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2. Incorporate energy and sustainability topics into the Business Academy curriculum
3. Explore implementation of PACE financing
4. Pursue federal sustainability resources
5. Identify potential State incentives that may facilitate industry diversification and
support sustainability
6. Incorporate sustainable economic development into the comp planning process
7. City Code Planning Review to incorporate necessary modifications to support of
sustainable initiatives
Air Quality & Climate Change
1. Develop a Climate Action Plan to support the city’s commitment to the Climate
Protection Agreement, which CMB signed in 2005.
2. Building Code adaptivity to sea-level change
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Glossary
Affordable Housing – as defined by Sec. 58-31 of Miami Beach
Code of Ordinances, affordable means that the occupants pay no more
than 30 percent of gross income for gross housing costs, including utility
costs. However, it is not the intent to limit an individual household’s ability
to devote more than 30 percent of their income for housing.
Airshed – a geographic boundary for air quality standards.
Alternative Transportation – a means of travel other than through
the use of a private motor vehicle that reduces traffic congestion and an
individual’s carbon footprint and GHG emissions, i.e. walking, cycling,
carpooling, or mass transit.
Bike Lane/Path/Route – A bike lane is a signed and striped lane
along a roadway for use by bicycles. A bike path is a dedicated, offroad, paved bicycle way with minimal cross flow by motor vehicles. Bike
routes are un-striped, signed routes which bicyclists share with motor
vehicles. Bike routes differ from bike lanes in that routes do not include
any striping on the roadway. They are only designated by signage.
Carbon footprint – a measure of the amount of carbon dioxide
produced by a person, organization, or location at a given time.
Clean Marina Program – The Florida Clean Marina Program
is a voluntary designation program with a proactive approach to
environmental stewardship that aims to maintain water quality.
Climate Action Plan – lays out a strategy, including specific policy
recommendations that a government may use to address climate change
and reduce GHG emissions.
Cool Roofs – reflective white or light-colored surfaces off which sunlight
will bounce, reduce heat absorption, and, due to their high emissivity, will
also easily release heat.
Dark Sky – reduction of light pollution in order to improve night
sky visibility, to reduce the adverse effects of unnatural lighting to the
environment, and to reduce energy usage.
Dunes – hills of sand, built through the interaction between wind, sand
and coastal vegetation, that stabilize beaches and provide a buffer
against storm surges for coastal cities.
Environmental footprint - a measure of the amount of environmental
impact produced by a person, organization, or location at a given time.
Florida Green Lodging Program – a voluntary initiative of the FDEP
that designates and recognizes lodging facilities that make a commitment
to conserve and protect Florida’s natural resources. The program’s
environmental guidelines allow the hospitality industry to evaluate its
operations, set goals and take specific actions to continuously improve
environmental performance.
Fully Planted – means that trees occupy all available tree planting
spaces in the right-of-way that can be filled, and that the tree cover in
parks and other city properties is maintained at an optimal level based on
each property’s uses and priorities.
Geothermal Cooling – the use of power extracted from heat stored
in the earth (geothermal energy) as a source of energy for cooling
processes, such as air-conditioning.
Green – for the purposes of this document, green is used as shorthand
to refer to any environmentally preferable product, activity, service or
process.
Green Building – a building that is designed and constructed to
reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and
the natural environment. Green buildings efficiently use energy, water,
and other natural resources, protect occupant health, improve employee
productivity, and reduce pollution.
Green Seal Standard – a certification that indicates compliance with
the rigorous environmental, toxicity and safety standards of the Green
Seal program.
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) – Greenhouse gases are natural and
manmade gases in the earth’s atmosphere that absorb and emit radiation
within the thermal infrared range, acting as a warming mechanism that
raises temperatures on the Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere. The
four primary greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane
(CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
GreenPrint – Miami-Dade County’s plan for sustainability that reaffirms,
establishes and synchronizes the government and community goals,
initiatives and measures.
Hazardous Waste – a waste or combination of wastes which,
because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious
characteristics, may cause or significantly contribute to an increase
in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness or pose a
substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety, welfare or
to the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, used or
disposed of, or otherwise managed.
Household Hazardous Waste – hazardous waste that is generated
by residents through the use of hazardous or potentially hazardous
products in the home. Typical household hazardous wastes include spent
batteries, cleaning products, pesticides, paints and solvents.
Headway – a measurement of the distance between vehicles in a transit
system – a “shorter” headway signifies a more frequent service.
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) –
technological systems whose purpose is to help maintain good air quality
through adequate ventilation with filtration and provide thermal comfort.
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Heat Island Effect – a process where the substitution of open land