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You
might want to contact the City of Portlands Office of Sustainable development
(Greg Acker or Mike Obrien). The office administers a number of green incentives
and supplies a connection with the Cities building dept. to facilitate green
approaches. They have also been working on developing regionally specific
planning guidelines based on LEED.
Portland seems to have been progressive in a number of ways and I've come
across a number of examples there where progressive planning produces some
complexities. An example is the cities promotion of rainwater harvesting which
is excellent and could have a positive impact on stormwater management but by
virtue of regulating the design of systems the ensuing complexity can become an
impediment. Another problem that Portland has encountered is in the
implementation of environmental land conservation practices within the
city.
John
Salmen
TERRAIN E.D.S.
Hello,
I'm a masters student in Urban and Regional
Planning and am attempting to learn more about city planning policies in
various regions that either require or give incentives for green building
efforts both in the rehabiltation of old structures and in the construction of
new development. Does anyone out there have suggestions for
resources besides the Center of Excellence for Sustainable
Development?
Does anyone know of specific policies I should
look at? Anyone run up against a bad green building planning
policy?
Thanks.
Jennifer Shively
Portland,
OR
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