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The Sustainable City. By Emily Ross. Sustainable Cities. By Emily Ross. www.zastavki.com/eng/ Cities/wallpaper-5128-2.htm. The old city. Designed for cars Urban Sprawl Long commuting time Rush hour traffic Inefficient water usage one flush = 4 gallons! Poor public transportation
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The Sustainable City By Emily Ross Sustainable Cities By Emily Ross www.zastavki.com/eng/ Cities/wallpaper-5128-2.htm
The old city • Designed for cars • Urban Sprawl • Long commuting time • Rush hour traffic • Inefficient water usage • one flush = 4 gallons! • Poor public transportation • Lighting, heating and cooling http://www.archives.gov/press/press-kits/picturing-the-century-photos/images/old-timer-structural-worker.jpg
How can we greenifyour cities? • Extend public transportation • Encourage biking and walking • Driving taxes • Update plumbing/ purchase efficient appliances • BREEAM & USGBC • Vertical farming
Public Transportation • BRT • Allows for fast transport • Relatively cheap • Flexible routes • DC metro extensions • Purple line • Silver line • Zipcars
Driving Taxes • London • Between 7:00 and 18:30 you are charged to enter city • Increased public transit usage • Decreased congestion • U.S. cities are considering congestion tax
Pedestrians & Bikers • Streets are friendlier with fewer cars • SmartBike DC • Allows you to rent bikes in 10 locations • Yearly subscription • Return bike to any station after 3 hours
Building Improvement • Update lighting to fluorescent/LED • Low flow toilets • ~1.6 gallons per flush • Waterless urinals • Saves ~20,000 gallons per year • Low flow shower heads • <2.5 gallons per minute
BREEAM & USGBC • U.S. green building council • Established in 1993 • LEED certification • Score is based on 69 pt scale • BRE environmental assessment method • Established in 1990 by the UK • Provides a measure for sustainability • Assesses 7 criteria and gives a score of pass, good, very good, excellent or outstanding
Vertical farming • Can occur all indoors • Aeroponics, hydroponics, and drip irrigation • Wastewater could be used for irrigation • Harvests occur year-round • Crop waste can be burned for energy or converted to biofuel http://www.cityfarmer.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/hydroponic.jpg
What can we do? • Educate our peers • Use public transportation • Bike or walk when possible • Carpool if not available • Update our water works and appliances • Buy produce that is locally grown • Support our sustainable building initiatives on campus
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