Sustainable Tools Supporting Placemaking

Jamie PriceParsons Brinckerhoff

What are Sustainable Communities?

…Triple Bottom Line

Social

Environmental

Financial

Sustainable Tools Supporting Placemaking

Using 3P to Expand Sustainable Solutions

Early Integration of A/E/P Services

Using Emerging LEED-ND & Greenroads

Criteria

Green Construction & Technology

Public-Private Partnerships

• Using 3P to expand sustainable solutions

– Ownership & Operations– Maintenance– Risk Management

3P Sustainable Solutions

• Non-Urban– Power supply and

infrastructure

– Water supply and reuse

– Multimodal transportation systems

Twin Creeks TOD Master Plan , Central Point Oregon

3P Sustainable Solutions

• Urban– High Maintenance

Standards– Structured Water quality facilities– Alternative pavi ng materials– Street closures / Traffic management

Denver Design Distr ictDenver , CO

Oak Street StationLakewood, CO

38th & BlakeDenver , CO

Sustainable Tools Supporting Placemaking

Early Integration of A/E/P Services– Value Creation within a structured dominated

environment (Urban)– Value Creation within an infrastructure and open

space environment (Non-Urban)

New Songdo CitySouth Korea

Sustainable Tools Supporting Placemaking

Using Emerging LEED-ND & Greenroads Criteria – Expanding Qualitative and

Quantitative measures– Non Vertical Orientation– Letting community and infrastructure

be part of the solution set

Greenroads* Criteria

Environment & Water (EW)

Access & Equity (AE)

Construction Activities (CA)

Materials & Resources (MR)

Pavement Technologies (PT)

*with permission from University of Washington

www.greenroads.us

14th Street - City of Denver, Colorado

14th Street - City of Denver, Colorado

Green Construction & Technology

• Other Opportunities

– L.I.D. Designs– Infiltration– Tree life-support

systems– Pavement recycling /

reuse– Permeable surfaces– Green Alleys– Protected Bike Lanes

– Halifax Design– Integrated Planting /

WQ Zone– Biodiesel fuels– Waste transfer– Off peak use /

Construction

Green Construction & Technology

Protected Bike Lanes, New York

& Separated Bike Lanes

Green Construction & Technology

Flex Use

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Green Alleys, Chicago

Summary

Placemaking is a subset of SustainabilityThe importance of achieving an inspirational place

to live as well as a sustainable one.

Social

EnvironmentalFinancial