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1. Use computerized load management where cost effective and economically feasible. 2. Preserve native vegetation and topography in order to retain their natural energy conserving benefits. 3. Promote car pooling and van pooling through incentives such as priority parking areas. 4. Encourage incentives to nonautomotive travel such as -provision of sheltered bus stops, bicycle locking facilities, shaded pathways, and protected crossings. 5. Participate in a systematic approach to the development of walkway and bicycle path networks with the local government that will result in safe, convenient links between home, work, shopping, recreation, and -schools. 6. Use energy-efficient features in window design (e.g., tinting and exterior shading). 7. Use operable windows and ceiling fans. S. Install energy-efficient appliances and equipment. 9. Reduce coverage by asphalt, concrete, rock, and similar substances in streets, parking lots, and other areas to reduce local air temperatures and reflected light and heat. 10. Install energy-efficient lighting for streets, parking areas, recreation areas, and other interior and exterior public areas. li. Use water closets with a maximum flush of 3.5 gallons and shower heads and faucets with a maximum flow rate of 3.0 gallons per minute (at 60 pounds of pressure per square inch) as specified in the Water conservation Act, Section 553.14, Florida Statutes. 12. Select native plants, trees, and other vegetation and landscape design features that reduce requirements for water, fertilizer, maintenance, and other needs. 13. Plant native shade trees to provide reasonable shade for all recreation areas, streets, and parking areas. 14. Place trees to provide needed shade in the warmer months while not overly reducing the benefits of sun- light in the cooler months. (Shade in the summer should receive primary consideration.) 15. orient structures, as possible, to reduce solar heat gain by walls and windows and to utilize the natural 37