tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043115987518760367.post8566167244623384326..comments2023-09-05T17:07:14.309+01:00Comments on Aitken's Edinburgh: Transition towns, an idea whose time has comeStoptheCutshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17485503661200436284noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043115987518760367.post-14496844750522312592008-01-28T16:48:00.000+00:002008-01-28T16:48:00.000+00:00Dear Anonymous (x2 or is this just one of you twic...Dear Anonymous (x2 or is this just one of you twice?). <BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking the time to leave these comments. I have no doubt that we could have done better but we also could have done a lot worse and at some point you need to decide and get on with things. There are a huge number of things being done as part of the Mountgrange proposals that will help towards carbon reduction but I have no doubt more could have been done, but thats true of any proposal . The building standards will need to be to the high levels we set as part of our Building Quality Standards which are the highest in Scotland which will include levels of carbon reduction. <BR/><BR/>EwanEwanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013208725859078505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043115987518760367.post-18732948407444507382008-01-28T11:48:00.000+00:002008-01-28T11:48:00.000+00:00The Canongate will be the next transition area.But...The Canongate will be the next transition area.<BR/>But will the transition be support for the community by refusing the unsustainable Mountgrange plans and working to develop our community assets for the benefit of our citizens and future generations?<BR/>If the plans are approved it will create the most unsustainable,unpopular,and unsympathetic development since the excessive private commercially driven developments of the 60's - St James CentreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1043115987518760367.post-74223346313570789892008-01-28T11:25:00.000+00:002008-01-28T11:25:00.000+00:00What a pity the previous labour administration did...What a pity the previous labour administration didnt also listen to the many objections to the Caltongate Masterplan and allow the community's Alternative Strategy to be given equal consideration.<BR/>The applications which are to be determined on 6th Feb show the worst examples of excessive and unsustainable development since the St James Centre was developed in the 60's.<BR/>2 listed buildings and 18 stonebuilt flats to be demolished and replaced with a concrete and glass hotel and conference complex.<BR/>Demolition facts - 8 bricks= 1 gallon of Oil<BR/>10% of global CO2emmissions comes from cement production (main ingredient of cement)<BR/>The existing gap site could be developed as a zero carbon car free mixed housing scheme and the public land and buildings retained for existing use or revamped to meet the needs of the communityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com