I’m looking into doing a Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) project in the summer. I think mainly I want to focus on a successful building monitoring system for the New Student Union Building (SUB). I have been looking for a project that I feel like I could put my heart researching into…and I think this might be it.
The building monitoring system not only will help track metrics for the AMS Lighter Footprint Strategy, but also have a user interface component meant to promote behaviour change for those who walk into the building and use the building on a daily basis. This is the part I’m most excited for.
Regenerative sustainability…it’s about positive motivation, right? Instead of doing less bad, how do we all do more good? How do we do this correctly? What is the best way?
Can this be an ongoing project for the New SUB? I don’t know if this is possible, but I hope so.
In one of the sustainability themed pocket lounges, there’s going to be a huge screen that students can interact with. Touch screen. Click on certain metrics to read more into certain parts of the building. In addition, there will be E-signage displayed across the building.
Some things I dream about: if in real time, we know how much water is being saved, compost is being utilized, waste is being reduced by the building – can these facts change behaviour?
Sometimes I just want to know. I just want to know I can do this. But I guess all I can do is dive head first into this unknown.
I was watching Amy Cuddy on TedTalks. Her story is amazing. After her accident, they said that she would never make it through college, but she did. They said it again and again. And she pushed back. Because it’s about if you believe in yourself. You just got to fake it.
Fake it until you become it.
I just want it to stop feeling like I’m faking it. I just want to be there already.