Sustainability Brainstorming Sustainability Product and Services November 2009

SustainabilityBrainstorming Sustainability Product and ServicesNovember 2009

Why Sustainability?

•Sustainable design help prevent pollution •Sustainability impacts:

▫Economy▫Environment▫Social Responsibility

•Animation of Explanation of Greenhouse Effect

•Polar Ice Cap gone by 2019•Global Warming Quiz

Sustainability InitiativesProtect the Environment• Alternative

Transportation• Design and

Construction Standards

• Renewable Energy• Energy Efficiency

• Recycling & Reuse• Stormwater

Management• Water Conservation• Turf Lawn

Conversion

Altenative Transportation

•Public Transit – Light Rail animated video•Bikeways •Bike share•Carpool Programs – EPA Incentives•Bike/Bus and Walk Programs•Car Share•Vanpooling•Biodiesel – video•Hybrid vehicles – Prius, Fusion, Honda, etc.

.Smart Bike Washington DC

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Routes and Locations

Design and ConstructionEnergy conserving lighting measures,

including daylighting Deciduous trees plantings to shade buildings Construction waste management practices Use of sustainably harvested wood Use formaldehyde free products Use of low VOC paints, adhesives, sealers Use of local and regional materials Recycled content and recyclabilityUS Department of Energy - Solar decathlon

Renewable Energy•Wind turbines - video•Solar Energy – solar house video•This video from News Channel 8 features

a Northern Virginia family that has signed up for Dominion Virginia Power's Green Power Program

•Biofuels (Biodiesel) - soybeans and other oilseeds - Ten Biofuels worth watching -http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/blog2/2007/10/01/10-biofuel-trends-worth-watching/

Take the Energy Quiz

Energy Efficiency

• Installation of occupancy sensors •Replacement of incandescent lamps with

compact fluorescent lamps (CFL)•Replacement of all mercury vapor lamps with

other types of high intensity discharge lamps •Replacement of incandescent and fluorescent

exit lighting fixtures with LED type fixtures •Fuel Efficient Vehicles – Hybrid•Climate control Automation System

Recycling and Reuse – Reduce Solid Waste

•Paper and other items•Clothing and Household Items – Thift

stores/garage sales•Repurpose household items –MIT trash

track video•Ecycling – Average 24 electronic products

/household▫Donate computers▫Donate Cell phones

GENERATION AND RECOVERY OF MATERIALS IN 2007 (in millions of tons and percent of generation of each

material) Material Wt Generated Wt Recovered Recovery % of Generation

• Paper 83.0 45.2 54.5% • Glass 13.6 3.22 23.7% • Steel 15.6 5.28 33.8% • Aluminum 3.35 0.73 21.8% • nonferrous metals 1.76 1.22 69.3% • Plastics 30.7 2.09 6.8% • Rubber and leather 7.48 1.10 14.7% • Textiles 11.9 1.90 15.9% • Wood 14.2 1.32 9.3% • Other materials 4.43 1.16 26.2% • Total Materials 186.1 63.3 34.0% • Food, other 31.7 0.81 2.6% • Yard trimmings 32.6 20.9 64.1% • Inorganic wastes 3.75 Neg. Neg. • Total Other Wastes 68.0 21.7 31.9% • TOTAL SOLID WASTE 254.1 85.0 33.4%

Stormwater Management

•Bio-Retention•Rain Garden•Infiltration Trench

Turf lawn Conversion

•Native Grass Meadows▫Creates Biodiversity▫Aids Storm Water Management▫Reduces Fossil Fuel Use – Mowing

Equipment▫Water conservation▫Limit fertilizers entering the water

Community Service Projects

•Community service projects provide you the opportunity to apply lessons learned in the classroom to real-life situations and experiences. Click on the links to find ideas for community service projects.

•Links•Green Poster Contest

Sustainability Product Ideas

•Solar powered flashlights •Solar powered trash bot•Solar powered Ipod•Hybrid jet engine•Leak proof faucets•Co2 powered phones•Solar powered roof shingles

Sustainability Product Ideas

•Wind collector for generating power•Bike electric converter•Water powered cars•Solar powered cell phone•Solar powered street light•Solar powered roadways

Sustainability Product Ideas

•Gas station w/solar panels•Solar collector – lawn ornaments•Ceiling fans that run of heat energy•Solar powered draw bridge•Solar trash bins•Wind power motor cycle

Sustainability Product Ideas

•Energy generating shoe•Solar Holiday lights •Fiber optic holiday lights•Underwater reef turbines•Street lights that run off of co2

Sustainability Product Ideas

•Solar/co2 trash incinterator•Device to clean rivers and streams•Bot fish to collect trash•Energy wheel playset•Energy generating exercise equipment

Sustainability Service Ideas

•Methane gas collectors•Cleaning trash from streams and rivers•Solar powered trash bot