permaculture

[georg parlow <g.parlow@gmx.at>]

> * A building with proper passive solar orientation requires X% less  
> energy
> to heat and cool than a building not oriented for passive solar.
>
> * A community with gathering areas/central plaza has X% less crime  
> than a
> neighborhood without gathering areas.
>
> * A community planted with useful street trees can produce X$ of  
> economic
> value per unit area versus a street planted in non-useful species.

for those housing and settlement related questions i suggest you  
contact pliny fisk III from www.cmpbs.org - he worked a lot for  
universities and other public bodies, and propably has figures on such  
points.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Georg Parlow
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