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• W63405478 abstract "Congress for the New Urbanism Green Architecture and Urbanism Council Jess Wendover When the ophthalmologist Dr. Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof published the first Esperanto grammar in 1887, he envisioned the auxiliary language as a tool for increasing interna- tional understanding. The language continues to be spoken by nearly two million people, and the annual world Esperanto congress attracts an average of two thousand attendees, but Esperanto is now widely consid- ered an anachronistic curiosity. The rise of more sophisticated means of translation and of English as a lingua franca have all but obviated the need for the form of communication Dr. Zamenhof envisioned. However, the history of the Esperanto movement and global reactions to its advocates’ fervor should serve as a cautionary tale to the members of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU). From November 30 through December 2, 2007, more than two hundred people gathered for the CNU’s Green Architecture and Urbanism Council in Alexandria, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Over three days, the event featured plenary lectures, discussion panels, and open dialogue sessions. Attend- ees, from around the world, included New Urbanism leaders and thinkers, professionals, government officials, and students. 1 The council highlight new opportunities for cooperation with an environmental movement of growing popularity, and it served as a reminder that CNU members have long advocated many principles of green urbanism. But in other respects it showed how some New Urbanists risk pushing their movement into irrelevance. Particularly difficult may be their insistence that the “Transect” system for categorizing development become a universal language for envi- ronmentally responsible development. Best Foot Forward In presentations at the council, practitioners who work on suburban retrofits, transportation planning, and passive stormwater management all demonstrated how traditional models of neighborhood development may be a significant help in combating human-induced climate change. Most of the Green Council attendees also moved quickly beyond seeking rec- ognition for past work to discuss new tools or practices being developed within New Urbanism to advance a green agenda. Among the council highlights was a presentation by Tom Low of a “Light Imprint Handbook.” Low, a director of Duany Plater-Zyberk’s Charlotte, North Carolina, office, argued that typical low-impact suburban devel- opment standards often yield poor designs, such as retention ponds circled in chain-link fence. His handbook merges discussion of the New Urbanist Transect, LEED for Neighborhood Development standards, and broad- stroke cost analyses of passive and active infrastructure techniques. It emphasizes sustainability, pedestrian—oriented design, and increased environmental and infrastructural efficiency. Also a highlight was the panel “The Green Mile: Aligning Firm Ideology with Sustainability,” at which repre- sentatives of Torti Gallas and Partners presented their Sustainability Process Checklist. Written to remind design- ers of such important issues as site selection, building adaptability, water conservation, energy use, materials selection, and community services, the checklist is organized so that a project manager can review it at each phase of a project, helping ensure a firm-wide commitment to sustainability. Doug Farr’s presentation on “Sus- tainable Urbanism,” provided a third important moment. Drawn from his recently published book, Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature (Wiley, 2007), it provided the outline of a model sustainable neighbor- hood: around 160 acres with enough population to support retail and other uses within walking distance. Farr pointed out that this model develop- ment would also meet the LEED-ND criteria for diversity of uses, and cited a 2007 Zimmerman Volk study which showed that, given the option, more than one-third of surveyed consum- ers would prefer attached housing in compact communities. The group then discussed the con- tribution of this type of neighborhood development toward solving the prob- lems outlined in the widely lauded research paper “Growing Cooler: The Evidence of Urban Development and Climate Change,” published in 2007 by the Urban Land Institute, Smart Growth America, the Center for Clean Air Policy, and the National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education. That paper documents how, in terms of carbon emissions, even technological advances in fuel economy will be negated if current driving patterns continue. 2 While the conclusions of “Growing Cooler” were focused on federal policy, particularly reauthorization of a surface transportation bill, Green Council attendees argued that it also provides scientific support for the kind of neighborhood-based urbanism advocated by Farr. Finally, a panel devoted to “What Can Schools Do?” brought together several academics with an ability to relate academic theory to design practice. Georgia Tech’s Ellen Dun- ham-Jones presented statistics on the increasing number of students pursu- ing dual degrees in architecture and city planning, and discussed elements of the green design agenda proposed Wendover / Green Architecture and Urbanism Council" @default.
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