1000 Friends of Wisconsin

Legacy Communities – A Green Tier Charter
(Updated 2010-4-27)

DRAFT 2010-04-27_Legacy Communities Green Tier Charter

Program Resource Links:

Community Services:

Enhanced recycling and solid waste collection:

Energy Content in Materials

http://epa.gov/climatechange/wycd/waste/downloads/energy.pdf

Transit Operations:
www.wisconsinrta.org

Roadway lighting and traffic signal efficiency:

Scotopic vs. Photopic Photometrics:

http://www.ruudled.net/education/photopicvsscotopic.php

Products and Engineering assistance:

Sewer and Water delivery:

Community Operations:

Lean Design and Space Management:

Building Operations:

Energy Star Rating for Buildings:
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=evaluate_performance.bus_portfoliomanager

Fleet Vehicles:

Vehicle Fuel efficiency data:

http://fueleconomy.gov/m/

Emissions Conversion Constants:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/coefficients.html

Sustainable Procurement:

Consider recommendations in USGBC-LEED EBOM Credits MR 1-5:
http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=5545

Urban Forestry:

City Green Program
http://www.americanforests.org/productsandpubs/citygreen/

WI_DNR Urban Forestry Grants
http://www.dnr.wi.gov/forestry/UF/grants/

Forest Industry Directories
http://www.woodindustry.forest.wisc.edu

Small Dry Kiln
http://dnr.wi.gov/forestry/Publications/#usesof

Wood Residue Brokers List
http://forest.wisc.edu/extension/Publications/103.pdf

Stumpage prices
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/nr/nr046.pdf

Community Development and Land Use:

Review and modernize zoning:

Land division and site lighting codes and standards:

Model Land Division Ordinance:
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/es/science/landuse/tools/implement.htm

Model Site Lighting Ordinance:
http://www.darksky.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=58880

Compact, mixed-use, transit served, “traditional” neighborhood development:

Model TND Ordinance:
http://urpl.wisc.edu/people/ohm/tndord.pdf

US Green Building Council – LEED for Neighborhood Development:
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=148

“Pre-package” Preferred Development:

Identifying and targeting Brownfields:

Identifying “Sparcity Patterns”:

Real estate “Repurposing” and Infill:

Stormwater and CO2e emissions impacts of planned developments:

Walkable School District planning with school board cooperation:

Public / Private Partnerships:

Prepare a listing of private entities within the municipalities:

Develop a Framework for Collaboration:

Initiate a forum to discuss efficiency and sustainability measurers jointly:
www.partnershipsforsustainability.org