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Sustainable Construction, Land Use, Landscaping and Irrigation
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Sustainable Construction Sub-Team
This page has been set up specifically for the Sustainable Construction Sub-Team of the Community Alliance. If you'd like to share documents or other resources with the rest of the team, please e-mail Indra Sweeney.
BOYNTON BEACH GREEN TASKFORCE INITIATIVES
- Develop a green building program
- Incorporate climate change adaptation principles into the existing land-use plans
- Continue to partner with the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Authority on regional land-use plans incorporating climate change adaptation, vehicle miles traveled reductions, and increased energy efficiency principles (also in Transportation)
- Establish energy-efficiency, climate adaptability and renewable-energy criteria in the Affordable Workforce Housing ordinance
- Work with the State legislature to formulate a uniform State Tax Credit for private green buildings that meet a minimum level of green certification through one of the nationally recognized green building programs
- Define low impact, green development incentives
- Define high impact non-green development disincentives
- Explore partnering with local financial institutions to create a loan fund for climate adapted, energy efficient workforce housing rent-to-own options
Provide incentives for clean industry (also in Transportation)
MEETING INFORMATION
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Meeting Location: |
Boynton Beach Library, Conf. Room A |
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Bi-weekly (Exact date/time set at each meeting) |
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Next Meeting: |
10/22 @ 6:00PM |
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Not yet available |
CONTACT INFORMATION
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DOCUMENTS AND RESOURCES
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Highlights
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Join the Sand Sifters!
They have a monthly beach clean-up on the first Saturday of each month beginning at 8:00AM in the lower lot of Oceanfront Park located at 6415 N. Ocean Blvd., Ocean Ridge, FL
For more information, please go to their website at www.sandsifters.org.
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Department of Energy Awards $250,000 for Energy Efficiency Conservation Strategy
The City of Boynton Beach received $250,000 from the original $658,900 allotment from DOE to hire a consultant that will write an Energy Efficiency Conservation Strategy for the City, as well as complete the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and assist with the long-term Climate Action Plan. On Oct. 6th the City Commission approved Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM) as the consultant for the project. The remaining allotted funds have been awarded by the DOE for an energy effiency retrofit of the Ezell Hester Jr. Community Center
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ICLEI News: Boynton Beach mentioned as example of good EECBG networking. Read the article (PDF)!
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