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Natural Resources Canada – Community Energy Systems • District heating supports the renewable systems when needed. A photovoltaic system supplies energy for electric car charging. • All building materials have been selected on the basis of environmental auditing. • The open space has a maximum share of soft surfaces, is landscaped in native vegetation and features a small wetland. • Rooftops are accessible for community use, and an adjacent site with tall trees has been preserved for parkland. • Car parks are used exclusively for car sharing vehicles. • Tenants are discouraged from vehicle ownership by a clause in their lease. If they buy a car they lose their rent-control status. • There is parking for 400 bicycles. The program is largely financed by a reduction in parking requirements from 250 spots (one spot per unit) to 25 places Source: Scheurer, Jan. 2001. Car-free housing in European Cities: A Survey of Sustainable Residential Development Projects. See car-free housing in Europe at http://wwwistp.murdoch.edu.au/. For more information contact Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch, W.A. 6150, Tel.: (61-8) 9360 2913, fax: (61-8) 9360 6421, E-mail: istp@central.murdoch.edu.au - Floridsdorf: Clockwise from top left: Community life in a small park between the tram stop and the buildings; view of facade and open spaces; mini-wetland in the northern courtyard; car-free housing meets car-oriented retail in this most heterogeneous part of Vienna. Photos courtesy of Murdoch University http://wwwistp.murdoch.edu.au/ Draft 4/11/2005 26
Natural Resources Canada – Community Energy Systems L.1.6.9 Small-lot housing - Case study: Charlottetown, PEI The City of Charlottetown undertook a study on small lot housing as a means of intensification. It developed design guidelines for infill housing and modified its zoning by-law to permit it. • Building on smaller lots encourages the construction of smaller houses; these houses require less energy to built and maintain than larger houses. • Small lot regulations and guidelines allow houses to be built on lots that otherwise would have remained vacant. Source: ACT. 1998. Small Lot Housing--City of Charlottetown (PB0177-52). ACT case study. http://www.actprogram.com/english/casestudies/pdf/PB0177-52.pdf L.1.6.10 Straw bale housing - Case study: Montreal, QC Julia Bourke Architect designed and built a single-family infill home of straw bales. Regulatory innovations include modifying the City charter, the subdivision by-law, the City’s urban design guidelines and heritage area restrictions. • Less energy is required to heat and cool the house. Straw bale provides R40 insulation properties, exceeding the requirements of the Model National Building Code. • Much of the heat is provided by a ground source (or geothermal heat pumps), and is greenhouse gas emission free. Source: Bourke Architect Julia. Straw bale house under construction. Source: ACT. 2001. Straw Bale Infill Housing on Small Urban Lots: Julia Bourke Architect. (PB63199). ACT case study. -Additional resources Contact CMHC for additional information on straw bale housing. Globe and Mail. Feb 21 2003. Cosy in a blanket of Straw. Draft 4/11/2005 27
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