This presentation introduces the concept of sustainable design and the environmental responsibility of the architect.

1. What is Sustainable Design? Part One: Building an Environmental Ethic Terri Meyer Boake BES, BArch, MArch, LEED AP Associate Director School of Architecture University of Waterloo Past President of the Society of Building Science Educators Member OAA Committee on Sustainable Built Environment

3. Building an Environmental Ethic: how architecture can ~ “live lightly on the earth” Aldo Leopold Legacy Centre, Wisconsin – Carbon Neutral and LEED Platinum

9. Industry 25% Transportation 27% Buildings 48%

10. POLLUTION IS AN ACT OF DESIGN Remember, EVERYTHING that is called 'disposable' was DESIGNED from day one to be garbage--as its PRIMARY and overriding design consideration.”

11. EVEN THIS BUILDING Was designed to be thrown out!

12. Radical PHILOSOPHY!?? WASTE = FOOD (the human race is the only species to DESIGN things with the INTENTION that they become GARBAGE!)

14. Radical PROPOSITION!?? DESIGN FOR DISASSEMBLY So that we can take things (even buildings!) apart and easily repair or reuse them REUSE MEANS LESS ENERGY THAN RECYCLE

15. DESIGN BUILDINGS TO COME APART SO THAT THEY CAN BE REPAIRED, REUSED AND RECYCLED – EASILY! MIMIC OTHER INDUSTRIES

16. BUILDINGS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BETWEEN 40% TO 70% OF WORLD CARBON EMISSIONS Inconvenient TRUTH

18. ICE STORM = NO POWER = NO HEAT

20. SEALED BUILDINGS CANNOT BREATHE ELEVATORS AND LIGHTS NEED POWER MODERN ARCHITECTURE DOES NOT WORK!

22. Radical THOUGHT!?? MAYBE WE SHOULD BEGIN TO DESIGN OUR BUILDINGS/ENVIRONMENTS IN REVERSE! Start with a basic UNPLUGGED building

24. Radical IS Passive… PASSIVE DESIGN is where the building uses the SUN, WIND and LIGHT to heat, cool and light ARCHITECTURALLY

25. Radical REALIZATION #1 - OUR NORTH AMERICAN LIFESTYLE OF CONSUMPTION IS NOT SUSTAINABLE #2 – DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (WITH ZILLIONS MORE PEOPLE THAN WE) ARE STRIVING TO BE JUST LIKE US….

29. Canadian GHG Stats: Canadians create 2% of global GHGs, but are 0.05% of global population. Canada is 9 th largest emitter of GHG emissions, but Canadians are the 2nd highest per capita creators of GHGs in the world. Energy use and GHGs by Sector in Canada: Industrial 39% energy 33.3% GHGs Transportation 29% energy 35.7% GHGs Residential 17% energy 15.5% GHGs Commercial & Institutional 12% energy Agriculture 3% energy

31. Consider the percentage of energy used as a direct result of “buildings”… Who designs buildings? So, who should be held responsible for them? US figures

33. The End of Oil Scientists firmly believe that we are running out of oil and the bottom line is that while consumption is ever increasing, production is felt to have peaked and is predicted to rapidly decline.

34. Radical CONFLICT!?? #1 – GLOBAL WARMING – too much CO 2 #2 – RUNNING OUT OF OIL (oil causes CO 2 )

36. If fuel production declines, there is not enough fuel to heat and cool the present building stock in 40 years time -- not to mention heating and cooling any buildings we might add between now and then…. Also of concern is the growing reliance on OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), or non North American fuel sources, given the instability in the Middle East.

38. Design and Construction Industry as potential single largest contributor (40%) to Canada’s solutions for compliance with the Kyoto Protocol and for creating long term ecological sustainability. ‘ Environmental Design is definitely an avenue towards sustainability. Great potential for ‘Environmental Leadership’ in architecture Environmentally responsible architecture CAN make a huge difference. Environmental Architecture: The George and Kathy Dembroski Centre for Horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Garden Montomery Sisam Architects Toronto, Ontario LEED TM Silver

45. Your ecological footprint… If we are not going to be part of the PROBLEM. We are going to learn how to be part of the SOLUTION! Project #1: Calculate your ecological footprint. How many planets are YOU using now….

46. What is an ecological footprint? It is a measure of our consumption and/or emissions as a result of our lifestyle. The bottom line is SMALLER IS BETTER! Calculating your “ecological footprint” … can naturally extend to an understanding of your “carbon footprint” Source: http://www.cycleoflife.ca/kids/education.htm

47. The relative consumption patterns across the planet earth .

48. www.zerofootprint.net