The document discusses principles of green engineering and sustainability. It emphasizes taking a multidisciplinary approach and thinking outside the box to develop innovative solutions. Some key points include the 9 principles of green engineering like conserving ecosystems and minimizing waste. It also discusses biomimicry, green remediation approaches, and the importance of commercial recycling to meet sustainability goals. Engaging stakeholders and making sustainability accessible and appealing are highlighted.

1. Liza Grudin, PE, NovelEsolutions,
Inc.
Dr. Qiong Zhang, Ph.D., USF
Jessica Gattenby, ENV SP, Arcadis
US, Inc.

2. • Interrupting is good
(Really !!)
• Friendly conflict
• Good discussion
• Learn
• Tell stories

3. • Veer away from traditional thinking
• Multi-disciplinary approach
• Out-of-the-box solutions
• KISS
• Make sustainability sexy
• Engage

5. 9 Principles of Green Engineering
1. Engineer processes and products holistically, use systems analysis, and
integrate environmental impact assessment tools.
2. Conserve and improve natural ecosystems while protecting human health
and well-being.
3. Use life-cycle thinking in all engineering activities.
4. Ensure that all material and energy inputs and outputs are as inherently
safe and benign as possible.
5. Minimize depletion of natural resources.
6. Strive to prevent waste.
7. Develop and apply engineering solutions, while being cognizant of local
geography, aspirations, and cultures.
8. Create engineering solutions beyond current or dominant technologies;
improve, innovate, and invent (technologies) to achieve sustainability.
9. Actively engage communities and stakeholders in development of
engineering solutions

8. Broadening one’s view Geographer and Engineer
Credit: Julie Zimmerman via
Dr. Zhang, Ph.D.

9. A multidisciplinary approach
involves drawing appropriately from
multiple disciplines to redefine
problems outside normal
boundaries and reach solutions
based on a new understanding of
complex situations.

11. Conventional Opinion
• Inconsistent with the
voice of the consumer
Underlying Assumption
• Decreases
performance and/or
raises cost
Customers want:
Energy reduction
Lightweight products
End-of-life Options

12. Conventional Opinion
• Criteria for
sustainability is
incompatible with
other criteria
Underlying Assumption
• Requires high tech to
reduce resource use and
technical performance
and safety is proportional
to material use
Consultants should:
Brainstorm
Think outside the box
No “routine act without thought”

13. Conventional Opinion
• Sustainable products are
more expensive to
produce, costly to
maintain, and are
somewhat lacking in
performance
Underlying Assumption
• Occurs when
sustainability enters the
equation after the design
is complete
70% of cost is determined during the design
phase

14. • Biomimicry is an
approach to
innovation that seeks
sustainable solutions
to human challenges
by emulating nature's
time-tested patterns
and strategies.
• www.asknature.org
www.paxscientific.com

17. Clu-in.org/green remediation

18. • Excavation and Surface Restoration
• Site Investigation
• Bioremediation
• Soil Vapor Extraction & Air Sparging
• Clean Fuel & Emission Technologies for Site Cleanup
• Integrating Renewable Energy into Site Cleanup
• Sites with Leaking Underground Storage Tank Systems
• Landfill Cover Systems & Energy Production
• Implementing In Situ Thermal Technologies
• Materials and Waste Management

19. 12 Principles
1. Green Chemistry
2. Prevention rather than
treatment
3. Design for separation
4. Maximize mass, energy,
space and time
efficiency
5. “Output pulled” versus
“input pushed”
6. Conserve complexity
7. Durability rather than
immortality
8. Meet need, minimize
excess
9. Minimize material
diversity
10.Integrate local material
and energy flows
11.Design for commercial
“afterlife”
12.Renewable rather than
depleting

20. Keep it Simple, Stupid

23. Paper
Cardboard
Aluminum
Glass
Plastic

24. • Florida has a statewide
recycling goal of 75% to be
achieved by 2020
• Commercial sector generates
67% of MSW, twice single-
family residential sector
• Only 61 cities and 8 counties
have mandatory commercial
recycling
• Increasing commercial
recycling provides the most
strategic method to meeting
the 75% goalFDEP. (2010). 75% Recycling Goal Report to the Legislature. Tallahassee: FDEP.

25. • Florida Green Lodging
Program
• Minimize Truck Idling
• Size Vehicles and
Equipment
• Buy Local
• Limit Site Mobilizations

27. 1. Make it work
2. Be bold, be brave
3. Make it easy
4. Drop the word
“sustainability”
5. Make it sexy
We are all millennials at
Huffington Post
Article

29. Certification Certifying
Entity
ENV Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) Institute for Sustainable
Infrastructure (ISI)
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design
(LEED)
United States Green
Building Council
(USGBC)
LEED Green Associate
LEED AP with Specialty
Building Design + Construction (LEED AP
BD+C)
Operations and Maintenance (LEED AP
O+M)
Interior Design + Construction (LEED AP
ID+C)
Neighborhood Development (LEED AP ND)

30. Memberships
Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF)
Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)
United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)
Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS)
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
American Sustainable Business Council

31. USF

32. Our mission: To inspire sustainable
solutions for our personnel, clients and
business partners through innovative
management, design and implementation.
“Sustainability can't be like some sort of a
moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a
philanthropical cause. It has to be a design
challenge.”
- Bjarke Ingels
If you treat people with
dignity, they will value
their work product and
take pride in their
communities.