Envision version 2.0

ENVISION VERSION 2.0

Sustainable InfrastructureRating System

Mel Meng, March 2014

A very biased and short introduction

Do whatever we can to make sure our children live a better life than us.

Sustainability is Simple

Sustainability is a moral thing!

But how do you know

you did “whatever you can?”

Envision 2.0 is a simple checklist of 60 questions

that once asked, you’ll know immediately what is

the right thing to do next.

60 questions is a lot more than whatever I can think of, and that is the first step toward

“whatever I can do”

Envision 2.0 encourages you to think about the

morally right thing to do without making

assumptions of projects and technologies.

Simple & Complete

How does it work?

Category

Sub-Category Credits

Level

Points

Credits are items such as QL1.1, LD1.2, they are NOT POINTS!

Not sure how many points a credit can earn? read the manual!

Example

Incinerator Project

We fought the client and eventually convinced the client to turn the NEW incinerator project into a storage tank project without any incineration.

Example

Proposed Tunnel in a mostly rural area

Sewer extension will encourage development and urban sprawl, is that the right thing to do for this rural community?

Example

Green Infrastructures

Specify locally available soil, plants and materials.

Example

• A recently built Columbus School

Institute for Sustainability Infrastructure:• https://www.sustainableinfrastructure.orgBV community:• http://communities.bv.com/sites/sustainabledesign/home/Envision%20Information

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