The document discusses ecosystems and their importance. It argues that ecosystems should not be seen merely as materials or things to green, but as nested systems that control and encompass everything else. Additionally, it states that views of ecosystems need to shift from minimizing their environmental costs to maximizing their value, taking a more integrated and holistic approach called ecosystem development.

1. ecosystems
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8. Stereotype: Urban-Rural Dichotomy

10. 3 pillars of sustainable, livable
cities

11. Built
environment

12. Natural
environment

13. Built environment tended to prevail over the natural environment

14. Society

15. Ecosystems are much
more than materials or
greening

16. Nested systems:
ecosystems
encompass &
control everything
else

19. What single word has best defined our ability to
reshape society, technology, business, and
environment over the past 200 years?

20. What single word best defines the
greatest challenge to our ability to
Innovate and to deal with uncertainty
in the future?

21. connections

22. Hyper-connectivity

23. From minimizing
environmental cost
• Ecosystem is external
• Piecemeal approach
• Environmental impact assessment

24. To maximize ecosystem value
• Environmental systems are assets
• Integrate, holistic approach
• Ecosystem development

26. Smart
buildings
and smart
people

27. the ability for systems in a building to acquire and
apply knowledge about the building

28. “Smart is about the building beginning to
anticipate your needs – it is about living in
a machine that cares about you.”
“It is not all about high-tech digital design technologies;
an intelligent building has to include other low-tech
approaches such as passive environmental control.”

30. beauty is in the eye of the beholder…

32. Key challenges
The future is
already here…

34. It just looks a little different than we
thought…

35. It just looks a little different than we
thought…

37. smart is not enough

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