Pittsburgh Set To Allow Density Bonuses For Green Buildings
<p>The Pittsburgh City Council is unanimously backing legislation to allow LEED-certified buildings to be taller and bigger than zoning ordinances would normally allow.</p>
"Under the legislation, buildings certified as 'green' under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program of the United States Green Building Council could be as much as 20 percent higher, and have 20 percent more floor space than noncertified new buildings in their zoning areas."
"In neighborhood commercial districts, a public hearing and planning commission vote would be required before the extra height and floor plate would be allowed."
"Council unanimously backed member William Peduto's legislation, which the city Planning Commission had recommended against."
Full Story:
Published on Monday, November 19, 2007 in
- Poll: Who Are the Most Influential Urbanists?
- Housing Construction in Seattle and Vancouver a Study in Contrasts
- Friday Eye Candy: An Infographic for Every Transit Mode
- Why Replace Successful BRT With Rail?
- Search the Location of the Nearest Confederate Monument
- Cooling L.A.
- The Archaeology of Public Memory and Civic Identity
- Is the Era of the 'Free' Freeway Coming to an End?
- What Will Become of London's Transit Megaproject After Brexit?
- Gentrification and Controversy in the Bronx
- Southern California City Halts All Mixed-Use Construction
- Underwater Parking Garages: Why Not, Boston?
- Recommended Listening: Podcasts for Designers and Planners
- Congestion Pricing Could Be Fairer Than the Status Quo
- Metrorail Travel Patterns Revealed
- Free Falling: Productivity of U.S. Construction Industry Half of 1960s Level
- California to Consider 12 New Water Storage Facilities
- Praise for Gov. Andrew Cuomo from New York Times on Cordon Pricing
- Cracking Found in Frame of Philadelphia's Comcast Technology Center Tower
- U.S. DOT Brings Maryland Purple Line Back From the Dead
