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Sustainability

Sustainability. Brainstorming Sustainability Product and Services November 2009. Why Sustainability?. Sustainable design help prevent pollution Sustainability impacts: Economy Environment Social Responsibility Animation of Explanation of Greenhouse Effect Polar Ice Cap gone by 2019

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Sustainability

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  1. Sustainability Brainstorming Sustainability Product and Services November 2009

  2. Why Sustainability? • Sustainable design help prevent pollution • Sustainability impacts: • Economy • Environment • Social Responsibility • Animation of Explanation of Greenhouse Effect • Polar Ice Cap gone by 2019 • Global Warming Quiz

  3. Sustainability Initiatives Protect the Environment • Alternative Transportation • Design and Construction Standards • Renewable Energy • Energy Efficiency • Recycling & Reuse • Stormwater Management • Water Conservation • Turf Lawn Conversion

  4. Altenative Transportation • Public Transit – Light Railanimated video • Bikeways • Bike share • Carpool Programs – EPA Incentives • Bike/Bus and Walk Programs • Car Share • Vanpooling • Biodiesel – video • Hybrid vehicles – Prius, Fusion, Honda, etc.

  5. . Smart Bike Washington DC Annual Subscription   $40.00 Routes and Locations

  6. Design and Construction • Energy conserving lighting measures, including daylighting • Deciduous trees plantings to shade buildings • Construction waste management practices • Use of sustainably harvested wood • Use formaldehyde free products • Use of low VOC paints, adhesives, sealers • Use of local and regional materials • Recycled content and recyclability • US Department of Energy - Solar decathlon

  7. Renewable Energy • Wind turbines - video • Solar Energy – solar house video • This video from News Channel 8 features a Northern Virginia family that has signed up for Dominion Virginia Power's Green Power Program • Biofuels (Biodiesel) - soybeans and other oilseeds - Ten Biofuels worth watching -http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2007/10/01/10-biofuel-trends-worth-watching/ Take the Energy Quiz

  8. Energy Efficiency • Installation of occupancy sensors • Replacement of incandescent lamps with compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) • Replacement of all mercury vapor lamps with other types of high intensity discharge lamps • Replacement of incandescent and fluorescent exit lighting fixtures with LED type fixtures • Fuel Efficient Vehicles – Hybrid • Climate control Automation System

  9. Recycling and Reuse – Reduce Solid Waste • Paper and other items • Clothing and Household Items – Thift stores/garage sales • Repurpose household items –MIT trash track video • Ecycling – Average 24 electronic products /household • Donate computers • Donate Cell phones

  10. GENERATION AND RECOVERY OF MATERIALS IN 2007 (in millions of tons and percent of generation of each material) Material Wt Generated Wt Recovered Recovery % of Generation • Paper 83.0 45.2 54.5% • Glass 13.6 3.22 23.7% • Steel 15.6 5.28 33.8% • Aluminum 3.35 0.73 21.8% • nonferrous metals 1.76 1.22 69.3% • Plastics 30.7 2.09 6.8% • Rubber and leather 7.48 1.10 14.7% • Textiles 11.9 1.90 15.9% • Wood 14.2 1.32 9.3% • Other materials 4.43 1.16 26.2% • Total Materials 186.1 63.3 34.0% • Food, other 31.7 0.81 2.6% • Yard trimmings 32.6 20.9 64.1% • Inorganic wastes 3.75 Neg. Neg. • Total Other Wastes 68.0 21.7 31.9% • TOTAL SOLID WASTE 254.1 85.0 33.4%

  11. Stormwater Management • Bio-Retention • Rain Garden • Infiltration Trench

  12. Turf lawn Conversion • Native Grass Meadows • Creates Biodiversity • Aids Storm Water Management • Reduces Fossil Fuel Use – Mowing Equipment • Water conservation • Limit fertilizers entering the water

  13. Community Service Projects • Community service projects provide you the opportunity to apply lessons learned in the classroom to real-life situations and experiences. Click on the links to find ideas for community service projects. • Links • Green Poster Contest

  14. Sustainability Product Ideas • Solar powered flashlights • Solar powered trash bot • Solar powered Ipod • Hybrid jet engine • Leak proof faucets • Co2 powered phones • Solar powered roof shingles

  15. Sustainability Product Ideas • Wind collector for generating power • Bike electric converter • Water powered cars • Solar powered cell phone • Solar powered street light • Solar powered roadways

  16. Sustainability Product Ideas • Gas station w/solar panels • Solar collector – lawn ornaments • Ceiling fans that run of heat energy • Solar powered draw bridge • Solar trash bins • Wind power motor cycle

  17. Sustainability Product Ideas • Energy generating shoe • Solar Holiday lights • Fiber optic holiday lights • Underwater reef turbines • Street lights that run off of co2

  18. Sustainability Product Ideas • Solar/co2 trash incinterator • Device to clean rivers and streams • Bot fish to collect trash • Energy wheel playset • Energy generating exercise equipment

  19. Sustainability Service Ideas • Methane gas collectors • Cleaning trash from streams and rivers • Solar powered trash bot

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