Social Business in Transition Engineering Professor Susan Krumdieck Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Canterbury Advanced Energy and Material Systems Lab
Dec 31, 2015
Social Business in Transition Engineering
Professor Susan KrumdieckDepartment of Mechanical Engineering University of CanterburyAdvanced Energy and Material Systems Lab
ENERGYMechanical Engineering
Problem: Energy
Solution: Transition Engineering
Exemplar: Social Business – From the Ground Up
Energy ScarcityWorld Oil Supply
Krumdieck, S., S. Page, A. Dantas,Transportation Research Part A: 44 (2010) 306-322
Food vs Fuel – Corn Ethanol
22.5 gal tank = 270 kg of corn
32 people for 1 yearWestern Diet
10 people for 1 year3rd World Diet
Seed corn could feed 1000 people for 5 years
Energy Injustice
People already using copious quantities of energy trying to get more
Degradation of people’s environment, food, health in far away places where the resources are extracted
People using copious quantities of fossil fuels degrading the wellbeing of ALL other people – Now and in the future
1st Rule of Engineering:Know what problem you are working on
Rotumans use < 20 W We use > 1000 W
Rotuma, Fiji
Transition Engineering
Transition Engineering
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Development Timeline
Energ
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History
Present
Future Scenariosand Risk Assessment
Path-Break Concepts
Forward Operating Environment
Trigger Events Chang
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Back-Casting
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Future Scenario
Ex-Urban Sprawl
WE NEED:15,000 people housed nowWithin the urban area
We can’t fix this with• Biofuels• Electric Cars• Hydrogen• Light Rail• Buses• Internet• Self-Driving Cars
Path-Break ConceptChristchurch City that is affordable, accessible, vibrant, prosperous, educated…..
Without Using Oil
Google Image: Utopia
100 Year TransitionQuantitative Analysis • Transportation Energy• Connectivity• Accessibility• Adaptability• Soils, Water, Infrastructure• Markets• Building Stock
From the Ground Up Method: Quantitative Multi-Criteria Analysis
Soil Stability Property Re-Development Index Age of Buildings
Fuel Use
Trigger:From the Ground Up
University Village area information
New Riccarton Ave
New University Village Main Street
New University Village Student Commons
Re-worked “open” infill neighbourhoods
Diversity, Texture, Amenity
Source: Institute for Transportation and Development Policy/ITDP, Jun. 26, 2010
High Street
Re-New-All Re-Development
Community InvolvedTransition Design for 100 YearsPassiveHaus ConstructionEconomy of Scale
Affordable Housing
Transition: Social BusinessUses business best practice to solve a problem, rather than provide shareholder dividend
From the Ground Up
Public Infrastructure
Public Services
Public Planning
Market & Development
Investment
Design & Construction Community100 Years
Affordable HousingSustainable City