Monday, May 9
8.30 Arrival of the participants and registration
9.15 Greetings of participants and introduction to the course.
9.30-11.00 Historic Paradigms of Water Management and Sewerage (Prof. Novotny)
o Urban Metabolism and its Footprints – Cyclic economy
o Drivers of Change
o Paris 2016 (COP 21) sustainability goals
11.00-11.20 Coffee break and networking
11.20-12.45 The Fifth Paradigm of the Cities of the Future (Prof. Novotny)
o Definition of urban sustainability for water, energy and solid waste management
o Sustainability criteria
o Triple bottom line of assessment of sustainability
o Goals and components of the Cities of the Future
12.45-14.00 Buffet Lunch on premises
14.00-15.20 The Fifth Paradigm of the Cities of the Future (Prof. Novotny)
o Sustainable drainage (LID/SUDS)
o Urban streams restoration and daylighting, sustainable landscape
o Distributed water/energy systems and integrated resource recovery
15.20-15.40 Coffee break and networking
15.40-17.00 Implementing urban resilience concepts at the local, cluster and regional levels (Mr. Moddemeyer)
o Achieving sustainability through resilience in the Cities of the Future
17.00 End of Day 1
Tuesday, May 10
9.00-10.45 Implementing urban resilience concepts at the local, cluster and regional levels (Mr. Moddemeyer)
o Resilience and urban sustainability definition criteria (LEED, OPL, American Association of Landscape Architects)
o How to implement resilience
10.45-11.00 Coffee Break and networking
11.00-12.45 Case studies and Example projects (Mr. Moddemeyer)
12.45-14.00 Buffet Lunch
14.00-15.20 Water /Stormwater/Used Water Management (Prof. (Novotny)
o Water footprint and water uses
o Water conservation
o Substitute sources of water
o Recycle
15.20-15.40 Coffee break and networking
15.40-17.00 Water /Stormwater/Used Water Management (Prof. (Novotny)
o Distributed water management systems
o Stormwater capture and reuse (adapted LID/SUDS systems)
o Integrated solids and water and energy management
17.00 End of Day 2
Wednesday May 11
9.00- 10.45 Water/Energy Nexus – Achieving Net Zero Carbon Footprint (Prof. Novotny)
o Green House Gasses emissions and energy footprint
o Water and energy recovery in distributed systems
10.45-11.00 Coffee Break and networking
11.00-12.45 Methane, hydrogen and electricity recovery – hydrogen fuel cells
o Renewable energy sources and savings in urban settings
o Integrated resource recovery facility as a power plant
12.45-14.00 Buffet Lunch
14.00-15.30 Cities of the Future examples and case studies in the world (Mr. Moddemeyer)
15.30-15.45 Coffee Break and netwoking0
15.45-17.00 Cities of the Future examples and case studies in the world
Thursday, May 12
9.00-10.45 Core present and future technologies in the Water/Energy Nexus (Prof. Capodaglio)
o Energy content of water and sludge
o Anaerobic systems – principle of the digestion process
o Microbial fuel cells producing electricity and bioelectrically assisted microbial reactors producing hydrogen
10.45-11.00 Coffee break and networking
11.00-12.45 Current and future technologies applicable to energy recovery from WW treatment
12.45-14.00 Buffet Lunch
14.00-15.30 Co-digestion of biologically degradable municipal and agricultural solids and liquids wastes with solids removed in used water treatment and algae produced in algal ponds
o Pyrolysis and Gasification of residual solids from used water treatment and municipal solid waste
o Integrated energy recovery from solid waste and used water treatment residuals
1530-15.45 Coffee break and networking
15.45-17.00 Examples and case studies
Friday May 13
9.00-10.45 The Nexus Between Nutrients and Water (Prof. Vaccari)
o Global Cycles of Nitrogen and Phosphorus – Resources and Leaks
o Conservation versus recycling and other interventions
10.45-11.00 Coffee Break and networking
11.00-12.45 Reuse as recycling
o Nutrient removal technologies
o Nutrient recovery technologies
12.45.14.00 Buffet Lunch
14.00-14.30 Discussion
14.30 End of Course.