Redevelopment Economics
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Baltimore, MD 21209
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Smart Growth and sustainability
The H. F. Miller Building in Baltimore - Greenhouse gas savings quantified (credit Billy Michaels Photography)
Skills and services:
- Green buildings and sustainable development
- Climate benefits of smart growth
- Environmental benefits of preservation
- Policy issues favoring smart growth
- Financing sustainable development
- Green job opportunity strategies
- District energy and CHP links to redevelopment
Illustrative projects:
"The Plant," Chicago
CHP, District Energy, and Brownfields Redevelopment
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority - Combined Heat and Power on Brownfield Sites, with Pace University Energy and Climate Center Above, "The Plant," a sustainable urban agriculture and CHP project in Chicago, was a case study.
Policy Analysis for Smart Growth Financial Incentives
- Maryland Commission for Sustainable Growth - "Tax Increment Financing and Smart Growth, Policy Options for Maryland"
- Maryland Department of Transportation - "Transit-Oriented Development – the Use of Tax Increment Financing for Operation and Maintenance of Public Facilities" with STV, Inc
- Maryland Department of Transportation - "Tax Increment Financing and Smart Growth"
- Washington State Department of Ecology - Washington State: Brownfields Policy Recommendations”
Reports:
- Models for Green Job and Renewable Energy Reuse of Brownfields (January, 2010)
- Removing Market Barriers to Green Development: (January 2009). Project carried out with Northeast-Midwest Institute, US EPA Region 5, and Delta Institute
- Environmental and Energy Conservation Benefits of the Maryland Historic Tax Credit Program for Northeast-Midwest Institute
- Energy Benefits of Urban Infill, Brownfields, and Sustainable Urban Redevelopment for Northeast-Midwest Intitute
Historic Preservation and Sustainability
For Abell Foundation - "Quantifying the Environmental Benefits of the Maryland Historic Tax Credit Program," published in The Forum.
Cost-Benefit of TIGER Infrastructure - Brownfields-TOD Project
For Wesport Waterfront, LLC - prepared a TIGER Cost-Benefit Analysis included a projection of productivity gains attributable to the smart growth characteristics of the project.
Green Jobs Strategy
For Alleghany River Towns Enterprise Zone - the project was summarized in this article, in Brownfield Renewal and in this presentation.
RE conference presentations:
- "Green Job Strategies for Older Industrial Communities" at the New Partners for Smart Growth Conference;
- "Greening Brownfields - Green Jobs, Renewable Energy, and Energy-Efficient Locations" at the Business of Brownfields Conference.
2414 Ken Oak rd
Baltimore, MD 21209
ph: 410-542-0557
alt: 202-329-4282
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