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| Date | Summary |
|---|---|
| 22 Sep, 2008 | Life Cycle Analysis |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
G03_Budget Along with a GHG profile, an inventory provides Board/Council and staff with their first complete account of energy consumption and energy expenditure, making ita a valuable management tool. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
LCA Application: Greenhouse Gas Detective Tracking how products are made and how they are disposed of can be complicated. However, by focusing in on the trail of ‘usual suspects’, you’ll be able to solve your case without spending a lot of time on wild goose chases. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B01_CommunityWideLanding Local governments have a vital role to play in reducing global greenhouse gases through the services they provide their citizens. / iStock, 2008. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B03_SolarPhotovoltaic Small scale solar photovoltaics have many unique applications./ iStock, 2008. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
Getting the Complete Picture Life cycle analysis (LCA) is an advanced economic technique used to estimate the wide range of environmental impacts or costs of a project over its entire life. This discussion of LCA focuses on how to apply the approach to estimate the environmental costs of a project. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B03_Tractor_LocalInfrastructure Local infrastructure. / iStock, 2006. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
C07_SmartGrouthOnTheGround The Smart Growth on the Ground process and resulting concept plan for neighbourhood land use and design, are built on community engagement throughout. / Smart Growth on the Ground, 2005. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 | BC MEMP logo |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
PO06_TransportationDesign2 Preferred design for pedestrian crossing of a driveway with low volume is to raise the driveway crossing up and over the pedestrian crossing, and texture the surface of the crossing. This warns visu |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
PO06_SolarSketch2 DP guidelines are an opportunity to strongly encourage energy efficiency in new development by mindfully designing landscaping and buildings to allow light to penetrate living spaces in winter, and protect spaces from hot sunlight in the summer. / Holland Barrs for District of Saanich, 2007. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
PO06_ExteriorDesignSuites2 Sketch shows preferred exterior design of secondary suites. / City of New Westminster. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B01_CompleteStreet_Community BC’s explosive growth in transportation emissions appears to be slowing due to more complete, compact development in some high growth areas of the province. / Complete Street Image from NARP. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B01_vancouver_CyclistTraffic Over the last decade, City of Vancouver has seen transit trips increase 20%, walking trips increase 44%, bike trips increase 180%, and vehicle trips drop 10%. Despite a population increase of 60,000, Vancouver’s emissions are close to 1990 levels. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B01_SaltspringIslandBus Transit development in rural communities like Quesnel and Salt Spring Island can play an important role in GHG reduction. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B03_FloodVanderhoof2 Spring flooding in Vanderhoof. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B03_RailyardsTownhouse Victoria’s Railyards townhouse development. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B03_FloodVanderhoof Spring flooding in Vanderhoof. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B03_SmartCar Local Government Fleet Car. |
| 22 Sep, 2008 |
B03_WhiteRockBuilding White Rock LEED Gold Operations Building. |
