Ecol Econ And Labs
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The document discusses strategies for balancing laboratory building performance across four types of capital: natural, human, built, and social. It outlines approaches within each type of capital such as facility design and optimization for built capital. For human capital it discusses education and incentives. Social capital strategies include communication, leadership, and policies. The document emphasizes that institutions are complex systems and achieving change requires understanding the relationships between dynamic parts and emerging behaviors.
Ecol Econ And Labs
- 1. Evaluating Strategies for ReducingEnergy Use in University Laboratories and Research Buildings
- 2. Strategies for BalancingLab Building Performanceacross 4 Capitals
- 3. Strategies for BalancingLab Building Performanceacross 4 CapitalsNatural
- 4. Human
- 5. Built
- 6. SocialEcosystemMatterMatterLaboratoryEnergyNatural CapitalEnergyLaboratoryEcosystemExtractionWaste
- 9. Built CapitalFacility design, LEED, and Labs 21 Environmental Performance CriteriaFacility optimization (ie retro-commission)
- 10. CollaborationLabs 21 example: Energy and AtmospherePrereq 4: Assess Minimum Ventilation Requirements based onUser needsHealth/safety Energy consumption
- 11. Human CapitalEducationBehavior, Information, & incentives
- 12. Social CapitalCommunication & Feedback (energy awareness)Leadership & PoliciesClean Energy Funds
- 13. Institutions as SystemsCommunity capital“wisdom of crowds”Organizational & cultural change“leading the leaders”Complex relationships among dynamic parts“emergence”“Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm.” -Donella Meadows
- 14. ThanksCommentsQuestionsStephen PosnerEnergy Education Fellow, UVM Office of Sustainability | Rocky Mountain Institute