Economic Trade Offs of Landscape Practices (Residential)

http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/programs/cufr/products/powerpoint/cufr_656_32_ecoSmartFire_Chaparral01-10-06.swf (this is the slide show)

http://www.ecosmart.gov/ (this is the link to the program)

web based tool “designed to evaluate the economic trade offs between different landscape practices on residential parcels. The program estimates the impacts of strategic tree placement, rainfall management and fire prevention practices. Users work in a computer-simulation environment to test various landscape and hydrologic alternatives to arrive at environmentally sound decisions” Future – incorporate other criteria – removal of air pollutants, carbon credits, recycling green waste - Fire 2.0 released summer 2006, water – spring 2006, energy = summer 2006 Produced by CA Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection, NIST, Earthview Computing and TreePeople