Numerous municipalities in the U.S. have created green building ordinances over the past few years. These ordinances are cataloged and examined in the municipal green building ordinance spreadsheets on the website of the Center for Climate Change Law. To better understand the decisions that need to be made in developing a model green building ordinance, this paper discusses the different choices made by the municipalities that developed the ordinances identified in the spreadsheets and notes areas of consensus among municipalities
The number of green buildings certified under voluntary, third-party rating systems has been growing...
In countries such as the UK, the energy used in constructing, occupying and operating buildings acco...
ABSTRACT\ud Purpose of the Project:\ud Green building is the design and construction of buildings to...
Numerous municipalities in the U.S. have created green building ordinances over the past few years. ...
In 2009, the residential and commercial building sector was responsible for more than 50 percent of ...
Local government ordinances requiring the implementation of green building standards in public build...
After failing to pass in the 111th Congress, comprehensive federal climate legislation appears stall...
As global warming has garnered significant attention in recent years, sustainability and green campa...
Through New York state legislation, localities are afforded broad authority adopt green building sta...
The role of green buildings in mitigating climate change has thus become a hot topic. This literatur...
Local governments are beginning to require new, privately constructed and funded buildings to be “gr...
This article describes the results of a quantitative examination of the effect of municipal policie...
The Pembina Institute was hired to evaluate existing green building programs (as opposed to those fo...
Sustainable development is increasingly being integrated within local government planning across Uni...
The focus of this essay is a growing practice to which we can attach the label “Green Zoning” — the ...
The number of green buildings certified under voluntary, third-party rating systems has been growing...
In countries such as the UK, the energy used in constructing, occupying and operating buildings acco...
ABSTRACT\ud Purpose of the Project:\ud Green building is the design and construction of buildings to...
Numerous municipalities in the U.S. have created green building ordinances over the past few years. ...
In 2009, the residential and commercial building sector was responsible for more than 50 percent of ...
Local government ordinances requiring the implementation of green building standards in public build...
After failing to pass in the 111th Congress, comprehensive federal climate legislation appears stall...
As global warming has garnered significant attention in recent years, sustainability and green campa...
Through New York state legislation, localities are afforded broad authority adopt green building sta...
The role of green buildings in mitigating climate change has thus become a hot topic. This literatur...
Local governments are beginning to require new, privately constructed and funded buildings to be “gr...
This article describes the results of a quantitative examination of the effect of municipal policie...
The Pembina Institute was hired to evaluate existing green building programs (as opposed to those fo...
Sustainable development is increasingly being integrated within local government planning across Uni...
The focus of this essay is a growing practice to which we can attach the label “Green Zoning” — the ...
The number of green buildings certified under voluntary, third-party rating systems has been growing...
In countries such as the UK, the energy used in constructing, occupying and operating buildings acco...
ABSTRACT\ud Purpose of the Project:\ud Green building is the design and construction of buildings to...