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Precautionary principle should be incorporated into anything that you call sustainable. The debate about sustainable strategies is related to budgetary pressures. We should use LEED, but not depend on it. I think the formal measurement systems work and should cover it. The wheel (rating system of LEED) was invented, so use it. Use the measurement system that gets what the community wants rather than checking off the LEED list. Have benchmarks about your intentions. Otherwise, it’s like auditing a class. You don’t get credit and can’t prove what you did. LEED isn’t really important. LEED forces you to follow through with your strategies. Carbon issues take a higher importance in our current list of concerns. Carbon and its climate impacts can be estimated and measured in design process and this is a project that could do that. Gives you something measurable to fall back on. Can use carbon as a metric. It’s challenging but can be done. Transportation to the building impacts overall sustainability. Redefine the work space – e.g. more teleworking. How could you have someone interact with the building with other transportation choices? You could have signature transit station that provides direct access. Bike racks are integrated into education and art; use a rotating one behind glass. It can educate. Make office space accommodating to bringing your bike up to your office. Building could be designed to allow you to ride bikes in a different way: have more shelter, ride your bike in a safer way in the dark, need a sense of security and flexibility; maybe you can spend the night in the office if the weather is bad. Human powered vehicles are changing (recumbent bikes). They don’t suit themselves to standard bike racks. Maybe have areas for plug-ins for hybrid vehicles to recharge. Have pedestrian gateways. Create a residentially friendly downtown where there are incentives, for people not to have a car. In thinking beyond the use of fossil fuels, remember the City Hall is connected to other transportation hubs: Amtrak, Greyhound. Need to be aware of connectivity. The location of the building can satisfy transportation needs. Why are we not considering multi-use? City hall below and commercial and residential above it? Costs could be off set. Provide ancillary services to staff on site, like opportunities for dry cleaning, day care, fitness center, food. On site day care reduces stress and energy consumption.