Green Developments CD-ROM

Green Developments is an interactive CD-ROM that fully describes an exciting new field in which environmental considerations are viewed as opportunities to create better buildings and communities by working with the environmental instead of against it.

It features 400 visuals; resource details, including financial details; and web links to key related sites. You hear the architects talking about their designs, see how the buildings have taken shape, and listen to residents talking about their neighborhoods while viewing them.

Municipal revenues can be calculated from sources such as taxes, levies, development charges, application fees, etc. Revenues are compared to costs to determine if revenues will support costs. The software can be used for large or small projects. Silver City, New Mexico, for example, has acquired the software to assess the impact of a proposed 6,000-acre annexation.

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Developers:
U.S. Department of Energy, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
Website:
www.sustainable.doe.gov and http://www.rmi.org/store/p385pid959.php
Email:
outreach@rmi.org
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