The 2030 °Challenge

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The 2030 Challenge is an initiative by

global warming to reach a tipping point. Therefore, instead of seeing it as a trying issue, Architecture 2030, a non-profit organization, strives to beat the woes of climate change by implementing energy-efficient planning and design.[2]

Targets defined

The following are the targets set by The 2030 Challenge:

60% in 2010
70% in 2015
80% in 2020
90% in 2025
Carbon-neutral by 2030 (zero fossil fuel, GHG emitting energy to operate).[3]

History

Edward Mazria, a renowned architect, author, researcher and educator brings to light the contribution of building sector, to the on-going fight against climate change, after his analysis of U.S. energy information data in 2002.[4] The results of the 2002 study conducted by Edward Marzria and his firm were appalling, where buildings came out as dominant source of emissions, accounting for 40% of U.S. Energy use.[4] In response to this discovery, Edward Mazria as a part of his practice in Santa Fe, started and financed a research organization, Architecture 2030, which aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas emissions from the built-environment.[4] Later, in 2006 he incorporated Architecture 2030 as a non-profit organization and issued the 2030 Challenge.[4]

Adopters

Energy Independence and Security Act required all new federal buildings to meet the energy performance standards set forth in the 2030 Challenge.[4] The city of Seattle has created the Seattle 2030 District, an interdisciplinary public-private collaborative working to create high-performance building district downtown to meet the 2030 challenge targets district wide.[1] In Canada, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the Ontario Association of Architects and cities such as Vancouver have also adopted the Challenge targets.[1]

Approach

In order to meet the targets set by the 2030 challenge, building's modeled energy performance is compared to the energy use of a median performing building, also known as Baseline Energy Use Intensity (EUI).

Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Target Finder Tool to identify energy information from the database, standardizing for building typology, climate, size, use etc. Target Finder, in turn, accessed energy use data set from Commercial Buildings energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) to set the target EUI. In respond to EPA's latest news on updating its tools from 2003 CBECS to 2012, stemming to a change in all the benchmark EUIs, Architecture 2030 organization introduced their new Zero Tool, which keeps the designers and owners moving from their baselines as those of CBECS 2012.[8] Architecture 2030's Zero Tool expands on the Target Finder's features, offering a graphic display of baselines, targets, and existing building performance, allowing users to compare data normalized by climate, building size, occupancy and schedule.[8] These target EUIs are achieved by using a set of energy-efficient design strategies which includes low cost or no cost passive design and use of renewable sources for on-site construction activities.[9]
A list of key ideas integrating all the principles, required to create low-carbon and adaptable built-environments worldwide can be found in the 2030 Palette. In addition to this guide, Architecture 2030 also provides an educational program; AIA+2030 Online Series, with a goal to provide design professionals high-performance building knowledge necessary to meet the 2030 Challenge targets.

AIA 2030 Commitment

The mission of AIA 2030 Commitment is to provide a holistic, data-driven platform for all the participating architecture, engineering and consultancy firms of 2030 Challenge and report their progress on meeting the 2030 targets. By signing the commitment, architecture firms agree to:

In 2014, it began a data collection effort called Design Data Exchange to record the progress of firms that had joined the 2030 Commitment. In 2017, participating firms reported 560 projects that met challenge targets, with nearly a quarter of those already

net zero.[5]

2030 Palette

The 2030 Palette is a free online tool, serving as a guide for all sustainable design principles, strategies and resources needed to create carbon-neutral and resilient built environments, at all scales- from regional and city planning to building details.[11]

AIA+2030 Series

The AIA+2030 series is another initiative aiming to increase the uptake of the 2030 commitment. Originally created by AIA Seattle, this educational program is sponsored by Autodesk and delivered through AIAU, the AIA's online educational portal.[12]

Other considerations

In the face of climate change, the 2030 Challenge largely incorporates technical architectural solutions to achieve its carbon neutral goals.

In the article "Buildings don’t use energy: people do", author Kathryn B.Janda from Environmental Change Institute of Oxford University talks about how even though the architectural solutions offered by the 2030 challenge are indispensable, they are not enough to fight the negative environmental effects of the building sector.

green buildings’, when occupied by professional service companies, are often being used by employees over longer daytime occupancy schedules with more weekend working; thus, exceeding energy targets anticipated during their design.[14] The increasing intensity of energy use with a reduction in carbon targets; also referred to as divergence problem, could only be solved by integrating user involvement in the building performance.[14][13]
It can be concluded that the only way to realize a carbon-neutral future is to build on incremental change in each successive phase.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "The 2030 Challenge – Architecture 2030". Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  2. ^ "BUILDING OWNERS AND MANAGERS RALLY AROUND ARCHITECTURE 2030 GOALS OF CUTTING ENERGY USE". The Kresge Foundation. 4 Apr 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Meeting the 2030 Challenge, Architecture 2030".
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Edward Mazria, Encore.org".
  5. ^ a b Audrey, Gray (May 2019). "We Can Cool It". Metropolis. 38 (8, 2019): 110.
  6. ^ "The 2030 Commitment - AIA". www.aia.org. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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  8. ^ a b "Scaling Up Engagement with Net-Zero-Energy Goals". Building Green. March 9, 2017.
  9. ^ "Why the Architecture 2030 Challenge Matters for Both New and Old Construction". September 20, 2018.
  10. ^ a b Melton, Paula (2016-04-04). "Progress on 2030 Goals, Ten Years Later". BuildingGreen. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  11. ^ "2030 Palette – A database of sustainable design strategies and resources". Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  12. ^ "AIA+2030 Online Series Certificate Program | AIAU". aiau.aia.org. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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  14. ^ a b Baugmgartner, Steven; Parsley, Julian. "The Divergence Problem - Meeting "AIA 2030 Challenge" Standards with Existing Buildings: A New York City Tenant Case Study" (PDF). 2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.

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