Key Strategies for Implementing Sustainable Systems

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Key Strategies for Implementing Sustainable
Systems

• Presenter
• Stephen L. Kapp
• Technology Resources Manager
• California Center for Sustainable Energy

9/5/08
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Who is CCSE?
CCSE
Vision Creating a sustainable energy
future MissionTo foster public policies and
provide programs, services, information and
forums that facilitate the adoption of clean,
reliable, renewable, sustainable, and efficient
energy technologies and practices.
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CCSE Service Platforms
PLATFORMS
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Market Past
MARKET

• Keywords
• Choice
• Capacity
• Cheap
• Goal ?Energy ?
• (but with corresponding ?IAQ)
• Concepts
• Cradle-to-Grave
• Short-Term Performance at All Costs
• No Limits to Desirable Growth
• ?Environment ?Public Relations

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Market Current
MARKET

• Keywords
• Change, Urgency, Responsibility
• Coal Fossil Fuels
• Carbon Footprint, Green
• Goal ?Energy ? ?Environment
• (yet now achieving ?IAQ ?Maintenance)
• Concepts
• Impetus that Climate Change is Upon Us Now
• Sense of Urgency
• Personal/Corp./Shareholder Responsibility for
  Envtl Impacts
• Triple Bottom Line (Economic, Envt, Social)
• Cradle-to-Cradle

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Market Future
MARKET

• Keywords
• Carrying Capacity
• Sustainable
• Life-cycle
• Goal ?CCG ?Energy ? ?Environment
• (CCG Climate Change Gases)
• Concepts
• Integrated Design, Analysis Planning, Passive
  Survivability
• Waste Outputs Resource Inputs
• Unified Strategy for Implementation
• Investments that Appreciate vs. Expenses that
  Depreciate
• Leaving a Legacy / A Future for Our Children

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A Sustainable Overview
SUSTAINABLE
Sustainable Development
Green Building
EnergyEfficiency RE
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Model Direct Inputs Factors
MODEL
EE
NS
EC
?CCG
MMS
RE

• LEGEND
• EE Energy Efficiency Buildings, vehicles
• EC Energy Conservation Turning off equipment
• RE Renewable Energy Non-fossil or uranium
  sources like solar, wind, biomass
• WE Water Efficiency Low-flow plumbing
  fixtures, drip irrigation
• WC Water Conservation Limited green turf,
  dont water when ground is wet
• AF Alternative Fuels Biofuels, natural gas,
  hydrogen, electric
• MMS Man-Made Sequestration CO2 into active
  oil wells abandoned caverns
• NS Natural Sinks Forests, oceans

AF
WE
WC
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Model Indirect Inputs Factors
MODEL
Materials, Water, Waste, Energy, Fuel,
Pollution, CO2, CH4

• Reductions
• Development
• Smart Systems
• Initiatives

Green Building, Urban Infill, Design,
Integration, Clean Clusters
Automation, Smart Grids, Electricity Storage
Dispatch, Biomimicry
Organizational, Government, Personal
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Contact or Visit Us!
CONTACT

• For more information, call us at1-866-SD-ENERGY
• Or visit us on the web athttp//www.energycenter
  .org
• California Center for Sustainable Energy8690
  Balboa Ave., Suite 100San Diego, CA 92123