Issue of eco districts and possible combination of their use of Historic District over lays and eco district over lays working in combiks combination to create incentive programs for these areas and might relate to the practice in los angeles which i would like to hear more about later. And i believe that ends my presentation for objective 8. I will stop now for comment and questions. Commissioner johns . I think your suggestions are really very good. I would just on your second suggested, im sorry your first suggested new policy to encourage the study of nrm energy use and so forth, i think studying it should been encouraged but also should say we should encourage the implementation. When we work with trying to revitalize the old minute, mint, by paying more attention to the building as was originally designed to work, we could save a vast fortune. I would say encourage the study of energy use for the projects throughout the city as a means of better understanding and implementing the
Systems for salvaged materials in San Francisco. It also provides a supply base for the restoration of existing Historic Resources. And then that brings us to the additional new policies that we are suggesting. The first is encourage the study of energy use for projects throughout the city as a means of better understanding the environmental benefits of preservation rehabilitation and adaptive reuse. We believe a policy as this could encourage better data and analysis in support of our mutual and Historic Preservation in ability goals. This conversation about Green Building and preservation is a hot topic in our field which you are probably aware and many of the conversations boil down to numbers and statistics in order to support that preservation is in fact does have material and financial benefits for projects. So, if we had a policy that encouraged better data collection, i think that provides more scientific background for promoting preservation in this field. The next policy is t
Can you describe your organizations work . Guest the National Energy assistance Directors Association runs the largest federal Program Designed to help low income families and will ruto families pay their Home Energy Bills in the winter, as well as other things. Host as far as their demands, what does winter mean as far as paying bills . Guest it is extremely expensive, pedro. Paying bills can be extremely expensive, and we have seen that the average cost of home energy this winter will actually be 17 to 20 higher than last year. That means a family using natural gas, for example of a spend over 900 to heat their home. A family using heating oil will spend over 2000. Its a lot of money over the course of the winter. Host 952 is the average for those using natural gas, thats an increase of 2021 to 2020 two. Electricity, 1300, and heating oil, 2100. Propane, 1800, and although youll cost together, at 1200 increase compared to what we saw in 2021. Where are those numbers coming from and w
Events may be lost on a new generation of young people in china. This is a very disturbing investigation. 12yearolds accused of planning the gruesome murder of a friend. Why police say the girls were trying to please a fantasy creature they followed on the internet. As u. S. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl recovers in germany, the white house deal that freed him from the taliban is facing criticism from lawmakers in washington. Were hearing from soldiers who served in afghanistan who say bergdahl is a deserter. Jim is in his hometown. Jim, how is all this controversy surrounding bergdahls release playing in haley . John, the spirits remain high here. There are plenty of balloons, ribbons in support of bergdahl. This morning, the questions are growing about his release. Here in Sergeant Bowe bergdahls hometown in idaho, its hard to find a free without a Yellow Ribbon tied around it. From the Yellow Ribbons to the signs in the windows to the bracelets i water, we never stopped and were able
Prehistoric dinosaur, lays the groundwork for the worlds fastest robots. And we begin tonight with a latest ton release of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who was held captive by the taliban for five years. His freedom is being separated but controversy over his release and the circumstances of his capture. Randall pinkston reports. For now this u. S. Army hospital in germany is the temporary home for Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. The former prisoner of war is treated for conditions that require hospitalization including nutritional issues, but they cited nothing else, cialg for privacy rules np exchange for five high ranking taliban leaders who had been held for 12 years at the u. S. Facility at guantanamo, cuba. The swap was made without giving congress the required 30 days notice. The president as commander in chief had the authority to acts. Sergeant bergdahl was a prisoner in arnold conflict and we did the right thing by after five years of captivity, securing his release. We dont qualify