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Why Sustainability ?

Why Sustainability ?. Louis V. Mills, A.S.L.A., Ph.D Dept. of Landscape Architecture Texas Tech University – September 15, 2010. Origins- Resource Shortages. Energy conservation- 1972 A rab oil boycott

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Why Sustainability ?

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  1. Why Sustainability ? Louis V. Mills, A.S.L.A., Ph.D Dept. of Landscape Architecture Texas Tech University – September 15, 2010

  2. Origins- Resource Shortages • Energy conservation- 1972 Arab oil boycott • Water conservation- Since the 19th Century and John Wesley Powell – water west of the 100 parallel • Food shortages- 1968 Population Bomb by Paul Ehrlich(Stanford) and Norman Borlaug (Univ. of Minnesota) 1970 Nobel Prize Green Revolution • Garbage/Landfill crisis- 1970’s • Environmental Crisis of 1969- Santa Barbara Oil Spill • Woodstock generation • Fear of Dick Cheney

  3. Responses • NEPA 1969- Environmental Review • Ian McHarg- 1969 Design With Nature • Whole Earth Catalog • Jerry Ford/Jimmy Carter Energy Conservation Plan- USDA, EPA, • Hoover Dam- 1930’s • Coastal Zone Management Plan • National Land Use Planning early 1970’s • New Urbanism • Sustainability Initiative, Leeds, Breeam

  4. Methodologies/Strategies/ • Environ. Impact Statements & Review • Recycling, Reduction, Reuse • Government Action • Cost Effectiveness- bottle returns 1971, and the 1920’s-1960’s for returnables, milkman • Local gardening effort- WW2 and Woodstock generation • Fresh Food, American Nouveau Cuisine/North Californian cooking school(Napa Valley) • Gates Foundation • Rockefeller Foundation

  5. Professional Landscape /Environmental Planners response • Call to action • Methodologies • Green industry • Recycling companies • Green design • Diverse Recycling plans

  6. New Alchemy Institute Cape Cod

  7. Mohonk Preserve- New Paltz, NY

  8. Comparative Criteria for Sustainability • Qualitative Frameworks- Andropogon Associates, Urban Design Foundation, Principles of Smart Growth: • Participatory design process • Preserve/reestablish landscape patterns • Natural infrastructure • Conserve resources • Biodiversity • Socially just • Beautiful • Walkable neighborhoods/mixed land use • Preserve open space

  9. Sustainability Criteria- Quantitative Frameworks(Dinep & Schwab) • LEED –New Construction v 2.2 • Sustainable sites • Water efficiency • Energy and atmosphere • Materials and Resources • Innovation and Design process • LEED- Neighborhood Development • Smart location • Neighborhood pattern • Green construction • Innovation and Design process • ASLA Sustainable Sites Initiative • Water waste & pollution • Biodiversity • Resource waste • Energy • Soil • Air

  10. Sustainable Sites Initiative • ASLA partnership with Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and US Botanical Garden - 2007

  11. ASLA Sustainable Sites Initiative Rating System(250 Points Total) • * 100 • **125 • ***150 • ***200+ PREREQUISITES/ CREDITS Site Selection 21 Human Health 32 Pre-Design Assessment 4 Construction 21 Water 44 Operation and Maintenance 23 Soil & Vegetation 51 Monitoring and Innovation 18 Materials 36

  12. Breeam • British Leeds System – most widely use environ. Assessment for bldgs. – over 100,000 bldgs. • Straightforward scoring • Influence design construction, and management • Robust technical standards, best practices, scientifically based.

  13. Sustainability in Action • John Lyle’s Cal Poly- Regenerative Design Center -1992 • Vancouver Convention Center- 2008-2009 • San Francisco California Museum of Science- 2009 • Center for Appropriate Technology(David Eisenberg) - Tucson

  14. Lyle Center- Cal Poly Pomona, California

  15. Center for Appropriate Technology

  16. Vancouver Olympics & Convention Ctr

  17. Vancouver Olympic Village Housing

  18. California Academy of Sciences Museum- San Francisco- Architect Reinzo Piano

  19. Why Sustainability ? • Cool architecture and landscape design • Environmentally responsible • Cheaper in the long run • The right thing to do • Futuristic and optimistic theme • Working with Laws of Conservation of Energy • Political imperative • Economic vitality

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