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Summary Report: Empowering Consumers Through a Modern Electric Grid
By CNT/Illinois Smart Grid Initiative. April 6, 2009The Illinois Smart Grid Initiative ISGI involved an ad hoc and voluntary assembly of individuals and organizations interested in improving Illinois electric power system and services for consumers This report identifies several key policy considerations that CNT believes should be examined in future work to develop the smart grid concept…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/ISGI.SummaryReport.pdf (362.7kb) - Executive SummaryUsing Linked Housing, Banking and Transportation Policy to Bring Home the Benefits of Livable Communities, Testimony
By Scott Bernstein. March 26, 2009On March 26, CNT’s President, Scott Bernstein, and Reconnecting America’s CEO, Shelley Poticha, told Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee members and staff that transportation and housing policy and funding must be linked to unlock the market for development near stations and to enhance affordability.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/BernsteinSenBankingSympMar262009.pdf (60.5kb) - TestimonyGreen Infrastructure Data Quantification & Assessment
By CNT. March 1, 2009The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), along with Hey and Associates Inc. (Hey),
have conducted research to monitor and document the performance of green infrastructure for
stormwater management. The Project was funded, by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 5.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/USEPA - GI Data Quantification & Assessment.pdf (3,641.6kb) - ReportA Sustainable Community-Based Approach to Reducing Non-Point Source Pollution
By CNT. March 1, 2009The Center for Neighborhood Technology CNT along with Hey and Associates Inc Hey have conducted research to monitor and document the performance of green infrastructure for stormwater management The Project is funded in part by the Governor of Illinois and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency through Section of the Clean…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/319 Reducing Non-Point Source Pollution.pdf (1,588.3kb) - ReportObtaining Stimulus Grants & Loans for Green Infrastructure Projects
By CNT. March 1, 2009The State of Illinois is receiving about million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA or Stimulus Bill specifically for water infrastructure projects and one fifth of that money -- million statewide is dedicated to green infrastructure The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency IEPA will soon begin reviewing and approving…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/CNT Guidance - Stimulus Grants for GI 3-09.pdf (946.7kb) - DataHousing + Transportation Affordability in Tucson Metropolitan Area, Pima County, and Pinal County
By CNT. March 1, 2009As the Tucson Metropolitan Area and Pima and Pinal Counties in Arizona continue to grow they have the opportunity to develop in such a way that residents can reduce the environmental impacts of travel while also reducing household transportation costs This report provides information on the combined housing and transportation…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/FINAL H+T Report1.pdf (6,726.3kb) - ReportMaking Smart Choices: Transit-Oriented Development Selector Analysis of South Suburban Corridors
By CNT. March 1, 2009The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association SSMMA is working to build transit oriented development TOD at the most intense level consistent with local community desires and market conditions throughout the south suburbs To support SSMMA s initiative CNT conducted a preliminary analysis of the potential for TOD in south…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Making Smart Choices - TOD Selector Analysis of South Suburban Corridors.pdf (4,996.4kb) - ReportBeltway Burden: The Combined Cost of Housing and Transportation in the Greater Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area
By Urban Land Institute, Center for Housing Policy, Center for Neighborhood Technology. February 9, 2009This report provides a comprehensive examination of the cost of place in the Washington DC region presenting a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction look at the combined housing and transportation cost burdens for households in the metropolitan area Drawing on the latest research and methodologies estimates of household transportation costs are used to develop…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/BeltwayBurden.pdf (28,013.6kb) - ReportHousing + Transportation Affordability in El Paso
By CNT. February 1, 2009As El Paso continues to grow it has the opportunity to develop in such a way that minimizes the environmental impacts of travel while also reducing household transportation costs This report provides information on the combined housing and transportation costs in the El Paso region demonstrating that these two household…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/El Paso H+T Report.pdf (7,057.5kb) - ReportChicago’s Guide to Completing an Energy Efficiency & Conservation Strategy
By Chicago DOE, Julia Parzen, CNT. February 1, 2009The purpose of Chicago’s Guide is to help cities and counties to develop a longterm and sustainable energy efficiency and conservation plan and maximize the opportunity for cost savings, environmental benefits, financial leverage and economic development.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/CHICAGOEECGUIDE4POST.pdf (1,191.5kb) - Report
