CLIMATE READY AND CARBON FREE BOSTON

LISC Resilience in Affordable HousingMay 10 2019

RESILIENTBOSTON HARBOR

DISTRICT-SCALE COASTAL RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS

DISTRICT-SCALE COASTAL RESILIENCE PLANS

SHORT TERM ACTIONFLOOD PATHWAYS

LONG TERM VISION ROADMAP - WHEN, WHERE, WHAT, HOW MUCH

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DISTRICT-SCALE COASTAL RESILIENCE PLANS

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LAYERED PROTECTION

Climate Change Checklist and Flood Hazard Area Mapping Tool

Flood Resilient Building Guidelines and Zoning Overlay District Analysis

Flood Resilient Building Guidelines and Zoning Overlay District Analysis

Flood Resilient Building Guidelines and Zoning Overlay District Analysis

These solutions will not stand the test of time, unless we address the cause of climate change

and reduce our emissions.

Mayor Walsh has set a carbon neutrality goal

with a target date of 2050 for going

100% carbon-neutral.”

EEOS

Why carbon neutrality?

➢ A carbon-neutral Boston is a healthy, thriving, resilientBoston.

“We are America’s climate champion,

– Mayor Martin J. Walsh, State of the City 2017

Boston needs to pursue 3 strategies simultaneously:

Reduce demand for energy by increasing efficiency.

Convert everything that runs on fossil fuels to run on electricity.

Buy 100% clean energy.

This transition can be achieved with the technologies of today.

Carbon Free Boston ConclusionsWhat does it take to get to carbon neutrality?

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⇒ Lower energy bills for Boston homes, businesses and institutions

⇒ Resilient and climate-ready neighborhoods

⇒ Removing harmful air pollution and improving indoor air quality

⇒ Creating green jobs

Energy Positive Green Building Program

NET ZERO CARBON AND NET ZERO

CARBON READY DESIGN GUIDELINES

AND STANDARDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

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