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Discussion. Emerald Cities: Opportunities for Green Economic Development Professor Joan Fitzgerald , Professor and Director of the Law, Policy, and Society program, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 13 th May, 2009. Evolving pathways of adaptation and resilience. Enhanced.

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  1. Discussion Emerald Cities: Opportunities for Green Economic Development Professor Joan Fitzgerald,Professor and Director of the Law, Policy, and Society program, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 13th May, 2009

  2. Evolving pathways of adaptation and resilience Enhanced Steady state Output Or Jobs Denuded Time Source: Pike, A., Dawley, S. and Tomaney, J. (2009) Adaptation and evolution in the geographies of resilience, Draft Paper, CURDS: Newcastle University

  3. Framework for Linking Sustainability Strategies to Economic Development

  4. http://www.prospect.org/cs/special_report

  5. Source: Electronics, Design, Strategy News.

  6. Are all green jobs good jobs?

  7. Political Support City-owned utility University Research Incubator Research partnerships on grid technology Incentives for solar production Economic development focused on new technologies University research Incubator Incentives for solar production Existing industry with related competencies Austin and Toledo

  8. HelioVolt First Solar Xunlight Solargystics >6000 employed in 15 research and manufacturing enterprises in solar industry Austin and Toledo, cont.

  9. First Solar, Perrysville, Ohio

  10. Xunlight Toledo, Ohio Xunlight’s founders with their prototype product

  11. Vestas V27 at Cleveland's Great Lakes Science Center

  12. Non-profit organized to promote green building City government only recently supporting green initiatives Regional economic development group targeting green industries City government only recently supporting initiatives Pittsburgh and Syracuse

  13. Pittsburgh Region: • 2006 study identified 1800 building supply manufacturers in the region, with total employment of more than 68,000 • With $250,000 from Heinz Endowments & $1 million from Pa. Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority, created Pa. Green Growth Partnership

  14. GBA Projects Funded • Ductmate GreenSeam II to further develop a product to reduce duct leakage • Tegrant Corporation and University of Pittsburgh to test the performance of and production methods for a insulated concrete forms • Villanova University for developing a superlattice solar cell prototype • Geothermal Energy Systems and Carnegie Mellon University for testing heating and cooling systems for a neighborhood of buildings • Temple University for ReD a type of window for large-scale commercial buildings made of a material that shifts from transparent to translucent to maximize light while reducing heat loss and solar heat gains.

  15. Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems (Syracuse CoE) (more than 140 institutional and business members) Metropolitan Development Authority Syracuse Key Partners

  16. CoE Successful Projects • Hapcontrol LLC produces “bio-furniture” that does not release harmful gases. • Phytofilter Technologies is testing a plant-based system for removing volatile organic compounds from indoor air, • Isolation systems Inc. is developing air purification and room air management systems. • NuClimate Air Quality Systems is testing a prototype for its “Q” Air Terminal, a highly efficient heating, cooling, and ventilation unit for large public buildings .

  17. New Addition to Syracuse • BITZER Scroll, a German manufacturer of energy efficient air compressors for state-of- the- art air conditioning systems, located near Syracuse in February, 2008 and pledged to invest $30 million and create 289 jobs over five years at an average annual salary of $60,000. • Destiny USA?

  18. Discussion Discussion Alex Fowler, Energy Leadership Council Andrew Mill, Chief Executive

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