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C r
e a t i n g S
u s t a i n a
b l e
C o m m
u n i t i e s
i n N e w
J e r s e y
H o p e w e l
l T o w n s h i
p
J u l y 1
7 , 2 0 0 7
T h e w e b o f m u t u
a l o b l i g a t i o n s b e t w e e n
g
e n e r a t i o n s i s e s s e n
t i a l f o r a c i v i l i z e d s o c i e t y .
~ T h o m a s J e f f e r s o n
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W o r l d C o
m m i s s i o
n o n t h e
E n v i r o n m
e n t , 1 9 8
7
• S u s t a i n a b i l i t y f i r s t
d e f i n e d a n d
a d d r e s s e d
a s a g l o b a l g
o a l .
• “ S u s t a i n a
b l e
d e v e l o p m e
n t i s
m e e t i n g t h e
n e e d s o f
t h e p r e s e n t g e n e r a t i o n
w i t h o u t c o m
p r o m i s i n g t h
e a b i l i t y o f f u t u r e
g e n e r a t i o n s
t o m e e t t h e i r n e e d s . ”
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H o w i s t h i s a p p
l i e d i n p r a c t i c e ?
W h e n o n e t u g s a t a s i n g
l e t h i n g i n n a t u r e ,
h e f i n d s i t
a t t a c
h e d t o t h e r e s t o f t
h e w o r l d . ~ J o h n M u i r
S o c i a l l y
- L i v a b l e
E c o n o m
i c a l l y - P r o s p o r o u s
E n v i r o n m e n t a l l y - G r e e
n
M u l t i -
d i m e n s i o n a l
I n t e r -
c o n n e c t e d
I n t e r -
d e p e n d e n t
E q u a l i m p o r t a n c e
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W h a t i s S u s t a i n a b i l
i t y ?
• E v e r y n a t u
r a l
s y s t e m h a s a
“ c a r r y i n g c a p a c i t y ”
b e y o n d w h i c
h
p r o d u c t i v i t y
d e c r e a s e s
• W h a t w i l l
t h e
f u t u r e o f o u r p l a n e t
l o o k l i k e ?
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N o t
L i v i n g B e y o n d O u r M e
a n s
• O u r “ f o o t p r i n t ” o n
t h e p l a n e t i s s t e a d i l y
i n c r e a s i n g .
• T h e a v e r a
g e
A m e r i c a n u s
e s 2 4
a c r e s o f t h e p l a n e t f o r
f o o d , e n e r g y , l i v i n g
s p a c e a n d o
t h e r
r e s o u r c e s .
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C r e a t i n
g S u s t a i n a b l e C o m m u
n i t i e s
i n N e w J e r s e y
W h a t d o t h e
y h a v e i n c o m
m o n ?
L e a d e r s h
i p - s u p p o r t o f m a y o r , t o w n s h i p a d m i n i s t r a t o r ,
e n v i r o n m e
n t a l c o m m i s s i o n
V i s i o n - P
a s s i o n , C o m m u n i t y
N J E x a m p l e s :
H i g h l a
n d P a r k - 2 0 2 0 P l a n
M o n t c l a i r - R e s o l u t i o n
& P l a n n i n g G u i d
e
B e l m a r - S u s t a i n a b l e L
i v i n g b y t h e S e a
L a w r e n c e - T h e N a t u r a l S t e p
M a p l e w o o d - C l i m a t e P r o t e c t i o n I n i t i a t i v e
H i l l s b o
r o u g h - P l a n w i t h G o a l s , I n d i c a t o r s a n d A c t i o n s
E c o n o m y S
o c i a l
E q u i t y
E n v i r o n m e n t
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N J F o
r e s t P a r k R e s e r v e S
i g n
B a s s
R i v e r S t a t e F o r e s t ,
1 9 0 7
W e a r e
j u s t b e g i n n i n g
t o r e a l i z e
t h e i m p o r t a n c e o f
o u r f o r e s t s
a n d t h e n e c e s s i t y
f o r t h e i r
p r e s e r v a t i o n . T h e
y n o t o n l y
f u r n i s h t i m b e r a n d p r o v i d e a n
i m p o r t a n t
i n d u s t r y
, b u t t h e y
b e a u t i f y t h e c o u n
t r y , t e m p e r
t h e
c l i m a t e ,
h o l d t h e r a i n f a l l ,
f e r t i l i z e
t h e s o i l ,
f u r n i s h g a m e p r e s e r v e s
a n d c o n s e r v e o u r w a t e r s u p p l y ,
a n i n d i s p e n s a b l e f e a t u r e o f o u r
r a p i d l y g r o w
i n g a n
d c o n g e s t e d
c i v i l i z a t i o n .
G o v e r n o r
E d w a r d
C . S t o k e s
I n a u g u r a l A d d r e s s
, J a n u a r y 1 7 , 1 9 0
5
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H i g h l a n d P a r k 2 0 2 0 P l a n
•
E n v i r o
n m e n t a l l y S u s t a
i n a b l e - A G r e e n C o m m u n i t y
E n
e r g y a n d W a t e r E f f i c i e n c y i n P u
b l i c B u i l d i n g s
O p e n S p a c e s r e c l a i m e d w i t h i n u r b a n a r e a s
G r e e n p l a n t i n g s -
t r e e s
P r
o m o t e w a l k i n g a n d b i k i n g
•
E c o n o m
i c a l l y S u s t a i n a b l e -
A f f o r d a b l e a n d P r o
s p e r o u s C o m m u n i t y
R e
d e v e l o p m e n t o f
t h e d o w n t o w n
•
S o c i a l l y S u s t a i n a b l e - A L i v a b l e C o m m
u n i t y
U
n i t y F e s t - c e l e b
r a t e s B o r o u g h ’ s
d i v e r s i t y
P
r o m o t i o n o f t h e
a r t s
C
r e a t e a c c e s s i b l e
c o m m u n i t y
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• A p u b l i c r e a l m
t h a t f o c u s e s o
n h u m a n i n t e r a c t i o n a n d s a f e
p e d e s t r i a n c i r c u l a t i o n .
• I n f i l l d e v e l o p m e n t t h a t c r e a t e s i n t i m a t e p l a c e s f o r p e o p l e a n d
a r t .
• A m i x o f g r o u
n d f l o o r r e t a i l a n d s e r v i c e s w i t h
o f f i c e s a n d
a p a r t m e n t s a
b o v e .
• I n t e g r a t e d r e
d e v e l o p m e n t t h a t p r e s e r v e s a n d e n h a n c e s
s i g n i f i c a n t s t r
u c t u r e s a n d s t r e e t c h a r a c t e r .
• S u s t a i n a b l e d
e s i g n a n d d e v e l o p m e n t .
• I n t e g r a t e d l a n d s c a p e f e a t u r e
s t h a t m i t i g a t e d e v e l o p m e n t
i m p a c t s .
G r e e n H
i g h l a n d P a
r k
D o w n t o
w n R e d e v e
l o p m e n t
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T y p i c a l R a
r i t a n A v e .
I n t e r s e c t i o n P l a n
G r e e n H
i g h l a n d P a
r k
D o w n t o
w n R e d e v e
l o p m e n t
•
B u m p e d o u t c u r b
s - s h o r t e r p e d e s
t r i a n
c r o s s i n g s a n d r e d u c t i o n i n t r a f f i c s p e e d .
•
C o r n e r s d e s i g n e d a s a “ c a r p e t ” u s
i n g
r e c y c l e d g l a s s p a
v e r s a n d c a s t - i n - p l a c e
c o n c r e t e w o v e n i n t o p a t t e r n .
•
R a i n g a r d e n s t o i n t e r c e p t s t o r m w
a t e r -
f e a t u r e n a t i v e p l a n t s a n d b i o - e n g i n e e r e d
s o i l s w o r k t o g e t h
e r t o f i l t e r r u n o f f .
•
D e c o r a t i v e b i r d h o u s e s a n d s h r u b s
a t t r a c t i v e t o b u t t e r f l i e s .
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G r e e n H
i g h l a n d P a
r k
E a r t h D a y D e
d i c a t i o n 2 0 0 7
C e n t e n n i a l P a r k
C e n t e n n i a
l P a r k P e r s p e c t i v e V i e w
P r i m a r y F e a t u r e s :
• T r e e G r o v e
• R a i n G a r d e n B i o r e t e n t i o n A r e a
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E a r t h D a y D e d
i c a t i o n 2 0 0 7
E u g e n e Y o u n g
E n v i r o n m e n t a
l C e n t e r
a n d N a t i v e P l a
n t R e s e r v e
G r e e n
H i g h l a n d P
a r k
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T o w n s h i p o f M o n t
c l a i r
•
E n e r g y A u d i t o f
M u n i c i p a l B u i l d i n g s a n d s c h o o l s t o
a s s e s s c u r r e n t e n e r g y
u s e a n d r e l a t e d
c o s t s a n d g r e e n h
o u s e g a s e m i s s i o
n s i n s u m m e r o f 2 0 0 5 .
E s t i m a t e d s a v i n
g s i f m e a s u r e s i m
p l e m e n t e d - $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 p e r y e a r .
• U p g r a d e d t o L E
D T r a f f i c L i g h t s
9 0 % l e s s e n e r g y a n d $ 1 0 , 0 0 0
a n n u a l s a v i n g s
• P u r c h a s e d 6 H
o n d a C i v i c G X
c o m p r e s s e d n a t u r a l g a s ( C N G ) v e h i c l e s
$ 2 3 , 5 0 0 i n r e b
a t e s f r o m B P U A F
V
p r o g r a m
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B i k e M o n t c l a i r - G o a l i s t o m a k e
c
o m m u n i t y m o r e
b i k e & p e d e s t r i a n
f r i e n d l y .
-
D O T L o c a l P l a n
n i n g G r a n t
-
T o u r d e M o n t c l a i r - n o n - c o m p e
t i t i v e
s
c e n i c r i d e f o r f a m i l i e s a n d c y c l i s
t s
T o w n s h i p o f M o n t c l a i r
•
E x p a n d a n d I m
p r o v e S o l i d
W
a s t e R e c y c l i n g
P r o g r a m -
W
e e k l y c o l l e c t i o n
o f m i x e d
p
a p e r , c o l l e c t i o n
o f p l a s t i c s a n d
e
n c o u r a g e w a s t e
r e d u c t i o n .
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B e l m
a r B o r o u g
h
S
u s t a i n a b l e L i v
i n g b y t h e S e a : B e l m a r ’ s B l u e p r i n t f o r
B
u i l d i n g a L i v a b l e , A f f o r d a b l e a n d I n c l u s i v e C o m m u n i t y
• P r e s e r v i n g a n d E n h a n c i n g B e l m a r ’ s S t r o n g S e
n s e o f C o m m u n
i t y
• I n c o r p o r a t e S m a r t G r o w t h P o l i c i e s i n t o R e d e v
e l o p m e n t P l a n
T r a n s i t V i l l a g e , p u b l i c s p a c e
s t o w a l k a n d g a t h e r
U S G B C - L e a d e r s h i p i n E n e r g y a n d E n v i r o n m e n t a l D e s i g n ( L E E D )
• C o m m i t m e n t t o C l e a n W a t e r a n d a Q u a l i t y E n
v i r o n m e n t
• A f f o r d a b l e a n d I n c l u s i v e H o u s i n g
• E n e r g y C o n s e
r v a t i o n a n d t h e
U s e o f R e n e w a b l e E n e r g y
• I n c o r p o r a t i n g
t h e A r t s
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S u s
t a i n a b l e L i v i n g b y t h e S e a :
B
e l m a r ’ s B l u e
p r i n t f o r B u i l d i n g
A L i v a b l e ,
A f f o r d a b l e
& I n c l u s i v e C o m m u n i t y
A r t i s t ’ s C o n c e p t – N i n t h A
v e & M a i n , B e l m a r ,
N e w J e r s e y
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1 . S u s t a i n a b l e N e i g h b o r h o o d D e s i g n
L E E D f o r N e i g h b o r h o
o d D e v e l o p m e
n t
2 . G r e e n B u i l d i n g D e s i g n
L E E D f o r N e w C o n s t r
u c t i o n
3 . E n e r g y S o u r c e s a n d U s e
O p t i m i z e E n e r g y E f f i c i e n c y
O n S i t e R e n e w a b l e E
n e r g y
B e l
m a r B o r o u g h
S u s
t a i n a b l e D e s i g n G u i d e
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S u s t a i n i n g E a r t h a n d L i f e i n L a w r e n c e
w w w . s u s t a i n a b l e l a w r e n c e . o r g
/
C o m m o n G r o u
n d A g e n d a T a r g e t e d O u t c o m e s f o r 2 0 1 6 -
D e v e l o p e d b y 1 1 0 C i t i z e n s o f L a w
r e n c e r e p r e s e n t i n g a w i d e r a n g e o
f
s t a k e h o l d e r g r o u p s a t a f u t u r e s e
a r c h c o n f e r e n c e e n t i t l e d “ N a t u r a l S
t e p s
f o r a S u s t a i n a b l e L a w r e n c e ” , M a r
c h 3 0 - A p r i l 1 , 2 0 0 6
C l e a n A
i r - W a t e r - S o i l
O p e n S p a c e - S t e w a r d s h i p
T o w n C
e n t e r s
L a n d s c a p e s
R e c y c l i n
g
L a n d u s e ( o r d i n a n
c e s )
E d u c a t i o n
S o l a r E n e r g y
I n c l u s i o
n
L o c a l E c o n o m y
B i k e & P e d e s t r i a n
B i o - r e g i o n a l i s m
P a t h w
a y s
F o o d - F a r m i n g
L a w r e n c
e T o w n s h i p
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E c o - T i p s : B
e S u s t a i n a b l e E v e r y
d a y
S u s t a i n a b i l i t y C h a l l e n g e
C l e a n E n e r g y
L a w r e n c e - A C o m m u n i t y I n i t i a t
i v e
C r e a t i n g R e l a t i o n
s h i p s
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M a p l e w o
o d , N J
• M e m b e r o f I C L
E I ’ s *
C i t i e s f o r C l i m
a t e P r o t e c t i o n
• J i t n e y s e r v i c e
* I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o u n c i l f o r L o c a l E n v i r o n m e n t a l I n i t i a t i v e s
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M a p l e w o o d , N J
C l i m a t e C h a n
g e I m p a c t
a n d
E
m i s s i o n s R
e d u c t i o n P
l a n
J u n e
9 , 2 0 0 7
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H o w m u c h C O 2 d o e s M a p
l e w o o d c o n t r i b u t e ?
= 1 6 t o n s “ l o c a l l y a d d r e s s a b l e ” p e r p e r
s o n
V e
h i c l e s
&
T r a n s
i t 2 . 6
O i l 0 . 9
N a
t u r a
l G a s
3 . 0
E l e c
t r i c i t y
2 . 8
A
i r T r a v e
l
1 . 1
S o
l i d
W a s
t e
2 . 2
I n d u s
t r i a l , S t a t e ,
F e
d ,
M i l i t a r y ~ 8 . 5
F o o
d
C o n s u m e d
3 . 0
B u i l d i n g s
= 6 . 7 t o n s
C o n s u
m p t i o n
= 5 . 2
t o n s
T r a n s p o r t a t i o n
= 3 . 7 t o n s
N o n - l o c a l
e m i s s i o n s
= 8 . 5 t o n s
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M
a p l e w o o d ’ s P l a n t o r e a c h 2 0 % r e d u c t i o n
7
5 0 % o
f b u i l d i n g s i m
p r o v e
h e a t i n g e f f i c i e n c y b
y 2 5 %
7 4
N
a t u r a l G a s
1
3
D o
u b l e r e c y c l i n g c o l
l e c t i o n s
4 0
S
o l i d W a s t e
4
1 0 %
s w i t c h t o p l a n t - b a s e d / l o c a l
d i e t
7 6
F
o o d C o n s u m e d
7 9 ( - 2 1 % )
3 8 0
T
o t a l
2 9
2 4
6 6
7 1
T o n s
C O 2
1 5 % t r a v e l e r s b u y c a r b o n o f f s e t s
5 0 %
o f o i l h o m e s s w i t c h t o g a s
V e h
i c l e s g e t a v g . 1 0 m
p g b e t t e r
A l l h
o m e s a d d 1 0 e f f i c i
e n t b u l b s ;
3 0 %
e l e c t r i c i t y - C l e a
n P o w e r
C h a n g e S t r a t e g y
6
O
i l
4
A
i r t r a v e l
R e d u
c t i o n
C O 2
S o u r c e o f
E m i s s i o n s
1
9
V
e h i c l e s M a s s T r a n s i t
7 1
9
E
l e c t r i c i t y
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S u s t a i n a b l e H i l l s b o r o u g h
H i l l s b o r o u g h
i s a m o n g t h e
f i r s t f i v e c o m
m u n i t i e s i n N J
t o a t t e m p t a
c o m p r e h e n s i v e
S u s t a i n a b l e C
o m m u n i t y
P l a n . *
A n o p p o r t u n i t y t o c r e a t e a
v i s i o n f o r t h e
f u t u r e o f
H i l l s b o r o u g h
a n d a p l a n t o
a c h i e v e i t .
* F i v e C o m m u n i t i e
s : H i g h l a n d P a r k , H i l l s b o r o u g h , L a w r e n c e , P r i n c e t o n , W e s t W i n d s o r
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T h e S u s t a i n a b l e H i l l s b o r o u g h I
n i t i a t i v e
G r a n t f r o m t h e M u n
i c i p a l L a n d U s e C e n t e r
N J S S
I a n d S B M W A
a r e p a r t n e r s
P l a n n
i n g D e p a r t m e n t i s H i l l s b o r o u
g h ’ s s t a f f
P u r p o s e i s t o c r e a t e
a l o n g - t e r m v
i s i o n , a n d a c t i o n
p l a n ,
a n d a w a y t o t r a c k p r o g r e s s
E m p h a s i s o n e n s u r i n g t h e p l a n i s u s e d
C r e a t e s r o l e s f o r g o
v e r n m e n t , c i t i z e n s ,
b u s i n
e s s e s , c o n g r e g a t i o n s , h o m e o
w n e r s
a s s o c i a t i o n s , c i v i c g
r o u p s .
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E s t a b l i s h a s t e e r i n g c o m m i t t e
e
o r “ c o r e g r o
u p ”
C r e a t e c o m p r e h e n s i v e g o a l s
S e l e c t i n d i c
a t o r s t o t r a c k
p r o g r e s s .
D e c i d e o n a
c t i o n s a n d
s t r a t e g i e s .
W r i t e a n d d
i s t r i b u t e f i n a l P l a n .
C o o r d i n a t e m u n i c i p a l a n d
c i t i z e n “ t a s k
f o r c e s ” a n d
i m p l e m e n t a
t i o n .
E v a l u a t e i n d
i c a t o r s a n d g o a l s
t o
t r a c k p r o g r e
s s .
C h a n g e a n d
i m p r o v e a c t i o n s
a n d s t r a t e g i e s g o i n g f o r w a r d .
W h a t i s t h e p r o c e
s s ?
T h r o u g h a s e r i e s o f c o m m u n
i t y e v e n t s a n d
m e e t i n g s :
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P r i o r i t i z e t h e t o w n s h i p ’ s g o a l s f o r f u t u r e d e v e l o p m e n t ,
u s i n g p a s t p
l a n s a n d c o m m
u n i t y i n p u t :
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l s : W h a t
d o w e w
a n t ?
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• H e a l t h y ,
E q u i t a b l e
C o m m u n
i t i e s
• Q u a l i t y H
o u s i n g
• S u s t a i n a b l e
C o m m u n
i t y D e s i g n
• G o o d G o v e r n m e n t
•
S u p p o r t l o c a l f a r m i n g
•
P r e s e r v e
E n v i r o n m e n t a l l y S e n s i t i v
e
L a n d s
•
E f f i c i e n t T
r a n s p o r t a t i o n
•
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o u n d w a t e r
s u p p l y
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I n d i c a t o r s a
r e a n y t y p e
o f “ m e a s u r e
m e n t ” o f a
t r e n d o r c o n
d i t i o n .
T e m p e r a t u r e a n d
E c o l o g i c a l F o o t p r i n t a r e
d i f f e r e n t t y p
e s o f
i n d i c a t o r s .
S u s t a i n a b i l i t y i n d i c a t o r s
w i l l m e a s u r e t h e
“ h e a l t h ” o f P r i n c e t o n a s
a s u s t a i n a b l e
c o m m u n i t y .
D O T / L o c a l l y C r e a t e d D a t
a / S u r v e y s
A v e r a g e V e h i c l e M i l e s T r a v e l e d
L o c a l l y C r e a t e d D a t a / S u r v e y s
T i m e S p e n t i n T r a f f i c
L o c a l D a t a
B i c y c l e F a c i l i t i e s : N u m b e r o f a n d u
s a g e
o f b i k e r a c k s a n d l o c k e r s a t t h e t r a i n
s t a t i o n
T o w n s h i p d a t a
T o w n s h i p P a r k i n g F a c i l i t i e s
T o w n s h i p d a t a
B i k e p a t h s : N u m b e r o f b i k e p a t h s
c o m p l e t e d i n t o w n s h i p
N J D O T / T o w n s h i p P o l i c e
D e p a r t m e n t
P e d e s t r i a n a n d B i c y c l e S a f e t y : N u m b e r
o f b i c y c l e a n d p e d e s t r i a n c o l l i s i o n s
i n v o l v i n g m o t o r v e h i c l e s
U . S .
C e n s u s B u r e a u ,
2 0 0
0
A u t o c o m m u t e t i m e : P r i n c e t o n
T o w n s h i p d a t a
P e r c e n t o f T o w n s h i p ’ s n o n - e m e r g e
n c y
f l e e t v e h i c l e s u s i n g a l t e r n a t i v e f u e l s
E s t i m a t e s / L o c a l l y C r e a t e d D a t a
V e h i c l e s p e r P e r s o n
E s t i m a t e s / L o c a l l y C r e a t e d D a t a
G r e e n H o u s e G a s E m i s s i o n s P e r D
r i v e r
U . S .
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2 0 0
0
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2 0 0
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o m e p o s s i b l e i n d
i c a t o r s o f e f f i c i e n t
t r a n s p o r t a t i o n i n P
r i n c e t o n T o w n s h i p .
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a r e w e d o i n g ?
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S t r a t e g i e s a r
e
a c t i o n s t e p s
t a k e n
t o m e e t t h e g o a l s
a n d t a r g e t s o
f t h e
p l a n
S t r a t e g i e s m
a y
a p p l y t o
g o v e r n m e n t ,
c i t i z e n s ,
b u s i n e s s e s ,
d e v e l o p e r s o
r o t h e r
c o m m u n i t y
m e m b e r s .
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n a b l e S t r a t e g i e
s :
A U S T I
N , T X : C i t y o f A u
s t i n o f f e r s a g r e e n
b u i l d i n g p r o g r a m o f e d u c a t i o n a n d f i n a n c i a l
i n c e n t i v e s f o r r e s i d e n t s t o b u i l d a n d r e m o d e l
w i t h e n
e r g y - s a v i n g ‘ g r e e
n ’ t e c h n o l o g y .
L A W R E N C E V I L L E , N J : S u s t a i n a b l e
L a w r e n
c e p a r t n e r s w i t h a l o c a l s c h o o l t o
i n t e g r a
t e s u s t a i n a b i l i t y i n t o t h e c u r r i c u l u m
a n d p r o m o t e e n e r g y e f f i c i e n c y i n s c h o o l
b u i l d i n g s .
C O R A L G A B L E S , F L : T h e m u n i c i p a l f l e e t
a n d e m
e r g e n c y v e h i c l e s
r u n o n 1 0 0 %
b i o d i e s e l , a l o w - e m i s s i o n
s f u e l m a d e f r o m
s o y b e a
n o i l .
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d S t r a t e g
i e s : W h a t
w i l l w e d
o ?
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F o r I n f o r
m a t i o n o r
A s s i s t a n c e C o n t a c t :
A t h e n a
S a r a f i d e s
N J D e
p a r t m e n t o f E n v i r o n m e n t a l P
r o t e c t i o n
O f f i c e o f P l a n n i n g a n d
S u s t a i n a b l e C o m m u n i t i e s
P : ( 6 0 9 ) 6 3 3 - 1 1 6 1
a t h e n a . s a r a f i d e
s @ d e p . s t a t e . n
j . u s
w w w . s t a t e
. n j . u s / d e p / d s r
/ b s c i t / S u s t C o m
m u n i t i e s . h t m
H e w h
o k n o w s w
h a t s w e e t s a n d v i r t u e s a r e
i n t h e g r o u n d ,
t h e w a t e
r s , t h e p l a n t s ,
t h e h e a v e n s , a n d
h o w t o c o m e a t
t h e s e
e n c h a n t m e n t s , i s
t h e r i c h a n d r o y a l m a n .
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