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CRA to Offer 'Green' Advice To Developers
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As part of the city's Green Building Ordinance, the Community Redevelopment Agency will begin offering developers free advice on how to make their buildings as eco-friendly as possible. In August, the agency will embark on a two-year $300,000 pilot program to supply a one-time no-cost "green" consultant for new projects. Don Spivack, deputy chief of operations and policy for the CRA, said the consultant will help developers identify ways to integrate more environmentally friendly design features into their projects. "We can work with the architect or designer to show how changing the orientation of the building might make it more suitable for natural ventilation and reduce the need for heating and air conditioning, show ways in which landscaping can provide certain types of shading to reduce the sun's impact on a building, or make some of the open space more usable," he said. The program will include new outreach efforts, such as handing out pamphlets and information to developers and communities on ways to green redevelopment areas.
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As part of the city's Green Building Ordinance, the Community Redevelopment Agency will begin offering developers free advice on how to make their buildings as eco-friendly as possible. In August, the agency will embark on a two-year $300,000 pilot program to supply a one-time no-cost "green" consultant for new projects. Don Spivack, deputy chief of operations and policy for the CRA, said the consultant will help developers identify ways to integrate more environmentally friendly design features into their projects. "We can work with the architect or designer to show how changing the orientation of the building might make it more suitable for natural ventilation and reduce the need for heating and air conditioning, show ways in which landscaping can provide certain types of shading to reduce the sun's impact on a building, or make some of the open space more usable," he said. The program will include new outreach efforts, such as handing out pamphlets and information to developers and communities on ways to green redevelopment areas.
page 2, 7/7/2008
© Los Angeles Downtown News. Reprinting items retrieved from the archives are for personal use only. They may not be reproduced or retransmitted without permission of the Los Angeles Downtown News. If you would like to re-distribute anything from the Los Angeles Downtown News Archives, please call our permissions department at (213) 481-1448.
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