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SUMMARY:Wetskills-United States 2016
DESCRIPTION:About The Event\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Boston\, Massachusetts\, United States – After 19 successful editions worldwide in the last six years\, of which two in North America\, the Wetskills Water Challenge was organized in Boston for the first time (after last year in Milwaukee\, Wisconsin). \nThis Wetskills program started at 12 June and ended at 23 June. Young professionals and students in the American and Dutch water industry competed to develop an innovative concept for four case studies to create solutions for water issues in a changing world. \nThis year’s Wetskills Boston brought together local partners and hosts including innovative American and Dutch organizations\, businesses and institutions. Four bright\, enthusiastic young teams learned from and work with local professionals and water experts on challenging water case studies posed by the sponsors. Under the broad theme of Resilient Cities\, cases were assembled including such topics as stormwater management\, deployable flood defense systems\, geothermal and thermal exchange energy systems\, and coastal master plan development. \nThe teams presented the out-of-box concepts at the Workshop Boston’s ‘Urban Metabolism’ – What Keeps the City Alive and Growing on Thursday June 23. \nThe team of ARCADIS USA won the challenge with the out-of-box concept Safety on Pillars\, a multipurpose bridge that must raise awareness for flood resiliency of the Seaport district in the future (see the poster: Wetskills-USA 2016 – Poster Team ARCADIS). \n— \nMedia Advisory for press\, including invitation for the event: Media Advisory about WetskillsUSA \n[vc_empty_space height=”16px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”][no_blockquote text=”‘Boston is one of the innovation hubs worldwide. Great to be here with Wetskills!’” title_tag=”h2″ show_border=”no” show_quote_icon=”yes” text_color=”#ffffff” background_color=”#43dbbd” width=”95″ line_height=”90″ quote_icon_color=”#0076b2″][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Practical Information\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Programme \n  \nHost: Northeastern University \n  \nPartners overview  \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Overview of study cases \n  \nEvent: Seminar Boston Urban Metabolism \n  \nLocations: Boston \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Facts: \nParticipants: 13 \nCases: 4 \nCountries: 3 (United States\, The Netherlands and Argentina) \n[vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Pictures of the event\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”51900\,51913\,51914\,51906\,51911″ column_number=”5″ grayscale=”no” hover_icon=”none” images_space=”gallery_with_space”]Event Cases\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Case 1: A Business case for Storm Scale Water Harvesting Measures\nCase owner: Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland \n\n\n\nClimate change increases the risk\, frequency\, and intensity of certain extreme events like intense heat waves\, heavy downpours\, flooding from intense precipitation and coastal storm surges\, and disease incidence related to temperature and precipitation changes. For years\, the Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland therefore invested in the water system by widening the watercourses and increasing the capacity of the pumps. However\, because public space in our cities becomes increasingly scarce\, they believe it is necessary to enter the private domain and increase the water retainability in the cities with small-scale rain water harvesting measures. The Wetskills participants are challenged to develop an innovative way to roll out small scale storm water harvesting measures on private properties on a larger scale with the aim to prevent urban flooding and drought in the face of climate change. The method should be broadly applicable\, with the Dutch city of Delft and US city of Boston as focus areas. \n\n\n\nCase 2: Climate proofing Boston’s Seaport District\nCase owners: ARCADIS USA \n\n\n\nRecent studies by the Climate Ready Boston and University of Massachusetts Boston have shown that cities in the Northeast of the US like Boston are likely to see sea levels rise by 2 feat by mid-century up to possible 6 feat by the end of the century. These sea level rise projections are three to four times higher than the global average. In addition to flooding\, climate change effects such as increased precipitation and extreme heat will affect the infrastructural\, environmental and social systems that citizens rely on every day. This case of Arcadis is focusing on one of the most distressed areas in the downtown city center\, the Boston Seaport District. The area has seen a massive redevelopment in the recent past and is now facing the challenge to adapt to climate change\, and explore and retrofit flood protection strategies over time. The Wetskills participants are tasked to assess climate implications for the Seaport District and propose innovative strategies to mitigate vulnerabilities and guarantee long term business continuity of this vibrant area. \n\n\n\nFinal poster and pitch \n[vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”51932″]Final poster and pitch \n[vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”51933″][vc_empty_space height=”64px” image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Case 3: Creating a Blue Boston\nCase owner: KWR Watercycle Research Institute \n\n\n\nCities play a prominent role in our economic development as more than 80% of the Gross World Product comes from cities. However\, modern day trends such as rapid urbanization\, climate change\, inadequate maintenance of water infrastructure and poor solid waste management may lead to flooding\, water scarcity\, water pollution\, adverse health effects\, and cause rehabilitation costs that may overwhelm the resilience of cities. City governments therefore need a comprehensive way to see how their city performs in terms of water management\, which is why KWR developed the City Blueprint. This is a quick benchmarking method that gives a concise overview of current management practices in the urban water cycle\, accounting for themes such as water quality\, solid waste\, basic water services\, wastewater treatment\, infrastructure\, climate adaptation and governance. KWR challenges the Wetskills participants to create a City Blueprint of Boston and to develop an innovative plan for improving the City Blueprint scores in a cost-effective way. \n\n\n\nCase 4: Towards a resilient Boston Federal Reserve Bank\nCase owner: Deltares & Federal Reserve Bank Boston \n\n\n\nThe Federal Reserve Bank building in Boston\, constructed in the early 70s of last century\, is located along the waterfront of the Fort Point Channel. At the time the office was built\, issues of climate change and sustainable development were still behind the horizon. But sea level rise\, increased frequency and volumes of torrential rainfall and more frequent and more intensive heat waves threaten functioning of the building. Moreover\, the call to reduce energy consumption for heating and cooling and motorized transport – to achieve CO2-emission reduction – is louder than ever. And so is the call to reduce consumption of natural resources such as water\, building and office material. Harvesting water and thermal and electrical energy as well as use of local resources and recirculation of material and energy flows can make the building more self-sufficient and resilient. Central question for the Wetskills participants is how the Federal Reserve Bank can make its building flood proof “under any condition” for the next 100 years. \n\n\n\nFinal poster and pitch \n[vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”51934″]Final poster and pitch \n[vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”51935″][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]Do you also want to submit a challenge and get an out-of-the-box concept (Pitch and Poster) in one of our Wetskills event worldwide? The Wetskills organization is looking for Case Owners for the events worldwide; companies\, knowledge institutes and organisations that formulate their case and support this Wetskills programme\, see as example: Leaflet Case Sponsors Wetskills-South Korea 2018. For more information: contact Johan Oost (johan.oost@wetskills.com). \nEvent Partners\n[vc_single_image image=”50762″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_single_image image=”52254″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”57419″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52182″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52180″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_single_image image=”52256″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”51470″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52245″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52243″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”][vc_single_image image=”52257″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52659″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52155″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_single_image image=”52155″ img_size=”220×125″ qode_css_animation=””][vc_empty_space image_repeat=”no-repeat”]
URL:https://wetskills.com/event/wetskills-united-states-2016/
LOCATION:Northeastern University\, Boston\, United States
CATEGORIES:Past event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Johan Oost":MAILTO:johan.oost@wetskills.com
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