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Dr. Christine Bratrich, ETH Zurich ISCN Conference 2014, June 3rd Harvard & MIT
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Drivers for innovation to support sustainable development
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Three principles to support innovation for sustainability at ETH Zurich
bridging 1 integrating 2 focusing 3
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! Sustainability: Priority at the highest level of decision making
! Interdisciplinary steering board: 8 faculty members, anchored in various scientific disciplines and 7 departments.
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disciplines, departments, cultures bridging 1
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Sustainability at ETH Zurich is integrated in:
all relevant activities integrating 2
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dialouge with society campus life
education research
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on a thematic and strategic «focus of the year»
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1. future cities
2. climate change
3. world food systems
4. energy systems
5. natural resources
focusing 3
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How does this work in practice?
education research
«ETH Sustainability Summer School»
• …link education & research • …bridge disciplines & cultures • …support the «focus of the year»
Innovative education program to….
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ETH Sustainability Summer School Program
«change agents» for sustainability
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Motivation & Skills stakeholder perspective
communication & presentation
project management
Inter- und transdisciplinary curriculum
system-thinking
inter-discipliary knowhow
critical thinking & reflection
trans-formation
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«change agents» for sustainability
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teamwork
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ETH Sustainability Summer School Program
VIP contacts
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motivation & skills stakeholder perspective
communication & presentation
project management
Inter- und transdisciplinary curriculum
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«change agents» for sustainability
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teamwork
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ETH Sustainability Summer School Program
VIP contacts
system-thinking
inter-discipliary methods
critical thinking & reflection
trans-formation
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Outcome 2010: sustainable urban dwelling unit (SUDU)
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outcome 2010 «SUDU» techniques
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outcome 2010 realization 2011
publication 2012 follow-up project 2013
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participants: 50% ETH Zurich
32 universities
29 nationalities 34 disciplines
Interdisciplinary & international response
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3 alliances IARU, GULF, IDEA League
44 organizations
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Interdisciplinary & international response
participants: 50% ETH Zurich
32 universities
29 nationalities 34 disciplines
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Innovation for sustainability requires
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1. Competence and inspiration gained in interdisciplinary and intercultural teams.
2. Integrative thinking to create synergies between research, education and campus-life.
3. Well-focused capacities to generate implementation force.
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Team ETH Sustainability Dominik Brem, SGU
Thank you!
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Time for another order of magnitude!
1. Innovation to reach all students on campus.
2. Innovation to foster more «living labs».
3. Innovation to design new forms of dialogue.
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Outlook
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! 2010: ETHiopia Summer School in Addis Ababa
! 2011: All just rubbish?
! 2012: Eating Tomorrow: Rethinking the World Food System
! 2013: Future Cities: Networks and Grammars
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«ETH Sustainability Summer School»
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Outcome 2011 Life Cycle Assessment
und Ausstellung über Waschmaschinen
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Outcome 2011 Design und Prototyp
eines nachhaltigen Stuhl
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Outcome 2012 Design und Bau eines «Aquaponic Systems» - angepasst an die Bedürfnisse einer jordanianischen NGO
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Outcome 2013 Entwicklung und
Visualisierung eines neuen Stadtteils in Singapur
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outcome 2012 assessment of the
environmental and social impacts the association
«Tischlein deck dich»
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ETH Zurich – “little town in the city of Zurich”
! 50.7 GWh for heating year-1
= heating for more than 8000
family homes
! 112 GWh electricity year-1
= consumption of about 35‘000 persons
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ETH Zurich: energy demand
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ETH Zurich: energy demand / CO2 emissions
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ETH Zürich: Stromverbrauch
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ETH Zürich: Wärmeverbrauch
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ETH Zurich: energy concept Hönggerberg
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ETH Zürich: Energiekonzept Hönggerberg
goal: 50% CO2 reduction by 2020 CO2 free for heating by 2025 currently in implementation expected savings: at least 4000 t CO2e/year
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CO2 Emissionen in Science City
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ETH Zürich: CO2 Emissionen
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ETH Zurich – “1000 times around the globe”
rail traffic car airplane
! about 50 million km by airplane = 1150 x around the globe per year
! Business travel: more than 15’000 tonnes CO2 in total
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ETH Zürich: Papierverbrauch
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