Sustainable Transitions

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Sustainable Transitions

• What is to be sustained?
• What is to be developed?
• The links between the entities to be sustained
  and the entities to be developed
• The extent of the future

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Sustainable Transition

• Sustained
• Energy
• Development of efficient harnessing of
  non-polluting energy, reduction in energy loss
  due to transmission
• Water
• Harvesting rain water, water treatment, recycling
  
• Material
• Recycling
• Construction
• energy efficient buildings and upgrade of old
  building
• Transportation
• Development of high performance engines using
  renewable energy, converting to energy efficient
  vehicles

• Developed
• Campaigns directed towards reduction of energy
  demand
• Programs for water conservation, reuse, and
  recycling
• Raise awareness of waste reduction and recycling
  programs
• Promote consumption of organic and local food
  products
• Encouraging use of public and non-polluting modes
  of transportation
• Organization of social events to raise
  environmental awareness

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Reporting the Transition
Transportation Indicators
Building Indicators
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Carbon Emission Summary
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Business as Usual
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Best Case Scenario
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Exploring the Future

• Trial and error process
• Must consider
• scientific credibility
• political legitimacy
• practical utility
• effectiveness of the system on trial
• Regional Information Systems (RIS) are often used
• Analysis of the future is a prediction, not
  factual

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• Wash U.'s goals are to address the issues of
  environment, energy and sustainability through
  education, research and out reach projects. More
  over, Wash U. will seek and define its best
  operation practices, and aspire to be a model of
  energy conservation for other institutions.
• - Mark S Wrighton, Chancellor EES, WashU