Building a Sustainable Future: A Report on the Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Sustainability Pilots

摘要

The United States Environmental Protection Agencys (EPAs) Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or the potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Community stakeholders across the country are formulating projects to sustainably revitalize brownfields. EPA supports projects that clean up contamination, preserve existing open space, reduce carbon footprints, reuse existing infrastructure, and revitalize communities. To encourage and promote sustainable brownfields revitalization, EPAs Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization (OBLR) funded 16 Brownfields Sustainability Pilots. EPAs support provided site-specific technical assistance to integrate sustainability and brownfields redevelopment at projects across the country. The report describes each of the Brownfields Sustainability Pilots and provides findings and recommendations for future projects. It is intended for use by people, communities, organizations, and agencies helping make brownfields revitalization greener and more sustainable.