GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: OUR COMMITMENT TO THE WORLD S FUTURE

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1 1st CREBA International Convention 2010 October 25-26, 2010 Venetian Hotel, Macau SAR GREEN TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: OUR COMMITMENT TO THE WORLD S FUTURE By: Dr. Michael E. Nunez CREBA VP for Green Technology & Sustainable Development CHAMBER OF REAL ESTATE AND BUILDERS ASSOCIATIONS, INC.

2 Globalization

3 Reality Fossil Fuel production is projected to peak in the near future. Oil production will start declining in 2012 followed by natural gas between 2010 and 2020 and coal between 2020 and % of the world s primary power comes from fossil fuels. <2% of the world s primary power comes from renewable resources (geothermal, solar, wind, hydro, ect).

4 Global climate outlook show dire consequences WORLD ENERGY DEMAND WORLD CO 2 EMISSIONS Sources: International Energy Agency and Financial Times

5 Realities Typhoon Juan Megi October 19, 2010

6 Realities Typhoon Ondoy Ketsana September 27, 2009

7 Realities Typhoon Pepeng Parma October 1, 2009

8 toe per capita Outlook: Energy Demand (1) Annual energy demand growth in developing member countries until 2030: 2.6% Energy demand increase between 2005 and 2030: 92% Total Primary Energy Demand per Capita ( ) KAZ MAS PRC AZE AUS ROK TC SIN JPN HKC Asia and the Pacific will lead the world s energy demand growth, but per capita energy demand will remain relatively low for developing member countries ,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 GDP per capita Source: ADB Energy Outlook for Asia and the Pacific, 2009

9 Outlook: Energy Demand (2) Net oil imports of South, Southeast, and East Asia will surpass that of the developed world Oil, 27% Coal and oil will maintain the biggest share Share of NRE will increase at a slow rate of 1.3% per year Coal, 38% Total Primary Energy Demand per Type ( ) Natural Gas, 14.5% New and Renewable Energy, 11% Nuclear, 7% Hydro, 2% Source: ADB Energy Outlook for Asia and the Pacific, 2009

10 Why Green Technologies? Green technologies will help displace the declining amount of fossil fuels. Better for the environment. Sustainable in the long term. Produce new jobs.

11 What are Green Technologies? Green Technologies envelops all technologies that have been designed to help the environment and lessen our dependency on fossil fuels.

12 Other Examples

13 ALTERNATIVES Clean energy resources: wind, solar, hydro

14 ALTERNATIVES Organic Fuels Ethanol from Sweet Sorghum Biodiesel from Micro-Algae Methyl ester from Coconut

15 What others have to say. Very Expensive Will not support the amount of energy we use today.

16 The Future of Green Technologies Government s starting renewable energy plans for their nations. Government s starting environmental procedures to help the environment out. Human s are becoming aware of the affects they take on this planet and acting. The Private Sector is investing in green technologies for good PR and to save money. The future of green technology is now!

17 SUSTAINABILITY development that meets the need of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. improving the quality of human life while living within the carrying capacity of supporting ecosystems.

18 Physical Sustainability In order to be physically sustainable the society s material and energy throughputs would have to meet economist Herman Daly s three conditions: 1. Rates of use of renewable resources do not exceed their rates of regeneration; 2. Rates of use nonrenewable resources do not exceed the rate at which sustainable renewable substitutes are developed; and 3. Rate of pollution emission does not exceed the assimilative capacity of the environment.

19 D-P-S-I-R Framework Driving forces, such as trends in the energy, industrial and transport sectors, produce Pressure on the environment, such as polluting emissions, which cause observable changes in the State of the environment (air quality) which Impact the population, economy and ecosystems, causing society to develop Responses to solve the problems, such as regulations, information, taxes, etc.

20 STATE OF THE WORLD Water shortages Land degradation Tropical forest destruction Species extinction Over-exploitation of marine fisheries Threatened coral reefs Urban air pollution Global Warming

21 The Need For Change The nation s current environmental protection system cannot deliver the healthy and sustainable world we want The regulatory programs in place in most developing countries simply cannot address those problems (global warming, runoff, air pollution) at a price we can afford.

22 What must we do? Developing an integrated and placebased understanding of (environmental threats arising from multiple, cumulative and interactive stresses) and the options for dealing with them is a central challenge for promoting a transition towards sustainability.

23 Sustainability in Practice 1. Plan to sustainably develop places for human habitation and commerce the brown infrastructure 2. Assess the environmental impact of current and future development and institute policies to reach national (or regional) environmental targets -----the environmental infrastructure 3. Identify and protect places with habitat and resource conservation value -----the green infrastructure.

24 Sustainability in Practice 34,000 Solar Panels produces 8MWp occupying an area of 250,000 square meters that supply to 2,600 Homes

25 Putting Solar Savings Into Numbers Energy usage facts (All figures are from DOE) National figures show an annual average electricity use of 11,000 kwh (kilowatt-hours), a bit over 900 kwh monthly. The approximate average cost of energy is P each month. The average Filipino home emits over 7257 kg of CO2 annually. It takes 24 trees to offset that. The figures seem even more compelling when you compare them with auto use. The average person drives kilometers each year with an approximate rating of 20 MPK, this "average car" will use 2271 liters of gas in a year. The estimates 8.8 kg CO2 produced per liter used. 8.8 CO2 / liter x 2271 liters of Fuel = 19, kg CO2 emitted. If you go solar for all your electricity use, you are taking the equivalent of 1.37 cars off the road. Think what an impact just your neighborhood, much less your city, could have on carbon emissions by installing solar power systems!

26 Cash Flow Valley of Death

27 Solar power science, statistics and sense The solar power industry is unique in many ways, and one of the most interesting aspects of how it is marketed and "sold" to Filipinos is its reliance on science, statistics and sense. In few other industries is a fully informed, skeptical and cautious consumer welcomed as warmly. The fact is, everyone involved with alternative energies and energy conservation knows that education is the key to encouraging adoption of new, environmentally friendly energy sources.

28 An Urban Warehouse Renovation Warehouse turned House

29 An Urban Warehouse Renovation Renovating a decades-old warehouse is to show that, with a little imagination, abandoned city buildings can be reused. In a neighborhood sitting between industrial and residential areas, their home demonstrates the elegance of reuse, the power of good design and the promise of new energy technology.

30 An Urban Warehouse Renovation Outside is a greenhouse, and beyond it an extensive roof garden surrounding sleek solar panels.

31 Future Farming Future Building 2025

32 Future Farming

33 Future Farming

34 Future Farming

35 Future Farming

36 Grid of the Future

37 THANK YOU HAVE A GREAT GREEN DAY ACT NOW!!!