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Green Buildings, Environmental Awareness, and Organizational Image
Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 14(1): 21-49, 2012by: Mahbub Rashid, Kent SpreckelmeyerThis article includes a study on how green building affects tenants’ environmental awareness and organizational image. -
Green Buildings and Productivity
Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, 1(1): 65–89, 2009by: Norm Miller, Dave Pogue, Quiana GoughThis article examines the impact green building features have on productivity. -
The Skyscraper, Green Design, and the LEED Green Building Rating System: The Creation of Uniform Sustainable Standards for the 21st Century or the Perpetuation of an Architectural Fiction?
Environs, 28(1): 117-154, 2004by: Stephen Del PerciThis article examines the environmental and economic benefits of green building and buildings with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification. -
Improving the Link Between the LEED Green Building Label and a Building’s Energy-Related Environmental Metrics
Journal of Green Building, 3(2): 85-105, 2008by: G. Wedding, Douglas Crawford-BrownThis article offers several recommendations for improving the environmental benefits of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system. -
Innovation in Homebuilding and the Future of Housing
Journal of the American Planning Association, 74(1): 45-58, 2008by: Charles KoebelThis article addresses the factors that contribute to innovation in the homebuilding industry and approaches to promoting such innovation. -
Removing Market Barriers to Green Development: Principles to Promote
Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, 1(1): 107-138, 2009by: Christopher ChoiThis article explores the market barriers to green building and the potential solutions to eliminating such barriers. -
The Wisdom of LEED’s Role in Green Building Mandates
Cornell Real Estate Review, 10(6): 22-37, 2012by: Marya CottenThis article examines how the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification system functions in green building mandates. -
Regional Green Building Case Study Project: A post-occupancy study of LEED projects in Illinois
October 2009This case study analyzes the performance, costs, and benefits of several Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) projects according to several metrics. -
Washington, DC: Building a Green Code
2014This case study highlights Washington DC’s Green Construction Code which promotes green building throughout the city. -
A Guide to Healthier Homes and A Healthier Planet
December 2018This fact sheet highlights how air quality, thermal and acoustic comfort, and lighting impact environmental, economic, and health metrics. -
Green Building Construction and Sustainable Design
November 2015This video includes an interview that discusses the challenges and benefits to constructing prefabricated green homes. -
NRPC, NH, Green Building: An Overview
November 2009This fact sheet introduces the concept of green building and highlights green building benefits. -
Built for Health: Air Quality
January 2018This audio discusses indoor air quality’s impact on health and the materials and design features that affect air quality. -
2015 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria
2015This guide outlines the criteria for the Enterprise Green Communities certification which promotes green building for affordable housing projects. -
Green Principles for Residential Design
August 2016This guide outlines the principles of the Whole Building Design Approach to create a Beyond Green home. -
Implementing an Outcome-Based Compliance in Energy Codes: Guidance for Cities
October 2017This guide addresses how outcome-based energy codes can improve community energy efficiency. -
Energy Efficiency in Local Government Operations
2011This guide describes how local governments can develop and implement energy efficiency programs for their municipal operations. -
Sustainable Building Tool Kit
2019This toolkit includes resources and documents that support green building projects in California. -
Moving Energy Codes Forward: A Guide for Cities and States
2018This guide provides a framework for using energy codes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. -
Northampton, MA, Sustainable Northhampton Comprehensive Plan
Adopted 2008The city’s comprehensive plan presents green building as an approach to reducing energy demand and natural resource consumption. -
Elmhurst, IL, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted April 2009The city’s comprehensive plan recommends implementing green building guidelines and mentions its role in neighborhood development within a chapter on housing. -
Energy-Efficient Reuse of Existing Commercial Buildings
Journal of the American Planning Association, 82(2): 113-133, 2016by: Clinton Andrews, AICP, David Hattis, David ListokinThis article belongs to the Green Building and Historic Preservation collections. -
Striking Gold: Historic Preservation and LEED
Journal of Green Building, 3(1): 24-43, 2008by: Robert YoungThis article belongs to the Green Building and Historic Preservation collections. -
Sarasosta, FL, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2019The city’s code of ordinances establishes an Energy Economic Zone Pilot Program, or Sustainable Energy Economic District (SEED), which promotes green building certification and energy efficiency standards. -
Charlotte County, FL, Green Building Program
2019This web page offers an overview of a voluntary green building program for commercial and residential developers. -
Scottsdale, AZ, Code of Ordinances
Updated September 2019This regulation belongs to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Green Building, and Solar Energy collections. -
Gladstone, MO, Comprehensive Plan
Updated February 2011This comprehensive plan includes belongs to the Green Building and Solar Energy collections. -
Normal, IL, Municipal Code
Adopted May 2009This regulation belongs to the Design Review and Green Building collections. -
Decatur, GA, The Better Together Community Action Plan
Adopted December 2015This functional plan was developed after the city’s 2010 Strategic Plan to identify actions that various stakeholders can take to improve equity, inclusion, and engagement. -
Newark, NJ, Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impact Ordinance
Adopted July 2016The city’s ordinance amends the zoning and land use regulations to include an Environmental Justice and Cumulative Impacts chapter. -
New York, NY, CreateNYC
Adopted August 2019This functional plan sets an agenda for improving New York City’s cultural ecosystem, with Equity and Inclusion as the first issue area. -
Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898, Adopted February 1994This standalone policy, signed by former President Clinton, was the first major federal action on environmental justice. -
EPA: Equitable Development and Environmental Justice
Updated March 2019This web page describes the relationship between environmental justice and equitable development. -
New York, NY, Local Law No. 64
Local Laws 2017 No. 64, Adopted April 2017This standalone policy amends the administrative code to add a chapter on Environmental Justice. -
Newark, CA, General Plan
Adopted December 2013This city's comprehensive plan belongs to the Age-Friendly Communities, Built Environment and Health, Comprehensive Planning, and Historic Preservation collections. -
Cultural Asset Mapping
Planning Commissioners Journal, 81: Winter 2011by: Robert VoigtThis article belongs to the Historic Preservation and Social Equity collections. -
Preserving African American Historic Places
2012by: Brent Leggs, Kerri Rubman, Byrd WoodThis guide belongs to the Historic Preservation and Social Equity collections. -
Greening the Regulatory Landscape: The Spatial and Temporal Diffusion of Green Building Policies in U.S. Cities
Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, 3(1): 68-90, 2011by: Constantine KontokostaThis article examines how regulatory, economic, and climate variables affect the adoption of municipal green building policies. -
Green Buildings: Economics and Policies
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 10(2): 329-346, 2016by: Daniel Matisoff, Douglas Noonan, Mallory FlowersThis article reviews the theoretical and empirical context of green building economics and policies. -
Green Building Assessment Systems: A Framework and Comparison for Planners
Journal of the American Planning Association, 74(4): 505-519, 2008by: Rebecca Retzlaff, AICPThis article presents a framework for aligning green building assessment systems with local sustainability goals. -
Core Green Building Certification
2019This guide outlines the ten performance-based best practices of the Core Green Building Certification (CORE). -
Interactive Maps for Energy Benchmarking Data, Programs, and Policies
July 2019This interactive map identifies state and municipal Energy Star programs and benchmarking policies. -
Cleveland Green Building Standard Handbook
December 2017This guide outlines the requirements for developers, builders, and homeowners to satisfy the Cleveland Green Building Standard. -
Tribal Green Building Toolkit
July 2015This toolkit provides resources for tribal nations to assess, prioritize, develop, and implement green building codes. -
Going Beyond Code: A Guide to Creating Effective Green Building Programs for Energy Efficient and Sustainable Communities
2011This guide addresses the best practices and strategies to developing and implementing green building codes. -
Achieving Energy Savings and Emission Reductions from Building Energy Codes: A Primer for State Planning
April 2015This guide outlines how state and local building energy codes can be used to reduce energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions. -
Guide to the 2016 California Green Building Standards Code: Nonresidential
January 2017This guide reviews the requirements, definitions, and intentions of the CALGreen mandatory green building code for nonresidential buildings. -
Building Energy Codes Adoption Toolkit
September 2012This guide outlines the process of adopting energy codes for energy efficiency, savings, and job creation. -
Cambridge, MA, Net Zero Action Plan
Adopted April 2015This functional plan highlights several actions to encourage energy efficiency in existing buildings and net zero energy new construction. -
Portland and Multnomah County, OR, Climate Action Plan
Adopted June 2015This functional plan includes objectives to reduce energy consumption of pre-existing buildings and to achieve zero net carbon emissions in all new buildings and homes.