Sing of Songdo and Sustainability (Part 2)
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I promised to do another blog posting on New Song
do (Green) City. Pictured left is the central park. As I write this post, it appears that tensions between North Korea and South Korea have eased somewhat. I am sure that the group developing Songdo are breathing a little easier. Previously, I talked a little about some of the green buildings and what is happening at the site. I’d like to take a look back at some of the reasons why the project was undertaken. Knowing the why can help the project manager understand what is driving stakeholders. It follows then, if we understand the drivers, we can better plan for project success. A great resource for Songdo project information is the Songdo Green Book - Sustainability, forwarded to me by Mary Lou, from the PR firm providing services to Songdo City.
Christine Whitman, former governor of New Jersey and Member, International Advisory Board for Songdo City wrote the foreword to the “Green Book.” She says “The rapid growth of suburban sprawl that I observed during my seven years as the Garden State’s governor awakened many in my state to the environmental damage caused by unchecked and uncoordinated development. It is a trend witnessed across the country, around the globe, with the Republic of Korea a prime example. Over the past four decades, Korea has been transformed from a predominantly rural society to one overwhelming urban, and the nation’s ecological footprint has grown so large that it is now among the top 10 in carbon-dioxide emissions in the world.” She further asks “Is the solution to climate change to build cleaner-burning cars? Is it more nuclear energy and other emission-free sources? Does it require more recycling and less energy waste?” She answers that question stating what we, at EarthPM have always believed, that it takes all of those projects and a holistic view, from the design, to the materials, to efficiency of usage, to looking at the end product, cradle-to-cradle, to have a sustainable project. The Green Book also includes the quote from the Bruntland Commission, 1987, a quote we also use in our book to define sustainability; “Sustainable development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.”
I also know that, as project managers, we are interested in statistics. Using actual versus potential is a good way to build a business case, in this case for sustainability. Here are a few used in the Green Book
Annual green house gas (GHG) emissions of a typical low-density development – 780,000 tons
o Potential GHG emissions of high-density New Songdo City – 260,000 tons
Annual CO2 emissions from building energy demands 350 buildings, conventional) – 674,000 tons
o LEED certified – 250,000 tons
Annual CO2 emissions from building transportation demands, typical low-density – 109,200 tons
o Non-car dependent - using diesel buses (70% residents )– 17,290 tons
o New Songdo City potential using hydrogen buses (70% residents) – 7,740 tons
One thing to remember is that as project managers (and citizens of the world for that matter), we manage the scarce resources of our projects. By extension, and an assertion of ours, the environmental influences of the project is another of those scarce resources. So I’d like to close this installment with another quote from the Green Book. “Our cities, our industries, and our lives today consume far more resources than nature can sustain, causing an extreme imbalance in our planet’s ecosystems. Sustainable design in urban planning and architecture can help to balance the ebbs and flows of these ecosystems with economic and social mechanisms, so that what a city consumes in resources is balanced by the resource recovery efforts leaving ample reserves for the needs of future generations.” This is some food for thought when considering your next “building” project, or for that matter, the philosophy in that statement can be universally applied whenever scarce resources are used. That’s just about anything, right?
There is so much more information on sustainability provided in the Green Book that you may be seeing more related posts in the future. Pictured right is the canal walk. (All pictures used with permission.)
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