UTSpeaks: Our Fragile Cities (Part 2: Stuart White)

UTSpeaks: Our fragile cities (part two)Professor Stuart White – 30 November 2011

INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURESUTSpeaks: Our Fragile Cities THINK. CHANGE. DOStuart WhiteInstitute for Sustainable FuturesWednesday 30th November 2011

Introduction

Fragile Cities

Creating Resilient Cities Source: stakeholderforum.org Healthy communities, capable of ‘bouncing back’ fromadverse situations by actively influencing and preparing for economic, social and environmental change.

Economy Environment SocietyEcology Economy Society

QUALITY RESEARCH FOR GOVERNMENT,INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY CLIENTS Research areas Approaches > Cities and buildings • Community participation and engagement > Corporate sustainability • Economic assessment and analysis > Energy and climate change • Futures studies > International development • Learning, communications and training > Local government • Modelling and analysis > Natural resources and ecosystems • Monitoring and evaluation > Resource futures • Organisational change > Social dimensions of sustainability • Policy analysis and development > Transport • Tools and frameworks > Water and sanitation • Transdisciplinary research

FOSTERING PUBLIC DEBATE

FOSTERING PUBLIC DEBATE http://www.isf.uts.edu.au http://phosphorusfutures.net/ http://wwviews.org.au/ http://igrid.net.au/

FOSTERING PUBLIC DEBATE

ISF REPORTS

Elements of Intelligent Grid > Advanced Communication and Control > Energy Smart Meters > Predictive & Self-Healing > Interactive, Real-time Info > Sensors & Automation > Time of Use Pricing > Distributed Energy (Distrib. Gen, PVs, PHEVs, Storage, Energy Efficiency, Load Mgt) Sensors, data collection and Automation: Predictive and “Self Healing” Customer Transmission Data Distribution Collection and Automation Transmission Clean Generation & Renewables Smart Meters, real time displays, Comms and Distributed EnergyFigure Source: Southern California Edison & CPUC

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/0/3/Slides_for_Launch.pdf

Intelligent Grid • Objective – move towards low emission future • 3 year project - $8m • 5 universities and CSIRO • Multi-disciplinary • Use of Intelligent Grid to enable distributed energy

What is Distributed Energy? Peak Load Management Time of Use tariiffs Ice Storage Interruptible loads Battery Storage / EVs Power factor correction Electric to Gas Hot Water Energy Gas Chillers Efficiency Biomass Generation Behaviour change Small Gas Generation Efficient motors & chillers Solar Photovoltaics Cogeneration Efficient Lighting Efficient showerheads Standby Generation Efficiency RetrofitsDistributedGeneration

Network Investment: >$45 Billion by 2015 - Bigger (and sooner) than National Broadband Network Network Capital Expenditure (>$9b p.a.)$m 4,000 3,500 NSW 3,000 Qld (draft) 2,500 2,000 Vic (prop.) 1,500 WA 1,000 500 SA (draft) - 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Description and Cost Of Distributed Energy (D-CODE Model)

Electric Vehicles > Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles > Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) and Vehicle-to- Grid (V2G) > Charging methods are important > Storage can support the grid

Water Focus on building infrastructure Building a Fostering climate proof distributed urban water urban water system systemsFocus on Focus onreducing increasingvulnerability resilience Managing Adaptive the risks management of climate of climate change uncertainty Focus on analysis & management

Four generations of infrastructure

Level of of Level water/water/ energy/energy/ materialsmaterials use use perper capita capita Level of development

FoodGreen Roof, Vancouver Community Gardens

TransportTransport is as much a health and social issue as an environmental issue, or a technical issueThe solutions to our transport crisis are within our grasp, and within our financial means

Integrated Resource Planning for Transport • Define the service needs – for example, reduced traffic (vehicle kilometres travelled), reduced greenhouse gas emissions • Define the options to meet the needs (rail, bus, service improvement, car share, road pricing, parking pricing, active transport – walking and cycling, education) • Determine the lowest cost options to meet the needs • Include all externalities (pollution, health, accidents, urban amenity)

CommunityChatham-KentCommunityStrategic Plan May 2001

Three ideals for effective community engagement

The path less traveled

Further informationhttp://www.isf.uts.edu.au

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