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Global Warming & Sustainability
-A Brief View of European InnovationsAngie Lee
Global Warming DeCal
Overview
• Sustainability and Global Warming • Definition of Sustainability • 10 Sample Areas to Define Sustainability• Transferability to the United States
How is sustainability related to global warming?
• Stabilize global warming: reduce carbon emission, capture carbon, alternative energy etc.
• Sustainability is an integrative means of improving the environment in a holistic way. Sustainability does not address global warming alone.
• Reducing ecological footprints
What is Sustainability?
"Sustainable Development is development that meets the needs of the presentwithout compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs"
– United Nations Committee on Sustainable Development
Sustainable Development• Location/Accessibility• Ecological Design Principles • Mixed land use and density• Balanced transport • Balanced housing • Energy use • Waste management• Green open space • Food system • Community Involvement
Location
• Right location for resource protection regional and transportation use, in-fill and redevelopment.
• Reduce transportation thus reduce carbon emission
Las VagasVS.
Freiburg
Ecological Design Principles
• Ecological living initiative, green building • Design with nature, lowering ecological
footprint • “The architect of the future will build
imitating Nature, for it is the most rational, long-lasting and economical of all methods.” – Antonio Gaudi
Green Roofs and Solar Roofs
Edinburgh Vauban Stockholm
Stockholm Freiburg Freiburg
Building Designs
Hostel Rolf Piche’s“Heliotrop”
Principles of solar architecture:
•Excellent building insulation
•Windows with thermal insulation
•Large window facing south
Water Systems
Mixed Land Use and Density
• Accessibility • Better streetscapes • Mixed use buildings • Less urban sprawl, compact city
Balanced transport
• Discourage private vehicles, encourage alternative public transportation: trams, subways, bikes, boats
• Road and street designs: narrow streets• Pedestrian zones: car free zones
•Priority on traffic lights
•Reliable
•Run on electricity
•Clean and safe
•Efficient
Biking Innovations
Bike-o-meter Bike signs Bike racks Indoors Bike Parking
Balanced Housing
• Affordable housing: availability, quality• Scotland: Shelter is a citizen’s right
Energy Use
• Renewable/clean energy: solar, wind, hydraulic, biofuel, geothermal, tidal, nuclear etc.
• Efficient energy use • Natural lighting and heating • Building insulation
Insulation
Solar Energy
Wind Energy
Not in picture: Biogas buses, solar architecture, central heating system
Waste Management
• 3R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle• Reduce materials going to
landfill/incinerator
Green Open Space
• Health • Aesthetics • Ecological benefits• Economical benefits• Social benefits
Food System
• Local: reduce distance of travel, keeps money in the area.
• Organic food
Building a community
• Empowering local communities• Form partnerships between government
and communities • Social aspect of sustainability• Livability
Creating a community through art…
Transferability?
• What are the similarities and differences between the United States and Europe?
• Can the “innovations” be applied to the United States?
Some thoughts
• Cultural differences- Attitude towards tax, lawsuits
• Historical differences- European countries are more ancient, pre-existing features
• Political differences- Political systems, national agenda
Take home messages
• Sustainability requires creativity. There is no one way to do it.
• Using multiple tools to solve problems - technological change- cultural change
• Putting things in context
Discussion
• Which of the discussed categories are you most interested in and why?
• Is there any innovation that you think can be employed in the Bay Area? If so, is there a way to modify the innovations to better suit the Bay Area?
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