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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