What is living city block?
Renewable demonstration project .
Good for economic development, Jobs and a better community.
Sustainability and prosperity
80% of pop will be living in city by 2050- have to fix city.
Commercial buildings
95% of the building stock is small to mid sized building. Consuming 44% of total energy.
The people working on LCB- they are working with
Experts, support , implementation
How it works?
Economy
Prosperity
People
health
ecology
all have to be sustainable and work together.
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Activated Ally
A better place to live work and play.
Integrating systems into the natural system.
Big ideas: Mobility
- Create street spaces to support different mobility options (car, bike walk)
- Establish common payment methods for all transit/modes
- Reduces transit method
re-establishing urban urban forest.
The world had ecological limits
Climate changes.
Our energy supply chain is lost and wasteful.
A little saved is a lots saved at the generational point.
Water supply is threatened
Landfills and oceans are overtaxed
Theoretical minimum- what do we need.
Build depending on what you need.
No lights in the day if the building was designed well.
To do this we need a whole systems approach
Integrative design= ongoing
Livability: measuring happiness
Multiple purposes to the design of the buildings.
EX: Desert living center.
Livability:
health
Open air.
Feel better.
Livability: economic
Five year payback on the living city block.
Green energy services
The right steps
- define needs
- maximize efficiency
- meet needs through passive design (it should be a functioning design without all the systems)
- meet the remaining load with efficient systems
- use waste energy streams
- providing controls
- clean power/ carbon offset
green building services
-service analyses.
-energy consulting
living building-lessens learned
look at energy, exergy and watergy of each measure.
Don’t assume the simple measures- understand and apply
Exergy- the quality of energy. Exergy rich source
The energy of water.
Implementation lessons
1. Include the users and operators
2. Train the users
3. Commission
Lessons learned
Insulate the walls and the roof
Look at the glazing
Slab on grade need to be insulated
Look at shared resources
Passive building –active people (people have to be engaged)
Measure verify and track performance (share this info nationally)
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look at the living city block as a system and not as parts.
In large areas
Geo energy services
Geo exchange systems
Two systems
Close loop systems
Underground – ground source heat system
Supply and return
2oo-400 ft.
possible for the sidewalks. (ground heat exchanger)
Not possible for the living city block – lack of footprint
Open loop system
Two holes
(technologies will be used at the state capital)
ground energy exchangers
open loop
well water is the most common sources
injected/rejected
complement all the other designs
heat rejection/ absorption
synergies
ex. Rainwater reclaim
thermal conductivity
related to the block
two deep wells
open loop system
one millions to put the system
a two year payback
empire state building
case study
expended ceilings
infinite air supply
electrical access
better view out of the building
why will this help people?
Performance enhancement
At us post office
High Performance from people
Terrapin bright green
Biophilia
1. Green helps people heal.
The people did hot heal that were exposed to a brick wall
The people that had a view of trees felt better
People need a direct hold of nature
2. Nature in space
- prospect
- what is the foam of this space.
Nature of the space.
Refuge perfected space
prospect
Refuge integrating them together
Savannah
In commercial space and res. Institutional
Philological effect integrating plants inside
Water is seen in all of these systems
Storm water control system
Portland sustainable institute
Cross sector of business , government and financial strategies
Three research to action
Policy innovation
Ecodistricts: neighborhood system that is committed to sustainability
Rethinking the output
Community vitality
Engagement and governance
Treasure island san Francisco
Changing your behavior to help sustainable
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