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Sustainable DAOs
Because they operate in silos, businesses and sectors fail to realise interdependences that are vital for sustainable development, transport, work and housing for example. Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are making it possible for end users to participate collectively in solutions involving shared assets and services. They enable users and providers to co-own and govern the development of new services, establishing complex supply and demand for shared assets online, before changes to provision are made on the ground. DAOs pave the way to a sustainable, circular economy.
'Sustainable DAOs' are proposed to enable members combine their shared use of resources.
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Transport: Combining their use of the same commuter shuttle, at the same time, or sharing access to the same vehicle, at different times
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Housing: Combining successive owners of the same house so that, collectively, they only pay the interest on its equity once
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Energy: Spreading the cost of energy efficient housing over the whole life of a building
Sustainability is made up from economic, environmental and social factors. Each of these must be included in sustainable solutions.
Transport
Economic: Only paying for the transport you need
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Over 80% of journeys are made by private cars, which are parked 95% of the time. Car owners pay for this transport. Providing new services at the same time increases overall costs. Transport Groups make it possible for members to trade-in a combination of private cars for a combination of sustainable alternatives that meet the same needs, without a transport period during which they both exist at the same time.
Environment: Reducing transport's carbon emissions
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Carbon rebound effect: One problem with saving people money through sustainable developments is if it is spent on things that have an even greater impact on the environment, air travel for example.
Social: Control over what's provided
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Car owners require more than one new service to meet the same needs as their car. Only car owners know what this need is. If new services coexist with private cars of target users costs are increased, creating a barrier to change. Car owners need to be involved.
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Forming Transport Groups: Establishing compatible supply and demand for a combination of new services that meet the same needs as a the combined cars of Transport Group members
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Data: Forming Self Sovereign Digital Twins (SSDTs) gives people secure control over their data
Housing
Economic: Turning rent into equity
Linking transport, housing and energy only works if cost of all three can combined into a single, variable rent. This raises the problem of rent being seen as ‘throwing money away’. An existing DAO called ‘Built by DAO’ manages this by turning rent into equity. By passing equity from one house owner to the next it is possible to avoid paying the interest on capital for the same house more than once.
Environment: Producing more energy than consumed
Meeting Passivhaus standards
Social: Affordable housing for all
Energy
Economic: including energy in rent
Replace the usual "build cheap, sell high" model with "build for long-term efficiency, share in the savings".
Environment: Meeting Passivhaus Plus standards
Houses producing more energy than they consume
Social: Access to energy that is affordable and clean
No fuel poverty
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