frc sustainability panel presentation

Liza Grudin, PE, NovelEsolutions, Inc.

Dr. Qiong Zhang, Ph.D., USF

Jessica Gattenby, ENV SP, ArcadisUS, Inc.

• Interrupting is good

(Really !!)

• Friendly conflict

• Good discussion

• Learn

• Tell stories

• Veer away from traditional thinking

• Multi-disciplinary approach

• Out-of-the-box solutions

• KISS

• Make sustainability sexy

• Engage

9 Principles of Green Engineering 1. Engineer processes and products holistically, use systems analysis, and

integrate environmental impact assessment tools.

2. Conserve and improve natural ecosystems while protecting human health

and well-being.

3. Use life-cycle thinking in all engineering activities.

4. Ensure that all material and energy inputs and outputs are as inherently

safe and benign as possible.

5. Minimize depletion of natural resources.

6. Strive to prevent waste.

7. Develop and apply engineering solutions, while being cognizant of local

geography, aspirations, and cultures.

8. Create engineering solutions beyond current or dominant technologies;

improve, innovate, and invent (technologies) to achieve sustainability.

9. Actively engage communities and stakeholders in development of

engineering solutions

Broadening one’s view Geographer and Engineer

Credit: Julie Zimmerman via Dr. Zhang, Ph.D.

A multidisciplinary approach

involves drawing appropriately from

multiple disciplines to redefine

problems outside normal

boundaries and reach solutions

based on a new understanding of

complex situations.

Conventional Opinion

• Inconsistent with the

voice of the consumer

Underlying Assumption

• Decreases

performance and/or

raises cost

Customers want:

Energy reduction

Lightweight products

End-of-life Options

Conventional Opinion

• Criteria for

sustainability is

incompatible with

other criteria

Underlying Assumption

• Requires high tech to

reduce resource use and

technical performance

and safety is proportional

to material use

Consultants should:

Brainstorm

Think outside the box

No “routine act without thought”

Conventional Opinion

• Sustainable products are

more expensive to

produce, costly to

maintain, and are

somewhat lacking in

performance

Underlying Assumption

• Occurs when

sustainability enters the

equation after the design

is complete

70% of cost is determined during the design

phase

• Biomimicry is an

approach to

innovation that seeks

sustainable solutions

to human challenges

by emulating nature's

time-tested patterns

and strategies.

• www.asknature.org

www.paxscientific.com

Clu-in.org/green remediation

• Excavation and Surface Restoration

• Site Investigation

• Bioremediation

• Soil Vapor Extraction & Air Sparging

• Clean Fuel & Emission Technologies for Site Cleanup

• Integrating Renewable Energy into Site Cleanup

• Sites with Leaking Underground Storage Tank Systems

• Landfill Cover Systems & Energy Production

• Implementing In Situ Thermal Technologies

• Materials and Waste Management

12 Principles

1. Green Chemistry

2. Prevention rather than

treatment

3. Design for separation

4. Maximize mass, energy,

space and time

efficiency

5. “Output pulled” versus

“input pushed”

6. Conserve complexity

7. Durability rather than immortality

8. Meet need, minimize excess

9. Minimize material diversity

10. Integrate local material and energy flows

11.Design for commercial “afterlife”

12.Renewable rather than depleting

Keep it Simple, Stupid

Paper

Cardboard

Aluminum

Glass

Plastic

• Florida has a statewide

recycling goal of 75% to be

achieved by 2020

• Commercial sector generates

67% of MSW, twice single-

family residential sector

• Only 61 cities and 8 counties

have mandatory commercial

recycling

• Increasing commercial

recycling provides the most

strategic method to meeting

the 75% goalFDEP. (2010). 75% Recycling Goal Report to the Legislature. Tallahassee: FDEP.

• Florida Green Lodging

Program

• Minimize Truck Idling

• Size Vehicles and

Equipment

• Buy Local

• Limit Site Mobilizations

1. Make it work

2. Be bold, be brave

3. Make it easy

4. Drop the word

“sustainability”

5. Make it sexy

We are all millennials at

Huffington Post

Article

Certification Certifying

Entity ENV Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) Institute for Sustainable

Infrastructure (ISI)

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design

(LEED)

United States Green

Building Council

(USGBC)

LEED Green Associate

LEED AP with Specialty

Building Design + Construction (LEED AP

BD+C)

Operations and Maintenance (LEED AP

O+M)

Interior Design + Construction (LEED AP

ID+C)

Neighborhood Development (LEED AP ND)

Homes (LEED AP Homes)

Memberships

Sustainable Remediation Forum (SURF)

Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)

United States Green Building Council (USGBC)

International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP)

Institute of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS)

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

American Sustainable Business Council

USF

Our mission: To inspire sustainable solutions for our personnel, clients and business partners through innovative management, design and implementation.

“Sustainability can't be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge.”- Bjarke Ingels

If you treat people with

dignity, they will value

their work product and

take pride in their

communities.