORITIES IN GREEN BUILDING 100% 90% 92% 80% 70% 60% 64% 59% 56% 50% 40% 30% 27% 20% 10% 0% Energy Efficiency Sustainable Materials Health and Wellbeing Water Efficiency Sustainable Site Location Source: Global Green Building Trends, SmartMarket Report

14 TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION eduction ecovery enewables Effort Bar

15 FORMS OF ENERGY Source:

16 Current and Future Carbon Footprints gco2/kwh Current lowest footprint Future lowest footprint Coal Gas Biomass PV Marine Hydro Wind Nuclear -200

17 WASTE SHARE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 45% 40% 40% 35% 30% 30% 25% 20% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% CO2 Emissions Solid Waste Water Effluents Source: Global Green Building Trends, SmartMarket Report

18 GROWTH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY SOURCE 80% 70% 60% 50% 52% 76% 57% 45% The number of projects not using Renewable Energy will drop dramatically 40% 33% % 20% 10% 20% 22% 14% 9% 11% % Solar Power Wind Power Geothermal Power Other No Renewable Energy Source: Global Green Building Trends, SmartMarket Report

19 GROWTH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY REGION World OECD Middle East Source:

20 45% 30% 15% 0% THE EU TARGET FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY 20% BY % 42% 38% 30% 34% 31% 13% 16% 13% 18% 25% 16% 18% 20% 23% 17% 13% 23% 13% 11% 10% 14% 15% 24% 25% 14% 21.48% 15% Belgium Bulgaria The Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta The Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia The Slovak Republic Finland Sweden United Kingdom Source:

21 UAE CURRENT SCENARIO UAE Energy Matrix 2% Natural Gas Oil 98% Source: Largest Ecological Footprint in the World Demand for Electricity = 2 x Global Average (7-10% per year) 3% of GDP relies on gas and oil Non-Annex 1 Party to the Kyoto Protocol since January 2005

22 UAE BY 2020 UAE Energy Matrix 7% Renewable Energy Natural Gas & Oil 93% Source: business.com Thermal power generation will fall from 1,005twh to twh by 2011.

23 Cost Effective Green Design 1. Improved Façade/Envelope 2. Day Lighting 3. Lower Lighting Power 4. Code Compliant HVAC System 5. Grey Water Treatment 6. Low Flow Water Fixture 7. Solar Hot Water Heating

24 Day Lighting Passive Solar

25 Solar Thermal Green Building Guidelines

26 Solar PV Efficiency Ranges efficient commercially available module (18% 6%) Most expensive to produce Clean Energy and easy to make use of 4/22/2009 Lana El Chaar Petroleum Institute

27 RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES Climate Change Positive Corporate Responsibility Image Economically Feasible (Solar Hot water) Double Duty (Shading) Government Incentives Trade Offs

28 OBSTACLES SLOWING THE GROWTH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT High capital investment Geographical limitations

29 WASTE SHARE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 45% 40% 40% 35% 30% 30% 25% 20% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% CO2 Emissions Solid Waste Water Effluents Source: Global Green Building Trends, SmartMarket Report

30 Current and Future Carbon Footprints gco2/kwh Current lowest footprint Future lowest footprint Coal Gas Biomass PV Marine Hydro Wind Nuclear -200

31 HYDROGEN POWERED BUILDINGS Over 100 buildings currently being powered by Hydrogen Environmental Energy Technology Centre, Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK The First Wind & Hydrogen Powered Building In Europe 4, Times Square, New York City, USA 40% Energy Savings from 200kW Fuel Cells and Solar Cells

32 Range of Carbon Footprints for UK & European Low Carbon Technologies grass (miscanthus) direct combustion Highest footprint gco2/kwh wood chip gasification UK Southern Europe range for UK wave Energy converters reservoir Storage run-of-river offshore onshore UK (Torness) Sweden (Ringhals) Lowest footprint 0 Biomass PV Marine Hydro Wind Nuclear Source: DTI, UK Elsayed et. al Source: Northumbria, Uni UK, 2006 (based on Utrecht Uni study 2000) Source: Carbon Trust UK 2006 Source: WEC non-alpine European 2004 Source: Vestas, Denmark & BWEA, UK 2005 Source: Vestas, Denmark & BWEA, UK 2005

33 WORLD GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL Transforming the Built Environment

34 RENEWABLE ENERGY IN BUILDINGS THE WAY OF THE FUTURE Mario Seneviratne FIMechE, PEng., LEED Faculty Member Managing Director - Green Technologies FZCO Secretary to the Board World Green Building Council