A GIS tool which will pinpoint neighborhoods which are location efficient areas where alternatives to driving are sufficient to reduce driving and thereby create transportation related cost-savings. These savings can be quantified and incorporated into mortgage under-writing criteria. The lending community and mortgage underwriters. A document describing environmental and fiscal benefits of individual initiatives and documenting where they have been successfully employed by others. Document will also explore synergies between initiatives.
Local governments are likely customers.
To demonstrate the market potential of smart development practices. Detailed briefing on smart development opportunities in the market place emphasizing underlying trends likely to restructure the development market. Study will focus on applications of smart development in new development on the urban fringe. To present a comprehensive evaluation and guide on deconstruction, including a cost comparison with demolition. It will provide examples of how communities or builders' associations can organize a locally relevant green builder program while providing incentives for builder participation.