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Higher Ed's Role in Climate Adaptation
1. Moderator: Amy Longsworth, Director, Boston Green Ribbon Commission
Panelists:
Dennis Carlberg, Sustainability Director, Boston University
Kerry Emanuel, Cecil and Ida Green Prof of Atmospheric Science,
Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences, MIT
Paul Kirshen, Professor, School for Environment; Academic Director,
Sustainable Solutions Lab, U-Mass Boston
Robert Manning, Director, Engineering & Utilities, Harvard University
Keynote Panel 9:15-10:30
Partners in resilience – Higher education’s role in
metro-Boston climate adaptation planning
WSSD-U-2016
5. AMERICAN CAMPUSES ACT ON CLIMATE PLEDGE
Living-Learning
Labs
To use the region,
city of Boston, and
Boston University as
living-learning
laboratories where
our community,
facilities, and urban
fabric become the
object of inquiry to
advance solutions for
mitigation and
adaptation.
BU – N. Phillips
14. The Problem
• The top of the Charles River Dam is only 1.8 feet
above normal high tide
• Sea level rise coupled with heavier rainfalls could
greatly increase flooding risk in the Charles River
Basin.
• We think that heavy rains from a tropical cyclone
coupled with a modest storm surge in Boston
Harbor poses a significant threat to lower
Cambridge and Back Bay Boston
• MIT has significant assets located underground (e.g.
parts of the new “MIT.nano” building, the control
room of the fission reactor)
15. Our Approach
• Generate 5000 synthetic tropical cyclones passing
within 150 km of Boston, downscaled from 5 climate
models for both late 20th century and late 21st century
simulations under a realistic emissions scenario
• Use the modeled winds to drive hydrodynamic storm
surge models and modeled rain to drive river and
storm sewer flow models
• Use these to assess the evolution of MIT’s flooding
risk over the next 100 years
21. Harvard University
District Energy and
Partnering in Resilience
Robert Manning
Director of Engineering & Utilities
Harvard University Campus Services
September 15, 2016
22. • Boston Green Ribbon Commission
o Higher Education Working Group
o Carbon Free Boston Working Group
• Cambridge Climate Change
Vulnerability Assessment
• Cambridge Compact For A Sustainable
Future
Ongoing Cooperative Efforts
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See: green.harvard.edu
• Harvard University Climate Preparedness Working Group
• Internal Operations and Design Review
• Project Planning
23. • Produce, procure and distribute
energy throughout Cambridge and
Allston
• Steam Plant with CHP, two
interconnected chilled water
plants and microgrid
• Fuel input: 1.2 million MMBTUs
• Electric consumed: 236 million kWH
• Central cooling: 1,057,000 ton-days
Harvard District Energy Systems
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24. Harvard Microgrid
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• Multiple district switching
stations, separate upstream
supplies, all distribution is
underground, interconnection
capability
• Two line source selectivity design
for each building, restore then
repair
• Up to 12.5 MW co-gen, duel fuel
with ability to island, and
blackstart if necessary
• Very reliable in severe weather
events
26. • District mechanical and electrical spaces that will house energy
production and distribution equipment and support heating,
cooling and electric needs of the SEC and future buildings
• DEF will be resilient to projected storm-surge / climate change
flooding impacts, raised several feet above grade with no
basement.
• Hot water system instead of steam, low temperature supply
• Planned cogeneration and backup power supply
• Thermal storage
• Flexibility for growth and future technology
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New Allston District Energy Facility (DEF)