Team 1 Adrian Aurik Luke Maren Naveen Nico

Team # 1 Adrian, Aurik, Luke, Maren, Naveen, Nico, Sanah, Trinity

Energy

Resilience • Resilience: The ability to bounce back or recover • Urban resilience: • A city and its residents’ ability to bounce back or recover • Buildings need to be able to heal after a disaster • A city needs a alternative plan if it loses energy

Sustainability • Sustainability: A resource that can be used without depleting it or using it faster than it can regenerate • Urban sustainability: When A City… • Can use its resources responsibly • Has consistent resources • Is stable

Systems Thinking • Why is systems thinking important to help urban resilience? • Every aspect must be resilient, not just some. • Fixing one problem shouldn’t create other problems. It can create a ripple effect. • Forgetting something big might cost more money to repair than it would have if you had remembered it initially.

Boston & Hurricanes • Boston is located on the east coast, which makes it more vulnerable to hurricanes. • Boston is prone to flooding. • Hurricanes are not frequent in the Boston area, which makes it more unprepared for one. • Boston is at a low elevation, which can make it more susceptible to water based natural disasters. • Climate change causes hurricanes to become more likely and powerful everywhere.

Effects on energy in Boston • Power lines and transformers could be damaged or destroyed. • The MBTA might be shut down, which could slow the transportation network. • With no power, essential places could be shut down, such as hospitals. • A hurricane could make it challenging to get natural gas to Boston, and natural gas is Boston’s main source of energy. • Wind turbines on the coast would stop spinning.

Present: Resiliency/Sustainability of Energy in Boston • 1. Strong building infrastructure • 2. Deployable levees • 3. Hurricane plan by Boston government – shows shelters & access • 4. Most hospitals have backup generators • 5. Investing in more renewable resources

Future: Resiliency/Sustainability Improvements • 1. More underground power lines • 2. Residents can fill their basements or crawlspaces to prevent flooding, which could lead to less damage of internal power systems • 3. A plan to get liquid natural gas if it can’t get through Boston Harbor • 4. More renewable energy (follow up on more wind turbines) • 5. Collect big data from and communicate with other cities that experience hurricanes to come up with ideas

NUSSP - Takeaways What was the most rewarding part of this program or the most interesting thing you learned during the program?

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