Living with higher temperatures Michael Mobbs Sustainability Coach Living with higher temperatures
Nov 03, 2014
Living with higher temperatures
Michael Mobbs Sustainability Coach
Living with higher temperatures
How much of what do we need to live
Kyoto carbon trading ignores and helps make cities hotter Kyoto carbon trading ignores and helps make cities hotter
In the 2002 European heat wave when 34,000 people died in four months London was 9 degrees hotter than the surrounding countryside
Dark Tar & Dark Roofs Increase City Temperatures by up to 10 degreesDark Tar & Dark Roofs Increase City Temperatures by up to 10 degrees
Urban heating is doubling the impact of climate change at Observatory Hill, Sydney - up 1 degree with only .5 degree from climate change
Productive trees and pale roads cool cities, not Kyoto
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Potable water usage 50 l/ p / day
4 people
5m landscape
150m site
A ‘normal’ kitchen
A 19 century terrace
Rain Tank for City Offices that don’t need Desal or Dam water
Rain Tank for City Offices that don’t need Desal or Dam water
200 person office block, Double Bay
All water from rainwater
All sewage re-used on site to flush toilets and irrigate productive gardens
No mains water or sewerage
Garrigal strata offices - black-topped chimneys, balconies, on site sewage and rainwater
376-382 New South Head Rd, Double Bay - Goldman Lane - 2005-2007
ESD Part section
ESD part section
376-382 New South Head Rd, Double Bay - Level 1 Interior - 2005-2007
ESD section + interior
ESD Part Section
Stair Section
Stair Section - thermal ventilation chimney
Water Treatment Diagram
Water Treatment Diagram
• Treated Grey water system • Collection of rainwater for potable use within the building • No connection to mains water and sewer • Selection of 5A/5 Star water saving devices• No cooling tower
• Separate metering of each tenancy for hot/cold water
WATER
• No onsite car parking• Use of rainwater and reuse of grey water in a small urban
multi-tenanted commercial building.• Disconnection from mains water and sewerage
INNOVATIONS
INNOVATIONS
Michael Mobbs Sustainability Coach
Lime tree, Myrtle Street Paddock
Michael Mobbs Sustainability Coach
Compost bin, Peace Park Paddock
Watering street trees with rainwater
A productive fence
A productive fence
Coffee grounds
Coffee grounds at café guilia
Coffee grounds going on orange trees
What we want