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Green building is on the rise and many planners are paying attention to the potential environmental, financial and economic benefits, including reduced energy and water costs, enhanced worker productivity, better health conditions, and reduced liability. This article provides an introduction to green building by defining it, explaining the guidelines, and addressing the benefits and costs.
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Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Spring 2005, p3-11, bibl, f
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This article discusses the flawed processes of subdivision design and the potential solutions to building these areas with the landscape and terrain in mind.
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Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Spring 2005, p12-17, bibl
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Green building concerns environmentalists, planners, and builders alike. The energy efficiency of a building can add real and perceived value to a property. Certain green building techniques and guidelines can make a home less expensive to operate and thus more attractive to the consumer.
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Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Spring 2005, p23-25
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Tax incentives for historic rehabilitation can promote central-city economic development around legacy sites that would otherwise go neglected under inexorable and institutionalized suburbanization. North Carolina has had some success with it historic rehabilitation tax credit but can still improve the program.
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Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Spring 2005, p30-44
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