June 2009
Brownfield Economics Go Green
Cover StoryBy Elizabeth Brewster
With apologies to Charles Dickens, the year ahead is shaping up to be both the best of times and the worst of times for the business of brownfields.
On the one hand, "brownfield financing has always been difficult, and now it's even more so," says Craig Carbrey, president and chief credit officer of EnviroFinance Group in Sacramento, Calif., which specializes in brownfield lending. "There just isn't that much activity. . . . There will be ripple effects from the [federal government] …
Features
Breaking Ground
Making Tracks in Nashville
By Elizabeth Brewster
Case Study
The Pinnacle of Partnership in Pittsburgh
Others
Measuring Redevelopment Benefits: The Search for Data
By Judith Auer Shaw, Michael Greenberg, Henry J. Mayer
Perspective
AIU Holdings: New Name, Same Unwavering Commitment
Perspective
Protect—and Then Grow
By Michele Mahoney, Raji Ganguli
Perspective
‘City of Tomorrow’ Banking On the Future
By Brian Porter
Perspective
Realty Reality
By Chris Olson
Regional Report
The Mid-Atlantic
By Steve Dwyer
Mid-Atlantic: People
By Steve Dwyer
Mid-Atlantic: Lynchburg Grows – H.R. Schenkel Urban Farm and Community Food Center
Mid-Atlantic: Delaware Children's Museum
State of Practice
‘Blue Sky’ Mining for Green Job Development
By Ken Kastman
Departments
Legislative Briefs
Anticipating Brownfield Reauthorization
By Charlie Bartsch
Profile
The Pickens Plan: A Windfall for T. Boone?
By Elizabeth Brewster
Publisher's Letter
It’s a New Era…and We Mean Business
By Steve Dwyer
Transportation
For Portland, Just the ‘Tip’ of the Iceberg
By Steve Dwyer
Women
Women on the Move
Web Exclusive
Contamination and Eminent Domain: Isn't This Blight?
By Phyllis E. Bross
Interim-Use Brownfields: Small Cost, Big Impact
By Whitney Hawke
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Industry Profiles
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April Laliberte
Brownfield Specialist, Economic Vitality Division
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Trey Hess
Brownfields Program Coordinator for the Mississippi Dept. of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)
Jackson, Miss. |
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Madeleine Kellam
Brownfields Coordinator, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Department of Natural Resources
Atlanta, Ga. |
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Count On It
  $270 Million The amount, this year alone, that families living in Energy Star homes will save on their utility bills, while avoiding greenhouse gas emission equivalent to those from about 370,000 vehicles.
Source U.S. EPA
 $800-feet The stretch of undeveloped shoreline that work began on to improve and restore habitat along the Ashtabula River. This is the final phase of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Great Lakes Legacy Act (GLLA) Ashtabula River cleanup project.
Source U.S. EPA
 70 percent Amount of increased performance the upgraded Jaguar XT5 to 37,376 six-core AMD Istanbul processor has over its quad-core predecessor. Researchers anticipate this growth in computing capacity may facilitate improved climate predictions, and fuel-efficient engines.
Source U.S. Department of Energy
 7,248 The number of sites that were assessed by EPA and its partners, between the enactment of the Brownfield law in 2002 and 2005, according to the latest data available.
Source U.S. EPA
 $37.2 million Amount in brownfield loans awarded by EPA, and its partners, between 2002 and 2005, according to the latest data available.
Source U.S. EPA
 5 hours The equivalent amount of energy use of a laptop, a 60-watt incandescent light bulb for 4 hours, or a 60-watt compact fluorescent light bulb for 20 hours, to the lifecycle energy savings of recycling, rather than landfilling, 1 aluminum can.
Source U.S. EPA
 22 percent Amount of improvement in freight rail fuel efficiency between 1990 and 2006.
Source U.S. Department of Transportation
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