List to seperate task to find infomation for week 4
1. Introduction (together)
2. General infomation on eco-footprint. (Ellen)
- what is sustanability? (issue)
-What is eco-footprint? (topic)
-How does sustanable + eco-footprint relate?
-How do we know about the result can tell us?
3. University (case study) (Kwan+Tan)
-RISD
-Sydney uni
-RMIT
-Swinburne
Organization (Tan+Kwan)
(Which organization they do the eco-footprint?)
4. Design Green (Lucy)
5. Statistic (pete)
6. Conclusion (together)
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Eco-footprint + University
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Olympic Village: A high-tech ‘green’ venue for people
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A corner of the Olympic (Paralympic) Village
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(BEIJING, March 5) — The Olympic (Paralympic) Village, whose basic construction work is complete, is to begin receiving residents on July 27. Through a balanced union of humanism, architecture and environment, the village incorporates characteristics of the three major Beijing Olympic concepts of “Green Olympics,” “Hi-Tech Olympics” and [...]
Magical ETFE membrane of the ‘Water Cube’ saves energy and cleans itself
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The interior look of the ‘Water Cube’
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(BEIJING, Jan. 28) — The National Aquatic Center has a beautiful nickname — the “Water Cube.” This is an architectural building that literally embodies the water theme. The blue “bubbles” made by the ETFE membrane fully showcase the grace and sensitivity of water.
The design feature of the “Water [...]
The Ecological Footprints of Tokyo
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The footprint of a city is defined as the amount of land required to sustain its metabolism; that is, to provide the raw materials on which it feeds, and process the waste products it excretaes.
“Tokyo” as defined here is a conurban region that includes the 23 wards of Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the surrounding prefectures [...]
Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis @ the University of Sydney
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http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/research/ef.shtml
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What can you do?
REDUCING SCOTLAND ‘S FOOTPRINT
Scotland, like other developed countries, is using an unfair and unsustainable share of the world’s resources.
An ecological footprint is an estimate of the land and sea area needed to provide all the energy, water, transport, food and materials that we consume. In 2001, the average Scot had an ecological [...]
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Measuring our ecological footprint
By Jane Mundy
15 March 2002
Researchers in the School of Physics have carried out the world’s first compre-hensive case study of a university’s environmental impact.
Dr Manfred Lenzen and third-year student Richard Wood have conducted a holistic assessment of the “ecological footprint” (EF) of the School of Physics, using methodology developed by Dr Lenzen [...]
