Role of the planner in comprehensive community energy management

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5227016

Cartwright, J M

The role of the professional planner is identified as planning the issues that affect community energy management and planning tools that encourage energy conservation. Part I of this report discusses such planning issues as population densities, transportation linkages, land-use patterns, and the location of activities. These issues can be resolved in a manner that encourages a compact development pattern that is energy-efficient. In many cases, these issues are resolved in a way that encourages isolated rural development and underdeveloped urban areas, both energy-intensive development patterns. Parts II and III discuss various planning tools for comprehensive, community energy management. Since many of these tools are ordinances and regulations that are to be used as supplements to a community's existing zoning ordinance and subdivision regulations, Part IV details recommended modifications to local ordinances and regulations. It is left to the discretion of the local government to utilize all or any combination of these planning tools for energy management.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5227016
• Report Number(s): NP-25000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290200 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology
291000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Conservation
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320600* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- (1980-)
COMMUNITIES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MANAGEMENT
PLANNING
POPULATION DYNAMICS
REGULATIONS