The LEED-Neighbourhood Development program was designed to provide encouragement to developers who offer alternatives to sprawl. Individual projects will be given points for certain smart growth principals exhibited in their developments. Some of the principles that the initiative encourages are choosing environmentally sound locations, reducing the need to drive, using less land, and conservation of energy and water. There are already many developments that have been registered for this project. Many municipalities are now encouraging or requiring these sort of developments. Perhaps our local developers would be willing to provide us their visions for similar developments that will lead Cranbrook into the future. The old development model has led to sprawl and expensive infrastructure that we can no longer afford. Would any of our new developments meet any of the LEED - ND standards? If local developers are serious about building sustainability then its time to start seeing projects using LEED standards right here in Cranbrook.
For more information on Building Green and LEED standards please go to
http://www.cagbc.org/leed/systems/neighbourhood_developments/index.php
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