ENVIRONMENT

& SUSTAINABILITY

Vision
Businesses and residents have awareness of place and natural environment. Long-term growth is discussed as a community. Underused spaces are revitalized as community assets. Whats broken is xed (erosion, trees, water). Adams Morgan identies itself as environmentally progressive.

Alignment with Sustainable DC Goals

Energy Climate Food Water Built Environment Waste Nature Transportation Health

ENERGY

Sustainable DC Goals: Energy

Renewables
by 50%

Energy Use
by 50%

Power Outages

Adams Morgan Baseline

Renewables
8 solar PV 2 solar thermal > 80 commercial wind > 141 residential wind

Energy Use

(for 20009) Residential ? Commercial ? (waiting on Pepco)

Power Outages
Underground infrastructure = not many outages.

CLIMATE

Sustainable DC Goals: Climate

Emissions
by 50%

Resilience
(plan for climate change impacts)

Adams Morgan Baseline

Emissions
Cant get data on a neighborhood level yet, but we can use best practices to save energy and cut emissions.

Resilience
Ward One Neighborhood Corps (emergency response plan)

WATER

Sustainable DC Goals: Water

100%

Fishable and Swimmable

Capture Stormwater
on 75% of land

Water Use
by 40%

Adams Morgan Baseline

Watersheds Pesticide Use
Rock Creek ? parks use IPM or Metropolitan DC Organic pest control Watershed ? Stream cleanup data from Alice Ferguson Foundation

RiverSmart Homes
1

WASTE

Sustainable DC Goals: Waste

Waste Diversion
to 80%

Waste Generation
by 15%

Reuse
20% of Construction & Demolition

Adams Morgan Baseline

Recycling
Blue bins on 18th St! City-wide recycling > 11 serve neighborhood businesses rate = 26% > 6 of them are not on

Commercial Haulers

Composting

TapIt

10 locations

DPWs approved haulers list = little oversight/ enforcement

?# of businesses ?# of residents New commercial transfer station at Benning Rd.

FOOD

Sustainable DC Goals: Food

Food Growing Land
by 20 acres

Healthy Local Food

within mile

25% of food from

Local Sources
(within 100 miles)

Adams Morgan Baseline

Community Gardens
Kalorama Park Plans for Marie Reed

Groceries
Farmers Market Yes! Organic Safeway and Harris Teeter 7 others

Restaurants
Cashions North Sea Organic

NATURE

Sustainable DC Goals: Nature

Wetlands
by 50%

Tree Canopy
to 40%

Parks within

10 minute walk

Adams Morgan Baseline

Parks
Canopy Coverage: Walter Pierce 32%; 102 ac Kalorama Possible Canopy: 41%; Marie Reed 131 ac Rock Creek Park Plantable Space: 9%; 29 ac Unity Park (thanks, Casey Trees!) 63.3 ac (mostly Rock Creek)

Tree Canopy

Wetlands
none

ANC 1C Land Cover

Legend
Tree Canopy Grass Bare Earth Water Building Road Other Pavement
300 Meters 1,000 Feet

Canopy Coverage: 32%; 102 ac Possible Canopy: 41%; 131 ac Plantable Space: 9%; 29 ac

Map by MK Potts, Casey Trees Data from Casey Trees, UVMSAL Created March 2013

ANC 1C Schools and Parks

H.D. Cooke Elementary School

Education Strengthens Families PCS (ESF)

Marie Reed Elementary School

Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (Adams)

Legend
ANC 1C (318.6 ac) Schools (5.5 ac) Parks (63.3 ac) Plantable Space (29 ac)
300 Meters 1,000 Feet

Canopy Coverage: 32%; 102 ac Possible Canopy: 41%; 131 ac Plantable Space: 9%; 29 ac

Map by MK Potts, Casey Trees Data from Casey Trees, UVMSAL Created March 2013

TRANSPORTATION

Sustainable DC Goals: Transport

Public Transport
to 50%

Biking & Walking

to 25%

Car trips

to 25%

Bad Air Days

to zero

Adams Morgan Baseline

Car Share
29 Zipcars ? Zipcar members ? Car2Go members

Bikes
6 bike share stations 90 bike share bikes WABA headquarters

Bus Routes
L2, 42, 90, 92, 96, X3, H1 Circulator

 Capital Bikeshare Zipcar

BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Sustainable DC Goals: Buildings

Population
by 250,000

Walk to Amenities

Energy Use

to < 20 minutes

to net-zero for new and existing buildings

Adams Morgan Baseline

Buildings over 100K ft2
21 with current benchmarking requirements

Buildings over 50K ft2

List will be released soon

HEALTH

Sustainable DC Goals: Health

Obesity Rate
by 50%

Healthy Homes

Adams Morgan Baseline

Lead in Water
Adams Morgan homes have tested high for lead in the past. DC Water encourages everyone with lead service lines to test regularly and use lters.

Farmers Markets
18th & Columbia on Saturdays

Parks within 5 Min. Walk

DC drinking water is lead-free ? prior to entering individual pipes.