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INSTRUCTORS: 
Shan Arora J.D., LFA
Elsa Mullin

Purpose and Background

The goal of Georgia Tech's Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Georgia's first Living Building (v.3.1), is to transform the Southeast building industry by proving that regenerative buildings can be constructed in the region. The building has inspired thousands of people since it opened in late 2019. While some project teams want to pursue Living Building Challenge, donors and investors require guidance on monetary pay-back. This session will provide details of The Kendeda Building's monetary return on investment, insights regarding cost-benefits of technologies and techniques, and suggestions to reduce upfront costs with the goal of scaling regenerative infrastructure.

Benefits and Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Utilize a methodology of creating a monetary return on investment and understand the various elements that need to be considered to run this type of analysis.
• Explain the cost of various components of construction that were required to create a Living Building in Atlanta.
• Predict the shortcoming of Return on Investment and what other externalities impact the built environment and society at large but are difficult to quantify in a traditional ROI calculation.
• Evaluate in their own projects the likelihood of a reasonable ROI based on their own needs and timelines.

Assessment of Learning Outcomes

Students' achievement of the learning outcomes will be assessed via a short post-assessment (true-false, multiple choice and fill in the blank questions).

Who Should Attend?

Anyone seeking to make buildings better. Decision makers and advocates.

Outline

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is a multi-disciplinary, multi-use classroom I teaching lab building in the heart of Georgia Tech's campus. It is a Living Building that has advanced the regenerative building movement across the Southeast, and in Georgia in particular.

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is a multi-disciplinary, multi-use classroom I teaching lab building in the heart of Georgia Tech's campus. It is a Living The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is a multi-disciplinary, multi-use classroom I teaching lab building in the heart of Georgia Tech's campus. It is a Living Many current building projects seek to prioritize superior performance and occupant health by incorporating regenerative design, construction, and operation techniques. The owners of these buildings understand that return on investment (ROI) is more than just monetary. However, they still need an idea of monetary ROI for investors/funders because these projects require upfront capital within the context of current financing requirements and priorities. Moreover, advocates require insights regarding cost-benefits of particular technologies and techniques to reduce upfront hard and soft costs, which will facilitate scaling of regenerative infrastructure.

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is a multi-disciplinary, multi-use classroom I teaching lab building in the heart of Georgia Tech's campus. It is a Living The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is a multi-disciplinary, multi-use classroom I teaching lab building in the heart of Georgia Tech's campus. It is a Living To further advocacy efforts, members of The Kendeda Building's design and construction team conducted analyses to understand the building's direct monetary ROI. This webinar will present the findings of the two scenarios analyzed by the team.

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is a multi-disciplinary, multi-use classroom I teaching lab building in the heart of Georgia Tech's campus. It is a Living The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is a multi-disciplinary, multi-use classroom I teaching lab building in the heart of Georgia Tech's campus. It is a Living The first scenario considers Georgia Tech's monetary ROI. The second scenario presented will be for the private sector. Because these analyses neither addressed nor attempted to monetize the broader built infrastructure and societal benefits that are provided by The Kendeda Building (e.g., stormwater, landfill diversion, zero carbon construction, improved occupant health and happiness, etc.), the project team knew that the monetary ROI would not be spectacular. But the team was surprised that the monetary ROI for both the nonprofit and corporate scenarios were longer than expected.

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is a multi-disciplinary, multi-use classroom I teaching lab building in the heart of Georgia Tech's campus. It is a Living This session will elucidate why the monetary ROI is longer than expected. The speakers will present recommendations on how to reduce upfront costs for future projects. They will also present the project team's suggestions on tweaking Living Building Challenge requirements, which will improve monetary ROI and hopefully assist with the scaling of fully-certified Living Buildings.

How to Earn your CEUs/PDHs

This course is worth .1 CEUs /1 PDHs To receive your certificate of completion, you will need to complete a short on-line post-test and receive a passing score of 70% or higher within 365 days of the course purchase.

How do I convert CEUs to PDHs?

1.0 CEU = 10 PDHs [Example: 0.1 CEU = 1 PDH]