UTSpeaks: Our Fragile Cities (Part 2: Stuart White)

UTSpeaks: Our fragile cities (part two)Professor Stuart White – 30 November 2011

UTSpeaks: Our Fragile Cities THINK.CHANGE.DO

INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE FUTURES

Stuart WhiteInstitute for Sustainable FuturesWednesday 30th November 2011

Introduction

Fragile Cities

Creating Resilient Cities

Healthy communities, capable of ‘bouncing back’ from adverse situations by actively influencing and preparing

for economic, social and environmental change.

Source: stakeholderforum.org

Economy

Ecology

Society

Environment

Society

Economy

QUALITY RESEARCH FOR GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY CLIENTS

Research areas> Cities and buildings

> Corporate sustainability

> Energy and climate change

> International development

> Local government

> Natural resources and ecosystems

> Resource futures

> Social dimensions of sustainability

> Transport

> Water and sanitation

Approaches• Community participation and engagement

• Economic assessment and analysis

• Futures studies

• Learning, communications and training

• Modelling and analysis

• Monitoring and evaluation

• Organisational change

• Policy analysis and development

• Tools and frameworks

• Transdisciplinary research

FOSTERING PUBLIC DEBATE

FOSTERING PUBLIC DEBATE

http://phosphorusfutures.net/

http://wwviews.org.au/

http://www.isf.uts.edu.au

http://igrid.net.au/

FOSTERING PUBLIC DEBATE

ISF REPORTS

ISF REPORTS

Energy

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/0/3/Slides_for_Launch.pdf

• Objective – move towards low emission future• 3 year project - $8m• 5 universities and CSIRO• Multi-disciplinary• Use of Intelligent Grid to enable distributed energy

Intelligent Grid

Peak Load Management

What is Distributed Energy?

Energy Efficiency

Distributed Generation

Cogeneration

Interruptible loads

Efficient motors & chillers

Efficient Lighting

Efficient showerheads

Efficiency Retrofits

Power factor correction

Gas Chillers

Ice Storage

Electric to Gas Hot Water

Standby Generation

Time of Use tariiffs

Biomass Generation

Small Gas Generation

Solar Photovoltaics

Behaviour change

Battery Storage / EVs

Network Investment: >$45 Billion by 2015- Bigger (and sooner) than National Broadband Network

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$mNetwork Capital Expenditure (>$9b p.a.)

NSW

Qld (draft)

Vic (prop.)

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SA (draft)

2009

Description and Cost Of Distributed Energy(D-CODE Model)

Description and Cost Of Distributed Energy(D-CODE Model)

> Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles> Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) and Vehicle-to-

Grid (V2G)> Charging methods are important> Storage can support the grid

Electric Vehicles

Water

Focus on building infrastructure

Focus on analysis & management

Focus on reducingvulnerability

Focus on increasing resilience

Building a climate proof urban water system

Fostering distributed

urban water systems

Adaptive management

of climate uncertainty

Managing the risks of climate change

Four generations of infrastructure

Level of water/ energy/ materials use per capita

Level of development

Level of water/ energy/ materials use per capita

Waste

Food

Community GardensGreen Roof, Vancouver

Transport

Transport is as much a health and social issue as an environmental issue, or a technical issue

The solutions to our transport crisis are within our grasp, and within our financial means

Integrated Resource Planning for Transport

• Define the service needs – for example, reduced traffic (vehicle kilometres travelled), reduced greenhouse gas emissions

• Define the options to meet the needs (rail, bus, service improvement, car share, road pricing, parking pricing, active transport – walking and cycling, education)

• Determine the lowest cost options to meet the needs

• Include all externalities (pollution, health, accidents, urban amenity)

Community

Three ideals for effective community engagement

The path less traveled

Further information

http://www.isf.uts.edu.au