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EcoDistrict
About the SouthWest
EcoDistrict of Washington DC
The Southwest EcoDistrict will
serve as a national showcase of innovative technologies and sustainable
urban development and infrastructure practices. Revitalization of 10th Street and
the adjacent Maryland Avenue corridor
is a cornerstone strategy that seeks to establish a sustainable
neighborhood comprised of workplaces, residences, services, amenities,
and a distinguished cultural hub and visitor destination.
Nestled between the National
Mall and the Potomac River in Southwest Washington, the area consists
of a complex web of streets, freeways, and railways that form vast,
empty plazas and super-sized blocks
comprised largely of federal office space. The area is devoid of life
and disconnected from the rest of the city and
amenities—including the Mall and the
waterfront—that are within easy walking distance.
The SouthWest EcoDistrict
location in Washington DC
SouthWest EcoDistrict Geo-BIM Platform
An EcoDistrict is a comprehensive strategy to accelerate
sustainable neighborhood development.
The SouthWest EcoDistrict of Washington DC will use a state of the art
tools and process as a platform to manage the complexity and dynamic
nature of the project. A web based approach and Cloud Computing will
provide access to a wide range of users to real time project data as it
progresses. Traditionally planning studies create static paper of PDF
bound reports. The SouthWest EcoDistrict will be based on live data
that can be viewed and edited by participants. Different levels of
access to information will be available all the way from viewing
updated plans and reports to logging in and interacting with the
project.
An EcoDistrict takes into
account all elements of a study area from individual elements inside
buildings to regional impacts of planning decisions. For example the
type of sink in a toilet has a direct connection to the amount of water
a building consumes and the amount of waste created. The individual
building is connected to the surrounding site, surrounding neighborhood
and city and by extension to the entire planet. To manage this varying
levels of detail of information, Building Information Modeling (BIM),
Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and data driven systems will be
used.
The area is bounded by the
National Mall to the north and Potomac waterfront to the south
About this Web Site
This web site serves as a live link to updates on information about the
project as well as an entry portal for project participants to log in,
comment and edit plans and reports. There are three main sections to
this site:
National Capital Planning Commission
In December 2009 NCPC convened the Southwest EcoDistrict Task Force to
advance the goals of the Framework Plan and apply the goals of
Executive Order 13514 to a specific study area in the
nation’s capital.
A partnership among federal and
local agencies in Washington, DC, the Task Force is working to bring
the Framework Plan’s vision to implementation by transforming
a precinct south of the National Mall into a series of interconnected
and distinguished mixed-use destinations that will serve as a model
21st century EcoDistrict.
Within an EcoDistrict, building
related infrastructure and open space function together to meet
sustainability goals such as managing stormwater on-site, reducing
energy consumption, and eliminating greenhouse gas emissions. The Task
Force will develop a Development Framework Plan and Action Agenda for
the Southwest EcoDistrict by mid 2011.
SouthWest EcoDistrict Task Force
In December 2009 NCPC convened the SouthWest EcoDistrict Task Force to
advance the goals of the Framework Plan and apply the goals of Executive Order 13514
to a specific study area in the nation’s capital.
A partnership among federal and
local agencies in Washington, DC, the Task Force is working to bring
the Framework Plan’s vision to implementation by transforming
a precinct south of the National Mall into a series of interconnected
and distinguished mixed-use destinations that will serve as a model
21st century EcoDistrict.
The General Services
Administration (GSA), which is part of the Task Force along with NCPC
have contracted with ONUMA, Inc. to provide the Geo-BIM Platform.
The ONUMA team consists of:
Links
View the National Capital Planning
Commission Monumental Core Framework Plan
View the National Capital Planning
Commission SouthWest EcoDistrict Information
General
Services Adminstration
EcoDistrict Information
Building
Information Modeling and open standards
Open
Geospatial Consortium
SouthWest
Waterfront Plan
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