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Green Building/ Development

This category covers built environment and related infrastructure to include planning, design, construction, demolition, materials use and acquisition, and landscaping. Government, industrial, commercial and residential sectors all apply. (See also the Energy/ Energy Efficiency category for best practices on energy-efficiency retrofits of existing structures).

City/County: San Francisco, California, USA Primary Category: Green Building/ Development Secondary Category: None Devises measures to institutionalize city purchases of alternatives to pressure-treated wood contain...more
City/County: County of Marin, California, USA Primary Category: Green Building/ Development Secondary Category: Energy/ Energy Efficiency Application used by county residents to demonstrate how their proposed new construction project cons...more
City/County: County of Marin, California, USA Primary Category: Green Building/ Development Secondary Category: Energy/ Energy Efficiency Application used by county residents to demonstrate how their proposed remodeling project conserves ...more
City/County: Oakland, California, USA Primary Category: Green Building/ Development Secondary Category: None Ordinance requiring that city building projects of $3 million and over meet US Green Building Counci...more
City/County: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Primary Category: Energy/ Energy Efficiency Secondary Category: Green Building/ Development Program for increased energy efficiency emphasizing conservation in city buildings and training for ...more
City/County: Chicago, Illinois, USA Primary Category: Green Building/ Development Secondary Category: Green Building/ Development Outlines program to expedite permitting process and waive fees for building projects that meet or ex...more
City/County: Washington, Districtofcolumbia, USA Primary Category: Green Building/ Development Secondary Category: Land Use/ Planning Federal District act to ensure that all city buildings meet Leadership in Environment and Energy (LE...more
City/County: Sarasota, Florida, USA Primary Category: Green Building/ Development Secondary Category: None Summary of County policy to ensure county buildings are cleaned and maintained with less toxic produ...more
City/County: Rohnert Park, California, USA Primary Category: Green Building/ Development Secondary Category: Climate Change Policy Describes cost comparison between building new city hall and retrofitting existing building with gre...more
City/County: Berkeley, California, USA Primary Category: Green Building/ Development Secondary Category: None City owned and operated buildings are required to meet a minimum LEED Silver certification under thi...more
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