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Sustainable Community Design

Explore the need for sustainable communities, challenges in urban development, and reduce environmental degradation through innovative solutions. Worcester Polytechnic Institute presents a Best Practices Manual focusing on LEED Neighborhood Pattern and Design, offering detailed guidelines and practical alley designs to mitigate issues such as runoff and dependency on motor vehicles. Discover successful results from green alley projects in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, and Seattle, showcasing the effectiveness of sustainable development strategies.

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Sustainable Community Design

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  1. Sustainable Community Design Sean Joyce Huong Nguyen Thomas Parenteau

  2. Goal • Create a guide on sustainable development Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  3. IdentifiedProblems • Need for sustainable communities • Urban development patterns • Dependency on motor vehicles • Environmental degradation Picture from google.com Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  4. Ideas + Testing = IdentifiedProblems • Need for best practice manual • LEED-ND does not provide implementation methods • Testing unproven ideas are costly Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  5. Best Practices Manual (BPM) • Focus on LEED Neighborhood Pattern and Design (LEED-NPD) category Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  6. Deliverable • BPM table • List of detailed guideline on the 15 NPD credits Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  7. Deliverable Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  8. Employing BPM Table Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  9. Alley Designs • Replace pavement with pervious pavement or grass • Line alleys with trees • Install lighting Chicago’s green alley from google.com Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  10. Results Runoff on Pavements/Grass: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  11. Results • Pervious Pavement • Reduce localized floods • Trees • Provide shade • Reduce 5% of stormwater runoff • Lighting • Aesthetically appealing • Encourage use of alleys Baltimore’s green alley from google.com Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  12. Summaries • Renovated alleys are useable public spaces • Alley restoration is a sustainable, effective investment for many cities Seattle’s green alley from google.com Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  13. Accomplishments • Identified shortcomings in LEED-ND • Developed a comprehensive BPM table • Created a design-based manual Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  14. Questions Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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