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Principles of Green Engineering Design
William A. Wallace
Adjunct Lecturer University of Florida College of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences
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ENV 6932 PRINCIPLES OF GREEN ENGINEERING DESIGN The University of Florida Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences
Professor: William A. Wallace Adjunct Lecturer Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences 1400 Overlook Drive Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 PHONE: (970) 879-‐1122 MOBILE: (970) 819-‐2188 EMAIL:
[email protected] Office Hours: Email me or call (8:00 AM to 5:00 PM MT)
Teaching Assistant: To be announced (TBA) Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences EMAIL: TBA Office Hours: TBA
OVERVIEW
Over the last decade, the notion that society’s current model for economic development is not sustainable has moved from extremist thinking into mainstream opinion. Resources, once thought of as effectively inexhaustible, are now seen as finite and increasingly scarce. Ecological carrying capacity, once thought of as essentially boundless and infinitely self-‐repairing, is now seen as limited and subject to significant damage by human activity, perhaps irreversibly. In response, engineering design approaches for products, processes, facilities and infrastructure are changing and expanding, bringing in broad resource, ecological and social considerations in addition to the traditional economic concerns. This course, “Principles of Green Engineering Design,” offers a new paradigm for sustainable engineering design. Today’s challenge is not only how to become more sustainable, but rather how to deal effectively with the serious and urgent consequences of non-‐sustainability that are now starting to appear. Spiking energy prices, floods, droughts, heat waves, water scarcity, warming temperatures are a few examples of the trends and events that are forcing changes to the practice of engineering.
Under this new paradigm, sustainable engineering design is not treated as how to place so-‐called “green” add-‐ons onto traditional designs. Instead, sustainable engineering design is seen as the management of change. Conditions of non-‐ sustainability are creating in effect a “New Normal” in terms of operating conditions and performance requirements. Traditional assumptions about averages, variances and possible extremes for design variables can no longer be counted on as adequate. In addition, new variables must now be taken into account. This course will identify and assess these areas of change and offer a corresponding engineering design approaches to effectively manage this change.
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Aimed at upper-‐level undergraduate and entry-‐level graduate students, the course is designed to help students understand how to incorporate the principles of sustainability into engineering design practices. The overall goal of the course is to reach a high level of understanding of what it will really take to become a sustainable society and the role engineers need to play in achieving the requisite conditions. Achieving sustainability will be a long journey, requiring close attention not only to improving sustainable performance but to the chosen technological pathways. This course is geared to help students navigate a rational path through that confusion, guiding them to the appropriate design criteria and tools needed to create the new and more sustainable products, facilities, processes and infrastructure.
The effects and consequences of non-‐sustainable behavior on nations (developed, developing, and underdeveloped) are also presented along with their respective challenges and considerations in engineering design. How industry and government sectors have responded will also be addressed, as these institutions have and continue to drive changes in engineering design and performance criteria associates with sustainability. Their responses and accomplishments will be presented in a business context, showing how these changes relate to competitiveness and improved economic performance.
Tools such as sustainability metrics, life cycle assessment, sustainability auditing and carbon footprinting will be demonstrated. Finally, new techniques for delivering projects that maximize contributions to sustainable performance will be introduced along with methodologies for whole systems design.
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Introduce the concepts of sustainable development and sustainability in its proper form, separating them from the popularized and largely inaccurate notions about being “green” to ones that have a scientific and engineering basis. Convey an understanding of what is really required to achieve conditions sustainability through principles such as The Natural Step, and Herman Daly’s thermodynamic definitions of sustainability. Introduce the production-‐ consumption flow model and the Five Capitals model as a way of thinking about sustainability. Learn about the trends and forces shaping our world instigated by our non-‐ sustainable economic model for growth and development. Offer a view the salient events in the development of our current concepts of sustainability. Learn about the causes, effects, consequences and controversies surrounding global climate change. Understand the mechanisms that are causing global warming. Learn about approaches for addressing climate change: mitigation and adaptation. Learn about some of the solutions being proposed, including the ones categorized as geoengineering. See the effects of non-‐sustainability on the developed, developing and underdeveloped nations and learn about the engineering challenges specific to each.
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Characterize the trends and drivers that are shaping industry and governmental responses to the consequences of non-‐sustainability. Learn about the degree to which various industry and government sectors, cities and communities understand the issues and consequences of non-‐sustainable behavior and how they are responding. Define and explore the principles of industrial ecology and by-‐product synergy and see how they are being applied. Survey the current laws, regulations and standards that are being conceived and put in place to address the various dimensions of sustainability. Learn and place in context the various systems for measuring sustainable performance. Gain experience in using the various tools and techniques available for designing and implementing energy conservation measures, conducting life cycle assessments, calculating carbon footprints, and more. Learn a new paradigm for achieving improvements in sustainable performance, i.e., the importance of addressing both performance contribution (doing things right) and pathway contribution (doing the right thing) for moving society towards conditions of sustainability. To learn how to increase opportunities for performance improvement. To understand the importance of setting performance objectives that are restorative, not just “less bad.” Learn how industries in various sectors are incorporating sustainability principles into their strategies and operations. Apply whole systems design methodologies to sustainable engineering projects.
WHAT YOU ARE EXPECTED TO KNOW COMING INTO THIS CLASS
This course will be taught at a level that will require a modest level of understanding of the concepts and issues surrounding sustainable development. I will present the facts and figures that make a case that our current model of economic development is not sustainable in its current form. Many charts and graphs of varying complexities will be used to illustrate these points, so basic math skills are required.
I will also be presenting a business case for sustainable development through discussions of how incorporating sustainability policies and practices can improve performance, reduce costs and otherwise make organizations more competitive. Therefore some understanding of how business and governmental organizations operate will be helpful. Incorporating the principles of sustainability into engineering design is a principle focus of this course. Therefore students will benefit from having a basic understanding of the engineering design process.
That said, there is significant leeway in achieving success in this course. Recognizing that sustainability is a relatively new field and students will come from a wide variety of disciplines, the project topics will be designed to accommodate an ENV6932 Syllabus
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equally wide variety of interests, ranging from public and corporate policy and strategy to project planning and design . If you are unsure if your qualifications will enable you to be successful in this course, feel free to contact me to discuss. Telephone: (970) 879-‐1122; Mobile: (970) 819-‐2188; email:
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TEXTBOOK FOR THE CLASS
The textbook for the class is: Peter Senge, et al., The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals And Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World, Doubleday, New York (2008, 2010). This book is available in hard cover, paperback, and e-‐book format. Recognizing the changing nature of this field, I will provide students with additional materials such as papers, articles and reports to supplement the textbook and to expand their libraries of relevant reference materials.
COURSE DELIVERY
The course will be delivered as a series of 65 short, prerecorded lectures averaging 30 minutes each. They are available on the University’s E-‐Learning website, through the Sakai System. I intend to make all 65 lectures are available for viewing at the beginning of the semester. If they are not all available, it is because I am in the process of updating the lectures. In any event, a large portion of the lectures will be available when the semester starts. This format is a change from the previous version of this course which consisted of 40 lectures, 50-‐60 minutes in length. While the course length and content has not changed (actually, the overall course length is shorter), I decided to reduce the lecture time to give students more flexibility for viewing. This format also allows me to update the lecture materials more frequently.
Students should plan to view the course lectures at a pace that will enable them to complete the course within the semester timeframe. For the 16-‐week spring and fall semesters, students should plan on viewing 4 or more lectures per week. For the more compressed summer schedule of 12 weeks, the viewing pace should to 6 or more lectures per week.
COURSE FORMAT
I have created handouts of the lecture presentations in “PDF” format so that students can print out the handouts to take notes without having to copy information from the slides. Yes, this means that paper will be used. However, your negative impacts on the environment will be negligible compared to the learning benefits. If you find that you still have pangs of guilt after printing the handouts, feel free to plant one or more trees as compensation.
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These files will be available on ENV 6617 E-‐Learning site. If you use these handouts, make sure you’re using the latest version of Adobe Reader or a suitable “PDF” file reader.
INSTRUCTOR AVAILABILITY
If you have questions or need help regarding the course or any of the assignments, please contact me. Email is preferable, but telephone calls are also welcome. I will provide you feedback as soon as possible. Please avoid doing this just before project report due dates! Students are encouraged to ask questions at any time. A student’s goal should be to learn the course material and to take advantage of every opportunity to do so. If you have questions or just want to discuss the course, please call (8 AM – 5 PM MT) or send me an email. Telephone: (970) 879-‐1122; email:
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EXAMS
There are no examinations for this course. Your final grade will be based on your delivery and achievements on three papers (75%) and the homework assignments (25%). They are judged on the quality of the content and timeliness of delivery.
HOMEWORK
As a homework assignment after viewing a lecture, I will ask you to answer a specific question associated with the lecture. These answers should be a few sentences in length, approximately 100 words.
The purpose of this homework task is to convey to me your understanding of the lecture as well as to provide you with some food for thought related to the lecture content.
Homework requirements and grading criteria
Homework submissions will be graded on a scale of 0 to 10 based on a reasonable response to the question posed and timeliness of delivery.
It is not necessary to spend a lot of time completing the homework assignments. Bottom line: If you submit an answer to a homework question that is coherent and responds reasonably to the question, you will get the full credit of 10 points on that assignment.
PAPERS
Once the course starts, the students will be asked to prepare three (3) papers on subjects selected by the student from the Paper Topics List. The topics are designed to test the student’s grasp of the subject matter and his/her ability to extend that learning into related areas and provide additional detail. The Paper Topics List is found in the Syllabus section of the ENV6932 E-‐Learning site. A list and description of topics for these reports is provided on the course website. There ENV6932 Syllabus
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are about 60 topics broken out into three (3) groups, with each group reflecting the level of progress through the course.
If a student has a specific interest in a particular sustainability-‐related topic, which relates to the course material but does not appear on the topic list, he/she can create their own topic and submit a short description of that topic to me for approval. Students should not begin work on their self-‐designed topics without my approval, since the absence of my approval disqualifies the student’s paper from being considered in his/her course grade. A standard report format is also provided which can be used as a template for your report.
Paper requirements and grading criteria
Guidance for preparing project papers are presented in a document called Paper Preparation Guidelines located on the course E-‐Learning website. This document contains a detailed description of what I expect to see in your project report submissions and criteria for how they will be graded. Each report should be at least 5000 words, not including references. Papers containing less than 5000 words will be downgraded accordingly.
Paper Grading Criteria
Grade Criteria Researched the topic extensively. Paper is well organized and written, as well as A interesting and thought-‐provoking. New knowledge and ideas offered. More or B
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less ready for submission to a popular trade journal or presented at a meeting or conference. No spelling or grammatical errors. A+ (100-‐97) A (96-‐93) A-‐ (92-‐90) Got the work done and met the specifications for the report. Good writing. Readable and somewhat interesting. Content is reasonably convincing, backed up by good material. Organization of the paper could use some improvement. Hard to follow the logic. Minor spelling and grammatical errors. B+ (98-‐86) B (85-‐82) B-‐ (81-‐78) Wrote on the topic specified but missed the specifications for the paper. Barely sufficient research to support the arguments and conclusions. Writing style is awkward and hard to follow. Organizationally OK but frequently hard to determine what points are being made. Arguments are weak. Proof is slim to none. Some spelling and grammatical errors. C+ (77-‐74) C (73-‐70) C-‐ (69-‐66) What is written is generally not on point. Hard to determine what the person is writing about. Content is marginal. Mostly stream-‐of-‐consciousness writing. Not well researched. Does not meet the 5000 word minimum. Many spelling and grammatical errors. D+ (65-‐62) D (61-‐58) D-‐ (57-‐56) Missed the point of the topic. Content has multiple inaccuracies. Statements not supported. Organization of the report is hard to follow. Conclusions don’t follow the content. Poorly edited. Does not meet the 5000 word minimum. Spelling and grammatical errors abound. E (≤ 55)
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Papers will be graded based on the quality of the content and timeliness of delivery. The due dates for these papers are listed in the class schedule.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
All students are expected to exhibit academic honesty and abide by the University’s Honor Code. All papers must represent a student’s own individual work unless otherwise directed by the instructor. Plagiarism in writing assignments is not acceptable and violates the Honor Code.
Please note that the University has provided me with software that does a very good job in uncovering instances of plagiarism. I have used the software in previous courses and have penalized students upon discovery that they had copied the work of others without proper citation.
DUES DATES FOR HOMEWORK AND PAPERS
All homework assignments and reports are due on or before the date and time specified in the Assignments section in the e-‐Learning system.
COURSE GRADING
The final grade will be determined by an absolute method of grading to allow you to obtain a grade based on your individual performance without having to compete with each other. Under this scheme it is possible for the whole class to get an A grade or, in the extreme case, for the whole class to get an E grade. I, of course, hope that you will work hard to earn an A.
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Course Introduction and Overview Why You Should Take This Course What this course is about. Why take this course. What is happening and why should I be concerned. Course B.H.A.G. Course Structure Organization, content and requirements Course outline and content summary. How the course will be run. Access to the course instructor (me). How to get the most out of this course. How to be successful in this course. Stories from the built environment. A Short History of Oil A harbinger of things to come? Birth of the modern oil industry. U.S. oil production. Hubbert’s Peak. Who produces/uses oil. Oil supply as a strategic issue. New technologies. What does this all mean to sustainable engineering. Are We Sustainable? And just what does it mean to be sustainable? Important concepts in sustainability. What makes our development sustainable. Definitions of sustainability. The production-‐consumption model.
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Description The Production-‐Consumption Model: Visualizing sustainable and unsustainable systems How society establishes and supports its quality of life. Relationship of natural capital and produced capital. Management of renewable and non-‐renewable resources: the drivers. What it means to be sustainable or unsustainable. Other Sustainability Models Other useful models and concepts Other sustainability models and concepts that you should know about. Eco-‐Efficiency. Eco-‐Effectiveness. The Natural Step. Herman E. Daly’s ecological definition. The Five Capitals Model.
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Symptoms of Non-‐Sustainability The warning signs of change How issues emerge. Warning signs: symptoms of non-‐sustainability. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: origins, structure and relationship to societal well-‐being. The Consequences of Non-‐sustainability Relevance and importance to infrastructure The important findings and conclusions of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The problems with non-‐linear change. Relevance and importance of these ecosystem conditions to infrastructure. Ecological overshoot. Global Climate Change I Working in the “New Normal” What is past is no longer prologue, at least for projects in the built environment. Non-‐ sustainability and its effects on climate regulating services. Examples. Global Climate Change II What we know and what we don't know A climate change framework. The greenhouse effect. What we know and don't know about climate change. Expected changes. Confidence levels. Global Climate Change III What are the impacts What are the impacts of climate change: ecological, range shifts, timing of biological activity, arctic impacts, local and regional. The global climate change controversy. Global Climate Change IV Infrastructure impacts What are the impacts of climate change specific to infrastructure. Water cycle. Energy supply and use. Transportation. Interrelationships of energy, land and water. Regional impacts for the U.S. Risks from extreme events. The Sustainability Quadrant Defining conditions of sustainability Moving towards conditions of sustainability. Setting a sustainability objective. Conditions of sustainability. Two rough indicators: Human Development Index and the Ecological Footprint. Conditions for sustainability: The Sustainability Quadrant. Where do we stand? Strategies and challenges. Sustainability in the Developed Nations Not living within our means (and loving it!) The world we live in: characteristics of nations by level of development. Situation for the developed nations. Trends and drivers. Engineering needs. Pathway choices and sustainable design challenges. Sustainability in the Developing Nations Economic growth is what matters Situation for the developing nations. Trends and drivers. Engineering needs. Pathway choices and sustainable design challenges. Response of the developing nations.
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Description Sustainability in the Underdeveloped Nations Survival! Situation for the underdeveloped nations. Trends and drivers. Engineering needs. Pathway choices and sustainable design challenges. Actions to assist: Millennium Development Goals. Unconventional allies and collaborations.
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Moving Towards Conditions of Sustainability The Six Degrees of Recognition How are the concepts, issues and consequences of our unsustainable form of economic development being accepted and assimilated? What is the level of comprehension and concern? The Tragedy of the Commons. The Tipping Point What will it take to become a sustainable society? What elements need to be in place and working for us to become a sustainable society? What is the tipping point that when exceeded will allow significant progress to be made? Views from the Skeptics Is sustainable development a dubious solution in search of a problem? Views from sustainability skeptics and the political right regarding sustainable development. Bjørn Lomborg’s book, The Skeptical Environmentalist. Response by the experts. Climate Change Scenarios What might the future hold? Definitions of mitigation and adaptation. Climate change scenario storylines and representative concentration pathways (RCPs). Temperature and moisture projections. Climate Change Mitigation Taking on the causes of climate change Why mitigation is important. What happens if we don't. Key mitigation technologies and practices by sector. Many mitigation strategies are “no-‐brainers.” Mitigation through carbon sequestration. Climate Change Adaptation Accommodating the changes in environmental and operating conditions Climate change adaptation framework. Climate change adaptation strategies: protect, retreat, accommodate. Industry sector examples. Climate Change Mitigation Through Geoengineering Can technology save the day? Copenhagen Consensus takes aim at climate change. What is geoengineering (also known as climate engineering)? What are the possibilities? The promise and perils of geoengineering (climate engineering). “Plan B.” Making Progress Towards Sustainability Goals, Objectives and Metrics Sustainability indicators development timeline. Millennium Development Goals: progress? Sustainability rating systems: products and projects. Overview of the various sustainability measuring and rating systems. Understanding of their purpose and context. Product sustainability measuring and rating systems: Cradle to Cradle Certification, Green Seal, others. Project sustainability measuring and rating systems: LEED, ASPIRE, CEEQUAL, Envision™, others. Achieving Conditions of Sustainability What’s Required? What Laws, Tools and Incentives Are Available? Needs and choices for nations. Strategies for changing the trajectories and improving performance. Laws, regulations, policies and other incentives. Trends, markets and technology developments that are driving change. Assessment of the U.S. response.
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Description Managing Extraordinary Change Accounting for extraordinary change in the built environment Delivering infrastructure projects in a changing operating environment requires a different approach. Need to account for changes in standard design variables, new design variables, secondary and tertiary effects, many of which are significant and not necessarily intuitive. Case examples: Flooding in the Tokyo subways. The future of downtown Olympia, Washington. Ethics, Roles and Responsibilities What are the roles and responsibilities of the engineer in sustainable design? Sustainability and engineering ethics. How are we doing so far? To what extent are they different from the normal roles and responsibilities? Seven important roles that engineers can and should play on projects in the built environment. The engineer as a technological gatekeeper.
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Sustainability Market Drivers What is industry doing and why are they doing it? Five emerging trends and forces shaping Industry. How industry is responding. The three industry drivers for sustainability: reputation, opportunity and necessity. Examples. The Sustainable Value Framework How companies are embracing sustainability and creating shareholder value The virtue matrix: enhancing brand and reputation and creating strategic advantage. The four elements of shareholder value. Responding to the five emerging trends and forces shaping Industry. Companies Embracing Sustainability I Eight companies for which sustainability is an element of their corporate strategy The Corporate Knights Global 100 most sustainable corporations. How they are ranked. Additional companies and their approach to sustainability: Royal Phillips Electronics (The Netherlands), HCL Technologies Ltd. (India), Ford Motor Company (USA), General Electric (USA), BT plc. (UK), Interface Carpet Corporation (USA), Walmart (USA), New Belgium Brewing (USA). Companies Embracing Sustainability II Spotlight on New Belgium New Belgium Brewing Company and Its commitment to sustainability. Policies and practices. Its culture. Advocacy. Relation to the community. Is this a recipe for success, or is it greenwashing on steroids! Videos of New Belgium news stories, employees and company activities. Corporate Social Responsibility Doing well by doing good Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) definition and characteristics. ISO 26000. Trends and drivers for CSR. Expansion of an organization's responsibilities. Valuing CSR programs. The business case for CSR. Examples. Environmental Justice Requirements for fair treatment and meaningful involvement of communities What is environmental justice? What are its goals? Timeline of civil rights and environmental justice legislation. Relationship to infrastructure in the built environment. Tools for issue analysis. Structural Change Raising industry standards for sustainable performance Structural change: revisiting the Virtue Matrix. How various industry groups are forming alliances to improve industry practice regarding sustainability. Examples of what these groups are doing and why. Chemical Manufacturing: Responsible Care®. Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
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Description Green Buildings Improving the sustainability performance of buildings What is a green building. Impacts of buildings on resources and the environment. Opportunities for performance improvement. Barriers to green buildings. Considerations in Green Building Design Ways to improve operational performance Design considerations: Energy efficiency and renewable energy, direct and indirect environmental impacts, resource conservation and recycling, indoor environmental quality, community issues. Eco-‐effectiveness. Benefits of commissioning. Building information modeling (BIM). Conserving Water Resources Setting the scale of the issue Global water footprint. Water usage by sector. Stress on blue water resources. Global water scarcity: physical and economic. Consequences. Water issues in the U.S.: problems and responses. Impacts from climate change. Global vulnerabilities. Sustainable Urban Water Management Managing water as a system Sustainable urban water resource goals. Dealing with urban water infrastructure as a system. Advanced water and wastewater technologies. Making Transportation Systems Effective Providing efficient mobility and access The Denver light rail system: my story. Evolution of transportation technology. Importance of transportation systems. Problems in access and mobility. Impacts of transportation systems. Addressing the Issues of Sustainable Transportation Reducing the impacts and increasing resiliency Addressing the issues of sustainable transportation. Transportation and GHG reduction: a four-‐legged stool. Context-‐sensitive solutions. Rethinking transportation. Improving Our Energy Systems Addressing climate change and energy security U.S. energy: sources, supplies, consumption. Prospects for the future. What will the 21st century bring? Energy as a critical issue for the U.S. and the world. What is required.
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Innovation and Sustainable Development Changing operating conditions as a disruptive anomaly What is innovation? What innovations are needed in sustainable design? Innovation processes and outcomes. Creating an environment for innovation. Examples: Amory Lovins: tunneling through the cost barrier. Paul Polak: designing for the other 90%. Industrial Ecology and By-‐Product Synergy Innovations in industry Industrial ecology definition. Evolution of industrial systems: Types I, II and III. Kalundborg Park. By-‐product Synergy (BPS): history, example applications, process. Biomimicry Innovation inspired by living systems Biomimicry: definition, taxonomy. Nature’s design criteria. Examples: products, process and infrastructure designs based on designs from nature.
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Description Environmental Life Cycle Assessments I Four phases and three types What is a life cycle assessment (LCA). Stages of analysis. Evolution of LCAs. Conducting an environmental LCA. The four phases: goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, impact assessment and interpretation. Types of LCA’s: baseline, comparative, streamlined. Environmental Life Cycle Assessments II LCA inventory analysis LCA inventory analysis: process or input-‐output. Hybrid inventory analysis. Examples. Available LCA software tools. Social Life Cycle Assessments Systematically assessing the social impacts Definition of social LCAs. What are social impacts. Differences between environmental LCAs and social LCAs. What aspects to assess. Social “hot spots.” Conducting an inventory analysis. Impact assessment and interpretation. Sustainable Product Design Applying the principles of whole systems design to products Sustainable Product Design. Whole systems design. Lightweighting and materials reduction. Designing for a lifetime. Design for durability, repair and upgrade, disassembly and recycling. Energy use in design. Reducing energy losses in design. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) A sustainability rating system for buildings The U.S. Green Building Council. Evolution of green building design. Why buildings? Why LEED? Architecture: the 2030 Challenge. Green building benefits. The LEED Certification System How it works Description of LEED. LEED 3.0 certification. Achieving LEED credits. Project examples. LEED certification process. LEED pros and cons. Performing Sustainability Audits Five types of audits and their application What is a sustainability audit. Five types of sustainable audits: their purpose and application. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Conventions and inventories and protocols, oh my! GHG protocols and treaties. International GHG emissions reporting. U.S. GHG inventory reporting rules and registries. California’s cap and trade program. Rules and targets. Results. Carbon Footprinting Conducting a GHG inventory using the GHG Protocol GHG Protocol standards. GHG accounting and reporting principles. Setting operational boundaries. Steps in identifying and calculating GHG emissions. Sources of information. Tools for calculating your personal carbon footprint. Sustainability Performance Reporting The GRI Guidelines The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Why report on sustainable performance. Evolution of sustainable reporting. The CERES Principles. The GRI guidelines. An evaluation of an organization’s contribution to sustainability.
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Sustainable Design for a Changing Operating Environment I The sustainable infrastructure project challenge The sustainable infrastructure project challenge: 3 components: meet the project owner’s needs, requirements and specifications, contribute to improved sustainable performance, account for a changing operating environment.
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Description Sustainable Design for a Changing Operating Environment II Handling changing operating conditions Account for a changing operating environment, considerations. Identify and address significant changes in operating conditions. Adapt to new operating conditions in the design. Observe and adjust to actual conditions. Improve overall system performance. Sustainable Project Management Managing projects to improve sustainable performance What’s a project. How to deliver projects that address new and changing operating conditions in the built environment. Standard project management vs. sustainable project management. Use of stage gate reviews. Envision™ Sustainable Infrastructure Rating System Recognizing infrastructure projects for their contribution to sustainability Envision™ scope and purpose. Design basis. Organization and structure. System components. Project sustainability assessment, verification and recognition.
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Renewable Energy deployment The three challenges to solve… simultaneously What is the expected energy mix in 2040? How much will be renewable energy? What is needed to increase the mix. Renewable energy taxonomy. Prospects for wind, solar, others. Energy storage. Energy efficiency. Creating Sustainable Cities I The city as an efficient form of human habitat What is a city?. Increasing global urbanization. Importance of cities. Elements of a sustainable city. Creating Sustainable Cities II The challenges Four challenges in creating sustainable cities: technical, financial, organizational and public policy. Green City Development Sectorial strategies for sustainable growth and development New opportunities for cities created by a shift to sustainability. Sectorial strategies: How cities are taking advantage of these opportunities. Types of sectorial strategies. City response to climate change. Ranking cities based on sustainability criteria. Becoming a Sustainable Society A business-‐focused roadmap to 2050 A business as usual outlook to 2050. WBCSD’s Vision 2050: directions to a sustainable world. The pathway to 2050: nine elements. “Must haves” by 2020. Moving from vision to action. Risks to achieving vision 2050. Course Wrap Up Brief summary of the course Here’s what we covered in the course.. Here’s what we didn’t cover. The B.H.A.G. revisited. Best 10 books on sustainability (my nominations). Goodbye and good luck!
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OTHER REFERENCES YOU MAY FIND HELPFUL (ordered by publication date)
Bill McKibben, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, Henry Holt and Company, LLC, New York, 2010. Al Gore, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, Rodale, Emmaus, PA (2009). Ernst von Weizsäcker, et al., Factor Five: Transforming the Global Economy Through 80% Improvements in Resource Productivity, Earthscan, London (2009) Daniel Goleman, Ecological Intelligence, Broadway Books, New York (2009) Alden Schendler, Getting Green Done, Perseus Group, New York (2009) Thomas L. Friedman, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution-‐-‐and How It Can Renew America, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York (2008) Daniel Esty & Andrew Winston, Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ (2006) Tim Flannery, The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth, Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, Australia (2005) Bill Wallace, Becoming Part of the Solution: The Engineer’s Guide to Sustainable Development, American Council of Engineering Companies, Washington, DC(2005) Kent Portney, Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously, Massachusetts Institutes of Technology, Cambridge, MA (2003) J. F. Rischard, High Noon: 20 Global Problems; 20 years to Solve Them, Basic Books, New York, 2002 William McDonough & Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle, North Point Press, New York (2002) Natural Capitalism, Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, & L. Hunter Lovins, Little, Brown & Company, Boston (1999) Janine M. Benyus, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, William Morrow, New York (1997)
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INSTRUCTOR BIO William A. Wallace, M. ASCE, ENV SP 1400 Overlook Drive, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA 80487 Tel +1(970)879-‐1122, Fax +1(970)871-‐7923, Mobile +1(970)819-‐2188 Email:
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William A. (Bill) Wallace is a recognized leader in the field of sustainability, serving on several national and international professional society committees, and operating a successful consulting practice in sustainable engineering. His book, Becoming Part of the Solution: The Engineer’s Guide to Sustainable Development, has been a “best seller” for the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). Currently, he is the lead designer for Envision™, a sustainable infrastructure rating system, sponsored by the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) and the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Bill’s work has been nominated by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for the U.S. National Medal for Technology and Innovation.
Bill served as a Liaison Delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, an international organization of over 200 multi-‐national companies, all with a shared commitment to sustainability. He currently is a member of the board of GeoEngineers, Inc., and a member of the Board of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP). He also served as the President and Member the Governing Board of Engineers Without Borders-‐USA, and a Member of the Board of Engineers Without Borders-‐International. Bill is a frequent lecturer on sustainable development engineering at leading universities and professional associations. He has been an invited lecturer at the University of Florida (Ohanian Lecture Series), Carnegie-‐Mellon University (Distinguished Lecturer Series) and Clarkson University. Bill is currently an instructor for the University of Florida’s Electronic Delivery of Graduate Engineering (EDGE) program, teaching “Principles of Green Engineering Design and Sustainability.” This is a “gateway” course leading to a sustainable engineering certificate. Bill has also designed and delivered other popular sustainable engineering courses including ACEC’s 4-‐day “Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Communities” course, and the ISI accreditation courses for Envision™ Sustainability Professionals (ENV SP) and ISI Verifiers. Bill is currently designing and delivering a new on-‐line course, “Fundamentals of Sustainable Engineering,” an ASCE course leading to a certification, Certified in Sustainable Infrastructure Practices (CSIP). Bill has over 40 years of professional experience, including 30 years in the field of environmental engineering and management. He spent 21 years at CH2M HILL holding various senior management positions including a three-‐year term on the
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board of directors. Bill directed the firm’s hazardous waste management group and assisted in its development into national leader in hazardous waste site remediation. On multiple occasions, he was invited to give testimony to U.S. Congressional committees on the use of innovative technologies in hazardous waste site cleanup. He also pioneered the use of the observational method in expediting the site cleanup. Bill also started the firm’s sustainable engineering practice and led the company’s foray into the Olympic Games, providing environmental and support services to Atlanta, Sydney, Salt Lake City and Beijing.
Bill received a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University and has served on the University’s Engineering Advisory Council for over 10 years. He received an M.S. in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP104). Clarkson University Potsdam, New York BS, Chemical Engineering
Education Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York MS, Management
Harvard Business School Cambridge, Massachusetts Advanced Management Program (AMP 104)
Papers, Presentations Authored over 60 technical papers, presentations and invited Congressional testimony covering subjects such as hazardous waste management, environmental technology, engineering standards, and sustainable development. • • • • • • • •
Professional Memberships GeoEngineers, Inc., Seattle, Washington, Member of the Board of Directors International Society of Sustainability Professionals, Member of the Board of Directors World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Past Liaison Delegate International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), Past Chairman of the Sustainable Development Committee American Society of Civil Engineers, member of the Committee on Sustainability Environmental Business Action Coalition, Past President Engineers Without Borders-‐USA, Past President Engineers Without Borders-‐International, former member of the Board
Community Activities • Clarkson University, Former member of the Engineering Advisory Committee • Member of the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council • Member of the Steamboat Springs Stormwater Task Force
Awards Received • Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists (CABPES) Recognition Award (Helped the organization prepare their first strategic plan). ENV6932 Syllabus
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• Colorado Law Enforcement Association Meritorious Citizenship Award (Came to the rescue of a woman who was being assaulted). • Hazardous Waste Action Coalition Service Award (President) • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bronze Medal (Branch Chief of RCRA Enforcement Program, development of enforcement policies and programs) • George A. Hogaboom Best Paper Award, American Electroplaters’ Society
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