Brilliant Buildings and the Path to Zero

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Brilliant Buildings and the Path to Zero ????
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• William S. Becker
• Senior Advisor
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• Global Energy Center for Community Sustainability
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Built environment ????
Human ecology meets natural ecology ??????????
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Global urbanization?????

• Urban population 3.2 billion
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• Living in slums 1 billion
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• Limited access to clean water 1 billion
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• Poor air quality 1.5 billion
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• Indoor air pollution fatalities 600,000 yearly
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• ?? 600,000

From Population Reports Meeting the Urban
Challenge, Don Hinrichsen et.al.
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Rebuild America Program??????
Heat recovery unit ?????
Residential solar systems Passive and
Photovoltaic ???????
Whole Building Design ??????
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Role of Technology

• Industrial Era
• I P x A x T
• Sustainable Era
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Zero Energy Homes???????

• Tennessee
• Cost 100,000 ?? 100,000
• Annual electricity bill 82 cents ????? 82?
• Colorado
• True zero energy ???????
• Cost 20 ?? 20
• Annual electric bill 0 ????? 0

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Zero Energy Benefits???????

• No energy bills ?????
• Reduced maintenance ????
• Increased comfort ????
• Distributed power ????

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman helps with
zero-energy home in Colorado.
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Greening the Olympic Village???????
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Emerging tools???????

• Green tags ????
• Carbon sequestration
• ???
• Carbon trading ???

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Chicago Climate Exchange???????

• Worlds first legally binding rules-based
  greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading system
• ??????????????????????????
• Expanding to Montreal, Europe
• ????? Montreal ??

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New tools for Intelligent Design ???????
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Orton Family Foundation
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Orton Family Foundation
Savings
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Conclusions ??

• Brilliant buildings communities ????????
• Zero energy/zero emissions ???/???
• Unprecedented collaboration ?????
• Unprecedented speed ?????

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