USACE - Designing Sustainable Communities

Published: April 18, 2023, 6:14 p.m.

b'Jerry Zekert and Andrea Wohlfeld Kuhn are technical experts for Master Planning. They are part of the USACE team that promotes sustainability and quality of life while designing communities.\\n\\nPlanning provides the mechanism to create better environments, coordinate like-minded initiatives, and simultaneously meet the needs of the Army and our Soldiers, Civilians, and Families. Master planning is the over-arching entity that links environmental, housing, training, installation goals, etc. together to achieve success. By creating integrated master plans, we can create a sustainable environment for those who live and work on military installations.\\n\\nAchieving the \\u201cTriple Bottom Line\\u201d to meet the Army\\u2019s policy on Sustainability\\n\\u2022\\tFoster an ethic beyond compliance \\n\\u2022\\tReduce our environmental footprint\\n\\u2022\\tSustain land, air, and water resources\\n\\u2022\\tMinimize impacts on systems, ops, facilities by integrating principles and practices of sustainability\\n\\u2022\\tEnhance well-being of Soldiers, Civilians, Families, communities \\n\\u2022\\tUse innovative technology now and for the future\\n\\nRead how USACE is celebrating Earth Day:\\nhttp://www.usace.army.mil/Media/NewsArchive/StoryArticleView/tabid/232/Articl...\\n\\nAlso available in high definition'