Butler - 2015_11_RisingSeasSummit_PreCon 3a_Butler_fnl.pptx

Butler - 2015_11_RisingSeasSummit_PreCon 3a_Butler_fnl.pptx

2015 Rising Seas Summit
PreCon 3a: Mitigating Contaminated Site Risks
Sustainable Remediation
Meets Climate Change Adaptation
2015 Rising Seas Summit
Boston, MA
(Paul) Brandt Butler, PhD PE
Director – Global Sustainable Remediation Practice
Building for a better future
November 3, 2015
Perspectives
• Sustainable Remediation meets Climate Change Adaptation
• Global Warming Mitigation
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Path Forward
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2015 Rising Seas Summit
Presented by the Association of Climate Change Officers
November 3-5, 2015
2015 Rising Seas Summit
PreCon 3a: Mitigating Contaminated Site Risks
Sustainable Remediation meets Climate Change Adaptation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DJLDF6qZUX0
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2015 Rising Seas Summit
Sustainable Remediation
… Changes the standard practice of
contaminated site remediation to incorporate
the concepts of sustainability so that
environmental, societal and economic benefits
are maximized while human health and the
environment are protected.
… Mitigation of global warming
emissions and other metrics
Presented by the Association of Climate Change Officers
November 3-5, 2015
2015 Rising Seas Summit
PreCon 3a: Mitigating Contaminated Site Risks
Sustainable Remediation Creates Higher Value
•  Minimizes cost and maximizes benefit- value
engineering
•  Identifies opportunities for efficiency and
optimization
•  Informs trade-offs; decreasing one impact
may increase another
•  Identifies Best Management Practices for
design, construction and operation
•  Supports corporate commitments and metrics
www.sustainableremediation.org
2015 Rising Seas Summit
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Climate Change Adaptation and
Contaminated Site Remediation
Presented by the Association of Climate Change Officers
November 3-5, 2015
2015 Rising Seas Summit
PreCon 3a: Mitigating Contaminated Site Risks
Superfund Sites Near or Within 100 & 500 year Floodplains
2015 Rising Seas Summit
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Getting Started – Lot of Tools
Regional and Local Studies
Climate Central Surging Seas (2014) 1 to 10 feet
NOAA SLR View (2013) 1 to 6 feet
Presented by the Association of Climate Change Officers
November 3-5, 2015
2015 Rising Seas Summit
PreCon 3a: Mitigating Contaminated Site Risks
Sea Level Rise Adaptation Framework
OSWER Framework for CCA
Implementation Plans
1.  Screen remedies for
vulnerabilities
2.  Conduct sensitivity analysis to
screen out low probability/low
impact vulnerabilities
3.  Evaluate adaptation measures
available and applicable to
address vulnerabilities and
improve resilience
4.  Implement adaptation
measures
2015 Rising Seas Summit
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SR and CCA Path Forward
Contaminated Site Remediation
Presented by the Association of Climate Change Officers
November 3-5, 2015
2015 Rising Seas Summit
PreCon 3a: Mitigating Contaminated Site Risks
Opportunities for Mitigation and Adaptation
• Mitigation
–  SR during remedial selection, design
and construction
–  SR during O&M
•  Baseline emissions assessment
•  Remedial Process Optimization (RPO)
–  Climate Change Resiliency is an
additional SR metric
• Adaptation
–  Tiered screening of facilities for
vulnerability ranking
–  Detailed assessment of a highlyvulnerable facilities
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2015 Rising Seas Summit
Brandt Butler
610.832.3575
[email protected]
Building for a better future
Presented by the Association of Climate Change Officers
November 3, 2015
November 3-5, 2015
2015 Rising Seas Summit
PreCon 3a: Mitigating Contaminated Site Risks
Supplemental Slides
Sustainable Remediation
Building for a better future
November 3, 2015
State of the Practice - Battelle 2015
•  Tiered Frameworks are established
employing Best Management Practices
(BMPs) and Footprint Tools
–  ASTM – Greener Cleanups
–  ITRC – Green and Sustainable
Remediation
•  BMPs have been documented by many
•  Footprint Tools are known and regularly
updated
–  SRT 2.3 (November 2012)
–  SiteWise 3.1 added sediment remediation
(May 2015)
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Presented by the Association of Climate Change Officers
2015 Rising Seas Summit
November 3-5, 2015
2015 Rising Seas Summit
PreCon 3a: Mitigating Contaminated Site Risks
Established Tools
•  Spreadsheet-based, tiered tools
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AECOM Qualitative Sustainable Remediation Tool
Battelle SiteWiseTM
U.S. Air Force Sustainable Remediation Tool (SRT)
EPA Spreadsheets for Environmental Footprint
Analysis (SEFA)
Advanced
•  Sustainable Return on Investment (sROI)
Simple
Evaluation
–  A quantitative approach to measuring the
triple bottom line (economic,
environmental, and social aspects)
–  Monetizes impacts based on economic
methods
BMPs/Strategies
•  Proprietary Software Programs
–  SimaPro (PRé Consultants)
–  GaBi (PE International)
–  Supplement foot-printing when emission factors are not available
2015 Rising Seas Summit
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Established Tools
• Provider-Developed Qualitative Tools
–  Environmental, Social and Economic outcomes
–  AqSRT
•  Multi-variable analysis
•  Local impacts, community value, redevelopment
options
•  Sustainable Return on Investment (SROI)
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Presented by the Association of Climate Change Officers
2015 Rising Seas Summit
November 3-5, 2015
2015 Rising Seas Summit
PreCon 3a: Mitigating Contaminated Site Risks
Sustainable Return on Investment – Green Roof
– Infrastructure pays for itself ! Example: Green Roof
•  Economic Benefits
–  Electricity savings
–  Natural gas savings
–  Avoided roof replacement cost
•  Social and Environmental Benefits
–  Avoided water treatment costs (stormwater runoff)
–  Reduced GHG and CAP emissions (SO2, NOx, O3 and PM10)
Summary Life-cycle costs $137,809
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Presented by the Association of Climate Change Officers
sROI FROI 21%
10%
2015 Rising Seas Summit
November 3-5, 2015