5. Key Findings
American Institute of Architects
Nationwide Voter Survey 2009
Issue importance (10-point scale): 9s and 10s
2009 Mean 2009 2007 2004
Making U.S. less dependent on foreign oil 8.60 65 61 51
Controlling medical insurance costs 8.33 64 67
Protecting against air and water pollution 7.89 44 48 41*
Increasing # of energy efficient buildings 7.67 39 36
Holding down the price of gasoline 7.55 47 51
Controlling electricity and utility rates 7.51 41 46 47
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
that may cause global warming 6.85 35 42
COMMENT: Energy dependence and increasing the number of energy efficient
buildings are the only two issues that increased in importance among respondents
who gave them 9 or 10 ratings. All the other issues declined somewhat in
importance. Notably, reducing greenhouse emissions declined 7 points.
21. Sustainable Sites
The United States alone loses 2 billion tons
of topsoil per year. This is of great
ecological concern as one inch of topsoil
can take 500 years to form naturally
26. Energy and Atmosphere
Dr. Nocera said human activities, in energy
terms, right now are essentially a “12.8
trillion watt light bulb.” Our energy thirst will
probably be 30 trillion watts, or 30
terrawatts, by 2050 with the human
population heading toward 9 billion.
27. • - Cut down every plant on Earth and make it into a fuel.
You get 7 terawatts, but you need 30. And you don’t
eat.
• - Build nuclear plants. Around 8 terawatts could be
gotten from nuclear power if you built a new billion-watt
plant every 1.6 days until 2050.
• - Take all the wind energy available close to Earth’s
surface and you get 2 terawatts.
• - You get 1 more terawatt if you dam every other river
on the planet and reach 30.
Then he turned to the sun, his research focus, which
bathes the planet in 800 terawatts of energy continually.
“We only need 18 of those terawatts,” he said. But the
current level of investment in pursuing that energy, he
said, isn’t even close to sufficient .
28. Energy Star
• Features of ENERGY STAR Qualified New
Homes
• To earn the ENERGY STAR, a home must meet
guidelines for energy efficiency set by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. These homes
are at least 15% more energy efficient than
homes built to the
2004 International Residential Code (IRC), and
include additional energy-saving features that
typically make them 20–30% more efficient than
standard homes.
29. Energy Star
• Program Indicators in New York
• 20,953 ENERGY STAR qualified homes built to date
• 2,696 ENERGY STAR qualified homes built in 2010
• 1,054 ENERGY STAR for Homes Partners
• ENERGY STAR qualified homes built in 2010 are the equivalent of:
• Eliminating emissions from 1,321 vehicles
• Saving 7,990,944 lbs of coal
• Planting 2,184 acres of trees
• Saving the environment 15,671,848 pounds of CO2
• Based on national averages
33. Computer Load Management - Hundreds of leading
organizations have activated power management
features on computers saving as much as $50 per
computer annually
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=power_mgt
37. Water Efficiency
Americans extract 3700 billion gallons per
year more than they return to the natural
water system to recharge aquifers and other
water sources.
52. Preliminary Savings
42% Less Energy Use
35% Solar Power
60% Less Potable Water
78% Less Solid Waste
4 tons CO2 Avoided
Editor's Notes
Reduced absenteeism
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Feeling a bit parched? While about 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water, 97 percent of the water is salty ocean water, which is unfit for human consumption. Of the 3 percent that's fresh water, 2 percent is frozen into glaciers , leaving only 1 percent of the entire world's water supply fit to drink. Think of that the next time you take a really long shower.
Feeling a bit parched? While about 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water, 97 percent of the water is salty ocean water, which is unfit for human consumption. Of the 3 percent that's fresh water, 2 percent is frozen into glaciers , leaving only 1 percent of the entire world's water supply fit to drink. Think of that the next time you take a really long shower.
Feeling a bit parched? While about 70 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water, 97 percent of the water is salty ocean water, which is unfit for human consumption. Of the 3 percent that's fresh water, 2 percent is frozen into glaciers , leaving only 1 percent of the entire world's water supply fit to drink. Think of that the next time you take a really long shower.
Prerequisite 2 must recycle all mercury containing light bulbs
Prerequisite 2 must recycle all mercury containing light bulbs