Public servants responsiveness and administrative responsibilities to their constituents in local communities are identified through the set of ethical standards predominantly resulting in good governance. Some researchers and practitioners in the field of integrity and ethics concur with the premise of administrative responsibility and responsiveness operating under holistic approaches to understanding climate resilience. This analysis contends with the traditional views of the theory of social choice and administrative burden to stipulate a suitable ethical framework and understanding of ethics in considering climate resilience. The research takes into consideration the principles and structure of moral expectations and measurable outcomes related to climate resilience through the Quadruple Bottom Line lens. The good governance in resilience is explored using an exploratory data analysis of local governments through resilience planning supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, which funded 100 Resilient Cities initiative. The sample size consisted of thirty cities with the obtainable resilience or climate actions plans and a review of their governance efforts through those documents and detailed plans. The research offers a preliminary report of the ongoing efforts in cities and regions to combat climate change, coupled with the ethical considerations and administrative responsibility to frame the administrators’ role in deliberation to climate resilience. The research findings assert a prototype ethical framework for review by administrators to augment administrative responsiveness to climate change threats and increase climate resilience.

Abstract Passive design and landscape variables (e.g., rooftop albedo and shading vegetation) are frequently proposed as important green building techniques. However, there is a paucity of literature demonstrating their large-scale effects with empirically measured building stocks and observed residential energy consumption. This paper uses a spatial Durbin error model (SDEM) approach to test the effects of passive building performance indicators, such as orientation, albedo, and NDVI, on city-wide summertime household billed energy data in Gainesville, FL. Our findings suggest that vegetation and albedo reduce energy consumption, but our model did not produce similar significant results for building orientation and footprint compactness. These results provide evidence to suggest high albedo roofing and purposeful shading are important energy conservation strategies for energy-efficient residential neighborhoods.

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