This document discusses green infrastructure and green highways. It provides definitions of green infrastructure from various organizations and outlines key principles of green infrastructure planning, including using a networks of hubs and links. It presents green infrastructure as an ecosystem-based approach to development that can provide both environmental and economic benefits. Examples of potential green infrastructure elements along highways are also given.
This document proposes creating a Federal Green Infrastructure Community of Practice (CoP) to benefit the Metro Atlanta area. A survey of 10 federal agencies found differing definitions of green infrastructure and identified needs like education, funding opportunities, and planning models. The CoP would allow federal staff to share expertise, collaborate, and promote a consistent approach to incorporating green infrastructure at all scales. Doing so could provide environmental, social, and economic benefits to the Atlanta region through services like improved water quality and increased recreation. Next steps proposed forming a steering committee and focusing initial CoP discussions on projects within Atlanta.
This document summarizes a workshop on blending religious life and sustainable design. It discusses learning objectives around incorporating sustainability to reduce costs and environmental impact. It also covers defining strategies for making existing religious facilities more sustainable. The document provides information on sustainable approaches, technologies, and strategies to achieve goals like indoor air quality, energy efficiency, water conservation and cost savings.
Cities Alive: Green Roofs and Green Walls ConferenceElisaMendelsohn
This document provides a detailed agenda for the CitiesAlive 9th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities in partnership with the City of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The agenda outlines pre-conference professional development sessions on November 30th focusing on topics like advanced green roof maintenance, integrated design, and integrated water management. The full two-day conference runs from November 30th to December 1st and includes sessions, a trade show, and receptions. Registration information and hotel details are also provided.
The document summarizes the Sustainable Sites Initiative, which provides standards for sustainable landscaping practices that can earn points in the LEED program. Some key points of the initiative include minimizing water and resource usage, controlling invasive species, increasing plant biomass to offset emissions, and using native plants to support biodiversity. It also emphasizes enhancing human health through views of nature, outdoor spaces for activity and gathering, and using landscaping like retention ponds as amenities. Overall, the initiative aims to restore natural systems, prioritize materials reuse and recycling, and support long-term sustainable site maintenance and operations.
To measure the sustainability of hydropower projects, the World Bank focuses on defining measurable long-term outcomes, measuring targets over medium-to-long periods, and judging sustainability based on consumption trends, net assets, and diversified income sources. However, sustainability requires commitments from multiple sectors outside developer control. The World Bank is exploring areas like the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol, integrating information and communication technologies into monitoring, and adaptive contract management to better ensure sustainability.
The document discusses sustainability initiatives in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It focuses on (1) reducing pollution and toxicity to improve human and environmental health, (2) decreasing waste and increasing recycled content, and (3) lowering non-renewable energy consumption and depletion of natural resources. The city aims to lead by example in government and encourage similar actions in households and businesses.
Sydney Water's 2008-2013 Environment Plan outlines objectives and actions to improve environmental performance over five years. Key initiatives include achieving carbon neutrality by 2020 through renewable energy generation and efficiency. Actions to develop a water efficient city involve recycling programs, leak reduction and educating the community. Contributing to clean waterways focuses on reducing sewage overflows and impacts on swimming sites. Optimising resource use aims to reduce the carbon footprint and meet energy and water efficiency targets at facilities.
This document proposes creating a Federal Green Infrastructure Community of Practice (CoP) to benefit the Metro Atlanta area. A survey of 10 federal agencies found differing definitions of green infrastructure and identified needs like education, funding opportunities, and planning models. The CoP would allow federal staff to share expertise, collaborate, and promote a consistent approach to incorporating green infrastructure at all scales. Doing so could provide environmental, social, and economic benefits to the Atlanta region through services like improved water quality and increased recreation. Next steps proposed forming a steering committee and focusing initial CoP discussions on projects within Atlanta.
This document summarizes a workshop on blending religious life and sustainable design. It discusses learning objectives around incorporating sustainability to reduce costs and environmental impact. It also covers defining strategies for making existing religious facilities more sustainable. The document provides information on sustainable approaches, technologies, and strategies to achieve goals like indoor air quality, energy efficiency, water conservation and cost savings.
Cities Alive: Green Roofs and Green Walls ConferenceElisaMendelsohn
This document provides a detailed agenda for the CitiesAlive 9th Annual Green Roof and Wall Conference hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities in partnership with the City of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. The agenda outlines pre-conference professional development sessions on November 30th focusing on topics like advanced green roof maintenance, integrated design, and integrated water management. The full two-day conference runs from November 30th to December 1st and includes sessions, a trade show, and receptions. Registration information and hotel details are also provided.
The document summarizes the Sustainable Sites Initiative, which provides standards for sustainable landscaping practices that can earn points in the LEED program. Some key points of the initiative include minimizing water and resource usage, controlling invasive species, increasing plant biomass to offset emissions, and using native plants to support biodiversity. It also emphasizes enhancing human health through views of nature, outdoor spaces for activity and gathering, and using landscaping like retention ponds as amenities. Overall, the initiative aims to restore natural systems, prioritize materials reuse and recycling, and support long-term sustainable site maintenance and operations.
To measure the sustainability of hydropower projects, the World Bank focuses on defining measurable long-term outcomes, measuring targets over medium-to-long periods, and judging sustainability based on consumption trends, net assets, and diversified income sources. However, sustainability requires commitments from multiple sectors outside developer control. The World Bank is exploring areas like the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol, integrating information and communication technologies into monitoring, and adaptive contract management to better ensure sustainability.
The document discusses sustainability initiatives in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It focuses on (1) reducing pollution and toxicity to improve human and environmental health, (2) decreasing waste and increasing recycled content, and (3) lowering non-renewable energy consumption and depletion of natural resources. The city aims to lead by example in government and encourage similar actions in households and businesses.
Sydney Water's 2008-2013 Environment Plan outlines objectives and actions to improve environmental performance over five years. Key initiatives include achieving carbon neutrality by 2020 through renewable energy generation and efficiency. Actions to develop a water efficient city involve recycling programs, leak reduction and educating the community. Contributing to clean waterways focuses on reducing sewage overflows and impacts on swimming sites. Optimising resource use aims to reduce the carbon footprint and meet energy and water efficiency targets at facilities.
This document discusses the interconnected issues of water, energy, food, and climate (the nexus) and different perspectives on managing these resources. It notes that awareness is rising of how interconnected these issues are. It also discusses how the nexus can be framed as a national security issue or a social issue aimed at ensuring public goods and equitable access. The document advocates considering the nexus through a human security lens that decentralizes the state and focuses on environmental justice and insecurity. It argues nexus thinking can help identify mutually beneficial responses and trade-offs to meet demands sustainably.
Health Benefits of Green InfrastructureAPA_Planning
Communities across the country can use green infrastructure to promote individual and community health. Featuring three eminent green infrastructure practitioners and researchers, this webinar will discuss the varying health benefits of green infrastructure and how to incorporate health considerations into green infrastructure plans and projects.
Presentation on Green infrastructure for Urban AreasVijeta Nigam
The presentation summarizes green infrastructure for urban areas. It defines green infrastructure both globally and in the Indian context. It discusses the evolution of green infrastructure planning in India from ancient times. The presentation outlines the aims, needs and benefits of green infrastructure. It provides examples of green infrastructure components and case studies of green infrastructure planning from cities in Sweden, Finland, India and within the state of Haryana. The presentation concludes by providing recommendations for interconnecting green infrastructure components at different scales and shifting from grey to green infrastructure.
This document summarizes key points from a chapter about sustainable sites and landscape design for green buildings. It discusses how buildings can be integrated with the local ecosystem by optimizing site use and minimizing impacts. It also outlines various land approaches like biomimicry and how natural systems can be incorporated. Several land use issues are examined, like replacing natural landscapes with toxic products. The document then provides descriptions and examples of various sustainable site credits in LEED, including sensitive land protection, location and transportation factors, managing stormwater, reducing heat islands, and limiting light pollution.
Green Infrastructure Basic Principles & Tools nado-web
Brownfields are vacant, underutilized, or contaminated properties that threaten human and environmental health, depress local economies, and reduce local tax revenues. Integrating green storm water infrastructure (GSI) into brownfields redevelopment has emerged as a national best practice, pushing the boundaries of sustainability ever outward and dramatically increasing the economic, environmental, and social benefits that brownfields revitalization can generate. This session will review salient principles of green infrastructure and showcase a GSI Templates tool, a GSI Decision Tree tool, and a basic project pro-forma worksheet that work in both small and large cities to help plan GSI at brownfield sites.
Eugene Goldfarb, Technical Assistance Provider, Center for Hazardous Substance Research, Manhattan, KS
Elizabeth Limbrick, Project Manager, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
Margaret Renas, Lead, Community and Brownfield Redevelopment, Delta Institute, Chicago, IL
Matt Ward, CEO, Sustainable Strategies DC, Washington, DC
Paul Roebuck, one of our London based ecologists, takes you through some basics on green infrastructure in the UK and highlights some really interesting projects we have worked on and exciting future developments.
The slides cover legislation, mitigation, habitat creation, ecology impact assessments and green roofs and walls.
The document provides an overview of green building guidelines and programs that are being utilized at the Mueller development in Austin, Texas, including:
1) The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED green building rating system and Austin Energy's Green Building Program, which provide strategies and best practices for creating green buildings.
2) Four Green Urbanism Signature Themes that the Mueller development is focusing on: protecting air quality, mitigating the urban heat island effect, protecting the night sky, and creating green buildings.
3) Case studies of green building projects and an overview of rebate and incentive programs available from local, state, and federal sources to support green building strategies.
The document summarizes the first meeting of a Green Infrastructure Steering Committee. It defines green infrastructure as an interconnected network of green spaces that conserves natural ecosystems while providing benefits to people. Examples include preservation of riverside corridors, wetlands, and rain gardens. The committee discussed how green infrastructure differs from "gray infrastructure" like roads and utilities. They also reviewed relevant projects on regional growth, land use and health, and developing a regional trail network to inform their planning. The goal is to form a vision and implementation strategies through public engagement and GIS mapping to link parks, downtowns and other community assets with green spaces.
Green infrastructure provides environmental, economic, and social benefits. It uses natural systems or mimics natural processes to manage stormwater, and can be implemented at various scales from regional to site levels. Examples include urban forests, parks, constructed wetlands, and green roofs. Benefits include improved air and water quality, increased physical activity, better mental health, and environmental justice. Green infrastructure principles emphasize multi-functionality, connectivity, habitability, resiliency, identity, and return on investment. Planning approaches integrate these principles through regional plans, functional plans, comprehensive plans, development regulations, and capital projects.
CA: Bay Friendly Landscaping Resource GuideSotirakou964
This document provides guidelines for environmentally friendly landscaping practices. It is organized around seven principles: 1) Landscape Locally, 2) Landscape for Less to the Landfill, 3) Nurture the Soil, 4) Conserve Water, 5) Conserve Energy, 6) Protect Water & Air Quality, and 7) Create & Protect Wildlife Habitat. For each principle, it lists specific practices and applications. The goal is for landscape professionals to consider these practices to design, construct, and maintain landscapes in a sustainable way that preserves natural resources and reduces waste.
The document discusses green building and LEED certification. It summarizes that the Pirates baseball team recycled over 262 tons of materials in 2010. It then discusses how green building impacts owners, designers, engineers, contractors, tenants, and occupants. The rest of the document provides an overview of the green building movement, benefits of green buildings like energy and water savings, and an introduction to LEED certification including the rating system, prerequisites and credits.
Encouraging Sustainability: Use of LEED to Enhance Focus on SustainabilityDaniel Haddock
Describes the implementation of an initiative at American Water to obtain LEED certification for four new water treatment facilities in Indiana & Illinois. Discussion of the wider benefits of the initiative in terms of introducing concepts of sustainability to employees across the utility organization.
The document discusses challenges with post-disaster reconstruction efforts that focus on quick delivery of shelters without considering local needs, resources, and community participation. This leads to solutions that are not timely, cost-effective, environmentally friendly, or satisfactory for homeowners. It argues for developing frameworks that support owner-driven reconstruction using local materials and skills, which have lower energy and carbon footprints than industrialized approaches.
Asia Spa Aricle Sustainable Design Oct2011omwardbound
This document discusses sustainable design in the hospitality industry. It explains that sustainable design now goes beyond just eco-friendly building principles to consider both environmental and social impacts. Some key points made are that sustainable design can improve operational efficiency and revenue generation for hotels. It also discusses how sustainable and LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) lifestyles are driving consumer demand, and how hotels are working to reduce water and energy usage through techniques like low-flow fixtures and energy efficient appliances.
This document provides information about a one-day event on April 29, 2009 in Washington DC about renovating and improving government facilities to make them more environmentally friendly. The event will cover understanding the Recovery Act funding and how to track funds from GSA, examining LEED certification, reducing costs through energy efficiency and renewable energy, and increasing productivity and health of employees. Attendees will learn about retrofitting buildings to be more sustainable, managing energy and waste strategically, conducting energy and water audits, and green purchasing.
The document discusses North Fort Bend Water Authority's considerations around direct water reuse and conservation efforts. It outlines a multi-pronged approach including water conservation programs, incentives for water reuse for irrigation, and increasing the credit provided for metered reuse. It also summarizes current conservation efforts, the potential for earning additional conversion credits through conservation, and other efforts being explored like irrigation studies. The document analyzes the potential costs and benefits of implementing water reuse projects compared to continuing groundwater use. It notes that pursuing reuse now will maximize opportunities and have less cost than retrofitting existing developments.
Presentation On Green Economy For Sustainable DevelopmentAsif A. Kabani
The document discusses transitioning to a green economy. It defines a green economy as one that improves human well-being and equity while reducing environmental risks. A green economy is low-carbon, resource efficient, and socially inclusive. It explores the relationship between sustainable development and poverty reduction. The document also discusses greenhouse gases, their sources, and their impact on climate change. It notes that human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation have increased the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases.
The document discusses low impact development (LID) techniques that aim to minimize impacts of land development on water systems and replicate natural hydrologic functions. It describes LID as a hydrology-based approach that reflects ecosystem functions through decentralized stormwater management practices. It provides examples of LID techniques like conservation plans, minimizing impervious surfaces, maintaining natural flow paths, and using integrated practices like bioretention and permeable surfaces.
This document discusses low impact development and green infrastructure strategies to manage stormwater runoff. It provides examples of projects that have implemented these strategies, including schools that have added rain gardens and porous pavement to capture street runoff. Redevelopment projects like a zoo and residential development are also outlined, showing how they incorporate green roofs, cisterns, infiltration beds and managing stormwater within the landscape rather than using detention basins. The key is linking water, soils and vegetation to create environments that function like forests in managing rainfall.
The lecture presented at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society at Oxford University, in June 2013, arguing the case for a 'clean, green, and smart' strategy of technological development, and a 'long and flat' strategy of physical development, for New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, Auckland.
This document discusses how cities can become more resilient by gathering data from various systems and devices, using machine learning to develop knowledge representations, and employing reasoning algorithms to decide the best actions in response to unexpected events. The goal is for cities to respond to events effectively by coordinating public services and resources through interoperable systems informed by sophisticated event analysis.
This document discusses the interconnected issues of water, energy, food, and climate (the nexus) and different perspectives on managing these resources. It notes that awareness is rising of how interconnected these issues are. It also discusses how the nexus can be framed as a national security issue or a social issue aimed at ensuring public goods and equitable access. The document advocates considering the nexus through a human security lens that decentralizes the state and focuses on environmental justice and insecurity. It argues nexus thinking can help identify mutually beneficial responses and trade-offs to meet demands sustainably.
Health Benefits of Green InfrastructureAPA_Planning
Communities across the country can use green infrastructure to promote individual and community health. Featuring three eminent green infrastructure practitioners and researchers, this webinar will discuss the varying health benefits of green infrastructure and how to incorporate health considerations into green infrastructure plans and projects.
Presentation on Green infrastructure for Urban AreasVijeta Nigam
The presentation summarizes green infrastructure for urban areas. It defines green infrastructure both globally and in the Indian context. It discusses the evolution of green infrastructure planning in India from ancient times. The presentation outlines the aims, needs and benefits of green infrastructure. It provides examples of green infrastructure components and case studies of green infrastructure planning from cities in Sweden, Finland, India and within the state of Haryana. The presentation concludes by providing recommendations for interconnecting green infrastructure components at different scales and shifting from grey to green infrastructure.
This document summarizes key points from a chapter about sustainable sites and landscape design for green buildings. It discusses how buildings can be integrated with the local ecosystem by optimizing site use and minimizing impacts. It also outlines various land approaches like biomimicry and how natural systems can be incorporated. Several land use issues are examined, like replacing natural landscapes with toxic products. The document then provides descriptions and examples of various sustainable site credits in LEED, including sensitive land protection, location and transportation factors, managing stormwater, reducing heat islands, and limiting light pollution.
Green Infrastructure Basic Principles & Tools nado-web
Brownfields are vacant, underutilized, or contaminated properties that threaten human and environmental health, depress local economies, and reduce local tax revenues. Integrating green storm water infrastructure (GSI) into brownfields redevelopment has emerged as a national best practice, pushing the boundaries of sustainability ever outward and dramatically increasing the economic, environmental, and social benefits that brownfields revitalization can generate. This session will review salient principles of green infrastructure and showcase a GSI Templates tool, a GSI Decision Tree tool, and a basic project pro-forma worksheet that work in both small and large cities to help plan GSI at brownfield sites.
Eugene Goldfarb, Technical Assistance Provider, Center for Hazardous Substance Research, Manhattan, KS
Elizabeth Limbrick, Project Manager, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
Margaret Renas, Lead, Community and Brownfield Redevelopment, Delta Institute, Chicago, IL
Matt Ward, CEO, Sustainable Strategies DC, Washington, DC
Paul Roebuck, one of our London based ecologists, takes you through some basics on green infrastructure in the UK and highlights some really interesting projects we have worked on and exciting future developments.
The slides cover legislation, mitigation, habitat creation, ecology impact assessments and green roofs and walls.
The document provides an overview of green building guidelines and programs that are being utilized at the Mueller development in Austin, Texas, including:
1) The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED green building rating system and Austin Energy's Green Building Program, which provide strategies and best practices for creating green buildings.
2) Four Green Urbanism Signature Themes that the Mueller development is focusing on: protecting air quality, mitigating the urban heat island effect, protecting the night sky, and creating green buildings.
3) Case studies of green building projects and an overview of rebate and incentive programs available from local, state, and federal sources to support green building strategies.
The document summarizes the first meeting of a Green Infrastructure Steering Committee. It defines green infrastructure as an interconnected network of green spaces that conserves natural ecosystems while providing benefits to people. Examples include preservation of riverside corridors, wetlands, and rain gardens. The committee discussed how green infrastructure differs from "gray infrastructure" like roads and utilities. They also reviewed relevant projects on regional growth, land use and health, and developing a regional trail network to inform their planning. The goal is to form a vision and implementation strategies through public engagement and GIS mapping to link parks, downtowns and other community assets with green spaces.
Green infrastructure provides environmental, economic, and social benefits. It uses natural systems or mimics natural processes to manage stormwater, and can be implemented at various scales from regional to site levels. Examples include urban forests, parks, constructed wetlands, and green roofs. Benefits include improved air and water quality, increased physical activity, better mental health, and environmental justice. Green infrastructure principles emphasize multi-functionality, connectivity, habitability, resiliency, identity, and return on investment. Planning approaches integrate these principles through regional plans, functional plans, comprehensive plans, development regulations, and capital projects.
CA: Bay Friendly Landscaping Resource GuideSotirakou964
This document provides guidelines for environmentally friendly landscaping practices. It is organized around seven principles: 1) Landscape Locally, 2) Landscape for Less to the Landfill, 3) Nurture the Soil, 4) Conserve Water, 5) Conserve Energy, 6) Protect Water & Air Quality, and 7) Create & Protect Wildlife Habitat. For each principle, it lists specific practices and applications. The goal is for landscape professionals to consider these practices to design, construct, and maintain landscapes in a sustainable way that preserves natural resources and reduces waste.
The document discusses green building and LEED certification. It summarizes that the Pirates baseball team recycled over 262 tons of materials in 2010. It then discusses how green building impacts owners, designers, engineers, contractors, tenants, and occupants. The rest of the document provides an overview of the green building movement, benefits of green buildings like energy and water savings, and an introduction to LEED certification including the rating system, prerequisites and credits.
Encouraging Sustainability: Use of LEED to Enhance Focus on SustainabilityDaniel Haddock
Describes the implementation of an initiative at American Water to obtain LEED certification for four new water treatment facilities in Indiana & Illinois. Discussion of the wider benefits of the initiative in terms of introducing concepts of sustainability to employees across the utility organization.
The document discusses challenges with post-disaster reconstruction efforts that focus on quick delivery of shelters without considering local needs, resources, and community participation. This leads to solutions that are not timely, cost-effective, environmentally friendly, or satisfactory for homeowners. It argues for developing frameworks that support owner-driven reconstruction using local materials and skills, which have lower energy and carbon footprints than industrialized approaches.
Asia Spa Aricle Sustainable Design Oct2011omwardbound
This document discusses sustainable design in the hospitality industry. It explains that sustainable design now goes beyond just eco-friendly building principles to consider both environmental and social impacts. Some key points made are that sustainable design can improve operational efficiency and revenue generation for hotels. It also discusses how sustainable and LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) lifestyles are driving consumer demand, and how hotels are working to reduce water and energy usage through techniques like low-flow fixtures and energy efficient appliances.
This document provides information about a one-day event on April 29, 2009 in Washington DC about renovating and improving government facilities to make them more environmentally friendly. The event will cover understanding the Recovery Act funding and how to track funds from GSA, examining LEED certification, reducing costs through energy efficiency and renewable energy, and increasing productivity and health of employees. Attendees will learn about retrofitting buildings to be more sustainable, managing energy and waste strategically, conducting energy and water audits, and green purchasing.
The document discusses North Fort Bend Water Authority's considerations around direct water reuse and conservation efforts. It outlines a multi-pronged approach including water conservation programs, incentives for water reuse for irrigation, and increasing the credit provided for metered reuse. It also summarizes current conservation efforts, the potential for earning additional conversion credits through conservation, and other efforts being explored like irrigation studies. The document analyzes the potential costs and benefits of implementing water reuse projects compared to continuing groundwater use. It notes that pursuing reuse now will maximize opportunities and have less cost than retrofitting existing developments.
Presentation On Green Economy For Sustainable DevelopmentAsif A. Kabani
The document discusses transitioning to a green economy. It defines a green economy as one that improves human well-being and equity while reducing environmental risks. A green economy is low-carbon, resource efficient, and socially inclusive. It explores the relationship between sustainable development and poverty reduction. The document also discusses greenhouse gases, their sources, and their impact on climate change. It notes that human activities like burning fossil fuels and deforestation have increased the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases.
The document discusses low impact development (LID) techniques that aim to minimize impacts of land development on water systems and replicate natural hydrologic functions. It describes LID as a hydrology-based approach that reflects ecosystem functions through decentralized stormwater management practices. It provides examples of LID techniques like conservation plans, minimizing impervious surfaces, maintaining natural flow paths, and using integrated practices like bioretention and permeable surfaces.
This document discusses low impact development and green infrastructure strategies to manage stormwater runoff. It provides examples of projects that have implemented these strategies, including schools that have added rain gardens and porous pavement to capture street runoff. Redevelopment projects like a zoo and residential development are also outlined, showing how they incorporate green roofs, cisterns, infiltration beds and managing stormwater within the landscape rather than using detention basins. The key is linking water, soils and vegetation to create environments that function like forests in managing rainfall.
The lecture presented at the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society at Oxford University, in June 2013, arguing the case for a 'clean, green, and smart' strategy of technological development, and a 'long and flat' strategy of physical development, for New Zealand's largest metropolitan area, Auckland.
This document discusses how cities can become more resilient by gathering data from various systems and devices, using machine learning to develop knowledge representations, and employing reasoning algorithms to decide the best actions in response to unexpected events. The goal is for cities to respond to events effectively by coordinating public services and resources through interoperable systems informed by sophisticated event analysis.
The document discusses the Green Economy Initiative (GEI) led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It defines a green economy as one that improves human well-being and social equity while significantly reducing environmental risks. The UNEP is supporting green economy initiatives in 20 countries and its approach includes establishing enabling conditions through regulations and incentives, promoting investment in key sectors like agriculture and energy, and using modeling to analyze scenarios. Transitioning to a green economy could lead to enhanced wealth, higher GDP growth, more jobs, and reduced poverty according to the analysis.
The document envisions cities of the future to be smart, sustainable, and inclusive. Key aspects include green, energy-efficient architecture; sensor-based infrastructure management; autonomous transportation options; and innovative urban planning like Medellin's libraries and cable cars that connect communities and promote social development. The goal is for cities to use technology to manage resources efficiently while enhancing quality of life for all residents.
In the city of the future, technology allows more flexible work arrangements that improve work-life balance. Offices are located near residential areas and workers from different organizations can share workspaces electronically. Systemic and organizational changes empower women through education and female-led businesses to reduce poverty and population growth. Sociological changes promote ethnic harmony, separate religion from laws and politics, and allow personalization of religious beliefs to reduce conflict.
The document outlines plans for a proposed future sustainable eco-city in Malaysia called SMCity. It will focus on limiting environmental impact through public transportation, renewable energy, and waste reduction. The city aims to be walkable and place parks within two minutes of every home. SMCity will also have its own power plant using renewable resources and promote social integration through community design. The proposal discusses zoning areas, transportation hubs, and creating a modular grid framework to allow flexibility and expansion for the future eco-friendly city.
The presentation discusses the envisioned city of the future. It predicts rapid scientific and technological advancements that will result in well-planned infrastructure, digital payment systems replacing cash, flourishing e-commerce, effective public transportation, and automated waste management. However, it also anticipates challenges such as increased cybersecurity threats, rising urban populations exacerbating congestion, and digitalization potentially leading to unemployment.
The presentation discusses the future of the green economy. It defines the green economy as aiming to reduce environmental risks and ecological scarcities through sustainable development without degrading the environment. It notes that a green economy is based on six main sectors and is low carbon, resource efficient, and socially inclusive. The presentation highlights opportunities for green investment in areas like agriculture, forestry, renewable energy, sustainable cities, waste management, green buildings, sustainable transport, and water. It argues that transitioning to a green economy can address current environmental crises and generate substantial jobs and investments globally. In conclusion, the benefits of a green economy extend to all populations and promote mutual development between economic growth and environmental sustainability.
Green growth can be seen as a way to pursue economic growth and development, while preventing environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and unsustainable natural resource use.
For the short term, green growth can transform the opportunity of the crisis to ensure a more sustainable economic recovery.
For the long term, it will promote new, greener sources of growth.
The OECD is working on policy recommendations to help governments achieve greener growth. The presentation gives an overview of the findings to date and the next steps. It mentions innovation, taxes, jobs and development issues, as well as how to measure progress towards greener growth.
Green Buildings & Sustainable InfrastructureOSAEDA
Green buildings and sustainable infrastructure present trillion dollar market opportunities. A survey found customers associate green buildings with energy efficiency and are willing to pay 5-15% more, though challenges include cost, regulations, and lack of expertise. A new construction company aims to capture opportunities through scale, integrated services, innovation, and stakeholder partnerships to deliver certified green buildings and infrastructure asset management.
Green economy aims to increase investments and growth while substantially reducing carbon footprints. It promotes resource efficiency, clean technologies, and sustainable production and consumption patterns. A green economy is driven by investments that reduce emissions, enhance efficiency, and prevent biodiversity loss. It emphasizes the intersection between environment and economy.
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Built on a robust study of trends and patterns in the market, the 6th edition of PSFK Labs’ Future of Retail report offers a directional playbook for brands and retailers – defining 10 pillars to build a modern and engaging shopper experience strategy and go beyond expectations to create an enhanced shopper experience and therefore, build value, drive sales, and boost loyalty.
Featured within the 80+ page report, readers can find:
- 10 actions every retailer can adapt to redefine the shopper experience
- 20 key trends driving change in the marketplace
- Future service concepts for top brands
- Perspectives from leading retail experts across the globe
If you are interested in seeing a presentation of this report or would like to understand how PSFK can help your team ideate new possibilities for your brand, contact us at sales@psfk.com
Vol. 6 | Published November 2015
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Shared By The Many: Advances in technology are allowing for the provision of affordable, decentralized healthcare for the masses and are lowering the barriers to entry in less developed markets.
The analysis in PSFK’s Future of Health Report has yielded a number of insights, the most evident of which is mobile technology as a catalyst for change. The mobile phone and connected tablet computer are allowing for the distribution of a broad range of medical and support services. This is especially important in countries with little or no healthcare infrastructure and areas in which there are few trained healthcare professionals. These technologies also allow trained professionals to perform quality control remotely.
Amongst the many significant developments is a shift towards one-on-one, in- field diagnostics and monitoring. Services that were once only available at a doctor’s office or hospital are now available on-demand through low-tech, affordable solutions. Personal systems allow for ‘good enough’ diagnostics that would have been difficult, expensive and timely to attain previously.
Using a basic phone with adapted software, a health worker can test for myriad symptoms - even cancer. This information can be relayed to a central medical care center where doctors and trained professionals can react to the data, provide prompt diagnosis and suggest treatment options. The ability to capture this data and get quick responses remotely means better healthcare, fewer trips to the hospital (which, for many means days away from home and family), and less time away from work.
A change is also occurring that is seeing increased access to and sharing of health information. This is made possible by the proliferation of systems designed to overcome infrastructure insufficiencies. these systems are enabling the broadcast of information and receipt of subsequent feedback in virtually any setting. From ‘town crier’ systems to ‘internet by text’, the collective knowledge found on the web is being made available to populations around the world who previously lacked access. The connectivity that is enabling the sharing of health information is also powering the growth of social networks focused on health and medical care. These networks are allowing professionals, health workers and individuals to connect and share knowledge quickly.
PSFK’s Future of Health Report details 15 trends that will impact health and wellness around the world. Simple advances such as off-the-grid energy and the introduction of gaming into healthcare service offerings sit alongside more future-forward developments such as bio-medical printing. It is our hope that this report will inspire your thinking and lead to services, applications and technologies which will allow for more available, quality healthcare.
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PSFK Future of Retail 2015 Report - Summary PresentationPSFK
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In the fifth volume of the Future of Retail report the PSFK Labs team explores the dynamic social, technological, and physical forces influencing consumer behavior and driving next-generation shopping experiences. With a refocus on the importance of the physical store, our analysis below includes 10 in-store strategies supported by over a dozen key trends that retailers can use to immediately begin redefining their retail experience.
The report looks at how, in order to stand out from the competition, retailers and brands must make the best use of their customers’ time and attention by designing multichannel experiences that strike a perfect balance between efficiency and enjoyment, relevance and surprise.
Featured within the 110 page report, readers can find:
- 10 strategies to redefine the store
- Over a dozen global trends changing retail
- 20 future store concepts
- Perspectives from leading shopper experts across the globe
If you are interested in seeing a presentation of this report or would like to understand how PSFK can help your team ideate new possibilities for your brand, contact us at sales@psfk.com
Vol. 5 | Published November 2014
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For a Future-Friendly Web (Mobilism 2012)Brad Frost
As the digital landscape continues to become more complex, it's essential for us to start thinking beyond the desktop and embrace the unpredictability of the future. Mobile is forcing us to rethink the content we create and the context in which people interact with our products and services. This session will cover how to change our thinking and start acting differently in order to create more future-friendly experiences.
The document discusses the upcoming revisions to the LEED green building certification system in 2009. It provides an overview of the USGBC's mission to promote environmentally responsible building and outlines some of the key areas that will be revised, including sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, and materials. It also notes that the new approach will better consider regional environmental conditions and distribute credit points more uniformly.
introduction
objective
types of green building
green building in India
IGBC rating system
different from other building
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The document discusses sustainability initiatives at American Water, a large water utility company. American Water embarked on a project to pursue LEED certification for four new water treatment facilities being built in Illinois and Indiana. This provided a framework to evaluate existing sustainable practices and identify new opportunities. Challenges included skepticism that certification would increase costs or distract from the core water treatment functions. The projects demonstrated that sustainability goals align with utility priorities like public health and resource protection. The facilities achieved various LEED credits related to site design, water and energy efficiency, materials selection, and more.
The document discusses the need for sustainable construction practices, known as green buildings, in Lagos, Nigeria. It outlines how traditional building practices negatively impact the environment through energy use, air and water pollution, and waste. Green buildings aim to reduce these environmental impacts through efficient energy and water use, renewable materials, and reducing waste. The first LEED-certified commercial building in Nigeria is highlighted as an example. The document argues that adopting green building standards and certification systems, updating building codes, training professionals, and integrating green practices into government policy can help promote sustainability in the construction sector in Lagos.
On Friday, July 9th, the Central Texas American Planning Association (APA) learned by the Sustainable Sites Initiative from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's own Dr. Steve Windhager.
The goal of Sustainable Sites Initiative is to do for landscape design what LEED certification has done for building design. Under the Sustainable Sites Initiative, sites qualify for certification (1 star, 2 star, 3 star, and 4 star) based on a 250 point scale. As of June 2010, 174 pilot projects were started under the Sustainable Site Initiative.
This quick summary doesn't do Dr. Windhager's presentation justice, so check out his presentation complete with interesting facts about the ROI of urban forests and how New York street trees provide climate moderating benefits to the tune of $27.8 million.
Get more information about sustainable sites here: www.sustainablesites.org
The document discusses applying the Envision rating system to evaluate the sustainability of the Green Build project at San Diego International Airport. Envision evaluates infrastructure projects across five categories to assess their community, environmental, and economic benefits. The Green Build project achieved a Platinum rating, the highest level, through its efforts to reduce energy and water usage, reuse materials, and provide local economic and social benefits. While progress was made, the document notes there is still opportunity to improve the project's stormwater management program and overall water stewardship.
This document discusses green building and its objectives. Green buildings aim to reduce environmental impact through efficient use of energy, water and other resources while minimizing waste and pollution. Some key principles of green building include structure efficiency, energy efficiency, water efficiency, materials efficiency and waste reduction. The Indian Green Building Council promotes green building standards and provides ratings to recognize best practices, outstanding performance, national excellence and global leadership.
IRJET- Evaluation and Comparison of Energy Savings & Water Savings in Gre...IRJET Journal
This document summarizes a study that compares the life cycle costs of a green building versus a conventional building. It finds that while the upfront construction costs of green buildings are 2-12% higher, the operational and maintenance costs over the building's lifetime are lower - 35-41% lower for operations, 26-30% lower for maintenance, and savings of 6-18% for end-of-life costs. The study analyzes the energy and water savings from green building features like rainwater harvesting. Its goal is to evaluate whether green buildings provide overall cost savings when accounting for the full life cycle versus just initial construction costs.
This document summarizes research on the impacts of the built environment and the benefits of green building. It notes that buildings account for large portions of energy use, carbon emissions, materials and waste in the US. Green building can provide environmental benefits like reducing impacts on ecosystems, and economic benefits such as lower operating costs and increased asset values. Green building also improves occupant health and community quality of life.
This document discusses green buildings and their benefits. It defines green buildings as those that use energy, water, and resources efficiently to reduce environmental impact. The key principles of green buildings are structure, energy and water efficiency, material reuse, and waste reduction. The Indian Green Building Council promotes green construction in India using rating systems to certify buildings at different sustainability levels. Examples like the Suzlon headquarters and Hyderabad airport illustrate leading green projects in India. Green buildings provide environmental, economic, and social benefits like reduced pollution, lower operating costs, and better occupant health.
This seminar was presented by me on 2008, Although the rating point changes on the past years, still the body contains many rich information and case studies related to green buildings and sustainable design.
Minimum Energy Performance (Required)
Intent: To establish the minimum level of energy efficiency for the proposed building and systems to reduce environmental and economic impacts associated with excessive energy use.
Requirements: Demonstrate a 10% improvement in the proposed building performance rating compared to the baseline building performance rating per ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004 (without amendments) by a whole building project simulation using approved energy simulation software.
GREEN LEASES
Acquisitions of triple net leased buildings have become extremely popular as passive investors
looking for bond‐like returns in commercial real estate continue to enter the market. In a NNN lease, several
of the identifiable benefits of green buildings such as lower utility costs and improved occupant productivity
flow directly to the tenant’s bottom line. Many owners of NNN leased buildings, content with their existing
non‐green investments and unconvinced by other benefits, consequently find little incentive to incur
greening costs from which they do not directly profit. ‘Green leases’ have been suggested as a remedy for
the valid apprehension of owners regarding the disproportionate financial burden in greening their
buildings.
The document discusses green buildings and their benefits. Green buildings are designed to reduce environmental impact through efficient use of resources and minimizing pollution. They complement traditional construction concerns with sustainability. The Indian Green Building Council promotes green building standards and rates structures as Certified, Silver, Gold or Platinum based on their sustainability. Benefits of green buildings include environmental protection, economic savings, and improved health and quality of life.
Green infrastructure is an interconnected network of open spaces and natural areas that manages stormwater runoff. In cities, it can be extended through features like rain gardens, green roofs, and permeable pavement. Several cities have implemented green infrastructure pilot projects and regulations to improve water quality, reduce flooding risks, and provide other community benefits. Common elements of successful green infrastructure programs include integrating practices into public and private spaces, transportation plans, and engaging residents.
Multifunction green infrastructure new cairoAhmed Haron
Attention to green infrastructure and urban ecosystem is a result of needs for upgrading of ecological environment and social life of the city. Urban ecosystems are complicated and overlapping with other systems, such as economic, social and human activities that may cause conflict and negative/positive impact according to the nature of activity. Multifunction green infrastructure is an effective ap-proach for enriching urban ecosystem. Green infrastructure leads to adaptation and even transformation of future and faces challenges such as climate change, food insecurity and limited resources.
Cairo ecosystem faces a lot of challenges that may affect the urban, cultural, heritage, economic and environmental aspects of one of the oldest capitals of the world. Biodiversity in Cairo is a key element could help in implementation of Multifunction green infrastructure strategy despite of all culture and awareness challenges.
The research discusses main concepts related to this topic such as:Landscape Sustainability, Ecosystem Services, LandscapeSer-vices, MultifunctionalLandscape, Urban Green space, Greeninfra-structure.Then it spots the light on some international ideas concern-ing green infrastructure as multifunction solution, reaching to the research case study.
I created this presentation for one of my speaking engagements. These slides illustrate the current effects of water legislation upon how large landscapes will develop and manage properties in the future. Audience= Common Interest Development
Green buildings aim to reduce environmental impact through efficient use of resources and minimal pollution. They use less water and energy than conventional buildings, generating less waste and providing healthier spaces. The Indian Green Building Council promotes green construction in India and certifies buildings as certified, silver, gold or platinum based on their sustainability. Some notable green building projects in India include Suzlon Energy's platinum-rated headquarters in Pune, the silver-rated Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, and Nokia's gold-rated office in Gurgaon. Green buildings provide environmental, economic and social benefits such as reduced operating costs, improved health and quality of life.
Green buildings aim to reduce environmental impact through efficient use of resources and minimal pollution. They use less water and energy than conventional buildings, generating less waste and providing healthier spaces. The Indian Green Building Council promotes green construction in India and certifies buildings as certified, silver, gold or platinum based on their sustainability. Some notable green building projects in India include Suzlon Energy's platinum-rated headquarters in Pune, the silver-rated Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, and Nokia's gold-rated office in Gurgaon. Green buildings provide environmental, economic and social benefits such as reduced operating costs, improved health and quality of life.
Urbanization increases stormwater runoff rates, volumes, and frequencies, impairing water quality through pollution and physical alterations to watersheds. The regulatory solution is the Stormwater Program under the Clean Water Act, which requires National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits for "point source" stormwater discharges. Permits regulate both municipal separate storm sewer systems and industrial facilities, and cover elements such as education, illicit discharge detection, construction site controls, and post-construction runoff management. Low impact development techniques aim to restore natural hydrology and protect water quality.
Recent legislation in California designated preproduction plastics manufacturing, handling, and transport as a threat to the state's marine environment. The California Water Board's Plastics Program aims to address sources of plastic debris through Total Maximum Daily Loads and stormwater permits for consumer sources, and a Preproduction Plastic Debris Program and industrial stormwater permits for industrial sources. The program staff is led by Greg Gearheart as Industrial Unit Chief and Dominic Gregorio as Oceans Unit Chief, and also includes three scientists and an engineer focused on plastics issues.
Pre production plastics and stormwater-h2 o-gtgGreg Gearheart
This document discusses pre-production plastics (PPP) and stormwater regulation. It provides context on the industrial general permit reissuance process and notes that PPP will receive no special treatment. PPP has become ubiquitous in the environment and harms wildlife through ingestion and pollution absorption. The document outlines water board activities to address PPP, including inspections, enforcement, surveys that found PPP on beaches, and outreach. It encourages municipal stormwater programs to help address PPP issues and provides recommendations to facilities to improve containment and reduce losses.
Ca industrial storm water program brainslamGreg Gearheart
This document provides an overview of California's Industrial Storm Water Program in 3 sentences or less:
The program discusses the key concepts of effluent limitations versus receiving water limitations and the four basic varieties of numeric discharge standards. It also outlines the types of stormwater permits, technology-based standards, water quality standards, and compliance scenarios. Next steps for the program include releasing a new draft of the permit in November and adopting it in spring 2012, with a focus on continuing narrative effluent limits, benchmark values, and improving data collection.
The document provides an update on California's Plastic Pellet Control Program. Key points include:
- A 2009 baseline study found over 118 million plastic pellets on California beaches, primarily in southern California.
- The program conducts outreach, compliance audits, inspections and enforcement at plastic manufacturing and transport facilities.
- Over 60 facility inspections have occurred since 2009, resulting in notices of violation and cleanup orders for facilities failing to comply.
- Current enforcement focuses on bag and film manufacturers, which use large amounts of pellets and tend to have less stringent product standards.
This document discusses stormwater program performance measures and targets. It notes that regional board priorities differ, with RB3 prioritizing municipal programs over industrial and construction. Targets and resources are not well aligned across regions. Most regions are on track to meet inspection targets for FY12-13, but some will exceed targets by large amounts, requiring better target setting. The document calls for executive support to allow an Overhaul Team to develop a new program strategy and better align resource allocation and target setting. Key tasks for the State Water Board in FY12-13 include reissuing permits, developing a program strategy and monitoring plan, exploring target guidelines tied to costs and staff years, and advocating for resource shifts to support more
The document discusses California's efforts to regulate stormwater runoff from new construction projects using a watershed management approach. It acknowledges the challenges of population growth putting pressure on water resources. Low impact development techniques are promoted to mimic natural hydrologic processes and protect water quality. However, over-engineered solutions risk overlooking soils and overall watershed health. The regulatory framework is continuing to evolve from a focus on runoff volume to consideration of additional hydrologic factors and outcomes related to beneficial uses.
The presentation summarizes changes between the 2011 and 2012 drafts of California's Industrial General Permit. Key changes include revising numeric action levels and removing numeric effluent limitations, modifying sampling frequency requirements, and adding anti-backsliding justifications and compliance demonstration options to provide more flexibility for permittees exceeding action levels. The presentation aims to explain the state's performance-based regulatory approach focusing on best management practices to protect water quality.
This document discusses how low impact development (LID) techniques can help address multiple water quality compliance issues simultaneously. LID aims to mimic pre-development hydrology to avoid habitat impacts and provide ongoing stormwater treatment. While LID definitions and applications have evolved, it can help meet requirements of Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems and Total Maximum Daily Loads for pollutants in a cost-effective way. The document outlines both improvements in LID guidance as well as ongoing regulatory challenges regarding issues like groundwater protection and long-term performance.
This document discusses California's Preproduction Plastic Debris Program which addresses stormwater discharges of preproduction plastic pellets from industrial facilities. It defines preproduction plastic pellets as small plastic pieces that are melted and molded to create most plastic goods. The program was formed in 2008 to regulate plastic pellet pollution from industrial stormwater due to pellets being easily transported and harmful to wildlife if released into waterways. The document provides examples of how pellets can be released from facilities and recommends ways for facilities to prevent releases, such as improved containment and employee training.
The document discusses water board enforcement and elements of an effective local enforcement program. It outlines the state water board's enforcement authorities and actions, including informal actions like notices of violation and formal actions like administrative civil penalties. It also discusses factors for determining penalty amounts, options for settlement, and elements critical for local enforcement programs such as clearly establishing requirements, evaluating compliance, and taking timely and consistent enforcement actions to achieve compliance.
Chris Bowles gave a presentation at Humboldt State University on August 18, 2008 about numerical analysis for urban hydrology. The presentation provided an overview of various hydrologic models including the Rational method, regional regression/TR55, spreadsheets, GIS modeling, and HEC-HMF and HSPF. It also gave an overview of hydraulic models such as Manning's equation, 1D models like HEC-RAS, and 2D models like MIKE 21.
The document discusses low impact development techniques and modeling tools for analyzing their effectiveness. It provides examples of modeling different development scenarios using tools like SWMM, SLAMM, and the Prince George's County BMP model. Case studies include a suburban commercial site and metro west mixed-use development. The modeling compares runoff and pollutant loads from developments with and without LID controls like bioretention, permeable pavement, and green roofs.
Low impact development (LID) strategies aim to control runoff volume, peak runoff rates, flow frequencies and durations, and improve water quality. The document outlines LID site planning strategies and best management practices for hydrologic analysis, which involves delineating watersheds, modeling pre- and post-development runoff, and selecting LID techniques to maintain natural hydrologic functions and drainage patterns.
This document summarizes a wastewater treatment, reuse and outreach program at the Autonomous University of Benito Juarez in Oaxaca, Mexico. The program was a collaboration between the university, Humboldt State University, and private engineering firms. It aimed to build local capacity for natural wastewater treatment and reuse through workshops, an on-campus demonstration facility, and assistance to two communities to implement constructed wetland treatment plants. The program faced challenges from political and cultural differences but established an on-campus treatment system, outreach program, and plans to continue supporting wastewater management in the region.
The document discusses using wetlands to treat municipal wastewater effluent in Louisiana. It outlines criteria for using wetlands for effluent assimilation, including treating and disinfecting effluent with no toxic inputs and appropriate sizing of wetlands. It also describes monitoring various aspects of the receiving wetlands' water quality, vegetation, soils, and benthos to evaluate the ecosystem response. The conclusions state that wetland assimilation of treated municipal effluent is effective for both wetland restoration and improving water quality by increasing vegetation, organic matter deposition, and surface elevation.
This document discusses a constructed wetlands project called Ku'wah-dah-wilth Restoration Area. The goals of the project are to enhance water quality, restore wildlife habitat and native agriculture, manage stormwater, provide education and passive recreation, and create a place of healing and peacefulness.
The document discusses regulating development to protect water resources. It notes that growth and development can impact streams through hydromodification or altering the natural hydrologic system. The regulatory approach focuses on preventing degradation through tools like stormwater permits, 401 certifications, and considering the watershed context of projects. Maintaining water quality standards is key, which define beneficial uses of waterbodies like habitat, recreation and irrigation.
Salesforce Integration for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions A...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on integration of Salesforce with Bonterra Impact Management.
Interested in deploying an integration with Salesforce for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
5th LF Energy Power Grid Model Meet-up SlidesDanBrown980551
5th Power Grid Model Meet-up
It is with great pleasure that we extend to you an invitation to the 5th Power Grid Model Meet-up, scheduled for 6th June 2024. This event will adopt a hybrid format, allowing participants to join us either through an online Mircosoft Teams session or in person at TU/e located at Den Dolech 2, Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet-up will be hosted by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Power Grid Model
The global energy transition is placing new and unprecedented demands on Distribution System Operators (DSOs). Alongside upgrades to grid capacity, processes such as digitization, capacity optimization, and congestion management are becoming vital for delivering reliable services.
Power Grid Model is an open source project from Linux Foundation Energy and provides a calculation engine that is increasingly essential for DSOs. It offers a standards-based foundation enabling real-time power systems analysis, simulations of electrical power grids, and sophisticated what-if analysis. In addition, it enables in-depth studies and analysis of the electrical power grid’s behavior and performance. This comprehensive model incorporates essential factors such as power generation capacity, electrical losses, voltage levels, power flows, and system stability.
Power Grid Model is currently being applied in a wide variety of use cases, including grid planning, expansion, reliability, and congestion studies. It can also help in analyzing the impact of renewable energy integration, assessing the effects of disturbances or faults, and developing strategies for grid control and optimization.
What to expect
For the upcoming meetup we are organizing, we have an exciting lineup of activities planned:
-Insightful presentations covering two practical applications of the Power Grid Model.
-An update on the latest advancements in Power Grid -Model technology during the first and second quarters of 2024.
-An interactive brainstorming session to discuss and propose new feature requests.
-An opportunity to connect with fellow Power Grid Model enthusiasts and users.
Skybuffer SAM4U tool for SAP license adoptionTatiana Kojar
Manage and optimize your license adoption and consumption with SAM4U, an SAP free customer software asset management tool.
SAM4U, an SAP complimentary software asset management tool for customers, delivers a detailed and well-structured overview of license inventory and usage with a user-friendly interface. We offer a hosted, cost-effective, and performance-optimized SAM4U setup in the Skybuffer Cloud environment. You retain ownership of the system and data, while we manage the ABAP 7.58 infrastructure, ensuring fixed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and exceptional services through the SAP Fiori interface.
Generating privacy-protected synthetic data using Secludy and MilvusZilliz
During this demo, the founders of Secludy will demonstrate how their system utilizes Milvus to store and manipulate embeddings for generating privacy-protected synthetic data. Their approach not only maintains the confidentiality of the original data but also enhances the utility and scalability of LLMs under privacy constraints. Attendees, including machine learning engineers, data scientists, and data managers, will witness first-hand how Secludy's integration with Milvus empowers organizations to harness the power of LLMs securely and efficiently.
Main news related to the CCS TSI 2023 (2023/1695)Jakub Marek
An English 🇬🇧 translation of a presentation to the speech I gave about the main changes brought by CCS TSI 2023 at the biggest Czech conference on Communications and signalling systems on Railways, which was held in Clarion Hotel Olomouc from 7th to 9th November 2023 (konferenceszt.cz). Attended by around 500 participants and 200 on-line followers.
The original Czech 🇨🇿 version of the presentation can be found here: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/hlavni-novinky-souvisejici-s-ccs-tsi-2023-2023-1695/269688092 .
The videorecording (in Czech) from the presentation is available here: https://youtu.be/WzjJWm4IyPk?si=SImb06tuXGb30BEH .
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing.pdfssuserfac0301
Read Taking AI to the Next Level in Manufacturing to gain insights on AI adoption in the manufacturing industry, such as:
1. How quickly AI is being implemented in manufacturing.
2. Which barriers stand in the way of AI adoption.
3. How data quality and governance form the backbone of AI.
4. Organizational processes and structures that may inhibit effective AI adoption.
6. Ideas and approaches to help build your organization's AI strategy.
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
Project Management Semester Long Project - Acuityjpupo2018
Acuity is an innovative learning app designed to transform the way you engage with knowledge. Powered by AI technology, Acuity takes complex topics and distills them into concise, interactive summaries that are easy to read & understand. Whether you're exploring the depths of quantum mechanics or seeking insight into historical events, Acuity provides the key information you need without the burden of lengthy texts.
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Fueling AI with Great Data with Airbyte WebinarZilliz
This talk will focus on how to collect data from a variety of sources, leveraging this data for RAG and other GenAI use cases, and finally charting your course to productionalization.
AI 101: An Introduction to the Basics and Impact of Artificial IntelligenceIndexBug
Imagine a world where machines not only perform tasks but also learn, adapt, and make decisions. This is the promise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a technology that's not just enhancing our lives but revolutionizing entire industries.
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.
How to Interpret Trends in the Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart.pdfChart Kalyan
A Mix Chart displays historical data of numbers in a graphical or tabular form. The Kalyan Rajdhani Mix Chart specifically shows the results of a sequence of numbers over different periods.
HCL Notes und Domino Lizenzkostenreduzierung in der Welt von DLAUpanagenda
Webinar Recording: https://www.panagenda.com/webinars/hcl-notes-und-domino-lizenzkostenreduzierung-in-der-welt-von-dlau/
DLAU und die Lizenzen nach dem CCB- und CCX-Modell sind für viele in der HCL-Community seit letztem Jahr ein heißes Thema. Als Notes- oder Domino-Kunde haben Sie vielleicht mit unerwartet hohen Benutzerzahlen und Lizenzgebühren zu kämpfen. Sie fragen sich vielleicht, wie diese neue Art der Lizenzierung funktioniert und welchen Nutzen sie Ihnen bringt. Vor allem wollen Sie sicherlich Ihr Budget einhalten und Kosten sparen, wo immer möglich. Das verstehen wir und wir möchten Ihnen dabei helfen!
Wir erklären Ihnen, wie Sie häufige Konfigurationsprobleme lösen können, die dazu führen können, dass mehr Benutzer gezählt werden als nötig, und wie Sie überflüssige oder ungenutzte Konten identifizieren und entfernen können, um Geld zu sparen. Es gibt auch einige Ansätze, die zu unnötigen Ausgaben führen können, z. B. wenn ein Personendokument anstelle eines Mail-Ins für geteilte Mailboxen verwendet wird. Wir zeigen Ihnen solche Fälle und deren Lösungen. Und natürlich erklären wir Ihnen das neue Lizenzmodell.
Nehmen Sie an diesem Webinar teil, bei dem HCL-Ambassador Marc Thomas und Gastredner Franz Walder Ihnen diese neue Welt näherbringen. Es vermittelt Ihnen die Tools und das Know-how, um den Überblick zu bewahren. Sie werden in der Lage sein, Ihre Kosten durch eine optimierte Domino-Konfiguration zu reduzieren und auch in Zukunft gering zu halten.
Diese Themen werden behandelt
- Reduzierung der Lizenzkosten durch Auffinden und Beheben von Fehlkonfigurationen und überflüssigen Konten
- Wie funktionieren CCB- und CCX-Lizenzen wirklich?
- Verstehen des DLAU-Tools und wie man es am besten nutzt
- Tipps für häufige Problembereiche, wie z. B. Team-Postfächer, Funktions-/Testbenutzer usw.
- Praxisbeispiele und Best Practices zum sofortigen Umsetzen
Presentation of the OECD Artificial Intelligence Review of Germany
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1. Green Infrastructure
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Hubs and Links to a Healthy
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Low Impact Development Center
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Low Impact Development Center 2007
2. Challenges to Performance Based
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Political Boundaries and Interests
Reliance on Minimum Standards
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Local Community
Codes/Ordinances
Performance
and Watershed
Requirements
Based!!!
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4. Courtesy Region 3 OW
Sustainable Community = Green (natural) + Gray (built) + Multi (societal)
Built (“Gray”) Infrastructure
Green Highways
Social Infrastructure
Natural (“Green”)
Infrastructure
Source: Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators, Hart 1999
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Source: Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators, Hart 1999
6. Green Infrastructure
Definitions
Finding common ground among
the descriptions
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7. APA - 7 principles of Green
Infrastructure
Recognize the social and natural ecosystem/ watershed
context
Provide a multi-functional framework for development,
protection, conservation, restoration and recreation
Protect and regenerate health and biodiversity
Create natural, social and economic linkage
Improve the visual quality and sense of place of
communities and landscapes
Involve and engage the community in planning,
implementation, management and monitoring
Provide a multi-functional framework for funding for
acquistion, restoration, management and development
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8. What is Green Infrastructure?
“Infrastructure – the substructure of underlying
foundation…on which the continuance and
growth of a community or state depends” –
Source: Webster’s New World Dictionary
“Green infrastructure – the ecological
processes, both natural and engineered, that act
as the natural infrastructure. It includes ditches,
creeks, wetlands, parks, open space, trees,
green roofs, gardens, working lands, aquifers
and watersheds that supply drinking water”
source: http://www.wcel.org/issues/urban/sbg/glossary/
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9. Conservation Fund Definition of
Green Infrastructure
“…an interconnected network of green space
that conserves natural ecosystem values and
functions and provides associated benefits to
human populations….Green infrastructure differs
from conventional approaches to open space
planning because it looks at conservation value
and actions in concert with land development,
growth management and built infrastructure
planning.”
source: Green Infrastructure: Smart Conservation for the 21st Century, Benedict, Mark A., PhD,
Edward T. McMahon, J.D., The Conservation Fund, Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse Monograph
Series, www.sprawlwatch.org
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10. EPA definition of Green
Infrastructure
Green infrastructure is a cost effective and environmentally friendly
approach to reduce stormwater and other excess flows entering
combined or separate sewer systems.
Green infrastructure is a way to protect surface waters and drinking
water supplies, reduce drinking water and stormwater treatment
costs, reduce urban heat island impacts, and provide more
sustainable water resource management systems.
Green infrastructure approaches use natural systems such as
forested areas or engineered systems such as raingardens to
cleanse water and reduce excess volumes by filtering and treating it
using plants, soils and microbes.
Green infrastructure can be used to reduce our reliance on pipes,
channels and expensive engineered treatment systems that are
costly to build, operate and maintain.
source: http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/greeninfrastructure.cfm
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11. Green Infrastructure
An ecosystem , watershed based network
approach to managing growth and creating
sustainable environments in a variety of
development densities
Economically cost effective approach to solving
various issues (water quality, habitat, urban heat
island, CSO reductions, NPDES compliance,
TMDL, safe communities) when compared to
other approaches
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12. Green Infrastructure in the 21st
century
Retrofits using green systems to restore
hydrological functional
Provides the means to ecologically link
one hub to the next
Form of infrastructure that is lower in cost
to maintain over its lifecycle
Improves the quality of life for all
inhabitants
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13. Green Infrastructure MAY be parks
and large tracts of undeveloped land
that are set aside
HUBS
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14. Green Infrastructure ALSO may
be green retrofits in an urban or
suburban landscape
LINKS
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15. Links and Hubs of Green
Infrastructure in the Urban
Environment
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16. Eco Roof – Link or Hub?
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18. Retrofits or Planned element
Green Roof Irvine CA
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19. Green Infrastructure
opportunities are
everywhere
LID tools facilitate the development of
green infrastructure
Open Space and Transportation corridors
provide linking elements in a green
infrastructure network
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20. Watershed Planning Goals
Hydrologic
Runoff volume and peak discharge rate
Flood control
Water reuse
Ecological
Water quality and stream health
Habitat creation
Antidegradation
Community and economic development
Job creation
User fees
Historic preservation
Disturbance
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21. Stormwater Management Goals
Peak discharge rate (Q)
Runoff volume
Water quality
Runoff duration
Runoff frequency
Groundwater recharge
What tools are available to meet these goals?
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23. Links and Hubs
An organizing form idea for planning green
infrastructure
Creates an interdependent network of
green
Fits a watershed model of planning
Can be implemented and maintained in
sections
Is an opportunity for public-private
partnerships
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24. Green Infrastructure Form : Hubs
& Links
Hubs
Reserves (large protected areas)
Managed Native Landscapes
Working Lands (farms, managed forests)
Green Roofs (if large enough)
Links
Streetscapes
Water treatment swales
Bioretention
Highways
Green Roofs
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25. Infrastructure needs care
Green space is considered self-
sustaining…green infrastructure implies
something that must be maintained and at
times restored.”
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28. Coyote Creek Green
Infrastructure Principles
Start upstream
Connect the Dots
Use Nature as a Guide
All Fronts/No backs
Manage for the Long Term
Multiple Objectives
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37. Theme Areas
Watershed Driven Stormwater
Recyclables and Reuse
Ecosystems
USEPA REGION 3 and FHWA
http://www.ghp.org
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42. • Either side of a closed-
LOCATION section roadway (median
or shoulder)
Siting Guidelines
FIXED-OBJECT
• No
HAZARD?
Materials
• Water quality MEDIUM
EFFECTIVENESS • Volume
Hydrology Hydraulics N/A
• Peak discharge LOW
Treatment Train/Process
STORAGE
• None
CAPACITY
Construction
• Total Suspend Solids
Maintenance coliform
• Fecal
TARGETED
POLLUTANTS • Oxygen depleting
substances
Safety Figure 8.1. Gutter filter along U.S. Route 1, Mount Rainier, MD._
NCHRP LID Manual
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59. Links and Hubs
An organizing form idea for planning green
infrastructure
Creates an interdependent network of
green
Fits a watershed model of planning
Can be implemented and maintained in
sections
Is an opportunity for public-private
partnerships
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62. GHP/Stormwater EMS Roadmap
1. Identify environmental
issue(s) and/or
opportunity(ies) to be 11. Managers/senior
management. Review
addressed by EMS.
progress, identify
adjustments, and confirm
2. Identify desired commitments.
environmental and
business results and
APPROVAL – benefits. 10B. PERIODIC 10A. PROJECT
Management
REVIEW REVIEW
provides
Brief management on Assess EMS
feedback to 3. Establish objectives, status in meeting project
finalize issues, quantifiable measures and objectives and targets. performance.
opportunities, targets, and associated
and expected milestones.
results. 9. Identify EMS-related
training needs,
responsibilities and
4. Obtain management
schedule. Conduct the
commitment to EMS,
training.
characterize EMS resource
needs, and identify EMS
leaders.
8. Identify personnel (by
title) affected by EMS,
define responsibilities, and
5. Identify existing
communicate
initiatives, programs,
responsibilities.
procedures, processes,
and tools relevant to the
EMS.
7. Assign responsibility for
developing enhanced or
6. Identify improvements to new procedures,
achieve EMS objectives processes, and tools.
PLAN DO CHECK ACT
LEGEND:
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63. Watershed Recyclable/ Conservation/
Items/Activities Planning Design Management Driver Reuse Ecosystem
1 Develop templates and model protocols of
watershed based innovative stormwater
● ● ● ◉ ○ ◉
management for the Green Highways Approach
2 Develop the technical foundation for innovative
stormwater management applications in planning
● ● ● ◉ ○ ◉
and design strategies
Metric Benchmark
Categor Pollutan Natural Resource Operations & Threshold
Activity Regulatory Water Quality
y t Source Protection Maintenance units/values
P, W PS, NPS Develop templates and model • Vegetative • Maintain stream • Decrease O&M cost mg/l (ppm)
nutrients (TKN-N, NH3-N,
protocols of watershed based cover health (Erosion, • decrease need and mg/l (ppm)
NO3-N+NO2-N,TP,
innovative stormwater management • Decrease channel protection, frequency of mowing lbs/da of UOD
orthophosphate)
for the Green Highways Approach runoff volume habitat diversity) • reduce frequency of load
TSS
• §303d listed • Plant trees plant replacement
BOD
waters • improve safety
Action Measurement Metric
1 Offsite Acres of forest 1. Annual volume of runoff (ac/ft)
GHP Metrics
Reforestation
2. Peak Runoff Rate (Cn)
and Protocols
3. Annual volume of non-point source pollution (mg/l)
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64. Sustainable
Economic
Communities: Development
d
•Green Complement
n
Gray…. Environmental Community
Development Development
a
•Bridge Infrastructure Gap
ss
•etc
el
ga
ICLI, 1999
Sustainable Communities
ao
kG
in n
Programs
Lo Programs
te m
Green
Green Linkable and
Highways
Infrastructure
am
Expandable
re o
Theme Areas
CC
•Conservation Approach •Stormwater
•Structural Approach •Recycling
•Non-Structural Approach •Ecosystem
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65. Green Infrastructure Evolution
Green Infrastructure is the community
open space and infrastructure assets (e.g.
parks, roads, vacant land)
Functional Environmental Assett
(stormwater, energy, air)
Integrated functions with the watershed
(e.g. hydrology, habitat, circulation)
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66. Recommendations for Local
Decision Makers
Get development right the first time
Incorporate Green Infrastructure into
Watershed Management Plans
Revise state and local stormwater regulations
Establish dedicated funding that rewards green
infrastructure (SRF)
Provide incentives for residential and
commercial development
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67. Recommendations for Local
Decision Makers (cont’d)
Review and Revise local development
ordinances
Preserve existing trees, open space, and
stream buffers
Encourage and use Smart Growth
Get the community involved!
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68. EMS/Performance
Based Approach
Protect Environmental Legacy
Save Costs/Reduce Consumption
Ease Regulatory Burden
Improve Review Cycles
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69. DOT Institutional Goals
Compliance
Stewardship
Public Benefit
Operational Value
Consistency and predictability
Streamlining
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70. Regulatory Goals
Watershed Based Approaches
Trading
Context Sensitive Solutions (CSS)
Flexibility
Transparency and Measurability
Economic Viability and Sustainability
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72. Technical Challenges
Regulatory system based on land development Best
Management Practices (BMPS)
Prescriptive solutions with non-structural and structural
practices that do not address pollutant loads that are
unique to linear systems
BMPs use is presumptive (e.g. 80% TSS removal =
control of entire suite of pollutants).
Hydrologic analysis does not reflect direct and indirect
impacts of linear systems
Current Regulatory Credit Systems not “mature” for
watershed approaches
Define Scale and Extent of Project (watershed influence)
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73. Technical Opportunities
Integration of watershed based objectives
(e.g. water quality loading, CSS) into
design and analysis procedures
Regulatory Credit for innovative
techniques
Stormwater trading and banking
Advance monitoring science and Materials
selection
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74. Institutional
Challenges/Opportunities
Internal Awareness
Training (DOT, Resource and Regulatory
Agencies)
Decision Support Systems (Process)
Environmental Management System
Development (Entire Operations)
Demonstration of Success of Flexible
Approaches
Consistent and predictable response to flexible
and innovative solutions
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75. Fiscal Challenges and
Opportunities
Long-Term Support for Research and
Training
Long-Term Support for Monitoring
Leveraging of Funding (Public and Private
and Joint Public Agency Partnerships)
Funding of Maintenance Activities
True Costing to Communities (Triple
Bottom Line) and DOTs
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76. Political
Awareness of Context Sensitive Solutions
and Watershed Approaches
Highway “Hot Potato”
Inter-jurisdictional
Funding competition
Who gets to cut the Ribbon
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77. Keys to Success
Leaving the
Strong Problem Definition and Common Language
Economic Drivers = Environmental Results
Protocols, Metrics, Consistency, Adaptability (not
Watershed
adaptive management)
Determine User Needs
“Address” stakeholders issues
“Better than
Mission may not be accomplished
Training (everybody at the table)
Navigate and Collaborate
Before”
Institutions and Large Impacts
Regulatory Credit for Innovation and Flexible
Approaches
Pilots and Baby Steps
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