1. Sustainable Devens: Applying Eco-Industrial Development to a former military base Peter Lowitt, AICP Boston November, 2006

2. Outline EID in North America Current Efforts at Devens EcoStar and Smart Growth

4. EID in North America

5. Areas of Eco Industrial Networking  Quality of life/Community Connections  Materials  Transportation  Environment, Health & Safety  Energy  Information, Communications Systems  Marketing  Production Processes  Human Resources Source: Ed Cohen- Rosenthal and Thomas McGalliard “Design Eco-Industrial Parks”

6. Re-development Progress 1996 Re-use Plan: “development must be sustainable, which means achieving a balance of economic, social, and environmental needs, while maintaining and enhancing the natural resource base.” 2006 Reuse Plan, p11

7. Devens - Before

8. Charrette Broke into Groups All plans considered sustainability an integral part of the base development and functioning. Three groups focused on industrial ecology and a zero-emissions, no waste system, similar to a biological community. All teams agreed on protecting the aquifer at Devens, cleaning up the site, implementing sustainable agriculture, and implementing a comprehensive recycling strategy.

9. WHAT IS DEVENS ECO STAR PROGRAM?  Program that recognizes Devens businesses for environmentally sound practices  Participating firms meet 15 of 25 standards to become Eco Star achievers  Businesses must meet set of environmental standards to achieve the award  Achievers may use logo

10. Steering Committee

11. Reuse Plan: Enviro Resources Sustainability begins with the protection of existing natural ecosystems. The Devens Reuse Plan first identified the base's critical environmental network and then proposed other uses around that buffered network

12. Open Space

13. Redeveloping existing buildings

14. Red Tail:  New England’s first sustainable certified golf course built form scratch  Certified by the International Audubon Society’s Sustainable Golf Course Certification Program

15. Gillette Sonoco Connection

16. Housing

17. Social Equity Projects

18. Institutions

19. Devens - Today

20. What We Don’t Want at Devens: Suburban Moonscape of McMansions

21. Grant Road (490) Vicksburg Square (150) Buena Vista (120) Town Center (100) Shirley Village Growth (200) Davao (70) Golf Course (20) Salerno (200)

22. Grant Road Medium One- Family Home

23. Grant Road Townhouse Neighborhood

24. Devens- Future?

25. Conclusions  We have embarked on a holistic approach to redeveloping this former Army base – ranging from housing to providing industries a path toward sustainability through our Eco-Star program and Eco-Industrial networking opportunities.  We have reduced the mental distance between firms at Devens  Many of the firms see themselves as part of a system of industries  We have a small number of by-product exchanges but no major process exchanges at this point  We concluded a solid waste master plan in July,2005 and are currently providing collective waste disposal, by-product exchange facilitation, reuse/recycling services to all firms and residents at Devens, expandable to businesses in the region at some point in the future.