deCoding Downtown
This guide from Main Street Alabama identifies the ways that municipal regulations can be used to support downtown transformation efforts with an emphasis on zoning and building codes.
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This groundbreaking study concludes that building reuse almost always offers environmental savings over demolition and new construction. Savings from reuse are between 4 and 46 percent over new construction when comparing buildings with the same energy performance level. The findings presented by the National Trust for Historic Preservation are important in supporting the idea that reuse of Main Street historic assets creates more sustainable and environmentally-resilient communities.
Published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.