1. Challenges, Realities and Potential Futures CEQA and Climate Change Zero Emission Development © Copyright UrbanGreen 2008 All Rights Reserved Presented by: Jim Heid, Founder UrbanGreen, San Francisco

2. CEQA and Climate Change A project in which all energy demand is met independent of the grid. Is this realistic in the immediate future ….?? U.S. and UK Government documents Defining ZED

3. CEQA and Climate Change © UrbanGreen, LLC 2003 Comparison of Energy Usage by Component Source: Econergy and UrbanGreen. October 2006.

4. CEQA and Climate Change An integrated series of real estate development strategies and collective public initiatives that will lower emissions over BAU scenarios. UrbanGreen Low Emission Development

5. CEQA and Climate Change UrbanGreen The Carbon/ Market Conundrum

6. CEQA and Climate Change Scale of Actions Actions

7. CEQA and Climate Change Buildings Transportation 12345 Aggregated emission reduction, all 5 scenarios = 31,250 tCO2e The Carbon/ Market Conundrum

8. CEQA and Climate Change Buildings Transportation 12345 Aggregated emission reduction, all 5 scenarios = 34,950 tCO2e The Carbon/ Market Conundrum

9. CEQA and Climate Change © UrbanGreen, LLC 2003 © Copyright RCLCo 2008 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Carbon/ Market Conundrum

10. Locational Options + Infrastructure + Closer to jobs - Infrastructure - Schools 1: Urban Infill 2: Suburban Densificiation + Better Neighborhoods + Transit potential − Land Assembly − NIMBY’s 3: Greenfield + Large Land Holdings + Ability to Create Infrastructure − Transportation Impacts − Capital Investment

11. CEQA and Climate Change The UrbanGreen Thesis Greenfield Leading Edge © Copyright UrbanGreen 2007 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

12. CEQA and Climate Change So what matters?

13. CEQA and Climate Change Placemaking

14. CEQA and Climate Change Green Building

15. CEQA and Climate Change Soft Infrastructure

16. CEQA and Climate Change Green Development

17. CEQA and Climate Change Site + Context

18. CEQA and Climate Change Diversity © Copyright UrbanGreen 2007 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

19. CEQA and Climate Change The UrbanGreen Thesis Greenfield Leading Edge © Copyright UrbanGreen 2007 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Urban Starting Edge

20. CEQA and Climate Change © UrbanGreen, LLC 2003 The Wild Card Suburban Ad Hoc ~650,000 units Infill/ Densification ~250,000 units Planned Communities ~200,000 units

21. CEQA and Climate Change © UrbanGreen, LLC 2003 Driving the Wild Card LED Urban CommunityLED Planned Community Site and Context Placemaking Diversity Soft Infrastructure Green Building Green Development Soft Infrastructure Green Development Site and Context Placemaking Diversity EASIEST HARDEST

22. CEQA and Climate Change The single most important long term, strategy to LED is to improve the caliber, quality and ‘cost’ of urban education, parks and open space. Period. Closing Thought

23. CEQA and Climate Change To Learn More ‘Converging Constructs’ Urban Land Green, 2007 Developing Sustainable Planned Communities, Urban Land Institute 2007 ‘Green Reflections’ Urban Land Magazine, July 2004 ‘Developing Greenfields without Sprawl’ January 2004 Principles and Practices of Sustainable Communities April 14 | 15 2008 Phoenix, AZ www.urbangreen.net jim@urbangreen.net UrbanGreen is dedicated to real estate development as a constructive endeavor that positively shapes the urban, rural and human environment.