Economic Initiatives to Boost Resiliency Session

July 18, 2019 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Moving the Clean Tech & Circular Economy Forward

Janine Finnell

Executive Director

Leaders in Energy

(Moderator + Speaker)

Michael Lenox, Ph.D.

Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration

Senior Associate Dean and Chief Strategy Officer

Darden School of Business

University of Virginia

Emily Yates

Founder + Principal

Urban Revolution Group

Our Panel

Panel Session Format

•Overview of Session (Finnell)

•Moving the Clean Tech Economy Forward (Lenox)

•Building a Circular Economy in the DMV and around the Globe! (Finnell)

• Circular Charlotte (Yates)

•Discussion and Q&A

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Role of Clean Tech Innovation in Enhancing Resiliency and Economic Opportunities

Photo Credit: https://nocamels.com/2018/12/israeli-cleantech-environment-planet/

UVA Darden Releases Policy Playbook Identifying Six Actions to Catalyze Clean-Tech Innovation

Washington DC, Baltimore MD, Northern VA (DMV) +++++++++++ How Can We Build A Circular Economy in Our Region?

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Potential for Creating A $26 Trillion New Clean Tech/Climate Global Economy

• The Report highlights opportunities in five key economic systems – energy, cities, food and land use, water, and industry (circular economy). It demonstrates that ambitious action across these systems could deliver net economic gains compared with business-as-usual by:

• Generating over 65 million new low-carbon jobs in 2030, equivalent to today's entire workforces of the UK and Egypt combined.

• Yielding a potential direct economic gain of US$26 trillion through to 2030.

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Michael Lenox, Ph.D. Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration Senior Associate Dean and Chief Strategy Officer Darden School of Business University of Virginia

Building a Circular Economy in the DMV Region and Around the Globe!

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Janine Finnell Executive Director Leaders in Energy

Presentation Outline

•What is the Circular Economy (CE)?

• Examples of Those Who are Creating and Working in the CE – The CE in Action in the DMV and more!

• The CE’s Role in Boosting Local Communities and Jobs

Carbon Emissions and Material Extraction Continue Upward Trend

11 Source: https://www.circle-economy.com/the-circularity-gap-report-our-world-is-only-9-circular/#.XSuDHehKiUk

The Scale of Waste from Building Materials in the US Using More Resources than Nature is Regenerating

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Urgency and Need for Resiliency is Increasing

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Month of rain in an hour: Flooding hammers Washington region July 8, 2019

Updated: Arlington County Declares Emergency After Major Flash Flooding (July 10, 2019)

https://www.arlnow.com/2019/07/10/arlington-county-declares-disaster-after-flash-flood-emergency/

https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2019/07/month-of-rain-in-an-hour-flooding-hammers-washington-region-photos.html

NOAA Statistics - 2019

Source: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/billions/events

Source: Tom Toles, Washington Post

Like our take-make-waste economy, our financial economy is also a linear economy

• The UN defines uneconomic growth as:

• jobless growth, where the economy grows, but does not expand opportunities for employment;

• ruthless growth, where the proceeds of economic growth mostly benefit the rich;

• voiceless growth, where economic growth is not accompanied by extension of democracy or empowerment;

• rootless growth, where economic growth squashes people’s cultural identity; and

• futureless growth, where the present generation squanders resources needed by future generations

15 Source: The Real Circular Economy, Special Report by Sharon Eades, The Commons Transition, January

2019, http://commonstransition.org/the-real-circular-economy/

Rethinking Our 21st Century Economy and Systems

What is the Circular Economy?

• A system that emulates nature where nothing is wasted and waste from one process is the resource for another.

• Safe cycling of goods and services in either the technosphere (technical cycle) or biosphere (biological cycle) as valuable nutrients rather than the current linear “Take-Make-Dispose” system.

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Source: Graphic from http://circulatenews.org/2015/08/the-circular-economy-where-does-money-fit-in/

Circular Economy Transforming Our Linear Processes

The circular economy refers to an industrial economy that is restorative, sustainable and collaborative by intention. It relies on renewable and clean resources: energy, water, materials, land. Through careful design, it aims to keep materials and products in circulation in closed loops and for longevity to eliminate waste.

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Source: The “Multi-R” approach used by Circular Economy Europe highlights 8 Rs. Our approach expands on this.

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

3 Traditional R’s

Rethink

Redesign

Reduce

Redistributed

(Manufacturing)

Refuse

Reuse

Repair

Return

Restore

Repurpose

Remanufacture

Rent

Renovate

Recover

Rot

Recycle

16 Regenerative R’s

Multiple Rs will Help Drive the Regenerative Economy

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Source: Adapted from Circular Economy Europe

New Sustainable Production and Consumption Business Models

Reuse Centers Sharing Platforms Repair Café Short cycles – Farmers Markets Eco-Design Extended Warranty Product as a Service

Deposit Systems Remanufacture Extended Producer Responsibility Waste as a Resource Design for disassembly as main goal Communities of individuals selling, e.g., Cooperatives or buying, e.g. CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture)

Need a genuinely circular metabolism…one that doesn’t spiral outward but, rather, promises to keep the same circumference

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Source: The Real Circular Economy, Special Report by Sharon Eades, The Commons Transition,

January 2019, http://commonstransition.org/the-real-circular-economy/

Building a community of

leaders to advance clean

energy and sustainable

solutions Green Economy and Jobs

Sustainable Communities

Multigenerational Leadership

and Talent leadersinenergy.org

Join us on-line and at our events on cleantech, green jobs and finance, and leadership at:

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Four Circular Economy Annual Workshops/Events

• Transforming Waste into Energy to Advance the Circular Economy: Canada – USA Event (October 2018)

• Coming Full Circle with Sustainability: A Workshop on Building a Circular Economy in the DMV Region (October 2017)

• Sustainable Facilities for the Circular Economy (May 2016)

• Sustainable Manufacturing: Building a Circular Economy in the DMV Region Workshop (Alexandria Renew Enterprises Wastewater Treatment Facility, March 2015)

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Examples of the Circular Economy in Action in the DMV Region

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Arlington Zero Waste Initiative

Food Composting Services & Platforms

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Reselling Returned Consumer Goods to Reduce Waste - Optoro

• In the U.S. alone, customers return approximately 3.5 billion products back to the point of sale each year, of which only 20% are actually defective.

• Optoro is using digital platforms to resell returned and excess merchandise by creating secondary markets and reduce retail waste. Partnering with Groupon and others.

• Metrics:

• Reduce waste by up to 73%

• Cut fuel costs by $850M

• Lower CO2 emissions by 2+ million metric tons

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Circular Economy Tech Tour to Visit C2 Management in Berryville, VA, September 22, 2018 & Sustainable Vineyard in Loudoun County

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Provides electronics recycling across the DMV region, employing 48 workers at Berryville, VA facility.

Sunset Hills Vineyard in Loudoun County, featuring PV, organic farming, and other sustainability practices from renovating historic barn dating back to 1870.

Cradle to Cradle (C2) Management -

Salvaging Goods for Resale/Reuse

• Billed as an “Asset Recovery” company, C2 handles just about any goods that a business or government may need to retire: computers, monitors, TVs, electronics, electrical appliances (“anything with a cord”), lab equipment, testing equipment, medical equipment, restaurant equipment, refrigeration units, furnishings, supplies, batteries, lighting, heavy equipment, etc., whole or in part- you name it.

• Their motto is “We’ll C2 it!”

• Embodying Circular Economy to the core, the name “C2 Management” stands for “cradle-to-cradle,” endeavoring to put unused/unwanted items right back to their original use somewhere else.

• C2 handles approximately seven million pounds of items per year and boasts an impressive rate of less than 1% needing landfill or waste-to-energy disposal instead of resale, reuse, or recycling, and counts over 200,000 unique buyers of their goods.

• See more on C2 in our blog article reporting on the tour at: https://leadersinenergy.org/circular-economy-working-group-tour-of-c2-management-facility-september-22-2018/

Local Motors

A technology company that designs, builds and sells

Vehicular products through

co-creation and micro-

manufacturing.

Source Credit: Slides (original and adapted) from David Woessner, General Manager, presentation by Local Motors at Leaders in

Energy Circular Economy Workshop, at the University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, September 2017.

David Woessner (Local Motors General Manager and

Grant Imahara (Mouser Electronics) taking test drive

in the Swim LM3D at National Harbor, Maryland

Designed to be Cradle-to-Cradle Recyclable Vehicle

• Cars are designed to be cradle-to-cradle recyclable vehicles where a damaged part or the whole car could come back to the facility to be ground up, repelletised (turned into a form that 3D printers can use) and reprinted.”

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Source: https://www.redbull.com/in-en/local-motors-strati-is-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-car

FIX THE

COMPLEXITY

COMPLEXITIES OF HIGH SPEED

VEHICLES CONSTRAIN INNOVATION

SIMPLICITY OF URBAN VEHICLES

SPEED UP TECH ADOPTION

STRIVING FOR LESS…

(and LOCAL*)

Adapatation:

*Local point added

by Janine Finnell in

Resilient Virginia

Presentation, from

original David

Woessner slide

The set-up cost of a DDM/3D printing

microfactory is < 1/100th the cost of a

traditional automotive plant.

Organizations Working to Create the Circular Economy in the DMV Region and U.S.

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Leaders in Energy – Circular Economy Workshop and Events

Chamber of Commerce Foundation – Circular Economy Conferences in DC

Alliance for Regional Cooperation

Enabling Factors to Scale and Accelerate the Circular Economy

Enabling Factors Toolkit Examples

Education, Information, and Awareness

Public communication and info campaigns; integration of circular economy/systems thinking into school and university curricula; R&D programs in the files of material sciences and biosystems; materials marketplaces

Collaboration Platforms Public-private partnerships; voluntary industry collaboration platforms

Business Support Mechanisms

Technical support, advisory, training and demonstration of best practices to business

Public Procurement & Infrastructure

Various counties in region have green procurement programs

Regulatory Platforms Waste regulations, e.g., Zero Waste Arlington goals of waste diversion to at least 90% by 2028

Fiscal Frameworks Initiatives underway in Europe for favorable tax treatment for repair shops, etc.

Municipal and Regional Programs

Municipal programs in health, safety, and disposal

34 Source: Adapted from Delivering the Circular Economy – A Toolkit for Policymakers _ Selection of Key Exhibits

CE Working Group Meetings – Monthly Since Jan 2018

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Examples of Our CE Working Group Initiatives

• Beershed mapping and value chain analysis

• Sustainable co-ops in the DMV region

• Plastic reuse and product lifecycles

• Sustainable packaging

• Visionary future technology of floating islands

• A syllabus for a CE course at George Washington University

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Examples of Circular Cities and Regions

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• Reimagine Phoenix: City initiative to increase waste diversion rate to 40 percent by 2020 and to better manage its solid waste resources.

• Resource Innovation and Solutions Network (RISN) - A network focused on creating value and economic development opportunities from solid waste streams.

• RISN Headquarters and Technology Solutions Incubator - Houses a business incubator for start-up/emerging technologies and manufacturing processes.

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Source: https://www.phoenix.gov/publicworkssite/Pages/resource-innovations.aspx

Phoenix: Waste Diversion and Innovation

New Carpet Recycling Facility in Phoenix (Aquafil) – December 2018

• 3.5 billion pounds of carpets are discarded each year in the States. Only two or three percent of this is recycled and often it is downcycled, the rest goes to landfills or is incinerated.

• Aquafil’s new facility will turn each year 36 million pounds of old carpets destined for landfills back into raw material.

• Old carpets are break down into their three main components: • polypropylene that will go into the

injection molding industry, • calcium carbonate that will go into the

road construction or concrete stream, • nylon 6 that will feed

the ECONYL® regeneration process.

• Nylon 6 fiber, in fact, will be shipped to Aquafil’s Slovenia depolymerization facility and converted, together with other plastic waste, into brand new ECONYL® yarn for the fashion and interior industries mainly.

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“In a circular economy industry, we should manufacture everything

with the end in mind,” (Giulio Bonazzi, President of Aquafil USA)

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Glasgow: Circular Economy Opportunities in the Food and Beverage Sector

Identified nine circular strategies in food and beverage sector and will implement four of them: • Heat recovery • Bread to beer • Aquaponics • High value cascading

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Circular Economy Can Boost Local Communities and Jobs

• The scale of economic opportunity represented by a shift to circular is vast.

• 2014 McKinsey study, “Toward a Circular Economy,” found the economic gain from material savings alone is estimated at over $1 trillion per year by 2025 if companies reorient toward circular supply chains that increase recycling, reuse, and remanufacture.

• Michael Schuman, author of The Local Economy Solution, discusses evidence from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and other organizations on how every dollar you spend at a local independent business 60% on average will remain locally to recirculate in that community.

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The Circular Economy and Job Creation

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Source: http://www.wastecosmart.eu/en/news/wrap-study-circular-economy-could-create-3-million-jobs-in-eu

WRAP (The UK Waste & Resources Action Plan) has published a study showing that expansion of the Circular Economy could create up to 3 million extra jobs in the European Union by 2030; three times more than the ‘business as usual’ scenario.

Job Creation in Charlotte, NC

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Circular Economy Providing Opportunities for Entrepreneurs

• Bethesda Green Hub (2 new Start-ups in Circular Economy): • Last Call for Food – Connecting students with leftover

restaurant food • Textiles – Clothing diversion from landfills and higher value

production

• Potential Energy DC (clean energy start-ups): • Tumalow - Battery storage

• Phoenix RISN (3 highlighted among 13 start-ups): • Renewology – developer of a proprietary chemcial recycling

process to convert non-recyclable plastic waste to fuel • Hathority – software development and applications

development to reduce landfill waste, improving recycling and human behavior

• Recyclops – Mobile apps to bring recycling and waste diversion through a sharing economy model for rural communities and high density multifamily residential complexs often without recycling services

• Charlotte Innovation Barn (coming)

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Leaders in Energy 6th Annual Green Jobs Forum in Washington, DC. August 22nd

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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.“ (Albert Einstein)

Janine Finnell Executive Director Leaders in Energy (LE) LeadersinEnergy.org @LeadersinEnergy Email: jfinnell@leadersinenergy.org Phone: 703-203-0766

Connect & Collaborate with Us to Carry Out This Important Work!

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Emily Yates – Circular Charlotte

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Emily Yates Founder + Principal Urban Revolution Group

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Back Up Slides

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Photo credit: https://www.ecohoy.com/blog/circular-economy-versus-linear-economy

Maximize value by staying as close to the inner circle for as long as possible

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The circular economy maintains and utilizes resource value for much longer

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Amsterdam: Circular Economy Benefits in Built Environment

U.S. Economic Development Administration – Economic Resilience

“It is becoming increasingly apparent that regional economic prosperity is linked to an area’s ability to prevent, withstand, and quickly recover from major disruptions (i.e., ‘shocks’) to its economic base.

Many definitions of economic resilience limit its focus on the ability to quickly recover from a disruption.

However, in the context of economic development, economic resilience becomes inclusive of three primary attributes: the ability to recover quickly from a shock, the ability to withstand a shock, and the ability to avoid the shock altogether. ”

Source: https://www.eda.gov/ceds/content/economic-resilience.htm

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Amount of Money Cities Are Spending to Get Rid of Garbage (a

Potential Resource?) New York City disposes of more than six million tons of waste per year, and its plan to reduce the amount that it sends to landfill by 90% by 2030 would save the city an estimated $310 million per year.

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Meanwhile, a new wave of manufacturing jobs that focus on turning recycled materials into higher-value products are emerging. Businesses such as EcoStrate, FABSCRAP, and Fixup, to name just a few, are focusing on collecting used materials from local communities and then putting them back into production to create high-quality products.

The Circularity Gap

According to the consultancy Circle Economy, the global economy reuses just 9% of the 84 billion tons of material that are consumed every year.

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Circular Economy Can Boost Local Communities and Jobs

• The scale of economic opportunity represented by a shift to circular is vast. The International Resource Panel, part of the UN’s Environment Programme, says that using resources more effectively could increase the size of the global economy by $2 trillion by 2050, about the same as the GDP of Italy.

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Sustainable Office Furniture - Herman Miller and Steelcase (Design for Disassembly)

• Steelcase Think Chair can be taken apart in about 5 minutes using common hand tools.

• 95% recyclable and all parts that weigh more than 1 ounce are labeled for easy identification of their component materials.

• The chair is cradle-to-cradle certified by MBDC - which evaluates a product's environmental impact throughout its lifecycle.

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Source: Understanding Industrial Design, Simon King and Kuen Chang

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Biobased Packaging - Ecovative Design Ecodesign/Waste as a Resource)

Packaging made from mushrooms, called “MycoFoam,” which is a renewable biomaterial made by New York–based Ecovative Design. This is an sustainable alternative to toxic petrochemicals that are found in many plastics and insulations—and in traditional surfboards.

A powerful approach detailed in the Post Growth Institute’s forthcoming book, How On Earth[97], makes the case that not-for-profit business models – which prioritise purpose/mission ahead of profit – will become the core of the global economy by 2050, because they will outperform business whose primary focus is profit.

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Source: http://commonstransition.org/the-real-circular-economy/