They say ‘a walkable city is a healthy city.’ While Californians love their cars, the issue on trying to reduce carbon emissions doesn’t really fall on reducing the number of vehicles people own. It’s really about creating opportunities for people to not have to drive if they don’t have to. For instance, Los Angeles is currently on the rise in this campaign with its infrastructure projects centered on creating walkable urban spaces:
“The future — of a walkable, transit-friendly Los Angeles — is being built right now,” the report says. “It will allow people to drive everywhere they want, assuming they can put up with the traffic, and provide the option of walkable urbanism for those who want it.”
These walkable neighborhoods in Los Angeles and its surrounding cities are already commanding higher rents for office and retail space than their more car-oriented competition, said Chris Leinberger, a former developer and real estate professor at George Washington who led the study, and those rents are going up faster. That’s drawing more developers, and more projects, to this relative handful of places.
“This is a pretty significant change in how we invest, how we build the country,” Leinberger said. “There will be demand for tens of millions of square feet of additional walkable urban development.”
This goal, however, is very lofty and will require everyone to do his/her part. Reducing emissions is really all about being more efficient with the energy we use and there are several aspects wherein the average person can contribute. For instance, if you can reduce the amount of cooling required for your Orange County or Anaheim home this summer, it is a significant step in the right direction not only environmentally, but also financially.
To do this, you have to pay attention to your home exteriors, particularly your roofing in Anaheim, Santa Ana and Huntington Beach, because the components of your home play a large part in deflecting heat away.
It is recommended that you get the services of Anaheim roofing expert like Royal Roofing Construction to get advice on ‘cool’ roofing systems that can reflect up to 90% of the sun’s rays back to the atmosphere, resulting in lower energy bills.