Washington DC Neighborhood Sustainability Indicators Pilot Project

NSIPP“Ambitions and Results”

www.sustainable-dc.com Strengthening sustainability in urban communities

Exchanging transatlantic best practicesAndrea Limauro, Ward 3 Neighborhood Planner, OP

March 10, 2010 Royal Netherlands Embassy

The Challenge!

Unsustainable growth and landuse patterns + unsustainable lifestyle= impoverishment of waterways and other natural resources, climate change, air pollutions, etc.

The Challenge!

The Challenge!

SNAPSHOT: accommodating regional growth

SNAPSHOT: regional job center = VMT + Office Space

The Challenge!

He is digging “Clean” Coal

The Challenge!

SNAPSHOT: energy production/supply

The Challenge!SNAPSHOT: Aging infrastructure

Solutions?

Solutions to these problems are often found at the government level through:

• New regulations e.g. Green Building Act, 5-cents bag law, new building code, TOD zoning, RPS etc.

• Incentives e.g. grants for solar installations, low-income weatherization assistance, etc.

• Programs e.g. bike-sharing• Infrastructure e.g. circulator, streetcar

• … what about community-based actions?!

• Community can take the lead in localized energy production and in energy saving

• Community is a key stakeholder in advancing smart-growth policies and development

• Community can positively impact VMT and congestion by using other means of transportation

• Community can positively impact storm-water management

• … And much more!

The community role

What is NSIPP?

• Participatory planning process that results in a road-map of community-led strategies and actions to create more sustainable neighborhoods

• Create a system to track community progress through neighborhood sustainability indicators

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Embassies•Netherlands•Austria•Czech Republic •Israel•Qatar•Bahrain•Kuwait•Nigeria•Egypt•Suriname•Ghana•Ethiopia•Jordan

Ambassadors’Residences•Italy•Poland•Czech Republic •Hungary•Malta •Peru•Paraguay•Barbados•Israel•Vietnam•Malaysya•Senegal•Sierra Leone•Congo DR•Kuwait•Indonesia

Green your Home ExpoSeptember 12th, 2009

First WorkshopNovember 14, 2009

NSIPP Report completionSpring/Summer, 2010

NSIPP TimelineDraft report MeetingMay 4, 2010

Goals MeetingJanuary 19, 2009

Indicators Meeting March 2, 2010

Phase I: study &public process

Phase II:monitoring &

implementation

Insert TextGreen Energy

• 1.a. Increase Energy Conservation • 1.b. Increase Production of Renewable Energy • 1.c. Increase Use of Greener Modes of Transportation

Green Environment

• 2.a Increase Water Conservation• 2.b Improve Water Quality in neighborhood streams• 2.c Increased Tree Canopy

Green Economy

• 3.a. Increase the number and quality of Local Green Businesses• 3.b. Increase community investment in green technologies

Green Social Capital

• 4.a. Expand the Community’s “Green Social Capital” by implementing a framework for increasing knowledge and participation in sustainable activities

Community Goals

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