Sustainability. Energy Efficiency.

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2. How sustainable is the urban
environment today? How sustainable
does it need to be to meet the needs
of tomorrow?
These are the live questions of today,
eagerly waiting for human answer,
who have taken the charge of earth
since industrial revolution.
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3. Over 60% of green house gas emission
is created in and by cities.
Over 50% of world population lives in
cities; this is expected to grow more
than 60% by 2030.
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4. An Urban centre is:
An organism
Holistic hub of opportunities
Expression of cultures
Accumulation of amenities
Representation of Social, Economic
and Environmental status of society
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5. Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
facilitates progress towards the goal of
sustainable living, can be achieved by:
urban planning for sustainable
architecture.
Individual’s ecological footprint has to
be reduced.
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6. Sustainable urban infrastructure
Sustainable urban infrastructure include:
 Public transport networks
 Distributed generation and integrated energy demand
management initiatives and programs
 High efficiency buildings and other development
constraints
 Connected green spaces and wildlife corridors
 Low impact development practices to protect water
resources
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7. Critical success factors
Critical success factors for
implementing sustainable
infrastructure are
Political alignment
Private sector engagement
Citizen engagement
Visionary leadership
Specific goals and timeline
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8. SUSTAINABLE
INFRASTRUCTURE
MANAGEMENT
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9. ENERGY
Historic and real time
energy data available.
Potential for a range of new
service / tariff.
Enabling auto response to
changing patterns
Green procurement.
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10. Water
 Metered usages displaying
Historic and real time
consumption.
Potential for new service /
tariff potential smart pipe
Network.
Reduce leakage and manage
pressure.
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11. Waste
 Storm water and waste water, especially
minimizing the distance that such
water travels to be treated and reused.
Increased waste – to- Energy power
generation.
Waste data available to improve
government and private waste
management.
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12. Smart urban mobility
 Roads and sidewalks and their integration
with transit systems
 to achieve smoothers flow of people.
 Transit oriented development (TOD) –a
mixed- use residential or commercial area to
minimize access to public transport,
including the promotion bicycles for local
use.
 Excellent pedestrians facilities
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13. Smart Building Solutions
Smart building
leverages the
convergence of IT in
building
technologies to
reduce operating cost
up to 30 %
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14. • It is becoming clear that the pattern of economic
growth that we are adopting is becoming
increasingly associated with environmental pollution.
• The World Bank has estimated that Indians are
spending Rs 4550 crores every year on treatment of
diseases caused by ambient air pollution.
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15. Infrastructure management of
essential operational components,
such as policies, processes,
equipment, data, human resources
and external contracts are essential
for overall effectiveness.
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16. Emphasis lies on the “Life support”
functions provided by a network of
natural ecosystems, with an
emphasis on interconnectivity to
support long-term sustainability
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17. LET US THINK AFREASH
THANK YOU
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