Energy Management Systems (EMS) are a type of software that monitor the energy consumption in buildings. Its purpose is to minimize costs by monitoring energy consumption and optimizing energy use. EMS has become increasingly popular in the past fifteen years and is used primarily by businesses to save money by tracking and reducing energy consumption […]
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Anne Arundel County Transit Accessibility Analysis and Map Consolidation
Currently, Anne Arundel County has multiple state and local transit systems that serve its residents, but no single resource that provides information on all of them. The team has been tasked with creating a consolidated transit map, assessing transit accessibility, and making recommendations for improving transit access. Anne Arundel County residents, city officials, and tourists […]
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Land Use/Transportation Evaluation for the Forest Drive Corridor
The 3.5-mile Forest Drive corridor is a County arterial road within the City of Annapolis and extending into Anne Arundel County at either side of the municipal boundary (see Figures 1 and 2). While the County is responsible for the road – its potential expansion and maintenance – the City is responsible for land uses […]
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Anne Arundel County: Transportation Mobility and Accessibility
This report examines where jobs and workforce participants are located in Anne Arundel County, and what transit options connect them. Special attention is paid to low-income workforce participants and low-income job sites. The goal is to determine if there is a spatial mismatch between where workforce participants live and where jobs are located in Anne […]
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Spurring Maritime Innovation in Annapolis
In 1987, the City of Annapolis created Maritime Zoning Regulations, delineating four zones along Annapolis’ waterfront: Maritime Conservation District, Mixed Maritime District, Maritime Industrial District, and Maritime Eastport. The districts are designed to provide incentives to the maritime industry, while offering flexibility to property owners who wish to implement higher-value uses that would add to […]
Waterfront Design for Resilience: Annapolis Maritime Harbor
Key issues addressed: Sea level rise at the 5 foot inundation and storm surge; Enhance the current event space by providing multifaceted spaces; Keeping the working waterfront; Connect Annapolis maritime history and protect current memorials and waterfront stores. […]
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Waterfront Design for Resilience: Tidal Promenade
Waterfront Design for Resilience: Annapolis in an Elevator
Analysis of Potential for County/City Shared Service Delivery: Public Works & Utilities
The Public Works & Utilities department plays an integral role in any municipal day to day operations. The following proposal details our plan for the combination of specific Public Works and Utilities services between Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis. A lay out of what the Public Works and Utilities department would look […]
Consolidating Public Services in Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis: Impacts and Expenses
This report is a collection of papers completed by students in the ECON454, Public Finance and Public Policy, who applied their students to a real world question as part of the PALS program. The class’s goal is understand the field of public finance and the relationship between economic theory and real world government policies. The […]