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“Accelerating Sustainability”
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
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The CIRS Opportunity
Part 1 - building design and operations
Part 2 - visualization, simulation and community engagement
Part 3 - partnerships and strategies of regional implementation
To help make Canada a world leader in three interconnected fields of applied sustainability:
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A Regenerative Building Process
• All water from the sky• All liquid waste treatment
from the ground & sun• All heating and cooling from the
ground/neighbours/sun• All light (when avail.) from the sun• Much electricity from the sun• Most ventilation from the wind• Wood building
A building that restores the environment around it
net positive on water
net positive on energy and GHG emissions
Continuous research:
technical performance of building systems
behavioural interface of building & inhabitantsnet positive on structural
carbon
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Life Cycle Cost of CIRS
Total Cost of ownership in 2011$ (50 year NPV)
$0
$10,000,000
$20,000,000
$30,000,000
$40,000,000
$50,000,000
$60,000,000
Conventional building LEED Gold Equivalent CIRS
Capital Renewal
Operating Costs
Construction Cost
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The CIRS Building Concept
Improving the Local and Global
Environment
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The CIRS Building Concept
Improving the Human Environment
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The CIRS Building Concept
Cost-effective and Adaptive
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The CIRS Building Concept
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Engaging the Community
• 60 seat theatre with interactive touch pads in the seat arms
• 4m X 12m curved screen immersion environment at the front
• Fly audience through the landscape of the future, showing effects on the ground as they make policy decisions
• Plus displays, interactive exhibits and public art, web experiences of building, etc.
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ImmersionExplorationCollaboration
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Chicago Metroquest
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Metroquest kiosk Sears Tower, Chicago, 2009
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Showcasing Sustainable Development in BC
• Identify handful of areas of comparative advantage in SD in BC
• Create new forms of partnership to make them happen on the ground in this region: create Showcase
• Use this as springboard for penetrating global market in SD technology and services
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solar simulation
codes
industrialecology
energypolicy
urban design
fuel cells
offsets
standards
envelope
data mgmt
IT
controls
finance
interiors
utility
DSM
Xantrex Envision
Vancouver
NRC
NRCan
ICSC
FCC
DSF
GVRD
Visionwall
SGI
Telus
Honeywell
Vancity
Haworth
Corix
BC Hydro
The Sustainability Mosaic
New forms of partnership
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Exploring and Exemplifying SustainabilityUBC’s Sustainability Academic Strategy
October 17, 2009
UBC Vancouver’s Steam Heating System (top) and UBC Okanagan’s Geothermal Field (bottom): Treating both UBC’s campuses as integrated energy, water and waste systems offers an unparalleled opportunity to link teaching and learning, research and partnerships, and operational activities through the Sustainability Academic Strategy
Presented to UBC Executive in August
2009
Additional Public Comment in September
2009
Final Submission in October, 2009
UBC Sustainability Academic Strategy
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UBC Sustainability Academic Strategy
Teaching/Learning
Research/Partnerships
Operations/Admin
Explore &
Exemplify
Campus as Living Lab
Agent of Change
4. Further On Beyond Zebra
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SAS Table of Contents
• Vision
• Teaching & Learning- 3 recommendations
• Research & Service- 4 recommendations
• Operations & Administration- 5 recommendations
• Implementation- 3 recommendations
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UBC (Vancouver) Sustainability Initiative
Media Release Jan. 27, 2010
“UBC President Stephen Toope has announced the creation of a new sustainability strategic management initiative that will begin to take shape immediately.”
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SteeringCommittee
CSO
BC Sustainability Council
UBC Vancouver Sustainability Initiative
APORPO
Research & Partnerships
Operations/Admin
Academic Programs
Student AdvisoryCouncil
UniversitySustainability
Initiative
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CIRS Site, Feb 27, 2010