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Dr. Christine Bratrich, ETH Zurich
ISCN Conference 2014, June 3rd Harvard & MIT
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Drivers for innovation to support
sustainable development

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Three principles to support innovation
for sustainability at ETH Zurich
bridging1 integrating2 focusing3

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! Sustainability: Priority at the highest level of decision making
! Interdisciplinary steering board: 8 faculty members,
anchored in various scientific disciplines and 7 departments.
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disciplines, departments, culturesbridging1

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Sustainability at ETH Zurich is integrated in:
all relevant activitiesintegrating2
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dialouge with society campus life
education research

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on a thematic and strategic
«focus of the year»
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1. future cities
2. climate change
3. world food systems
4. energy systems
5. natural resources
focusing3

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How does this work in practice?
education research
«ETH Sustainability Summer School»
• …link education & research
• …bridge disciplines & cultures
• …support the «focus of the year»
Innovative education program to….

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ETH Sustainability Summer School Program
«change agents»
for sustainability
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Motivation & Skills
stakeholder
perspective
communication
& presentation
project
management
Inter- und transdisciplinary curriculum
system-
thinking
inter-
discipliary
knowhow
critical
thinking &
reflection
trans-
formation
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«change agents»
for sustainability
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teamwork
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ETH Sustainability Summer School Program
VIP contacts

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motivation & skills
stakeholder
perspective
communication
& presentation
project
management
Inter- und transdisciplinary curriculum
1 2 3 4
«change agents»
for sustainability
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teamwork
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ETH Sustainability Summer School Program
VIP contacts
system-
thinking
inter-
discipliary
methods
critical
thinking &
reflection
trans-
formation

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Outcome 2010: sustainable urban dwelling unit (SUDU)

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outcome 2010
«SUDU» techniques

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outcome 2010
realization 2011
publication 2012
follow-up project 2013

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participants:
50% ETH Zurich
32 universities
29 nationalities
34 disciplines
Interdisciplinary & international response
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3 alliances
IARU, GULF, IDEA League
44 organizations
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Interdisciplinary & international response
participants:
50% ETH Zurich
32 universities
29 nationalities
34 disciplines

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Innovation for sustainability requires
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1. Competence and inspiration
gained in interdisciplinary and intercultural teams.
2. Integrative thinking
to create synergies between research, education and campus-life.
3. Well-focused capacities
to generate implementation force.

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Team ETH Sustainability Dominik Brem, SGU
Thank you!

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Time for another order of magnitude!
1. Innovation to reach all students on campus.
2. Innovation to foster more «living labs».
3. Innovation to design new forms of dialogue.
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Outlook

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! 2010: ETHiopia Summer School in Addis Ababa
! 2011: All just rubbish?
! 2012: Eating Tomorrow: Rethinking the World Food System
! 2013: Future Cities: Networks and Grammars
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«ETH Sustainability Summer School»
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Outcome 2011
Life Cycle Assessment
und Ausstellung über
Waschmaschinen
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Outcome 2011
Design und Prototyp
eines nachhaltigen Stuhl
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Outcome 2012
Design und Bau eines
«Aquaponic Systems»
- angepasst an die
Bedürfnisse einer
jordanianischen NGO
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Outcome 2013
Entwicklung und
Visualisierung eines neuen
Stadtteils in Singapur
150’000 EW
75’000 Arbeitsplätze6/11/14 23

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outcome 2012
assessment of the
environmental and social
impacts the association
«Tischlein deck dich»
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ETH Zurich – “little town in the city of Zurich”
! 50.7 GWh for heating year-1
= heating for more than 8000
family homes
! 112 GWh electricity year-1
= consumption of about 35‘000 persons

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ETH Zurich: energy demand

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ETH Zurich: energy demand / CO2 emissions

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ETH Zürich: Stromverbrauch

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ETH Zürich: Wärmeverbrauch

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ETH Zurich: energy concept Hönggerberg

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ETH Zürich: Energiekonzept Hönggerberg
goal:
50% CO2 reduction by 2020
CO2 free for heating by 2025
currently in implementation
expected savings:
at least 4000 t CO2e/year

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0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
tCO2/a
Business as usual
Measured data
Forecast (incl.renovations)
Forecast (incl.renovations & anergy)
CO2 Emissionen in Science City
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ETH Zürich: CO2 Emissionen

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ETH Zurich – “1000 times around the globe”
rail traffic
car
airplane
! about 50 million km by airplane = 1150 x around the globe per year
! Business travel: more than 15’000 tonnes CO2 in total

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ETH Zürich: Papierverbrauch
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