Sustainable Cities

Question 1

About U Of Manitoba

Answer 1

Over 100 buildings
Total area in excess to 6.32 million gross square feet
Two main campuses are 676 acres, half are developed

Question 2

How cities came to be?

Answer 2

Industrial evolution
People moved from farms to cities (urbanization)
Due to lack of medical care and proper housing people had to move to the outskirts.
Making the city more car centric.
Winnipeg is one of them

Question 3

What does a sustainable city look like

Answer 3

Access to imp services like medical care, sanitation,proper sanitation
Green buildings
Recycling

Question 4

Def - sustainable cities

Answer 4

An urban centre engineered to improve environmental impact by urban planning and decision making.

Question 5

What are the 6 pillar of a sustainable cities?

Answer 5

Density
Walkability
Connectioons
Green buildings
Mixed use
Diversity

Question 6

Def - density

Answer 6

Increasing pop
Increasing the amount of people served with less resouces

Question 7

Opp of density

Answer 7

Sprawl

Question 8

What is more sustainable ? High or low density? Why or why not.

Answer 8

High density because
- less resources required
-eg less material used
- less car dependent
-less maintenance of road
-less area required

Question 9

Diff between traditional and sustainable development

Answer 9

Low density - traditional
High density- sustainable

Question 10

Suburb more exp or urban ? Why?

Answer 10

Suburb
Bcz less use if services leads to increase in price
More use of services, causes price to go down

Question 11

Def - walkability

Answer 11

Pedestrian and cycling friendly structure
Everything within 10 mins walk
More healthy

Question 12

Walkability in portange and main

Answer 12

Portage vs main
Pedestrians were taken off the road to
- increase activity in underground mall
- gridlock from a car centric city
But now
- took community off the road
- less safe
- car dominated
- less accessibility

Question 13

Def- connectivity

Answer 13

Interconnected street grid
Short street blocks
Promotes walking
Easy access to public transit
All amenities available in one area (mixed use)
- group of grids are taken and the traffic is diverged
-inner grid are pedestrian friendly
-good for buissness
-things are connected
-social interaction in building community

Question 14

Def mixed use

Answer 14

Commercial and residential are grouped together/merged
-activated urban are during active hours of the day
-a building can serves multiple function
- reduces auto dependence
- creates destinations and local sense of place
- increases housing option for diverse household types

Question 15

Def - diversity

Answer 15

-A spectrum of amenities offered within a range of operating hours
-increasing the quality of urban life by enhancing interaction with a diversity of people,allowing for hightened cultural sensitivity to other ethnicities and classes
- age, education, ethnicity, gender, income family status
- non motorized modes of transportation are represented equally
- mixed income housing (non gentrification)

Question 16

Def gentrification

Answer 16

Converting a poor neighborhood into a complete luxurious to attract wealthy people
Not socially just

Question 17

Wellness

Answer 17

• improve working and learning conditions
• seven aspects of wellness

Question 18

What are the 4 pillars of sustainable?

Answer 18

Environment
Well ess
Social
Economic

Question 19

Environment

Answer 19

Energy use intensity
Reduced urban heal islands
Future proofing- modular spaces

Question 20

Social

Answer 20

Improving equity
Security
Accessiblity
Facilitating health and well-being

Question 21

Economic

Answer 21

Determining material choices
Long tern building efficiency
Building resilience

Question 22

SBDG

Answer 22

Sustainable building design guidelines

Question 23

What does SBDG do

Answer 23

1- Ensures new construction is sustainable, beautiful and has welcoming spaces
2- Creation of spaces that reduce greenhouse gass
3- categories projects by size and type to determine what standards they should follow.
4- has UM specific standards that integrate other certifications such as LEED and SITES to create a UM benchmark for advancement

Question 24

Why are we using SBDG in winnipeg?

Answer 24

Winnipegs temperature annual temperature is expected to increase by approx 2 degree due to climate .
- reduce energy required to heat by 16%
- increase energy required to cool by 67%

Question 25

Why SBDG / their advantages?

Answer 25

1-Help in long term building efficiency and building sustainability- the buildings need to be there for 10 to 100 years - therefore has to be constructed in a way for long term efficiency
2- aligns with goals and targets - accounts for 65% of the UM GHG emission
3- Lead to a positive, cultural shift at the UM that will strengthen its financial viability and academic quality

Question 26

How do the SBDG work?

Question 27

Fundamental design elements

Question 28

Landscapes

Question 29

Building facades

Question 30

Decommissioning

Answer 30

Taking down building materials and recycling them in the best possible way

Question 31

Example of decommissioning

Answer 31

Clearwater building in clearwater manitoba in 2014
Key sustainable- recycling materials , community participation
Building use- visitor accommodation, restaurant, multipurpose

Question 32

What do we have to do to move towards a sustainable urbanism?

Answer 32

Develop
-dense development
-diverse people
- quality landscapes
- long lasting efficient buildings

Question 33

Advantages of sustainable urbanism

Answer 33

Strengthen sense of place
Reduce environmental stress
Health benefits
Increase interaction