Cities and developers across the globe recognize that they can increase asset value and attract business/people through sustainable development. Sustainable development includes improving esthetic...
Cities and developers across the globe recognize that they can increase asset value and attract business/people through sustainable development. Sustainable development includes improving esthetics, mobility, the environment, and energy systems. The US census determined that 80% of the population now lives in cites, up from 40% one hundred years ago. The Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program reports that approximately 50% of the buildings that will exist in 2030 have yet to be designed. This represents a tremendous opportunity to apply sustainable development concepts.
Unless cities and developers are provided with alternatives to the current energy production, distribution, and supply system; fossil fuel energy consumption will surge by 34 quads while renewable sources increase by only 3 quads over the next 23 years . This continued emphasis on fossil fuels is expected to increase carbon emissions by over 2200 million metric tons over this same period.
Through partnerships with private sector, universities, and governments; companies can finance, design, and build more efficient, smarter, and esthetically pleasing energy systems. Archimedes said "give me a lever long enough and I can move the world". Cities and developers can provide this lever by integrating sustainable energy models and practices into community development and redevelopment projects. This includes efficient land use design, technology ready infrastructure, transit oriented development, and green space, just to name a few. Michael Phillips and Robert Gnaizda in a famous land use design study determined that low density development uses 85% more energy and 70% more water than higher density development of equal size.
Cities and developers can create sustainable energy systems that increase asset value. This includes lowering costs by improving asset utilization, providing secure power to critical facilities, improving esthetics, and utilizing generation sources with a lower emissions and carbon footprint.
This video provides examples of actions that cities and developers can implement today to build sustainable energy systems that improve local economies.
John F. Kelly Principal at Endurant Energy LLC john.kelly@endurantenergy.com
Please visit www.necsc.us for additional guidance on sustainable community development.
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they are smaller facilitys producing for smaller areas, it said in the video that there would be more of them dispersed about.
This is good, it means power facilitys are easier to build when needed, less distance for facilities to have to cover, and a better protection from blackout/brownout
I like the ideas about using waste for methane production and hydrogen production and then solidifying and turning the remaining solid waste into a hardened composite.
A wonderful, ambitious attempt to solve our energy and water needs combined into one facility. It is not impossible. The size of the building and its energy/water capacity obviously has to respond to the size of the demand of the city. It did say that it will incorporate other external renewable energy sources I think it is the way to go.
Speaking of pipes and water salt water is very corrosive which the maintenance would be very extensive... and it would produce more salt than would be needed after a while they would pile up what then? How would people get needed minerals that water provides as bottled water does now it would lead to demineralization of everyone. This is full of lies and fuzzy science
Without conceptual thinking we're going to run ourselves into the ground with our current state of living practice. This is just groundwork to be further developed, not lies and fuzziness. Somone has to have the balls to think and dream in this world.
Oh I agree that conceptual thinking is an imperative as I also agree that cleaner forms of energy are important. You and I both understand that this is not practical at this point and it is for sure nearly pure concept but it has been packaged as an ideal and desired way of life. When coupled with the UN directives with regard to Codexaumintarius and Sustainable development this is pure propaganda aimed at selling the idea that we must live on top of one another in order to save ourselves/world
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This is good, it means power facilitys are easier to build when needed, less distance for facilities to have to cover, and a better protection from blackout/brownout
I like the ideas about using waste for methane production and hydrogen production and then solidifying and turning the remaining solid waste into a hardened composite.
Probably just a troll