We’re very pleased to announce that the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has approved a new Pilot Credit - Informing Design Using Triple Bottom Line Analysis - for projects seeking certification under the LEED Green Building Rating System™. The intent of this...
Triple Bottom Line Cost Benefit Analysis
Infrastructure that Abides by the Triple Bottom Line of Sustainable Development
From Jeffrey Sachs in the Boston Globe: "We should seek an infrastructure that abides by the triple bottom line of sustainable development. That is, the networks of roads, power, water, and communications should support economic prosperity, social fairness, and...
Tilting the Playing Field Against NIMBYISM and Towards Development
Multiple Account Cost Benefit Analysis (MACBA), like Triple Bottom Line (TBL) analysis aims to add to Cost Benefit Analysis’ (CBA) rigid single bottom line by calculating other perspectives. If one neighborhood is hurt by a new building or infrastructure project while...
Save Our Parks
What's a park worth? It depends who you ask. Ask a developer and they will look at the potential economic value very differently from a park neighbour. Ask a Mountain-Biker What This Green Infrastructure Is Worth. Toronto has been forced to address the differing...
Plants and Productivity
I admit it. Yesterday, I fell asleep in my office. I decided instead of going for my 5th cup of coffee, I went for a very refreshing walk in the park. This got me thinking of a research study conducted in Scotland that showed a 10-minute stroll through the park eases...
Regional Building Materials
Locally sourced materials are a good thing. Buildings that use local materials can qualify for a LEED credit. For example Regional Materials: "Increase demand for building materials and products that are extracted and manufactured within the region, thereby supporting...
AutoCASE is now Autodesk App Exchange Listed
"AutoCASE quantifies the financial, social, and environmental value of projects based on their designs. Start designing towards greener outcomes by knowing the value of your designs as you create them." We're on the Autodesk App Exchange:...
How to Envision Green Infrastructure’s Triple Bottom Line
Passing on another blog post, " How to Envision Green Infrastructure’s Triple Bottom Line" by Jonathan Rowe, on Autodesk's Sustainability Solutions blog July 23, 2015. To learn more about AutoCASE and the plug-in for AutoCAD Civil3D, check out the Triple Bottom Line...
Twisted Logic – Very Punny
AutoCASE for Stormwater. Next up is AutoCASE for Transit. And after that AutoCASE for Buildings. With documentation of the transit research wrapping up this week, the development team starts coding. We at AutoCASE Research turn our attention to green buildings....
Coming Soon – AutoCASE for Transit
AutoCASE for Transit - coming this fall as stand-alone web application and as an add-in for Autodesk's Infraworks - will include the latest research on the value of travel time reliability. The life of a transit project can easily last for decades before construction...
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