CITY OF VARENNES: Municipal library construction project

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INTEGRATED DESIGN
PROCESS, AN EFFICIENT
WORKING METHOD FOR
MUNICIPALITIES
Presented to FCM, January 30, 2012
By Martin Damphousse, Mayor, City of Varennes
Josée Lamoureux, Assistant General Manager – City of Varennes
Meli Stylianou, Project Manager – CanmetENERGY (partner)
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CITY OF VARENNES:
Municipal library
construction project
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PROJECT MILESTONES
Funding
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2009:
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2010:
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2011:
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2012:
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Social
acceptability
Implementation
Integrated design
methodology
Project presented to the Quebec Department of Culture,
Communications and the Status of Women (MCCCFQ)
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Grant from the MCCCFQ
New municipal council
Partnership agreement with CanmetENERGY
Program based on needs
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Preliminary design
Integrated design team
Objectives (Net Zero and multi-purpose library)
Social acceptability (population)
Loan bylaw and other funding sources
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Methodology
Integrated design
Beginning of process
Project manager
Hiring of professionals
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Contract awarded to contractor
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OUR TECHNICAL PARTNERS
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CanmetENERGY
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Concordia
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Dessau
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Biarritz Group
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Architectural consortium (Labbé / Laroche
Gagné / Leclerc and Associates)
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Macogep
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Martin Roy and Associates
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ÉNERGIE
ÉTAPE DE CONCEPTION
ZONE DE CONCEPTION
INTÉGRÉE
IMPLANTATION DE PANNEAUX
SOLAIRES THERMIQUES
30 %
ZONE ZÉRO THERMIQUE
ZONE DU NET ZÉRO
IMPLANTATION DE PANNEAUX
SOLAIRES PHOTOVOLTAIQUES
EFFORT
AXE DE
PRODUCTION
ÉNERGÉTIQUE
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TRADITIONAL PROJECT
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PROJECT OBJECTIVES FOR US
AND OUR PARTNERS
• Design and build the first zero-energy institutional
building in Canada (ex.: the Varennes library)
• Assume leadership role
• Transfer acquired knowledge to professionals
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PROJECT OBJECTIVES FOR US
AND OUR PARTNERS
• Convince the municipalities to adopt the integrated
design method to new buildings
• Put a stop to the myth that a high performance
building costs too much
• Give the general public access to a building
knowledge centre focusing on the library’s
technological showcase
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Objectifs
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Integrated objectives
Experiential
Functional
Environmental
Economic
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CHARTE DE PROJET
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WORK SCHEDULE
• Integrated design process – August 2011 to mid-February
2012
• Moving period and relocation of library services –
March/April 2012
• Final design – March to May 2012
• Invitation to tender – May/June 2012
• Demolition of existing library – May/June 2012
• Construction of new library – July 2012 to April 2013
• Installation and commissioning – May to September 2013
• Opening – Summer 2013
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FUNDING
• Loan bylaw – $9.2 M
• Grants:
 Bureau de l’efficacité et de l’innovation
énergétiques (Quebec’s Department of Natural
Resources and Wildlife)
 Green Municipal fund (GMF)
 Hydro-Québec and ÉnerCible
 Quebec’s Department of Culture,
Communications and the Status of Women
 Natural Resources Canada
• Funding drive for philanthropic donations
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FUNDING MODEL
2012 (Multi-purpose library and Net Zero +
grant)
Area
Detailed expenditures
Cost
Grants
Energy operations budget
Net cost of loan bylaw
± 2 100 m2
Demolition and construction costs
Professionals
Furniture
Integrated design
$9,200,000
$6,800,000 ($2.1 M + $3.5 M) + Philanthropic
donations ($1.2 M)
$0 – Annual savings
(Savings in operational costs of ± $60,000)
$2,400,000
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ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
OF THE AMBASSADORS
COMMITTEE
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Develop a funding drive strategy for the construction of a Net Zero
energy efficient multi-purpose library
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Create and develop promotional tools
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Begin seeking out donations through a network of members’
contacts
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Disseminate information on the project
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Solicit
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Reach contract agreements in accordance with partnership plan
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http://ville.varennes.qc.ca/sites/default/files/page/Chapitres%20-%20Version%20finale.pdf
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CAMPAIGN TO GATHER
PHILANTHROPIC DONATIONS
AMBASSADORS COMMITTEE
INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
• Jean Roberge, General Manager – Éthanol GreenField and chairman of the
Ambassadors Committee
• Camille Chagnon, President – Ledel International
• Normand Chaput, President – Chaput Automobile
• Martin Damphousse, Mayor – City of Varennes
• François Doucet, President – Éditions AdA inc.
• Claudia Forget, Veterinarian – Hôpital vétérinaire Claudia Forget
• Nathalie Jodoin, Notary – Jodoin & Associés
• René Ouellet, General Manager – Caisse Desjardins de Varennes
• François Roberge, President – La Vie en Rose
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PRELIMINARY DESIGN
• Some of the architectural and
technological elements that best
represent our objectives
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 Passive vent stack
 Geothermy
 Air heat pump
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 Natural insulating slope
 Triple glazing
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Photovoltaic solar panels
Solar thermal collector
Insulating drapes
Terrace and solar lighting for parking area
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 Intelligent lighting
 Predictive control
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 Noble materials / Wood from Quebec
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 Radiating floor tiles
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 Thermal Mass
 Water recovery
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THE INTEGRATED
DESIGN PROCESS (IDP)
The IDP is a process whereby you gather several
design and engineering disciplines in order to
produce buildings that:
– Consume less energy
– Reduce environmental impact
– Increase user satisfaction
A collective effort that brings ALL project
participants together
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THE INTEGRATED
DESIGN PROCESS (IDP)
An IDP is both an art and a science…
There is no unique way of doing things or finding solutions. It
is a participative research by the entire design team to find
an optimal environmental solution within the project’s
economic, contextual and functional constraints.
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A COMPLEX CHALLENGE
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An open mind (specialists vs generalists)
Pessimism
Orientations/professionals/specialists
Discussions on every aspect of design
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Putting
together
design team
INTEGRATED DESIGN
PROCESS
Study of
issues
regarding
layout of
location
Processus de conception intégrée
Development
of design
Study of
functions
program
Building
envelope
design
Real
performance
monitoring
Performance
targets – functions;
long-term
performance;
quality of interior
spaces
Natural
lighting
preliminary
design
Feed-back
loops
Preliminary
design of
heating and
cooling
systems
Quality
assurance
strategies
Design and
contract
documents
Selection of
materials
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PCI et étapes du projet
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IDP’S 4 – Rs
• REduce
• REuse
« Everything we have done appears
insignificant because of the size of the
problem but the problem is in fact
caused by a bunch of insignificant
people… »
Claude Villeneuve, (2002) Adapting to climate
change
• RECYCLE
• REthink
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COMMITMENTS AND
OBJECTIVES
The client MUST:
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Definitely make a commitment (stimulation, innovation and resources)
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Build up a design team and
– Integrate Energy Efficiency (EE) and Advanced Design (AD) vocabulary into
project orders
– Require EE and AD qualifications for architectural and engineering
professionals
– Determine preliminary EE and AD objectives
– Establish a systematic process for taking EE and AD strategies into account
but mainly for integrating them
– Determine architectural and engineering team performance expectations
and incentives (additional fees, performance and fee structures,
programs…)
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COMMITMENTS AND
OBJECTIVES
– Establish performance control and insurance (commissioning
and operation)
– Name an EE and AD protector or champion (architect or
consultant)
– There are more opportunities at this phase of the project
– Establish clear and measurable objectives accepted by all
– Avoid any Greenwashing…
– Defining objectives becomes an educational exercise for the
entire design team
– Guarantee the verification criteria at time of commissioning
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DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION
Assessment:
• Item by item in a traditional approach
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• Global in IDP
– Checks the impact of each system on the operation of the
overall project
– Requires overall simulation of the building (envelope,
occupation, lighting, HVAC, climate and local rates)
– Energy audit software (E10, EE4, DOE, ESP, Energy+)
– Ideally would require a method for economic life cycle cost
analyses… LCCA (constraints and costs…)
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EXECUTION,
INVITATION TO TENDER AND
WORKSITE
Assessment and coordination:
• Preparation of construction documents and shop drawings by the
entire team (AD consultant, client, operational and maintenance personnel)
• Ensuring integration of systems requires…
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TIME!!!
Integration of AD vocabulary and objectives in invitations to tender
An information and orientation session for bidders
Integration of the contractor and his special skills into the team…
Presence of the client and consultant is ESSENTIAL at this stage!
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OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE
Systems effectiveness:
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Beginning early on in the process by making a commitment in favour of
functional systems that are easy to maintain with very low maintenance
costs over life cycle
– Documented construction before handing over building to the
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) team
– Manufacturers start-up recommendations
– The presence of the O&M team at start-up means a better preventive
maintenance program established right from initial occupation
– IDP must also include a program to educate and train occupants
– O&M team must understand relationship between HVAC systems,
controls, comfort and productivity of occupants
– Preventive maintenance and operations are essential!
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3 INTEGRATED DESIGN
WORKSHOPS
1. Layout and shape of building
Examine building layout to optimize local microclimates and the
potential of bioclimatic strategies
2. Environmental systems
Develop passive bioclimatic strategies such as natural lighting,
heating and passive cooling as well as active renewable energy
strategies. Water management
3. Materiality
Identify construction materials and systems that are compatible
with adopted strategies
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The challenge of ecological buildings
Comfort
Environment
Health
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COMFORT
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The building acts as a mitigator/filter of the environment
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Interaction between climate, building and individual
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Thermal, visual, acoustic, olfactory
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Opportunities for adaptation
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A one-degree drop in thermostat temperature = 10% reduction in
consumption!
« Comfort may be defined as being
the state in which an organism
spends the least amount of energy to
adjust to its environment. »
Olgyay, 1973
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HEALTH
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Interior air quality
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Materials
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Natural lighting
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Noise
– Determined by exterior and interior conditions, the rate of ventilation
and maintenance
– Effects: asthma, infections, sick building syndrome
– VOCs (volatile organic compounds)
– Air and water pollution by toxic chemical compounds
– May affect occupants and workers (manufacturing, construction and
demolition)
– Lack causes SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder)
– Causes stress and deafness
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ENVIRONMENT
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Energy
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Materials
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Water
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Waste
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Noise
– Avoid using non-renewable fossil fuels
– CO2, NOx, SO2 pollution
– VOCs (volatile organic compounds)
– Intrinsic energy and life cycle
– Supply and distribution of drinking water as well as grey and black water
– Percolation, evaporation, overflow of networks…
– Soil, air and water contamination
– Construction waste (prefabrication …)
– Low-noise construction site, biodiversity
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EXCLUSIVE VERSUS SELECTIVE
• Mainly artificial mechanically
controlled interior
environment
• Compact in shape to minimize
interior/exterior ratios
• Random orientation
• Limited size of windows
• Constantly used artificial
source of energy
• Interior environment
controlled by a combination of
manual and passive means
• Optimal shape to take
advantage of ambient energy
• Fundamental orientation
• Large windows to the south
and smaller ones to the north.
Means of cutting off light to
avoid overheating in summer
• Ambient, renewable source of
energy. Flexible uses:
– High in winter
– Free in summer
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EXAMPLES OF HIGH
PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS
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C-2000 BUILDINGS
C-2000 was an industry-wide
challenge…
…to put up buildings that were 50%
more energy efficient than required
by the National Energy Code of
Canada for Buildings
Liu Centre, UBC, Vancouver, BC
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ALICE TURNER LIBRARY
• 1,358 m2
• 65% lower than the National Energy
Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB)
• The key here is the airtight envelope
• T8 lighting with natural lighting
control
• Radiating floor
• Heat recovery
Kindrachuk Agrey Architects, Saskatoon
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C-2000,
THE DIFFERENCE IN COST…
Building Name
Gross Area
% O ver
Incremental
(m2)
MNECB
Capital Costs
1138 Melville Street
16188
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0.0%
Holy Rosary School
4228
25
10.5%
Touchwood Qu'Appelle Health District Centre
803
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5.9%
Regional District of Fraser-Fort George
2275
26
25.3%
Peter D. Clark Long Term Care Centre
9474
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2.4%
BC Gas Multi-Use Utility
2008
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4.6%
Royal Bank
6148
29
0.4%
St. Joseph's Long Term Care Centre
21777
33
7.7%
Parke at Fish Creek
5000
34
3.5%
Strathroy Dental Office
6503
34
0.0%
Mother Theresa Elementary School
5038
35
0.0%
St. Andrew Elementary School
5038
37
0.0%
Breton Banville Office Building
4552
39
10.9%
Annapolis Royal Nursing Home
3421
40
0.0%
Yukon Energy Corporation Head Office
1200
42
0.0%
Sacred Heart of Jesus Elementary School
5038
42
0.0%
Northwood Lodge
1192
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0.0%
Mountain Equipment Co-op (C-2000 project)
2484
56
11.0%
Gilliam School Library Addition
458
62
0.7%
Alice Turner Branch Library (C-2000 project)
1358
65
8.7%
5209
37.5%
4.6%
Average
• Average cost is higher by 4.6%
• 32% of buildings cost no more
• Technology is not what made the
difference:
But the process…
And the people…
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INCREMENTAL COSTS
• On average: 2%
• $3 to $5 / sq. ft.
• Mainly on design and
simulations costs, etc.
• On average 30% more
efficient
Green Building Costs and Financial Benefits Greg Kats, Capital E
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CONCLUSION
A word from the Mayor
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QUESTIONS
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Mr. Martin Damphousse
Mayor
City of Varennes
 450 652-9888, ext. 420
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martin.damphousse@ville.varennes.qc.ca
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Ms. Josée Lamoureux, MBA
Assistant General Manager
City of Varennes
 450 652-9888, ext. 407
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josee.lamoureux@ville.varennes.qc.ca
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Mr. Meli Stylianou, M.Eng.
Project Manager
Buildings Section
CanmetENERGY
 450 652-0523
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meli.stylianou@rncan-nrcan.gc.ca
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