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This collection of tools includes our own and external resources.
This collection of tools includes our own and external resources.
<h4blue>STEP Life Cycle Costing Tool (Ontario)</h4blue>
<h4blue>STEP Life Cycle Costing Tool (Ontario)</h4blue>
<p>The Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program have produced a life cycle costing tool specific to Ontario. The tool is in a simple to use Excel format and is free to download. <br>[http://www.sustainabletechnologies.ca/wp/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/low-impact-development-life-cycle-costs/|<strong>STEP tool</strong>]</p>
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[[File:LCCtool.PNG|150 px|STEP Life Cycle Costing Tool|link=http://www.sustainabletechnologies.ca/wp/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/low-impact-development-life-cycle-costs/]]
[[File:LCCtool.PNG|150 px|STEP Life Cycle Costing Tool|link=http://www.sustainabletechnologies.ca/wp/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/low-impact-development-life-cycle-costs/]]
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<h4blue>Green Values Stormwater Toolbox (Great lakes, USA)</h4blue>
<h4blue>Green Values Stormwater Toolbox (Great lakes, USA)</h4blue>
A free tool for evaluating the costs and benefits of green infrastructure. It is based on the hydrology of the Great Lakes region, and produced by the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, a non-profit organisation in the USA. <br>
<p>A free tool for evaluating the costs and benefits of green infrastructure. It is based on the hydrology of the Great Lakes region, and produced by the Center for Neighborhood Technologies, a non-profit organisation in the USA.
[http://www.cnt.org/tools/green-values-stormwater-toolbox| <strong>CNT's Toolbox webpage</strong>]
<br> [http://www.cnt.org/tools/green-values-stormwater-toolbox| <strong>CNT's Toolbox webpage</strong>]</p>
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<h4blue>United States Environment Protection Agency (USA general)</h4blue>
<h4blue>United States Environment Protection Agency (USA general)</h4blue>
A collection of resources from the Green Infrastructure team at the US EPA. <br>
<p>A collection of resources from the Green Infrastructure team at the US EPA.
[https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/green-infrastructure-cost-benefit-resources|<strong>Cost benefit resources from EPA</strong>]
<br> [https://www.epa.gov/green-infrastructure/green-infrastructure-cost-benefit-resources|<strong>Cost benefit resources from EPA</strong>] </p>
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<h4blue>CIRIA's BeST tool (UK)</h4blue>
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<p>A tool which monetizes Ecosystem Services (ESS) and Triple Bottom Line (TBL) criteria to assess LID options (described as Sustainable Drainage Systems, SuDS). The tool guides the user to consider some or all of the co-benefits listed on the right . Whilst the relative values may be useful for assessing options, the currency of this model is in GBP (£).
<br> [http://www.ciria.org/News/CIRIA_news2/New-tool-assesses-the-benefits-of-SuDS.aspx| <strong>BeST</strong>]</p>
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<li>Air Quality </li>
<li>Amenity</li>
<li>Biodiversity and Ecology</li>
<li>Building temperature</li>
<li>Carbon sequestration</li>
<li>Crime</li>
<li>Economic growth</li>
<li>Education</li>
<li>Enabling development</li>
<li>Flexible infrastructure</li>
<li>Flood risk</li>
<li>Groundwater recharge</li>
<li>Human health</li>
<li>Pumping wastewater</li>
<li>Rainwater harvesting</li>
<li>Recreation</li>
<li>Treating wastewater</li>
<li>Tourism</li>
<li>Traffic calming</li>
<li>Water quality of receiving water</li>
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