Battery Park City Sustainability Plan and Green Guidelines

Insight Civil has provided professional services to develop a 10-Year Sustainability Plan and Green Guidelines for the unique Lower Manhattan community of Battery Park City – a planned, mixed-use neighborhood that has attracted new vitality to the historic heart of New York City for more than 30 years. In keeping with its history as a groundbreaking neighborhood, Battery Park City has embraced the call to develop and implement a framework for sustainable practices on a community-wide basis. Our role in this work focused on civil engineering, and infrastructure planning to support our client, Batter​y Park City Authority (BPCA), in achieving their ambitious sustainability goals. Our engineers and planners have:

• Participated in site visits to gather data about the community and its physical form
• Reviewed and verified documentation of existing conditions in the neighborhood
• Evaluated the 2005 Residential and Commercial Guidelines for buildings in Battery Park City
• Taken part in visioning workshops and attended stakeholder presentations
• Developed best practices for drainage and stormwater management for the Green Guidelines
• Provided order-of-magnitude cost estimates for recommended best practices

Insight Civil also supported development of draft language for the 10-Year Sustainability Plan and Green Guidelines reports that have grown out of the project’s research, outreach, and analysis. It is envisioned that the Sustainability Plan and Green Guidelines will be reevaluated every 10 years to ensure they remain up to date with best practices and evolving standards. The project was completed in the Fall of 2020, and final versions of the Sustainability Plan, Green Guidelines, and the Implementation Plan can be found online on the Battery Park City Authority’s website: https://bpca.ny.gov/nature-and-sustainability/sustainability/.

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