Building Sustainability with Design

Proposed Action Plan 2014-15

Prepared & presented by Daniel Savard

Department of Environment & Local Government

Work in partnership 2014-15

We must reach the main partners’ objectives with this Action Plan

Sustainability & Housing affordability

Sustainability & Communities Collaboration

with development

Sustainability, Communities Collaboration

& Efficiency

When we meet prospective clients‘Building Sustainability with Design’ Series

Info Session

(To interest potential clients)

Communities and builders

Light into situation

a. Situational Study

b. Finding the ‘niche’

Equipping the client

(To implement sustainability principles)

Info SessionInterest the prospective client

1. Fiscal impact and design: ‘It is more than dollars and cents’

2. Social issues and design: When design influence our relationships 2

hours

4. Infrastructures & Services: Intentional design to create sustainability

3. Conservation: More than the open space

+1 hour

a) Situational StudyFocus on Smart Growth and

New Urbanism principles

• Higher density & Mixed land use

• Mixed housing and affordability

• Preservation of open space

• Community and Stakeholders collaboration

Communities need to know: What is their present situation?

&

a) Situational Study : Know where the community stands now!

• Can they

improve with

development

densities?

• More revenues?

• Less capital and

operation costs?

b) Finding the ‘Niche’“But I manage depopulation!’’

Communities need to know: What is their World ‘Niche’?

Find for the client how to• Get higher revenues• Decrease the capital and operational costs of

infrastructure and services • Attract knowledge workers and affluent retirees

• 1 ½ day (12.5 hours)

• 500+ slides

– Module 1 – Issues and context

– Module 2 – Description of SCD

• Why and what

• Options and Design

• Components

• Examples

– Module 3 – Adaptation to NB context

• 2 workshops

• Relevant for all people and professionals involve in subdivision and development (i.e.

Developers, bankers, real estate agents, engineers, planners, surveyors, landscape

architects, councilors and Mayors, public works staff, etc…)

Equipping the Builders/Developers & CommunitiesSeminar Session

‘Building Sustainable Communities with Design’ Instructor Daniel Savard RPP

Main roles played by partners

Programs

Input on Housing affordability

Logistics & Resources for presentations

Communities Feedback

Efficiency Feedback

Potential projects now …Info Session Light into

situationEquipping the client

Bertrand Bouctouche Doaktown

Edmundston

Moncton

New Maryland Done Quispamsis

St-André Woodstock

Move forward with implementation: Train practitioners / partnersImplement through pilot projects

Understand the link between fiscal impact (and revenues) and densities

Determine what the community can do and found its ‘niche’

Can all be done at the same time

In summary for Communities...

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