Which plan had the urban agriculture component again? As a totally fad element I want to see to make sure it isn't more than normal community garden plots type scale of things.
Otherwise on the sustainability side, community heating/generation is great at this scale. Depending on how much land it needed, geothermal could help as well, even if at this scale it would likely have a small impact on total energy use compared to lets say a full size installation on a house.
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but the designs and renderings leave me wanting more.
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Besides the public realm components, the individual buildings would only be guided by whatever broad design guidelines the plan as passed by council included in it. In my mind the buildings in a plan are only indicative of density, scale, and position, not anywhere close to a final product.
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was that even true btw? Edmonton's carbon foot print? I thought we were a North American leading city with recycle and waste management programs?
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Edmonton gets almost all of its electricity from coal. Add to that close to standard north american driving habits, and the need to heat everything and you have a big carbon footprint.
Diverting waste over and above the standard profitable recycling activities from landfills saves very little CO2 if you are operating your landfill properly. That doesn't mean it is a bad thing to do, just it isn't a panecea.