2007 Massachusetts Smart Growth / Smart Energy Conference

2007 Massachusetts Smart Growth / Smart Energy Conference

Pre-Conference Materials


Conference Materials


Post-Conference Materials


Presentations

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Session A   |   Session B   |   Session C

Session A

A-1 Growth Districts in the Commonwealth: State and Regional Initiatives
Valley Vision 2 - The New Regional Land Use Plan for the Pioneer Valley (987KB)
A-2 Green Housing: Good for You, Good for the Environment
All Presentations (4.6MB)
A-3 New Communities: Moving Towards Sustainability in the Commonwealth
A.D. Makepeace Company (1.1MB) Westwood Station - One Stop. Many places to go. (2.5MB) Southfield - Great Things Happen by Design (2.6MB)
A-4 Future Water Demand and Water Budgets: The Big Picture
Water Budgets (2.1 MB)
A-5 Smart Energy Planning
Smart Energy Planning (2.1 MB) Smart Energy Planning: Municipal Climate Protection and Energy Planning (1.9 MB) The New England Community Energy Challenge (1.9 MB)
A-6 Heating and Cooling: Renewable Energy Options for Municipalities
Geothermal Heat Pumps - Heating & Cooling for Municipal Buildings (464 KB) Heating and Cooling: Renewable Energy Options for Municipalities (1.8 MB)
A-7 Neglected Space to a Special Place: Turning Brownfields into Parks
Neglected Space to a Special Place: Turning Brownfields into Parks (839 KB) Neglected Space to a Special Place: Turning Brownfields into Parks (Catherine Finneran) (1.4 MB)
A-8 Downtown Parking 201: Thinking Outside the Garage
Parking - a Regional Problem (91 KB) Alternatives to Minimums - Shared Parking Examples (70 KB) Downtown Parking 201: Thinking Outside the Garage "Not Investing Your Future in Parking" (3.3 MB) Downtown Parking 201: Thinking Outside the Garage "Don't Invest Your Future in Parking" (4 MB) So, You Want to Fix Your Downtown Parking Problem? (965 KB) [Top]

Session B

B-1 Chapter 43D/Expedited Permitting: Lessons Learned Through Implementation
No Presentations Available
B-2 What's Working in Small Towns and Rural Communities
Highland Communities Initiative (2.9 MB) Historic Bradstreet Farm: Community Preservation at Work (1 MB) What Is Working in Small Towns and Rural Communities (482 KB)
B-3 Creating Safe, Active, and Livable Communities
Creating Safe, Active, and Livable Communities (139 KB) Smart Growth and Environmental Health (568 KB) The Shape Up Somerville Approach to Creating Safe, Active, and Livable Communities (992 KB) walkBoston: Creating Safe, Active, and Livable Communities (2 MB)
B-4 Using Biofuels in the Municipal Fleet
City of Keene & Biodiesel (1.6 MB) Ethanol: A Renewable Option (243 KB)
B-5 A Handy Toolbox: Zoning for Smart Growth Housing
Smart Growth Toolkit: Special District Zoning with 40R and 40A (1.9 MB) Using Ch. 40B as a Smart Growth Tool (1.7 MB)
B-6 Energy Implications of Growth
Energy Implications of Growth: Local Zoning Issues (2.5 MB) MEPA Greenhouse Gas Policy and Protocol (63 KB) Reducing Climate Impacts from the Transportation Sector (515 KB)
B-7 Ecological Planning and Implementation: Low Impact Development Site Design to Regional Scale Planning
Low Impact Development "Green Infrastructure" (5 MB) This Way to a Greater Boston Region! (3.1 MB) Town of Plymouth (2.6 MB)
B-8 Smart Growth at the Water's Edge
Fostering Sustainable Growth in a Urban Port (1.3 MB) Municipal Harbor Planning (2.7 MB) Lessons from the South Boston Waterfront (3 MB) [Top]

Session C

C-1 TOD and Housing: If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
Kingston, Massachusetts (981 KB) The Carruth: Ashmont Transit Oriented Development (2.6 MB) Trolley Square, Cambridge: Transit Oriented Development (1.3 MB)
C-2 Transportation and Economic Development: What Drives What?
Innovations in Land Use & Transportation Planning (1.4 MB)
C-3 State Tools to Preserve Open Space and Working Lands
Article XCVII (97) to the Amendments to the Constitution (32 KB) Chapter 61 Presentation (715 KB)
C-4 Green for Brown: Brownfields Financing
Green for Brown: Brownfields Financing -- Catherine Finneran (539 KB) Green for Brown: Brownfields Financing -- Introduction (110 KB) Green to Brown - Brownfields Financing with New Markets Tax Credits -- Joseph Morrell (454 KB) District Improvement Financing (Chapter 40Q; 402 CMR 3.00) Program Overview -- Nayenday Thurman (208 KB)
C-5 Wind and Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Renewable Electricity Generating Technology Options
No Presentations Available
C-6 Saving Energy, Saving Money: Performance Contracting
Energy Saving Performance Contracting (504 KB)
C-7 Goods Movement in Massachusetts – Dollars, Sense, and Impacts
Goods Movement in Massachusetts (662 KB) SmartWay Transport Partnership (1.2 MB) [Top]