GSSS 2016-Projects & Working Groups
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| GSSS 2016 |
Topics
Here are some topics we proposed today, and Te (I) categorized into three themes. Since I missed or misunderstood some of your points, please feel free to add or edit the topics, and please put your name at the end so we can keep track of the ideas.
Policy & Market
Regulation and market
- What is the best urban land use strategy? (Te)
Paris agreement
- What were the datasets and metrics involved in the agreement? (Te)
Selling Sustainability
- Measuring market demand; surveying/devising market incentives for adoption of sustainable technologies and practices (renovation, electric vehicles, etc.)
- What would be blocking adoption if there were no public incentives? (Culture, financing, momentum, ...?)
- Group Members: Josh
Systemic Change
Garbage problem
- How do different cities manage garbage? (Te)
- Group member: Te, Ruowen, David, Adam
Sustainable community
- How to build sustainable practices in poor community? (Te)
- Group members: Travis
Transportation system
- How to build on our current transportation system for future growth? (Te)
Understanding of system
Relationship between social system and ecological system
- Please add some ideas
The scaling & essence of city
- How do we better manage the city growth? (Te)
Social value
- Please add some ideas
Case Studies
Retrofitting Reevesland
- A plan to do a deep energy retrofit a county-owned (but currently derelict) historic building, including financing, incentives, uses, etc.
- Reevesland in Arlington, VA
- Group: Darin, Josh
Sustainability Plan for SFI
- A prioritized laundry list of suggestions for SFI to improve their organizational sustainability
- Group: Darin
Here's the picture for all the ideas we got today
