05 damin tarlow: environmental impact of buildings

Suck or Blow?It’s really a matter of energy

presented by:

Damin Tarlow

76%

Buildings Suck

build

ings

23%1%

ELECTRICITY

48%

25%27%

ENERGY

build

ings

How do they suck?

What blows more?

cars cows buildings

the inland empire

Can we do anything about it?

So...what do we do?

Build assets Not liabilities

two-way infrastructure

Who pays for the infrastructure?

We need buildings that DON’T SuCk from the infrastructure

How Do We Figure This Out?

enlightened celebutantes

enlightened rich old guys

What Does it take?

An enlightened cultural shift

ImagineThinkWorryMake placesutilize technologyEducateBe Progressive

urbanizeInteractDiversifyGet CulturedEmergeBe ConsciousInfluence

It takes the kind of people that live in PORTLAND!

Portland is PROGRESSIVE! First modern streetcar system•Most per capita hybrids•Most bicycle commuters•First car sharing program•First bottle bill•

Best Place to live America’s greenest city Top recycling city Cleanest cityVO

TED

Portland is YOuNG, HIP & EDuCATED Top Destination for cultural creatives

175,000 students in 26 universities w/in 110 miles

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

In PDX we already are...

Most, per capita LEED buildings, in the Nation...

we are 1/2 way there

Ok so now what?It took a paradigm shift for Babylonians to develop the concept of ZERO

The Greek philosophers fought this

how can nothing be something?

NET ZERO=

The Living Building

nothing is something

We need to:

Make buildings that produce more energy than they consume...

And consume more wastethan they produce.

YES. IT’S POSSIBLE!

We have developed $5 Billion worth We have more LEED buildings than employees

HOW DO WE BLOW ENERGY INTO THIS?

•Engagepublicpartners VOTE•AdvanceTechnology INVENT•MakeChoices LIVE•WORK•PLAY

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So my question is this:Do we need to: Ignite PDX on this issue?

Or

Is PDX already on FIRE???

PDXFuelthefire...

GO OUTAND BLOW!

-Damin TarlowGerding Edlen Development Co.damin.tarlow@gerdingedlen.com