“tools for community design and decision making” ken snyder denver regional office, us dept of...
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““Tools for Community Design Tools for Community Design and Decision Making”and Decision Making”
Ken SnyderKen Snyder
Denver Regional Office, US Dept of EnergyDenver Regional Office, US Dept of Energy
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Dept of Energy ProgramDept of Energy Program1-800-DOE-EREC 1-800-DOE-EREC
• Clean CitiesClean Cities• Bright fieldsBright fields• Rebuild AmericaRebuild America• Cool CommunitiesCool Communities• NICE3NICE3• Motor ChallengeMotor Challenge
• Building AmericaBuilding America• Industrial Industrial
Assessment CentersAssessment Centers• Weatherization Weatherization
Assistance ProgramAssistance Program• State Energy State Energy
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• Clean CitiesClean Cities• Bright fieldsBright fields• Rebuild AmericaRebuild America• Cool CommunitiesCool Communities• NICE3NICE3• Motor ChallengeMotor Challenge
• Building AmericaBuilding America• Industrial Industrial
Assessment CentersAssessment Centers• Weatherization Weatherization
Assistance ProgramAssistance Program• State Energy State Energy
ProgramProgram
www.eren.doe.gov
Dept of Energy ProgramDept of Energy Program1-800-DOE-EREC 1-800-DOE-EREC
• Sprawl
• Urban Disinvestment
• Resource Intensive Life Style
• Social/Economic Inequities
Prime Agricultural Land ConsumedAvg. Family Spends 15% of Income on Cars
Challenges Facing Challenges Facing Metropolitan AmericaMetropolitan America
• Sprawl
• Urban Disinvestment
• Resource Intensive Life Style
• Social/Economic Inequities
Creating Auto Dependent CommunitiesLoss of a Sense of Place
• Sprawl
• Urban Disinvestment
• Resource Intensive Life Style
• Social/Economic Inequities
• Sprawl
• Urban Disinvestment
• Resource Intensive Life Style
• Social/Economic Inequities
• Sprawl
• Urban Disinvestment
• Resource Intensive Life Style
• Social/Economic Inequities
Pollution, Congestion, Trade Deficit80 Million American Don’t Have a Car
““We make dozens of decisions each week on We make dozens of decisions each week on projects and issues where the information projects and issues where the information presented to us is incomplete. We need ‘executive presented to us is incomplete. We need ‘executive decision making’ tools that help us quantify and decision making’ tools that help us quantify and visualize, in real time, the true impacts of visualize, in real time, the true impacts of decisions.”decisions.”
-- David Crockett, Chattanooga City Council -- David Crockett, Chattanooga City Council
In our Efforts to Create In our Efforts to Create Healthy, Sustainable Healthy, Sustainable
Communities:Communities:
How Can We Help How Can We Help Communities Make Better Communities Make Better
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How do we get there?How do we get there?
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• Information ResourcesInformation Resources
• Visualization ToolsVisualization Tools
• Impact AnalysisImpact Analysis
• GIS ModelingGIS Modeling
• Community Process ToolsCommunity Process Tools
Decision Support ToolsDecision Support Tools
• Information ResourcesInformation Resources
• Visualization ToolsVisualization Tools
• Impact AnalysisImpact Analysis
• GIS ModelingGIS Modeling
• Community Process ToolsCommunity Process Tools
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• For an up to date overview of the For an up to date overview of the tools that were presented at the tools that were presented at the TCSP conference go toTCSP conference go to
http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/toolkit/TCDDM/http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/toolkit/TCDDM/
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Bringing it all TogetherBringing it all Together
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The PLACEThe PLACE33S Planning ProcessS Planning ProcessStep 1:Step 1: Start Up and Identify
Existing Conditions
Step 2: Step 2: Establish Business-as-Usual Establish Business-as-Usual AlternativeAlternative
Step 3:Step 3: Analyze Alternative Analyze Alternative FuturesFutures
Step 4:Step 4: Create Preferred Create Preferred AlternativeAlternative
Step 5:Step 5: Adopt, Implement, Adopt, Implement, Monitor, and ReviseMonitor, and Revise
Regional Resource CentersRegional Resource Centers
• Regional Resource Centers can improve both the process and outcomes of decision-making...
Interoperability/Interoperability/InterdisciplinaryInterdisciplinary
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