Post on 18-May-2015
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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
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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