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<strong>Natural</strong> Resources Canada – Community Energy Systems L.1.6.2 Eco-villages - Case study: Ithaca, NY (USA) Eco Village in Ithaca combines the co-housing model of communal housing with the ecovillage aspects of minimizing energy and natural resource use. Eco-villages use emerging technologies for waste management and treatments for water and waste. There are also strong socioeconomic aspects such as self- sufficiency in employment and providing housing types for incomes and ages. The eco-village in Ithaca will eventually house 500 people in five neighbourhoods, all with common houses centred on a village commons. The first neighbourhhood (known as frog) was completed in 1997. Thirty tightly clustered homes line a meandering pedestrian street. FROG's homes feature a number of innovative energy-efficient features. • Typically eco-villages use 50 per cent less energy and produce 90 per cent less solid waste than conventional standards. • They provide a comprehensive approach to health, liveability, economic feasibility, social equity and safety. • Eighty per cent of the site (176 acres) of the Ithaca Eco Village is preserved for green space. The Eco Village at Ithaca http://www.ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us/ Photo by Richard Rand The project won an Excellence in Innovative Housing award from the US National Association of Homebuilders in 1996. For more information, contact Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853 ecovillage@cornell.edu Web: http://www.ecovillage.ithaca.ny.us/ Draft 4/11/2005 18
<strong>Natural</strong> Resources Canada – Community Energy Systems - Case study: Steyerberg, Germany The Lebensgarten eco-village was founded in 1984, when a Berlin businessman bought a dilapidated housing estate and he and six others decided to initiate an ecological and spiritual centre there. The complex has 65 row houses and various community buildings. The original site was built in 1939 as housing quarters for an ammunition factory. After the Second World War, it was used as a barracks by the English army. • Reuse of existing buildings saves energy in construction and materials, and makes efficient use of existing infrastructure. In 1996, the Lebensgarten eco-village was identified by the UN as a Global Best Practice for Improving the Living Environment. Left: The Lebensgarten eco-village. Photo courtesy of http://fic.ic.org/cmag/91/5291.html Source: Declan Kennedy. 1996. Communities: Eco-Village "Lebensgarten", Steyerberg. For additional information, contact Communities, PO Box 169, Masonville, CO, USA 80541-0169, (970) 593-5615. -Additional resources Cleveland, Ohio’s urban Eco-Village received one of the Governor’s 2002 Energy Smart Communities award. http://www.ecocitycleveland.org/ecologicaldesign/ecovillage/intro_ecovillage.html Other urban eco-villages: Adamah in Detroit; Los Angeles EcoVillage; Seminary Square Eco-Village in Cincinnati Draft 4/11/2005 19
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