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Create Interdisciplinary “Building Assessment” Green Teams, and a Standard Assessment

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Make “going green” cool/fashionable

Smart Refrigeration System (SRS)

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Create Interdisciplinary “Building Assessment” Green Teams, and a Standard Assessment

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Focus: assessing the performance and use of a building, via more holistic approach

Team conducts multi-faceted analysisDevelop a Standard Assessment ModelApply for grant (Stimulus Package, NSF, NYSERDA etc.) Specific to bio-limatic assessment and retrofitting of older buildingsImpactEnvironment: Project dependent thus potential impact is largeEconomic: Project dependentCulture: Train and grow awareness among group and building occupantsPay-BackDependent on extent and type of retrofit identifiedFeedback

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Focus: Holistic building assessment

Departs from piece-meal, ‘quick-fix’, heavy-handed approaches to building renovation (e.g., replace all windows, replace all light bulbs, replace all plumbing fixtures)

Examines the interplay of

multiple additional factors and dataSlide4

Team would conduct a multi-faceted

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Bioclimatic analysis: energy use/performance of building systems

How much do existing systems take into account the external environment? (wait for SRS)Account for: Solar energy presenceWind flowsTemperature swings (diurnal, seasonal, etc.)Occupancy flows (uses of the building during the course of the day; uses in different seasons; changes in use in past decades)Slide5

Make Sustainability Cool

Publicize/promote outstanding sustainable products

Showcase/advertise sustainable

behaviors/practicesImpact:Culture: Foster positive attitudes towards the environmental implications of social behaviorsEconomic: Minimal…advertising. Word of mouth, actionEnvironment: Once the ball gets rolling….Who will implement?Admin., IWSTF, SSTF, and everyoneFeedback…Slide6

Driving a Sustainability Culture

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Jackson is ‘far and away’ the most influential voice on campusOnly person whose decisions/leadership automatically gets results

In consultation with Dr. Jackson, develop strategies for driving a sustainability cultureInspiration: a slogan with the impact of “Yes We Can!”Aspiration : set clear goals, with metrics and monitoringCommunication: continue the SSTF’s model of collaborative knowledge-building, networking and idea-miningMotivation: publicize achievements to create the desire for others to emulate successSlide7

Examples

Example: Campus retailers or organizations (e.g., Student Senate) offer subsidies to clubs or teams who buy sustainable products and materials and use sustainable practices/processes

Example: request “sustainable product reviews” from

Statler & Waldorf and/or The PolySlide8

Examples Cont.

Example: use the central sustainability information website as an advertising venue

“Top Ten Sustainable Products”

“Product of the Week”Example: provide display area (showcase or central sustainability area)Slide9

Example: The Rensselaer “Eco-Button™”

USB-connected energy counter/hibernator for computers

Instantly hibernates computer at near-zero energy consumption

Instantly re-awakens at “wherever you left off”First screen shows money saved, energy savedRensselaer logo printed on the buttonPurchase at reduced rate through Voorhees Computer CenterAdd to computing package sold to incoming studentsCould use coupon to be redeemed at the VCCSell to faculty and staffUse fliers and coupons to advertiseProvide free for a limited timeCan also purchase additional buttonsAdvanced use: develop additional software to track and display the savings by class, by school, etc.Product currently available at: www.buzline.comSlide10

Example: Annual Sustainability Awards/Appreciation

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Awards for best sustainability courses

Awards for best sustainability researchShowcase innovative technologiesRecognition of best practices (emphasizing ‘operations’ at Rensselaer)Could incorporate speaker or presentations on innovative technologiesSlide11

Example: Club for “Recycled Art”

Group focused on creating art made of recycled material.

Intended to be displayed in public spaces.Would provide venue for creative students

Easy to set up due to pre-existing environmental awareness clubs. Slide12

Example: Sponsor Intramural Sports Teams

Select several intramural sports teams to represent a sustainability theme.

Provide free themed t-shirts, water bottles, etc.

Consciousness raising.Analogous to Vasudha.Slide13

Research Project:

Smart Refrigeration System (SRS)

Eco-Refrigerator integrated into building wall to cool with outside air in winter

Reduce energy consumptionReduce the use of freonUse indoor and outdoor thermostat to control switching of cooling systemDischarge off-heat to outside the building in summer (to reduce air-conditioning costs)Discharge to inside the building in winterSlide14

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Rensselaericle

”: transforming the American auto industryGoal: to address the entire life cycle of transportation carbon emissionsBy creating a new, low-emissions (electric vehicle), but ALSOBy doing away with “consumable” or “throw-away” cars and trucksUnderlying problem: U.S. metropolitan models are decentralized; therefore the European approach to urban public transportation is cost-inhibitive for most U.S. locationsAmericans love “individual” freedom: they are addicted to “a car for every person”Also addicted to consumerism – always wanting “the latest style”Result: a new car every year or two (or five)Greatest carbon emission is not gas mileage, but auto manufacturing/embodied energySlide15

Solution: create a modular car, with a “core to last a lifetime” (20-30 year life)

Base model: galvanized metal, slate gray, simple shape

Simple, durable interior designIndependent electric motors at every

wheel (regenerative breaking)Central ‘power-box’ where electricity is generated Add-ons: exterior body panels (e.g., make it a Cadillac, Ferrari, or Buick)Similar ‘upgrades’ for interior All using interchangeable partsPower source: as new technology (e.g., upgraded batteries, fuel cell, LNG) come on the market, the owner changes the power source, NOT the carResult: satisfies consumer desire for a “new car” with a fraction of the manufacturing costs – in terms of both economics and carbon emissionsUsed parts can be exchanged, re-used“Core” could also be expanded (e.g., from 2-seat to 4-seat module) by unbolting and inserting an add-on sectionBasic “core/skeleton” remains unchangedNote: could devastate the auto industry, which is based economically on frequent, wasteful replacement with a new modelCurrent timing – with the auto industry already undergoing major overhaul – is ideal

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ImpactEnvironmental: Greatest carbon emissions reduction possibleEconomic: Flip economics of auto industry

Culture: Dispose of throw away mentality…

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