WISER Seminar Series
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STRATA SE1: Moving Towards a Self-Powered Built Environment
Ian Bogle
Founding Director BFLS, London
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | 6:00 pm
Illinois Institute of Technology
Main Campus | S.R. Crown Hall | Upper Core
3360 S. State Street, parking map| directions
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Co-sponsors
Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER)
College of Architecture
Illinois Institute of Technology
Abstract
The IIT College of Architecture and the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) are jointly hosting a lecture featuring the Strata SE1 in London. Currently the tallest residential building in London, Strata SE1 pushes the boundaries of comprehensive sustainable design through low-energy methodologies, integrated renewable technologies, and a planned connection to London’s Biomass Gasification Combined Heat and Power System for future energy needs. Ninety-six percent of all waste material was recycled during the construction stage.
As an architectural response to new planning legislations in London requiring all new construction to generate 10 percent of its total energy requirements from renewable sources, Strata SE1 is the first residential tower in which wind turbines have been integrated into the building fabric. Three 19kW turbines will produce 50 megawatt hours per year equating to 8 percent of the buildings total energy requirements. Putting this into perspective, it is enough power to adequately maintain 30 two-bedroom apartments in the tower, annually.
The combination of a high-performance, three-layer, aluminum and glass façade system and the vertical district heating system incorporating low NOx boilers helps the tower surpass current air leakage and air quality regulations in London by 50 percent. Adding a whole-house ventilation system with heat recovery provides precision control of air quality in each apartment unit.
The speaker, Ian Bogle, a partner in the international UK firm of BFLS Architects and Planners, will further explain the path to ‘Strata SE1.’
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Life-Cycle Analysis: Alternative Strategies for End-of-Life Materials Management
Morton A. Barlaz, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE
North Carolina State University
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 | 3:30 pm
Illinois Institute of Technology
Main Campus | Engineering 1 Building | Auditorium
10 West 32nd Street | Chicago
Co-hosts
Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER)
Armour College of Engineering
Illinois Institute of Technology
Sponsored in conjunction with
The 2010 American Academy of Environmental Engineers Kappe Lecture Series
Abstract
The cost and environmental implications (e.g., greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions) of solid waste management (SWM) are important societal issues. SWM costs are borne by the public, either through use fees or taxes. SWM also results in environmental impacts.
The beneficial use of waste, either for energy recovery or material recovery, can result in both revenue and avoided emissions. Thus, policymakers must implement integrated SWM programs that represent an appropriate use of public funds in consideration of emissions.
Mathematical models of integrated SWM are important planning tools given the complexity of the solid waste system, the interactions among the numerous components that constitute the system, and the number of potential SWM alternatives.
During the past decade, Dr. Morton Barlaz and his research team have used an integrated solid waste management life-cycle model to evaluate waste management alternatives for a variety of cases. In one application, alternative plans for integrated SWM in the State of Delaware were evaluated considering cost and environmental performance, particularly GHG emissions.
In a second study, three alternatives for the management of commercial food waste were evaluated including aerobic composting, landfill disposal, and in-vessel anaerobic digestion. Each case study presents unique challenges. This presentation will describe the SWM life-cycle model and present key results from two case studies.
Dr. Morton A. Barlaz is professor and head of the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. An internationally renowned expert in the field of solid waste management, Barlaz has conducted research since 1983 in biological refuse decomposition, methane production, and the biodegradation of hazardous wastes in landfills.
A participant in two state-of-the-practice reviews of bioreactor landfills, his research forms the basis for much of the work done to assess the impact of landfills on methane emissions inventories.
Barlaz is also recognized for his research on the use of life-cycle analysis to evaluate environmental emissions associated with alternate solid waste management strategies. He is author of more than 80 peer-reviewed publications, and has made over 200 presentations at conferences throughout the world.
In 1992, he was awarded a Presidential Faculty Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. He is an associate editor for Waste Management and Journal of Environmental Engineering, and serves as co-chair of the biannual Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium and he is a member of the Science Advisory Committee for the International Waste Working Group.
He is former chair of the Government Affairs Committee and the Lectures Committee for the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.
For more information on the WISER Lecture, contact Peg Murphy at 312.567.6881 or murphym@iit.edu.
Visitor parking available at 3200 State Street (Lot A4)
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