Site Planning And Local Government Strategies For Conserving Energy And Promoting Renewable Energy
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- February 28, 2019
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Sabrsula, Justin
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
- Abstract
- Energy consumption from the built environment creates increasing impacts on the natural environment in forms of air pollution and global climate change. Through site planning for energy conservation, planners can dramatically reduce the energy consumption of buildings in the urban environment. Techniques such as passive solar orientation, landscaping for energy conservation, green building guidelines, and increasing building density all individually reduce energy consumption and when combined interact to compound energy savings. Additionally, by providing access to renewable energy supplies such as wind and solar energy, planners can enable community solutions to energy problems. Government actions often lead the way in proving energy conservation principles, and renovating existing buildings will play an important role in reducing urban energy consumption. Through a combination of more energy-efficient site planning processes and government actions, cities can consume dramatically less energy, creating a more efficient urban area which minimizes its impact on the atmosphere and global climate change.
- Date of publication
- 2006
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- In Copyright
- Advisor
- Burby, Raymond J.
- Degree
- Master of City and Regional Planning
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Extent
- 45 p.
- Access right
- Open access
- Date uploaded
- December 10, 2010
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