Defining Your Terms: Assessing Sustainability
By David Morley, AICP APA’s Planning Advisory Service Coordinator Communities expressing a desire to be sustainable without taking the time to define how they will measure sustainability are flying...
View ArticlePromoting Sustainability through Zoning Reform in Philadelphia
By David Morley, AICP APA’s Planning Advisory Service Coordinator In case you missed the news in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, on December 22, 2011, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter...
View ArticleIs Super Tall Super Great, Super Bad, or Super Boring?
By David Morley, AICP APA’s Planning Advisory Service Coordinator Given the widespread media coverage over the past month, I’m sure most of you have heard by now that New York has a new tallest...
View ArticleIf Form-Based Standards Are the Answer, Why Do We Care So Much About Specific...
By David Morley, AICP APA’s Planning Advisory Service Coordinator Since 1949 APA’s Planning Advisory Service (PAS) has been fielding questions from planners on a dizzying array of planning-related...
View ArticlePutting Solar Energy Use on the Local Policy Agenda
By David Morley, AICP APA Senior Research Associate One of the core purposes of local planning is facilitating the development or protection of community resources. Because sunlight can be harvested...
View ArticleFree PAS Report Connects the Dots Between Local Planning and Solar Energy Use
By David Morley, AICP APA Senior Research Associate Solar irradiance is clearly a valuable local resource. But what types of solar energy investments should your city or county promote through its...
View ArticleLet the Solar Trailblazers Light Your Path
By David Morley, AICP APA Senior Research Associate The good news for cities and counties looking for ways to promote solar energy use through planning and zoning is that there’s no need to reinvent...
View ArticleLooking for Solar-Supportive Plans and Development Regulations? Search Here.
By David Morley, AICP APA Senior Research Associate Do you know if your community’s comprehensive plan says anything about solar energy use? What about its zoning code? Local plans and development...
View ArticleSupporting Medium-Scale Solar Energy Systems in Rural Areas
By David Morley, AICP APA Senior Research Associate For the past 15 years, growth in solar photovoltaic (PV) systems has been concentrated in two distinct market segments: (1) small-scale residential...
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