Eco centres, Green buildings and their characteristics.

Applying and
defining an example on a the given criteria of green structures and
explaining the return on investment.
 Eco-innovation Center delivers the

goals of sustainable and equitable

societies and economies, including
sustainable development.

 To build an innovation center with

applications of green operation and

innovative technology

 According to World Green Building

Council (WGBC): A ‘green’ building is a

building that, in its design, construction
or operation, reduces or eliminates
negative impacts, and can create
positive impacts, on our climate and
natural environment.
 Efficient use of energy, water and other
resources
 Use of renewable energy, such as solar
energy
 Pollution and waste reduction measures,
and the enabling of re-use and
recycling
 Good indoor environmental air quality

 Use of materials that are non-toxic,

ethical and sustainable
 Consideration of the environment in
design, construction and operation
 Consideration of the quality of life of
occupants in design, construction and
operation
 A design that enables adaptation to a
changing environment
 Minimising energy use in all stages of a

building’s life-cycle, making new and

renovated buildings more comfortable

and less expensive to run, and helping

building users learn to be efficient too.

 Integrating renewable and low-carbon

technologies to supply buildings’

energy needs, once their design has

maximised inbuilt and natural

efficiencies.
 Exploring ways to improve drinking

and waste water efficiency and

management, harvesting water for safe

indoor use in innovative ways, and

generally minimising water use in

buildings.

 Considering the impact of buildings

and their surroundings on stormwater

and drainage infrastructure, ensuring

these are not put under undue stress or

prevented from doing their job

 Construction, and operation of a

building must focus on resource

efficient building design and

materials, along with the other green

building elements of energy

efficiency, water conservation, indoor

air quality, and site & community

impacts.

 Resource efficiency in manufacturing

and construction process

 Using fewer, more durable materials

and generating less waste, as well as

accounting for a building’s end of life
stage by designing for demolition
waste recovery and reuse.

 Recognising that our urban

environment should preserve nature,

and ensuring diverse wildlife and
land quality are protected or
enhanced, by, for example,
remediating and building on polluted
land or creating new green spaces.

 Looking for ways we can make our

urban areas more productive,

bringing agriculture into our cities.
 Bringing fresh air inside, delivering

good indoor air quality through

ventilation

 Incorporating natural light and views

to ensure building users’ comfort and

enjoyment of their surroundings, and
reducing lighting energy needs in the
process.

 Designing for ears as well as eyes.

Acoustics and proper sound

insulation.

 Ensuring people are comfortable in

their everyday environments, creating

the right indoor temperature through
passive design or building
management and monitoring
systems.
Project: Three six-story office
buildings.

Location: 500 Fifth Avenue North,

Seattle, Washington.

Square Footage: 900,000 square feet

(Phase 1); additional 400,000 square feet
in Phase 2.

Capacity: 750 people per building.

Architect: NBBJ.

Year Completed: 2011

NBBJ drove green building decisions

that resulted in the highest rating the
world’s largest non-profit LEED
Platinum building.

Lowering operating costs and reducing

the use of power and water also means
more financial resources for foundation
grants.
1 - Overall building energy efficiency
47 Solar Arrays have been placed on to of the roof.
Smart lights provide high efficiency in energy
consumption since they automatically dim out whenever
there is sufficient amount of daylight. AHU system is
provided to recycle air and cool it down
2 - Overall building water efficiency
Rainwater efficiency: The use of potable water
decreased to 79% by collecting greywater or rain water.
This water runs through an internal piping and drainage
system that purifies the collected water.
 4 - Reducing waste, pollution and
3 - Overall building resources efficiency
environmental degradation
The project 40 % of the 12-acre site to green space. The landscape
design features native and non-invasive drought-tolerant
recycled plants and trees. The courtyard also provides wildlife
construction was at habitat. Birds have in fact begun returning to the area.

a rate of 97%.
Moreover, 20% of
the project was built
with recycled
content and regional
materials (within
500 miles of the
site). 74% of the
wood used were
from local forests.
(FSC certified wood)
5 - Daylight & Radiant Heat efficiency

The building is mostly glazed (U Value of 0.32).

Highly engineered windows conserve energy
while letting in exceptional daylight and views.

The atrium uses radiant heat and passive

ventilation to conserve energy

100 0.9x1.5m
WINDOW
60W LAMPS

Glazing Percentage
of gross wall area:

Percentage of Day
lit Space :
5 – Return rate on Investment

Recently, Bill Gates has explained in an interview

the reason to why the most prominent investment is
the Gates Foundation. He breaks down why he
considers this 10 billion dollar is a strong
investment in terms of social, environmental,
economical and technological return:
“What if we had invested $10 billion in energy
projects in the developing world? In that case, the
return would have been $150 billion. What about
infrastructure? $170 billion. By investing in global
health institutions, however, we exceeded all of those
returns: The $10 billion that we gave to help provide
vaccines, drugs, bed nets and other supplies in
developing countries created an estimated $200
billion in social and economic benefits”.
Weighted Decision Matrix
 Weighted Score by Project
Weighted Decision Matrix for EIC Project
Person D

Created by: Mark Date:13-OCT- 2019

Criteria Person Person Person Person Person C

Weight A B C D
Location 35% 75 65 45 85
Knowledge in Energy Person B
Efficiency 25% 60 50 60 70
Communication 20% 45 30 50 30
Person A
Risk Management 30% 60 65 40 20
Budgeting 25% 60 60 50 80
0 20 40 60 80 100
Weighted Project Scores 100% 83.25 75.75 65.25 79.25
• The weighted decision matrix shows the five criteria with weighted scores for four
fictitious people, in order to evaluate people applying to be the Project Manager for
this important project.
• Among the five criteria, Location is weighted with 35% as it is more important
where as communication is weighted the lowest percentage of 20%
• At this instance, it can be seen that Person A with weighted score of 83.25 has come
out with the highest weighted score among them and with the highest priority
• Looking down the list, Person D comes at the second with 79.25 and Person B at
75.7 and Person C at 65.25 these are the descending order weighted scores.
• Person C has the lowest weighted score with 65.25 and therefore it has the lowest
priority among the four.
 Assume this project will take three years to complete (done in Year 0) and cost
$4,000,000, and costs to build and implement some of the practices and
technologies would be $2 million for year one and $1miilion for years two and
three. Estimated benefits are $500,000 the first year after implementation and
$2.5 million the following two years. Use the business case spreadsheet
template to help calculate the NPV, ROI, and the year in which payback occurs.
Assume a 4 percent discount rate, but make sure it is an input that is easy to
change.
 Financial Analysis for EIC Project
Created by: Project Manager Date:10-OCT-2019

Discount rate 4.00%

Assume the project is completed in Year 0

0 1 2 3 Total
Costs 4,000,000 2,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000
Discount factor 1.00 0.96 0.92 0.89
Discounted costs 4,000,000 1,920,000 920,000 890,000 7,730,000

Benefits 0 500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000

Discount factor 1.00 0.96 0.92 0.89
Discounted benefits 0 480,000 2,300,000 2,225,000 5,005,000

Discounted benefits - costs (4,000,000) (1,440,000) 1,380,000 1,335,000 (2,725,000) NPV

Cumulative benefits - costs (4,000,000) (5,440,000) (4,060,000) (2,725,000)

Payback in Year 1
ROI -35%
The project charter for the EIC Project. Where it is assumed that the project
will take 3 years to complete and the budget is $4,000,000.
 Deliver new business
Project Title: Eco Innovation Center (EIC) opportunities and
Project Start Date: 14th October, 2019 sustainable, equitable,
Projected Finish Date: 14th Mai, 2022 growth

Budget Information: $4,000,000 Achieve more efficient or
responsible use of natural
Project Manager: Jad, 00971526633638, jad118@outlook.fr resources

Project Objectives: The goal is to give the innovators the correct condition to build up their Address climate change
items and administrations while expanding incomes and lessening costs. concerns and deliver a low
carbon economy in all
sectors

Reduce impacts on the
environment

Enhance societal, economic
and technological resilience
to environmental pressures
 Role Name Organization/ Contact information
Position
Oversee the program Jad Program manager Jad118@outlook.Fr
Oversee the program Natalie Program sponsor Nt2@outlook.Fr
Program steering committee Mark Project sponsor and CIO Mk@outlook.Fr

Program steering committee Ahmed Senior executive 1 S1@outlook.Fr

Approach:
Program steering committee Senior executive 2 S2@outlook.Fr
The main purpose of the Eco
Ali Innovation Center Project is to
Program steering committee Omar Senior executive 3 S3@outlook.Fr build an innovation center with
applications of green operation
Program steering committee Sofia Senior executive 4 S4@outlook.Fr and innovative
technology
including:
Overall Building Energy
efficiency

Program steering committee Ranya Senior executive 5 S5@outlook.Fr
Program steering committee Lina Senior executive 6 S6@outlook.Fr Overall Building Water
efficiency

Abdoul Senior executive 7 S7@outlook.Fr
Overall Building Resource
Program steering committee efficiency

The disposal of waste and
Program steering committee Sajad Senior executive 8 recycling

S8@outlook.Fr Protecting inventor’s health and
Program steering committee Santos Senior executive 9 S9@outlook.Fr
improving their productivity
Reducing waste, pollution and
environmental degradation
Sign-off: Jad, Natalie, Mark, Ali, Omar, Sofia, Ranya, Lina, Abdul, Sajad, Santos.