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Week 9 of ENVS 321:
Nature of Science & Science of Going Green
Peninsula College Spring 2011
Perry Spring & Brian Hauge
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Review of Robert Knapp’s Week 7 session
Legal Framework
10th Amendment & Eminent Domain
US Supreme Court ruling on takings
Land Use Planning
Zoning
working lands
Rural
Urban
Commercial
Industrial
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3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
Living Futures 2011 – creating our children’s cities
Energy Facilities Connections conference by WSU Ext Energy Program
– Now More than Ever
Certified Energy Manager training & exam by
Association of Energy Engineers
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5From: Living Futures 2011 Our Children’s Cites– April 27 through 29
6From: Living Futures 2011 Our Children’s Cites– April 27 through 29
7From: Living Futures 2011 Our Children’s Cites– April 27 through 29
From: WSU’s Energy Facilities Connection conference 8
College Students show: real-time info leads to real Energy Savings!
9From: WSU’s Energy Facilities Connection conference
10From: WSU’s Energy Facilities Connection conference
11From: WSU’s Energy Facilities Connection conference
Students with a wall-mounted real-time energy dashboard (feedback) used 20% less electricity on average that students without the dashboard!
, 32000 data points
12From: WSU’s Energy Facilities Connection conference
Presenting Data meaningfully: Information flow chart
Planning
Implementation
13From: WSU’s Energy Facilities Connection conference
Presenting Data: # of projects exceed projections after year #1
14From: WSU’s Energy Facilities Connection conference
Presenting Data: Actual Electrical savings exceed goal more each year!
15From: WSU’s Energy Facilities Connection conference
Presenting Data: More small projects ~ same total savings as fewer big projects
16From: Certified Energy Manager training by Association of Energy Engineers
Collection of scientifically meaningful data is key to Energy Mgmt. decision-making
TOOLS
TOOLSTOOLS
TOOLS
17Building Energy Case Study from Association of Energy Engineers
U of Oregon graduate architect students: start with hypothesis
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U of Oregon students: doing field assessments, gathering data
Building Energy Case Study from Association of Energy Engineers
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U of Oregon graduate architect students: analyzing the data
Skylights produce an abundance of light in clear sky, much less when cloudy= hypothesis not accurate – skylights can provide significant light in full sunlight
Building Energy Case Study from Association of Energy Engineers
South Dakota flooding (again)
Mississippi River
PNW snow pack & hydro dams
Wind Power Shutdown
High O2 levels -> salmon die-off
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Video: What is Biomimicry?
(with Janine Benyus, 4:25 min)
http://vimeo.com/22836641
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Video: The Nature of Cities: excerpt of Dr Timothy Beatley’s documentary on BiophilicCities (5+ min)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giCswNnKH6M
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BIOMIMICRY Videos What is Biomimicry? (4:25 min): http://vimeo.com/22836641 Biomimicry & New York State: creating a center of competence (5:42
min): http://vimeo.com/21818630 How can Biomimicry inform sustainable design? (3:49 min):
http://vimeo.com/22838413 Biomimicry in Action (20 minutes):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_GFq12w5WU Articles: Biomimicry (Designboom):
http://www.designboom.com/contemporary/biomimicry.html Biometrics: design by nature (National Geographic):
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/04/biomimetics/tom-mueller-text
Biomimicry design spiral: http://www.biomimicryinstitute.org/about-us/biomimicry-a-tool-for-innovation.html
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BIOPHILIA & BIOPHILIC CITIES Videos The Nature of Cities: excerpt from Dr Timothy Beatley’s documentary on
Biophilic Cities (5 min): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giCswNnKH6M
Stephen Kellert lecture on Biophilia @ Missouri Outdoor Summit - Part I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m25sBcrp1uI
Stephen Kellert lecture on Biophilia @ Missouri Outdoor Summit - Part II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6rJhtA3fxY
Articles: Biophilia hypothesis:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biophilia_hypothesis Biophilic Cities: what are they?:
http://biophiliccities.org/biophiliccities.html BIG goes biophilic with new sports center:
http://dirt.asla.org/2011/03/22/big-goes-biophilic-with-new-sports-center/
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