“Tools for Community Design and Decision Making”Ken SnyderDenver Regional Office, US Dept of EnergyPlease do not distribute this show without prior consent. I want to make sure all of the people who contributed to the development of this show get credit where credit is due. (303)275-4819 ken_snyder@nrel.govDept of Energy Program1-800-DOE-EREC •Clean Cities•Bright fields•Rebuild America•Cool Communities•NICE3•Motor Challenge•Building America•Industrial Assessment Centers•Weatherization Assistance Program•State Energy Programwww.eren.doe.gov•Clean Cities•Bright fields•Rebuild America•Cool Communities•NICE3•Motor Challenge•Building America•Industrial Assessment Centers•Weatherization Assistance Program•State Energy Programwww.eren.doe.govDept of Energy Program1-800-DOE-EREC •Sprawl•Urban Disinvestment•Resource Intensive Life Style•Social/Economic InequitiesPrime Agricultural Land ConsumedAvg. Family Spends 15% of Income on CarsChallenges Facing Metropolitan America•Urban Disinvestment•Resource Intensive Life Style•Social/Economic InequitiesCreating Auto Dependent CommunitiesLoss of a Sense Place•SprawlInequitiesInequitiesPollution, Congestion, Trade Deficit80 Million American Don‟t Have a Car“We make dozens of decisions each week on projects and issues where the information presented to us is incomplete. We need „executive decision making‟ tools that help us quantify and visualize, in real time, the true impacts of decisions.”--David Crockett, Chattanooga City Council In our Efforts to Create Healthy, Sustainable Communities:How Can We Help Communities Make Better Decisions??How do we get there?BusinessasUsualPlaceBasedCommunityDev‟tSea of KnowledgeSea of KnowledgeprocesstoolsPlace Based Decision Support SystemsSea of Knowledgeprocesstools•Information Resources•Visualization Tools•Impact Analysis•GIS Modeling•Community Process ToolsDecision Support Tools•Information ResourcesToolsDOE Websitewww.sustainable.doe.govwww.livablecommunities.gov•For an up to date overview of the tools that were presented at the TCSP conference go tohttp://www.sustainable.doe.gov/toolkit/TCDDM/Decision Support ToolsPlace Based Decision Support SystemsBody of KnowledgeprocesstoolsBringing it all TogetherDANGER!STRANDED INSPIRATIONBody of KnowledgeSea of KnowledgeprocesstoolsThe PLACE3S Planning ProcessStep 1:Start Up and Identify Existing ConditionsStep 2: Establish Business-as-Usual AlternativeStep 3:Analyze Alternative FuturesStep 4:Create Preferred AlternativeStep 5:Adopt, Implement, Monitor, and ReviseRegional Resource Centers•Regional Resource Centers can improve both the process and outcomes of decision-making... Interoperability/InterdisciplinaryRegionalResourceCenterImpact Analysis/ModelingRegional Resource CentersProcessToolsVisualizationVirtual ResourceCenterPlace-based