““Tools for Community Design Tools for Community Design and Decision Making”and Decision Making”

Ken SnyderKen Snyder

Denver Regional Office, US Dept of EnergyDenver Regional Office, US Dept of Energy

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• Clean CitiesClean Cities• Bright fieldsBright fields• Rebuild AmericaRebuild America• Cool CommunitiesCool Communities• NICE3NICE3• Motor ChallengeMotor Challenge

• Building AmericaBuilding America• Industrial Industrial

Assessment CentersAssessment Centers• Weatherization Weatherization

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• Resource Intensive Life Style

• Social/Economic Inequities

Prime Agricultural Land ConsumedAvg. Family Spends 15% of Income on Cars

Challenges Facing Challenges Facing Metropolitan AmericaMetropolitan America

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• Resource Intensive Life Style

• Social/Economic Inequities

Creating Auto Dependent CommunitiesLoss of a Sense of Place

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Pollution, Congestion, Trade Deficit80 Million American Don’t Have a Car

““We make dozens of decisions each week on We make dozens of decisions each week on projects and issues where the information projects and issues where the information presented to us is incomplete. We need ‘executive presented to us is incomplete. We need ‘executive decision making’ tools that help us quantify and decision making’ tools that help us quantify and visualize, in real time, the true impacts of visualize, in real time, the true impacts of decisions.”decisions.”

-- David Crockett, Chattanooga City Council -- David Crockett, Chattanooga City Council

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