moving transportation forward
DESCRIPTION
During this session we will look at how our highways and their construction impacts our everyday lives. By developing an understanding of how we currently manage our highway infrastructure, with the understanding that cars and highways are not going away anytime in the next 50 or so years; how do we make for a more sustainable future? We will discuss the 5 core concepts of sustainability; water, land, energy, resources and air. Specifically how they can be addressed in highway design and constructionTRANSCRIPT
Moving Transportation ForwardUnderstanding Sustainability
DECIDING HOW YOU CAN MAKE CHANGE
Anastasia Harrison, AIA LEED-APDirector of Sustainability NEGannett Fleming
US GBC Board of DirectorsSpeakers Bureau: Liaison
1. Understanding sustainability for today2. Initiating sustainability in our transportation
practice3. Finding resources for measuring levels of
green4. Did it start with buildings?5. Integrating sustainability into the front end of
innovation6. Balancing competing demands
What we will cover
Building to move
Legend has it that the Interstate began with President Roosevelt drawing three lines East and West and three lines
North and South on a map of the United States and asking the Bureau of Public Roads to build it.
1936Federal Aid Highway Act – under President Eisenhower
1956
Hal Kasoff PB
U.S. Highways & the EnvironmentA 50 year Transition
1950’s: Interstate System is Launched, Environment a Backburner Issue
1969: NEPA - - Must Consider Impacts & Options1970’s: Minimalist Approach to Environment1980’s & 90’s: Environmental Focus by Necessity - -
Avoid, Minimize, Mitigate 2000 – 2006: Environmental Stewardship - -
Opportunities for EnhancementTODAY: Can highways be part of a Sustainable
Transportation Solution??
highway improvements also create opportunities to enhance the environment and our communities
5,802
MMTCO2
in 2008
5,967
MMTCO2
in 2007Down
by
2.8%
SUSTAINABILITY
My ideas of how the future of sustainability actions should be managed.
Holland Tunnel8th wonder of the world
1920’s
The First Lanes
1930
Turning into Law1940-80’s
Looking in the Rear View Mirror1940-80’s
We Need Transportation
The Elements of Livability
Evolution of making more highwayDoes it solve our traffic problems?
The Cycle Will Continue
Crowded city
Expanded roadways
Suburban sprawl
Roadway congestion
Expanding roadways
Repairs, maintenance, upgrades.
The old debate…
Concrete vs asphalt
What do we care about?
Less Bad•Reduction of Energy•Water Quality•Natural Resources•Health•Land Sprawl•Natural Eco-Systems
More Good•Health & Wellness•Fostering Communities•Economic Growth•Social Equity•Connection with Family•Connection with Nature•Beauty•Civic Price
What is changing our lives today?
The value of a livable city.
Songdo International City
AMERICA 2050a better tomorrow
www.america2050.org
America 2050
Lets createGreen
Highways
www.greenroads.us
PROJECTS HAPPENING NOW!
FinlandWashingtonCaliforniaIsraelChinaNew Zealand
Hybrids - Electrical Vehicles - Biofuels
All Electric Highway in Washington
EV’s to take over
Better Place
Harnessing the energy at the place it is needed.
New Technology
Exchanging sustainability to livability
Which is the greenest solution?
While functional requirements typically drive the purpose & need of a highway project…
…highway improvements also create opportunities to enhance the environment and
our communities
GREEN ROADS
www.greenroads.usSustainability performance metric for roadway design and construction
• Minimum project requirements
• Environment & Water• Access & Equity• Construction Activities• Materials & Resources• Pavement Technology
GREEN HIGHWAY PARTNERSHIP
www.greenhighways.org
Sustainability performance metric for roadway design and construction
• Planning Partnerships• Market Based Approach.• Community Involvement• Integrated watershed approach• innovative stormwater protection. • Promote use of recycled materials. • Remove barriers to achieving
innovative and positive results. • Leverage transportation and
environmental resources to multiply benefits and maximize results.
GREEN HIGHWAY PARTNERSHIP
http://www.epa.gov/smartway/ EPA in combination with transportation partners show you how to save money.
• Smartway Certified Vehicles• SmartWay Financing - Options for
clean diesel programs• New Leaf Campaign - learning
how to choos greener cars and trucks
• SmartWay Transport – fleet options for companys with strategic partnerships
• SmartWay Tractors & Trailors – certifications for new trucks. Idling reduction strategies
Getting Started on Green Highways Reforestation
Examples of Green Highway Practices
Source: www.greenhighways.org
Bio-retention
What gets into our water?
• Salt• Heavy metals (i.e. lead,
mercury, arsenic, copper, zinc, cadmium, and chromium)
• Tire sediment and road grit• Plant and animal material• Bacteria• Pesticides from lawns and
parks• Road salt• Grease/Oil
Permeable Surfaces
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev7-2Wbzq5M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOXbNf1IJsY&NR=1
http://www.pavements4life.com/QDs/Safety_2Lighting.asp
Highway requires 250w light every 210 ft for concrete and every 170 ft for asphalt.
Local road requires 150w light for concrete and 200w light for asphalt, both at 210 ft spacing
Case I – more light poles
Case I – higher watt bulbs
Heat Island Effect
Reduce Reuse Recycle
Environmental–Avoided impacts from processing virgin materials
(e.g. GHG emissions)Economic
–Reduced transfer and disposal costsPerformance
–Perform as well as or better than traditional materials – Increased strength, improved workability, resistance to chemical attack, longer life
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Recycled Materials Resource Center AASHTO Continues Support
• Policy Resolution adopted September, 2003
• Endorses use of recycled materials
• Resources Center created by TEA-21
• Produces useful research and products
No. of US States Using Waste Materials
5101520253035404550
RAP
Scrap Tire
sBlast
Furn
aceSla
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Plastic W
asteBro
ken Concre
te
Wood W
aste
Waste
Glass
Ceramics Compost
Stat
es
0
CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN
Finding Energy
Could Solar Panels Someday Replace Asphalt?
Innovation & Adaptive ElementsLIGHTING VS. SURFACE
HARNISING THE WIND
Saving $ with advancements in technology
Soil Stabilization Advancement Technology
http://www.terrafusion.com/what_is_eco.html
Facilities are not fruit stands…
Design buildings to use less resources, energy, O&M.
What is Sustainability?
Why is green building necessary?
“The cumulative impact of the design, construction, and operation of built environments has profound implications for human health, the environment, and the economy.”
What Green Building is NOT!
So what got the whole thing started?
Energy Crisis of the 1970’sDependence of Foreign oilPassive Solar movement early 1980’s-------Complacency ------ for the next 25 years.Al Gore – Inconvenient Truth
LEED ®, which stands for LEADERSHIP IN ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN, “is an internationally recognized green building certification system, providing third-party verification that a building or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at improving performance across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor resources and sensitivity to their impacts.”
What is LEED?
Rating Systems
FACILITIES THAT ARE BETTER
LEED® FACTS
New Jersey Turnpike
Sustainable Design Study
Various Locations, New Jersey
LEED for New Construction
Pending Certification (v2.2)
SILVER 51*Sustainable Sites………………………..
11/26
Water Efficiency …………………………..
8/10
Energy and Atmosphere ………………
8/35
Materials and Resources ……….……8/14
Indoor Environmental Quality ……12/15
Innovation and Design …………..……...
5/6
Regional Priority Credit……….…… 8/14
*Out of a possible 110 points
S I LV E R REGISTERED
NJ TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE 8 TOLL PLAZALocation: East Windsor Township, NJOwner: NJ Turnpike Authority
19% Energy
reduction
47% less water
use
85% construction waste
diverted from landfill
90% Daylighting and
views
LEED® FACTS
Bus Operations and
Maintenance Facility
Richmond, Virginia
LEED for New Construction
Pending Certification (v3.0)
SILVER 38*
Sustainable Sites………………………..8/14
Water Efficiency …………………………..
4/5
Energy and Atmosphere ………………
5/17
Materials and Resources ……….……8/13
Indoor Environmental Quality …… 9/15
Innovation and Design …………..……...
4/5
*Out of a possible 69 points
S I LV E R
CERTIFIED
BUS OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE FACILITYLocation: Richmond, VAOwner: Greater Richmond Transit Company
21% Energy
reduction
30% less water
use
75% construction waste
diverted from landfill
CAMPUS SQUARE OFFICE
FACILITY IN HARRISBURG’S
MIDTOWN HISTORIC
DISTRICT
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,
Owner: GreenWorks Development, LLC
Energy Star Compliant-
Equipment
Water Recycled
Demolition/Construction Waste
Diverted from Landfill
100%
71%
97%
NYS Executive Order 111
What does the future hold?
“To save the world, we must first reinvent it”. Brooklyn-based architect and visionary Mitchell Joachim
My main reasons… The health of children, ensuring their future...
What are yours?
How can we get there?1. Facility Construction & Renovations2. ETC3. Integrated Roadways4. Multi Modal Transportation5. Urban Renewal 6. Ecological Collaboration Efforts7. Construction Waste Management8. Water – Quantity & Quality Improvements9. Context Sensitive Design10.Sustainably designed Facility Buildings
1958 vision of the future to now.
Questions?