Analyzing the Eco-District
Alisdair McGregor, PE, LEED AP
Principal, Arup Fellow, Arup
Integrated Resource Management
A holistic quantitative model for
improved understanding of urban
systems and the impact of
decisions
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Synergy vs Efficiency
WATER
WEATHER
ENERGY
LANDSCAPE
HUMAN
COMFORT
TRANSPORT
ECONOMY
SOCIETY
MATERIAL
WASTE
CARBON
RATING
SYSTEMS
How do we balance the warm and fuzzy with
hard data?
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material
s
Design life, material
consumption
water
Water consumption
rates
Emission factors, trip
length, %
Generation
Composition
carbon transportation
Emission rates
Landtake Density
Units
energy
Supply
waste
Land use demand
land use
Integrated Resource Management (IRM)
Energy
consumption
compare baseline
and design across
multiple indicators
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Water
consumption/w
astewater
generation
compare baseline
with design
CO2
emissions
(indirect,
direct,
mobile)
compare
alternatives
Waste
generated
& diverted
Embodied
Carbon in
Materials
compare with comparable
everyday items (e.g. waste
generation measured in # of
garbage bins)
VMTs
detect “hotspots”
of resource
consumption
across the plan
material
s
Design life, material
consumption
water
Water consumption
rates
Emission factors, trip
length, %
Generation
Composition
carbon transportation
Emission rates
Landtake Density
Units
energy
Supply
waste
Land use demand
land use
Integrated Resource Management (IRM)
Energy
consumption
compare baseline
and design across
multiple indicators
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Water
consumption/w
astewater
generation
compare baseline
with design
CO2
emissions
(indirect,
direct,
mobile)
compare
alternatives
Waste
generated
& diverted
Embodied
Carbon in
Materials
compare with comparable
everyday items (e.g. waste
generation measured in # of
garbage bins)
VMTs
detect “hotspots”
of resource
consumption
across the plan
material
s
Design life, material
consumption
water
Water consumption
rates
Emission factors, trip
length, %
Generation
Composition
carbon transportation
Emission rates
Landtake Density
Units
energy
Supply
waste
Land use demand
land use
Integrated Resource Management (IRM)
Energy
consumption
compare baseline
and design across
multiple indicators
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Water
consumption/w
astewater
generation
compare baseline
with design
CO2
emissions
(indirect,
direct,
mobile)
compare
alternatives
Waste
generated
& diverted
Embodied
Carbon in
Materials
compare with comparable
everyday items (e.g. waste
generation measured in # of
garbage bins)
VMTs
detect “hotspots”
of resource
consumption
across the plan
Greenhouse Gases and Emissions
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Optimized and Informed Planning
IRM
model
Develop
strategies
IRM
model
Refine
strategies
Optimize
Strategies
- Plan evolution
- Performance
optimization
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Results
Chose 284 KPI’s.
Found all reference input (52,000 cells)
Found 1224 actual inputs
Packett-Burman Sensitivity Analysis
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Integrated Resource Management (IRM)
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Anaerobic
Digestion
13% waste
diversion
5% energy
reduction
Electric
Vehicles
3% carbon
savings
10%
reduction in
parking
6% energy
demand
Integrated Resource Management (IRM)
Water Efficiency
Strategies
Fixtures and
Appliances
Energy Efficiency
Strategies
District Water
Loop
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15% water
reduction
3% energy
savings
40% water
reduction
4% energy
savings
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IRM images
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Good Data vs Clarity of Output
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Making the Data Accessible to a Wider
Audience
waste
Mitigation
Baseline
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30
garbage trucks of waste per day
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People living in c_life will see their carbon
footprint reduced by 37% in 2012 and by
43% in 2037.
Credit Sauerbach and Hutton Architken