California Leep

Green Buildings

The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings, an October 2003 report developed by more than 40 California State government agencies:

Links to sample green building and similar ordinances:

Marin County Residential Energy Efficiency Ordinance:

City of Berkeley Residential and Commercial Energy Conservation Ordinances:

RECO Ordinance

CECO Ordinance

Sustainable Buiding Technical Manual: Green Building Design, Construction, and Operations, a 1996 document prepared by Public Technology, Inc. (a non-profit R&D organization of the National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties, and the International City/County Management Association) and the U.S. Green Building Council (a non-profit coalition of the building industry):

Alameda County Waste Management Authority/Alameda County Source Reduction & Recycling Board:

Multifamily Green Building Guidelines

Managing the Cost of Green Buildings

Other Alameda County Waste Management Authority/Alameda County Source Reduction & Recycling Board documents:

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For Design & Building Professionals:

http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=269

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Green Building Policies or Ordinances:

http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=492

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Green Building Publications:

http://www.stopwaste.org/home/index.asp?page=280

National Association of Home Builders, for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:

Guide to Developing Green Builder Programs

Austin Energy's Sustainable Building Sourcebook and Related Resources

http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/greenbuilder/srcbk_1.htm

U.S. Green Building Council:

http://www.usgbc.org/

High Performance Buildings – Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

This web site addresses the design approach, a set of tools to use, discussion of relevant technologies, process change research, performance metrics research, case studies in high-performance buildings, and a high-performance buildings database.

http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/highperformance/

Green Communities -- a 5-year, $555 million initiative to build more than 8,500 environmentally healthy homes for low-income families.

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Green Communities

The initiative provides grants, financing, tax-credit equity, and technical assistance to developers who meet Green Communities criteria for affordable housing that promotes health, conserves energy and natural resources, and provides easy access to jobs, schools, and services.

http://www.enterprisefoundation.org/resources/green/index.asp

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Green Communities green communities criteria document

This document lays out requirements for green community projects to qualify for financial assistance from Green Communities.

http://www.greencommunitiesonline.org/GreenCriteria.pdf

American Institute of Architects Knowledge Communities

AIA committees provide resources for green and sustainable buildings and communities.

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Environment/Sustainability

http://www.aia.org/cote_default

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Center for Communities by Design

http://www.aia.org/liv_default

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Roundtable on Sustainable Design III: Measures of Sustainability The American Institute of Architects Washington, D.C. March 4, 2005

Summarizes various sources providing guidance of how to measure sustainability in building design.

http://www.aia.org/SiteObjects/files/RTIII_Summary.pdf

New Buildings Institute.

Provides a variety of products to assist building professionals in designing high performance buildings.

http://www.newbuildings.org/

Advanced Buildings Benchmark

Software providing “high performance” criteria for a wide range of building systems.

http://www.poweryourdesign.com/benchmark.htm

California Public Utilities Commission report, Report to the Governor: Energy Efficiency Programs in Support of the Green Buildings Initiative (Biennial Report Required by Executive Order S-20-04), addresses CPUC actions to advance the GBI goals via its authority over the energy efficiency programs offered by the utilities:

http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/energy/electric/energy+efficiency/index.htm