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Appendix D: Summary of Workshop Outcomes
Pages 63-68

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From page 63...
... Each community is "reinventing the wheel." 2. There is risk of potential suboptimal solutions across the full set of infrastructure services (e.g., corn as biofuel provides power but threatens water supply and land quality)
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From page 64...
... Parking lots that generate electricity through photovoltaic coatings ii. Wastewater treatment plants that use biofuel cells to generate electricity iii.
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From page 65...
... Decisions and solutions to enhance current infrastructure capacity with respect to com munity and regional economic development, environmental capacity, and social equity 4. All-sector involvement (public, private, non­ governmental organizations, community)
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... Recognized link of infrastructure services to economic development, social equity, and envi ronmental regeneration 4. Local and regional dialogue on priorities, resources, and plans for infrastructure services (including resiliency and adaptiveness)
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... Insurance or warranty with respect to resiliency of infrastructure services for community and region 4. Mechanisms for international agreements, col laboration with respect to infrastructure services and ecosystem impacts c.
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... Local and state activities and programs i. Local (e.g., Cambridge Energy Alliance: nonprofit foundation, local government, private companies, universities and hospitals, citizens)
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Key Terms

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  • social equity
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  • leverage current

  • infrastructure service
  • generate electricity
  • regional economic
  • potential disruptions
  • provides critical

  • critical services
  • renewable energy
  • real cost
  • meet current
  • national activities

  • acceptable risks
  • treatment plants
  • parking lots
  • water supply
  • locally generated

  • current activities
  • existing organizational
  • localized gray
  • private companies
  • water pumping

  • provide services
  • recognized link
  • current infrastructure
  • local government
  • energy investment


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