Will the US Ever Count Carbon?

Will the U.S. Ever Count Carbon?

Hopkins Architects

Palin has promoted oil and natural gas resource exploration in Alaska, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR),[78] and initiated a lawsuit over the federal listing of the polar bear[185] and Cook Inlet beluga whale as endangered species.[186] Palin has stated in the past that she does not believe that global warming is human-caused, but has since clarified her position—saying in September 2008 that "man's activities certainly can be contributing to the issue" and that "John McCain and I agree that we gotta do something about it."[187][188][85]

Sarah Palin,B.S. Comm., UISource: Wikipedia, Sept 2008

Maybe?

A Major Grassroots Movement U.S. Conference of Mayors American Institute of Architects Ed Mazria—Architecture2030 Bill McKibben—Step Up! Focus the Nation Eban Goldstein 1,000s of other groups…

Under the Agreement, participating cities commit to take following three actions: • Strive to meet or beat the Kyoto Protocol targets in their own communities, through actions ranging from anti-sprawl land-use policies to urban forest restoration projects to public information campaigns; • Urge their state governments, and the federal government, to enact policies and programs to meet or beat the greenhouse gas emission reduction target suggested for the United States in the Kyoto Protocol -- 7% reduction from 1990 levels by 2012; and • Urge the U.S. Congress to pass the bipartisan greenhouse gas reduction legislation, which would establish a national emission trading system

U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement

Mayor of Seattle Greg Nickels Cites Mayors Climate Protection Agreement as Evidence of Mayors’ Climate Commitment

In 2007 Nickels said, “It’s been more than two years since I initiated the Mayors Climate Agreement and today we heard that more than 728 mayors have pledged to reduce emissions 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. Their cities’ population represents one in four people who live the United States.”

Nickels noted that Seattle has made tremendous progress in its effort to cut emissions and is on target to meet its climate protection goals.

Sept 1, 2006

Seattle's Mayor, Greg Nickels, proposed the mayors' agreement when Kyoto came into effect at the start of last year. By June 2005, he had 140 signatories, and the number has more than doubled since.

The goal is to "meet or exceed" the Kyoto target of cutting global warming pollution to 7 per cent below 1990 levels by 2012.

As of May 2008

(1,540) (13,468)

Source:NBI study 2008

UI Moscow Campus on the Palouse

Top-down & bottom-up!

© 2008 Sustainable Endowments Institute

UI Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment

Map of electricity sub-regions from the US EPA E-Grid (2006)

Coal

NWPP

Hydro

Over 50% no-carbon energy sources in NWPP

Idaho is lowest at 10.3 tons/capita

Institution Year Per Student Emissions (metric tons/ student)

University of Oregon * 2004 1.3Portland State University* 2004 1.5San Francisco State University 2005 2.1Marymount Manhattan College 2007 2.2The University of California, Santa Barbara

2004 2.2

University of Central Florida 2006 2.5Boise State University 2006 2.7Cal POLY San Luis Obispo 2005 3.5College of Charleston 2001 3.5University of Idaho 2006 3.6Tulane University 2000 4.1University of California Berkley 2006 4.4Evergreen State College 2006 5.1University of New Hampshire 2003 5.4Lewis and Clark College 2003 5.8University of Connecticut 2006 5.8Connecticut College 2006 6.0Oregon State University* 2007 6.1

Comparison to other institutions of higher educationCompared to other universities, UI has a small carbon footprint, well below the average of 6.7 metric tons per student found for other colleges and universities.

Oberlin College 2000 16.8Yale University 2006 19.2

PATH A: 2010 Imperative Curriculum Adopters of Path A commit to: Beginning in 2008,

adding to all design studio problems the requirement that:"the design engage the environment in a way that dramatically reduces or eliminates the need for fossil fuel," and by 2010, achieving complete ecological literacy in design education, including:

design / studio history / theory materials / technology structures / construction professional practice / ethics

UI Department of Architecture & Interior DesignUnanimously adopted 2010

1.) a half-term research, planning, and programming phase, during which students worked in teams, and

2.) a half-term design and development phase, during which students worked individually on segments of their team’s master plan.

How do you teach first-term M.Arch. Students carbon-neutral design?

Hypothesis: Underdeveloped carbon design tools will make it difficult.

1.) research of carbon-neutral materials, methods, design strategies, and technologies and

2.) accountability for design decisions.

Two requirements:

Teaching Fire Ecology in a prescribed burn area.

Fall 2006 vs. Fall 2007

McCall Field Campus Project Integrating Habitats Competition

Interdisciplinary Master Planning Teams

Individual project design development

Teams with Interdisciplinary Master Plan adviceIndividual project design development

Real site visit Visit ‘typical’ sites

Client’s passionate involvement Competition rules as client

Small to medium scale buildings Small to large scale buildings

No schedule overlap Planning and design overlap

Led to EPA P3 Grant and 3 awards& Follow-Up Design/Build Studio

Honorable mention project for one of four projects

Fall 2006 vs. Fall 2007

University of Idaho McCall Field Campus

• October 13, 2006• Paul Marx, Teresa Moosman,

Abbie Slavens, Jennifer Bauman, Lauren Svejcar

Mission Statement

At McCall Field Campus our vision is to educate users to current green building technologies in a navigable and naturally beautiful camp setting.

Site Analysis

Erosion

Wind

Guest Parking

Staff Parking

Views

Neighbors

Preliminary Design

Master Plan

Site Section

The Dock

Straw Bale Pod

Carbon Emission Reduction Strategies

By reusing the cabin wood we are saving 2.34 tons of Carbon Dioxide

Straw Bale Pod

Arch 553Comprehensive Design

Fall 2006Bruce Haglund Instructor

Paul Marx

Straw Bale Pod Design

Building Envelope - Roof

Building Envelope - Walls

Building Materials

Carbon Neutral?

• NY Wa$teMatch Materials reuse calculator.• Energy Star Target – 95• By reusing the cabin wood we are saving

2.34 tons of Carbon Dioxide

McCall Field Campus Redesign

Individual Project: Campus Office by Sara Richards

Building Cross Section

Rammed Earth Structural Columns

Glu-lam Column Extension

Wood Deck

Rammed Earth Infill (non-structural walls)

Rammed Earth Foundation

Radiant Floor Heating

Metal Roofing

Glu-lam Beams

Poured Earth Slab

2x6 Purlins

Entry Perspectives

Ecotect Model: Daylighting Study

1st Floor Offices Receive approximately 33% daylight

Mezzanine Floor Receives approximately 60-70% daylight

Integrating Habitats Competition Entry

Remember the Hypothesis: Underdeveloped carbon design tools will make it difficult.

I was wrong!• Passion• Scale• Interdisciplinaryism• Reality