Green Bundle of Energy
Posted by
Roger Valdez
07/14/2009 09:40 AM
Portland joins Vancouver in code changes that encourage urban renewables.
Last week I heaped praise on Portland’s plans to revise their city building codes to encourage family-friendly courtyard housing.
This week, I am feeling the same way about another set of changes being considered that would make it easier to generate clean energy and reduce runoff in urban neighborhoods. A package of changes called the “Green Bundle” is being reviewed this summer by the City of Portland. The Planning Commission will have a hearing on the proposed changes on August 25.
Among many other nifty urban clean energy ideas like solar panels and green roofs, the Bundle would “allow small-scale wind energy systems to exceed Zoning Code height limits, either as stand-alone towers or when incorporated into building architecture.”
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