Spatially-linked Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

A tool to inform sustainable city planning

Cole Roberts, PE, LEED AP
New Partners for Smart Growth 2010 | Seattle, WA | February 4, 2010

Outline

Arup

IRM
Approach

Spatially-linked Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

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IRM Tool

Arup

Spatially-linked Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

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Arup Background

global | integrated | employee-owned | multidisciplinary

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Principal Fields of Activity

Building Engineering
Sustainability & GHG Consulting
LEED Consulting
Civil Engineering
Energy & Resources Engineering
Integrated Resource Planning
Infrastructure
Transportation Planning
Information Technology
Smart Grid & Information Architecture
Acoustics / Vibration Consulting
Advanced Technology
Risk Assessment
Environmental Consulting
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Total Planning = Sustainability

the integration process and the interdependence of

all the professions involved, the creative nature of
planning and engineering, the value of innovation
and the social purpose of design.

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Collaborations
Clinton Climate Positive Projects
C40 Memorandum of Understanding
World Economic Forum

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Arup

IRM
Approach

Spatially-linked Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

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Urban Metabolism

Organic model for thinking about material and energy flows in cities dates to 1965
(Wolman, A.)(1965). The metabolism of cities. Scientific American, 179-190.
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Urban Metabolism
(a) Supply
of housing

Land Use
Schedule
Reduction in
potable demand
through rainwater
harvest

Water
Reduction
in potable
water
demand
through
recycling

Employment:
Recycling(??)

Social
(a) Employment
demand

(b) Social infrastructure

demand

Potable water
demand

Passenger
Transport
distance
(based on
density)

Travel
demand

Passenger
Transport

Waste water

Energy
demand
by type

Per capita
energy
demand excl.
transport /
logistics

Reduction in
energy demand
through embedded
renewables

Energy

Additional
Land Area for
Biomass
production

Energy
from Wind

Energy for freight

movement

Freight
movement
(Logistics)
Energy recovery
from tonnes /
composition
waste
incineration(?)

Generation of
biogas

Agricultural
production
(External
Area)

Consumption
(Food,
goods, etc)

Tonnes of
goods moved

Production of
sewage
effluent

Additional
Land Area for
Food
production

Wind
Turbines

Demand for
consumables
(food, etc)

Freight
transport
distance (based
on density)

POPULATION
Non-potable
water demand
(treated
wastewater)

Land area
required for
turbines

Employment generated
(external): Agricultural
production

Tonnes of
waste
moved

Fuel source energy

supply (rice husk)

Biomass / Biofuel
production
(External Area)

Employment generated
(external): Biomass
production

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Fuel source
energy
supply

Waste
output

Waste
management

Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

WATER

WEATHER

ENERGY

LANDSCAPE
HUMAN
COMFORT
TRANSPORT

ECONOMY

SOCIETY

MATERIAL
WASTE

CARBON

RATING
SYSTEMS

Beyond VMT in Land Use

In One Project:

VMT related GHG reductions: 46%

Building energy related GHG reductions: 54% (i.e. greater than
the VMT related emissions reductions).

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Beyond VMT in Land Use

In One Project:

VMT related GHG reductions: 46%

Building energy related GHG reductions: 54% (i.e. greater than
the VMT related emissions reductions).
and this did not include further benefits from embodied GHG
in the improved water and waste systems (often better in infill
locations) or the protected bio-mass sequestered in
undeveloped alternative sites such as prime ag land and
watersheds.

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Progress towards best practice sustainability

Trajectory

Normal practice

Best practice

No
attention

Acknowledge
problems

Design
principles

Management
process

Just get the

job done

Were wasting
resources. Our
reputation is at risk.
Ad hoc attention to
sustainability issues.

We design individual
strategies, each with
sustainability
elements.

We use integrated,
holistic design to
optimise
sustainability

Legal Compliance

Early Adopter

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Market Leader

Global Leader

Rational & Complete

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Significance and Control

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Quantitative Support IRM: Modeling

A holistic quantitative model for

improved understanding of urban
systems and the impact of planning
decisions

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Emission factors,
trip length, %

material
s
Design life, material
consumption

water
Water consumption
rates

carbon transportation

Emission rates

Generation
Composition

energy

Supply

waste

Land use demand

land use
Landtake Density
Units

The IRM Model

Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

Energy
consumption

compare baseline
and design across
multiple indicators

Water
consumption/
wastewater
generation

CO2
emissions
(indirect,
direct,
mobile)

compare baseline
with design

compare
alternatives

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Waste
generated
& diverted

Embodied
Carbon in
Materials

compare with comparable

everyday items (e.g. waste
generation measured in # of
garbage bins)

VMTs

detect hotspots
of resource
consumption
across the plan

Emission factors,
trip length, %

material
s
Design life, material
consumption

water
Water consumption
rates

carbon transportation

Emission rates

Generation
Composition

energy

Supply

waste

Land use demand

land use
Landtake Density
Units

The IRM Model

Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

Energy
consumption

compare baseline
and design across
multiple indicators

Water
consumption/
wastewater
generation

CO2
emissions
(indirect,
direct,
mobile)

compare baseline
with design

compare
alternatives

Spatially-linked Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

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Waste
generated
& diverted

Embodied
Carbon in
Materials

compare with comparable

everyday items (e.g. waste
generation measured in # of
garbage bins)

VMTs

detect hotspots
of resource
consumption
across the plan

Emission factors,
trip length, %

material
s
Design life, material
consumption

water
Water consumption
rates

carbon transportation

Emission rates

Generation
Composition

energy

Supply

waste

Land use demand

land use
Landtake Density
Units

The IRM Model

Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

Energy
consumption

compare baseline
and design across
multiple indicators

Water
consumption/
wastewater
generation

CO2
emissions
(indirect,
direct,
mobile)

compare baseline
with design

compare
alternatives

Spatially-linked Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

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Waste
generated
& diverted

Embodied
Carbon in
Materials

compare with comparable

everyday items (e.g. waste
generation measured in # of
garbage bins)

VMTs

detect hotspots
of resource
consumption
across the plan

Emission factors,
trip length, %

material
s
Design life, material
consumption

water
Water consumption
rates

carbon transportation

Emission rates

Generation
Composition

energy

Supply

waste

Land use demand

land use
Landtake Density
Units

The IRM Model

Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

Energy
consumption

compare baseline
and design across
multiple indicators

Water
consumption/
wastewater
generation

CO2
emissions
(indirect,
direct,
mobile)

compare baseline
with design

compare
alternatives

Spatially-linked Integrated Resource Management (IRM)

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Waste
generated
& diverted

Embodied
Carbon in
Materials

compare with comparable

everyday items (e.g. waste
generation measured in # of
garbage bins)

VMTs

detect hotspots
of resource
consumption
across the plan

Optimized and Informed Planning

IRM
model

Develop
strategies

IRM
model

Refine
strategies

Optimize
Strategies
- Plan evolution
- Performance
optimization

GIS Integration

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Greenhouse Gases and Emissions

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Arup

IRM
Approach

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IRM Tool

Projects

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Concord Naval Weapon Station

Concord Naval Weapon Station

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Concord Naval Weapon Station

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Transportation

Economics

Financial Feasibility

Nevada Institution

Nevada Institution

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Nevada Institution

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Nevada Institution

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Nevada Institution

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Long Island 2035 Sustainability Plan

Evaluation of alternative futures for a
region of 3 million people

Analysis of existing and future:

Land use patterns
Resource consumption
Government regulations
Practices and policies

Summary
Quantitative and integrated approach to sustainable
development and design
Outputs for Scope 1, 2 and 3 Carbon emissions classified by
WRI protocol
Outputs for density, waste, energy, water & wastewater
Provides output in non-technical language (marketability)

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Acknowledgements
Engin Ayaz, Aidan Hughes, Jake Levitas for co-authoring the presentation
Adam Friedberg, Andrew Egleton, Damien McCloud, Jessen Page, Mark Shorett, Sarah
Gillhespy, and numerous other Arup consultants, designers, engineers and planners for
their contribution to the development of the IRM approach and its use on various projects.

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