Inside the Civano Project (GreenSource Books) A Case Study of Large-Scale Sustainable Neighborhood Development
by Nichols, Al; Laros, JasonEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-09-02
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary
This GreenSource book offers a complete survey of Civano, the largest high-performance mixed-use community in the United States. Located in Tucson, Arizona, Civano encompasses high standards of resource conservation, sustainability, and solar energy use.
Author Biography
C. Alan Nichols, P.E., LEED AP, established Al Nichols Engineering in 1995. He has served as Project Engineer at Western Electric, Process Engineer for W. L. Gore, and Project Engineer for Tierney Manufacturing. Nicols has over 30 yearsAnd#39; experience in heating, air conditioning energy systems, and plumbing. As a member of the Tucson Metropolitan Energy Commission, he was instrumental in writing the sustainable energy standard (SES) for Civano. Additionally, Nichols was part of a volunteer group that led the development of the building code guidelines that have resulted in CivanoAnd#39;s 60% reduction of heating and cooling energy and 55% reduction in potable water usage. In 2002, he received the Energy Users News Award, Best Mixed-Use Facility for the Civano project and is Past-Chairman of the Tucson/Pima County Metropolitan Energy Commission.
Jason A. Laros is Project Manager with Al Nichols Engineering. In his capacity as building superintendent at the University of Idaho, he managed the maintenance crews and contract construction projects for over 300,000 ft. of university apartments and related building systems and acquainted staff and administration with material and energy saving concepts and practices.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xvii |
| A Seed is Planted: The Early Stages of Land Planning | p. 1 |
| Planning Permits | p. 4 |
| Conforming | p. 9 |
| Introduction to the Charter of the New Urbanism | p. 11 |
| Location, Location, Location | p. 12 |
| Proximity to Water and Wastewater Infrastructure | p. 13 |
| Framing the Commons | p. 14 |
| Imperiled Species and Ecological Communities | p. 14 |
| Wetland and Water Body Conservation | p. 15 |
| Useful Agricultural Land Conservation | p. 15 |
| Floodplain Avoidance | p. 16 |
| Brownfield Redevelopment | p. 16 |
| High Priority Brownfield Redevelopment | p. 17 |
| Preferred Locations | p. 17 |
| Reduced Oil-Fueled Automobile Dependence | p. 17 |
| Bicycle Infrastructure | p. 18 |
| Fantasy Island | p. 18 |
| Local (Walking/Bicycle Scale) Housing and Jobs | p. 20 |
| School Proximity | p. 20 |
| Solar Radiation, Wind and Rainfall | p. 24 |
| Back to the Plan | p. 24 |
| The Public/Private Partnership: A Balancing Act | p. 27 |
| The State Open Public Meeting Law---Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 3.1 | p. 29 |
| Land Development Meetings | p. 31 |
| Reframing the Tragedy | p. 38 |
| Oil Overcharge Funds | p. 39 |
| Civano Gets a Petrol-Funded Boost | p. 40 |
| The Tucson Institute for Sustainable Communities | p. 44 |
| Pre-Planning | p. 45 |
| State Lands Department | p. 46 |
| Urban Lands Act | p. 47 |
| Metropolitan Energy Commission | p. 48 |
| Ideal Ideas | p. 49 |
| Guiding Growth: Master Planning and Analysis | p. 51 |
| Excerpt of Paul Rollins' Interview with Wayne Moody | p. 53 |
| Ian Mcharg's Design with Nature, 1969 | p. 58 |
| Master Planning: Applied New Urbanism | p. 61 |
| Consider Density | p. 61 |
| Diversify Uses | p. 62 |
| Mixed Use Zoning---Coming Back Home | p. 64 |
| Transportation Network | p. 65 |
| Connect to Surroundings | p. 68 |
| Public Spaces | p. 68 |
| Maximize Accessibility for All | p. 69 |
| Involve the Community | p. 69 |
| The Plan Book That Never Was | p. 74 |
| New Urbanism's Code | p. 75 |
| Impacts and Adjustments: The Basics of High Performance, a.k.a. Green | p. 77 |
| Auditing the Project, Energy and Water | p. 80 |
| Characteristics of the 2007 Energy and Water Use Monitoring Study | p. 81 |
| Correlations | p. 82 |
| Evaluation of 2007 Energy Use | p. 84 |
| Cost and Energy Savings for the City of Tucson and Civano | p. 88 |
| Water Use | p. 89 |
| Civano Phase I Water Use in Common Areas | p. 90 |
| Civano Phase I Vs. Phase II Comparison | p. 91 |
| Mou Adaptation | p. 91 |
| Home Resale Values: Phase I, Phase II, and a Neighboring Development | p. 92 |
| Inter-Civano Energy Comparison | p. 93 |
| Inter-Civano Water Comparison | p. 94 |
| Leed---Neighborhood Development "Certification of a Completed Neighborhood Development" | p. 95 |
| Embodied Energy | p. 97 |
| A Closer Vision | p. 99 |
| Germination | p. 101 |
| Three Major Lessons Learned | p. 105 |
| Lesson Learned: Capitalization | p. 105 |
| Lesson Learned: Size Matters (Capitalization Continued) | p. 108 |
| Lesson Learned: Identify Goals and Send a Clear Message | p. 110 |
| Public Meets Private: The Civano Institute | p. 113 |
| Lee Rayburn Summation | p. 120 |
| Tug of War: Rediscovery | p. 121 |
| Choosing a Master Developer | p. 125 |
| Market Study for Civano | p. 128 |
| Why Fear the "S" Word? | p. 131 |
| Selling Civano | p. 135 |
| Goodbye Fannie Mae | p. 139 |
| Defining Affordable Housing | p. 144 |
| Compounding Effects of Energy Efficient Building Envelopes | p. 145 |
| Ground Breaking: Neighborhood One | p. 149 |
| Urban Design Features Specific to Phase I Civano | p. 150 |
| The Streetscape and Landscape | p. 151 |
| The Impact Process, Continued | p. 152 |
| Building Materials, Techniques, and Technology Adoption | p. 157 |
| Solar Power in Civano Phase I | p. 157 |
| Solar Electric | p. 158 |
| Residential Scale Solar Thermal Technology Overview | p. 159 |
| Solar Water Heating Lessons Learned | p. 162 |
| Wall Systems | p. 162 |
| Recycling is a Community Performance Metric | p. 166 |
| Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) in Civano | p. 169 |
| A Middle Ground---Phase II: The Costs and Benefits of Production Housing | p. 175 |
| The Community Center | p. 178 |
| Affordable New Urbanism | p. 188 |
| Speed of Buildout | p. 190 |
| Urban Villages | p. 191 |
| Did the Public and Private Partnership Help or Hurt? | p. 193 |
| Does Sierra Morado Meet Project Goals? | p. 195 |
| Civano's DNA: Leading the Evolution | p. 199 |
| Lessons Learned | p. 199 |
| Architects, Engineers, and New Urbanists | p. 209 |
| The Engineer, in his Language | p. 210 |
| 2005 Sustainable Energy Standard (Appendices A and B) | p. 214 |
| Conclusions for the 2007 Energy Use Study | p. 215 |
| Leed---Neighborhood Development, Green Construction and Technology | p. 216 |
| Construction Activity | p. 216 |
| Green Construction | p. 217 |
| Energy and Water Efficiency | p. 217 |
| Minimize Resource Consumption and Site Disturbances | p. 219 |
| Managing Stormwater | p. 219 |
| Solar Management | p. 219 |
| Onsite Energy and Renewable Energy Generation | p. 222 |
| District Central Plants | p. 223 |
| Wastewater Management | p. 224 |
| Recycled Content in the Infrastructure and Waste Management | p. 226 |
| Dark Skies | p. 226 |
| The Future Neighborhoods: Phase III, IV, the Commercial Center, and Beyond | p. 229 |
| Fast Forward | p. 231 |
| The Civano Institute: Revisited | p. 233 |
| Can Future Buildings Be the Environment? | p. 235 |
| The Future | p. 236 |
| Epilogue | p. 241 |
| Glossary | p. 243 |
| Civano Impact System Memorandum of Understanding on Implementation and Monitoring Processes; Signed June 26, 1998 | p. 251 |
| Revised Sustainable Energy Standard | p. 287 |
| Bibliography | p. 295 |
| Index | p. 297 |
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