ecosystems

George Achillias

Stereotype: Urban-Rural Dichotomy

3 pillars of sustainable, livable cities

Built environment

Natural environment

Built environment tended to prevail over the natural environment

Society

Ecosystems are much more than materials or

greening

Nested systems:

ecosystems

encompass &

control

everything

else

What single word has best defined our ability to reshape society, technology, business, and environment over the past 200 years?

What single word best defines the greatest challenge to our ability to Innovate and to deal with uncertainty in the future?

connections

Hyper-connectivity

From minimizing environmental cost• Ecosystem is external• Piecemeal approach• Environmental impact assessment

To maximize ecosystem value• Environmental systems are assets• Integrate, holistic approach• Ecosystem development

Smart buildings and smart people

the ability for systems in a building to acquire and apply knowledge about the building

“Smart is about the building beginning toanticipate your needs – it is about living ina machine that cares about you.”

“It is not all about high-tech digital design technologies;an intelligent building has to include other low-techapproaches such as passive environmental control.”

beauty is in the eye of the beholder…

Key challenges

The future is already here…

It just looks a little different than we thought…

It just looks a little different than we thought…

smart is not enough

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