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Public and Private Initiatives in Sustainable Building and Development

DCAT has prepared a listing of green building initiatives and programs throughout the United States. Below you will find the list with links. For more information on each program you can download the PDF document.

For the entire 616K document, click here:
Public and Private Initiatives in Sustainable Building and Development.

For Part 1 only (220K), click here:
Federal and State Government Initiatives.

For Part 2 only (156K), click here:
Non-profit/Independent Initiatives.

For Part 3 only (244K), click here:
Green Building Programs.

And for Part 4 only (48K), click here:
Examples of International Efforts and Additional Resources.

Public and Private Initiatives in Sustainable Building and Development
last updated September 2001

Federal | State | Non-profit/Independent | Green Building | International Examples | Resources

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

Department for Housing and Urban Development Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) http://www.pathnet.org

Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network http://www.eren.doe.gov/

Center for Excellence for Sustainable Development http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) http://www.eren.doe.gov/ee.html

Office of Power Technologies http://www.eren.doe.gov/power/

Million Solar Roofs http://www.eren.doe.gov/millionroofs/

Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star http://www.energystar.gov

Department of Commerce http://home.doc.gov/

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) http://www.nist.gov/

Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees.html

STATE GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES

California Energy Commission http://www.energy.ca.gov/

Florida Design Initiative (FDI) http://sustainable.state.fl.us/fdi/fscc/fscc.html

Governor's Green Government Council (Pennsylvania) http://www.gggc.state.pa.us/default.htm

Oregon Solutions http://www.OregonSolutions.net/

Smart Growth in Maryland http://www.op.state.md.us/smartgrowth/

NON-PROFIT/INDEPENDENT INITIATIVES

Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) http://www.adpsr.org/

American Institute of Architects ­ Committee on the Environment (AIA-COTE) http://www.aia.org/PIA/cote/

American Planning Association (APA) http://www.planning.org/
"APA Policy Guide on PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY" http://www.planning.org/govt/sustdvpg.htm

Building Concerns http://www.interiorconcerns.org/

Center for Maximum Potential for Building Systems http://www.cmpbs.org/

Center for Neighborhood Technology http://www.cnt.org/

Center for Sustainable Building Research http://www.research.cala.umn.edu/

Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) http://www.cnu.org/

Energy Efficient Building Association (EEBA) http://www.eeba.org/

Global Environmental Options (GEO) http://www.geonetwork.org

National Affordable Housing Network http://www.nahn.com/

National Association of Home Builders Research Center (NAHBRC) http://www.nahbrc.org/

New Buildings Institute http://www.newbuildings.org/

National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) http://www.nibs.org/

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), programs related to growth and building http://www.nrdc.org/cities/default.asp

Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC) Green Building Resource http://www.pprc.org/pprc/pubs/topics/greencon/toc.html

Portland Community Design http://www.communitydesign.org/Portland.html

Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) http://www.natresnet.org/

Rocky Mountain Institute ­ Green Development Services http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid168.php

Smart Growth Network http://www.smartgrowth.org/

Southface Energy Institute http://www.southface.org/

Sustainable Building Industry Council (SBIC) http://www.sbicouncil.org/

Sustainable Development, Resource Conservation, And Green Building Design Program http://www.ncsbcs.org/Green_bldg/development.htm

United States Green Building Council (USGBC) http://www.usgbc.org/

Urban Land Institute (ULI) http://www.uli.org/

WorldBuild Technologies http://www.worldbuild.com/

GREEN BUILDING PROGRAMS

State/County Government Green Building Tax Credit Program (NY State) http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dar/ood/grnbldg.html

Innovative Building Design Review Committee (Santa Barbara Co., CA) http://www.silcom.com/~sbcplan/ibdrc.html

Maryland Department of Natural Resources Green Building Program http://www.dnr.state.md.us/programs/greenbuilding/

New Jersey Green Homes http://www.state.nj.us/dca/dhcr/njgreenhomes.htm

Municipal Government Green Building Program, Austin, TX http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/greenbuilder

Green Building Program, Scottsdale, AZ http://www.ci.scottsdale.az.us/greenbuilding/

Green Building Program Ordinance of Frisco, TX http://www.ci.frisco.tx.us/planning/greenbuilding_index.htm

Green Points, Boulder, CO http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/environmentalaffairs/green_points/gp_overview.html

G/Rated, Portland, OR http://www.sustainableportland.org/

Resource-Efficient Building Program, City and County of San Francisco http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/environment/index.htm

Santa Monica Green Buildings Design & Construction Guidelines, Santa Monica, CA http://greenbuildings.santa-monica.org/

Sustainable Building Policy and Sustainable Building Action Plan, Seattle, WA http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/util/rescons/susbuild/

Home Builder Associations Build a Better Clark, Clark County, WA http://www.cchba.com/build_a_better_clark_page.htm

Build a Better Kitsap Program, Kitsap County, WA http://www.kitsaphba.com/bbk.html

Built Green Colorado, Denver, CO http://www.builtgreen.org

Built Green, King and Snohomish Counties, WA http://www.builtgreen.net/

EarthCraft House, Atlanta, GA http://www.earthcrafthouse.com

Green Builder Program, Albuquerque, NM http://www.hbacnm.com/green_builder/index.html

Non-profit Organization Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC) http://floridagreenbuilding.org/

Green Building Alliance (Pittsburgh) http://www.gbapgh.org/

Green Built Home (Wisconsin) http://www.wi-ei.org/GBH/index.htm

Health House http://www.healthhouse.org/

United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System http://www.usgbc.org/programs/leed.htm

Independent/Commercial Earth Advantage Homes http://www.earthadvantage.com/

Engineered for Life http://www.greenstone.com/e4life/efl01.htm

Green Building Services http://www.greenbuildingservices.com/

Heart of America Green Builder Program (Kansas City, MO) http://www.kc-smartbuilder.org/

Sustainable Solutions http://www.geocities.com/sustainbl/

Sustainable Development Program http://www.presidiotrust.gov/sustainability/environ.asp

EXAMPLES OF INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS

International International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE) http://www.iisbe.org/

Canada Green Buildings BC http://www.greenbuildingsbc.com/

R-2000 HOME http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/english/newhouses_r2000.cfm

Used Building Materials Association http://www.ubma.org/

England Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) http://www.ciria.org.uk/

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Additional listing and description of state and local programs (e.g., county initiatives) http://www.worldbuild.com/ggbactivities.htm.

Many resources and initiatives on energy efficiency exist. Please do a web search for energy efficiency.

This list is by no means exhaustive. Please send in your suggestions for additions to info@dcat.net.