1 / 18

LEED-ND in Los Angeles County

LEED-ND in Los Angeles County. December 7, 2010 Alexandra Oster. Background. Incorporates aspects of smart growth, new urbanism and green buildings Focuses on three criteria: smart location and linkage, neighborhood pattern and design and green infrastructure and buildings

cicada
Download Presentation

LEED-ND in Los Angeles County

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. LEED-ND in Los Angeles County December 7, 2010 Alexandra Oster

  2. Background • Incorporates aspects of smart growth, new urbanism and green buildings • Focuses on three criteria: smart location and linkage, neighborhood pattern and design and green infrastructure and buildings • Encourages compact, mixed use development near public transit and important neighborhood amenities • Emphasizes pedestrian and bike-friendly design • Goes along with goals of SB 375 to curb suburban sprawl, reduce automobile use and improve public health • Pilot program in 2007, official launch in April 2010

  3. Where are prime areas for LEED-ND projects? • Smart Location and Linkage • Imperiled Species and Ecological Communities • Housing and Jobs Proximity • Steep Slope Protection • Locations with Reduced Auto Dependence • Proximity to rail stations (1/2 mile) • Proximity to bus stations (1/4 mile) • Proximity to bike network (1/4 mile) • Neighborhood Pattern and Design • Access to Parks (1/4 mile) • Farmers Markets (1/2 mile) • Neighborhood Schools (1/2-1 mile)

  4. UCLA Mapshare

  5. Parcel Turnover

  6. Policy Analysis and Recommendations • There is much potential for LEED-ND in LA County • There needs to be greater analysis to identify neighborhoods, blocks and parcels that satisfy LEED-ND location requirements and credits • Municipalities, such as the city of Los Angeles should look into implementing a LEED-ND ordinance to streamline permitting and speed the process along

  7. Model Model used to convert demographic variables into raster data (see slide 8)

  8. Metadata MEtta

  9. Skills Used • Inset map (slide 1 and10) • Aggregating attribute fields (slides 5 and 6) • Boundary Sub-selections (slides 11,12 and13) • Creating Indices (slide 7) • Buffering (slides 4, 11and12) • Geoprocessing- clipping, overlaying (slides 4,11,12) • Geocoding (slide 4) • Modeling (slide 16) • Metadata (slide 17) • Measurement/Analysis(slides 4, 11 and 12) • Original Data (slide 4) • 7-Item Map (slide 4, 11 and 12) • Hotspot Analysis (slide 10) • Charts (slide 14)

More Related