Playbook for Green Buildings + Neighborhoods | Plan | Neighborhoods

If you want to target action at the areas of highest emissions and ensure sustained reductions, you will need to inventory current emissions and assess the many factors influencing adoption of green neighborhood development practices.

In addition to assessing emissions levels, it is wise to assess other issues that will impact the development and implementation of a green neighborhood plan. The purpose of such an assessment is to identify market barriers to adoption of green strategies, and opportunities to overcome them.

These are detailed in the following articles:

Assessing Emissions
The Action Planning Model details how to inventory greenhouse gas emissions at a community-wide level and lists tools you can use to create a baseline inventory for a single neighborhood.
Assessing Social and Political Factors
Identify market barriers to adoption of green strategies, and opportunities to overcome them.

Conduct a Baseline Inventory

Third chapter in a manual for cities working to reduce GHGs - this chapter provides guidance and cas...

Community Viz

A GIS-based modeling software, this allows analysis and visualization of different scenarios on-the-fly

INDEX

A software tool at a neighborhood scale that calculates various performance measures based on land-u...

Neighbourhood Explorations; This View of Density

A tool that calculates land used, roads and sidewalks, water use, local shopping, transit service, #...

Smart Growth Implementation Tools

A series of tools, including a Policy Audit and a Code and Zoning Audit, to help local governments a...

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Households close to a city’s center spend about half as much on travel expenses as those in the suburbs do. (Hagler Bailley Services, 1999)