Residential Green Building

The four major national programs designed for single family and multifamily, custom, and production builders are: LEED for Homes, NAHB Green Building Program, Green Communities, and the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Builder's Challenge (BABC). While these programs use similar frameworks to evaluate green building practices, each program calculates certification levels differently.
 

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Adopting a Sustainable Building Ordinance: Scheduling

Creating a schedule for creating a sustainable building ordinance

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Adopting a Sustainable Building Ordinance: Facilitating Leaders' Regular Meeting

Outlines items to consider for creating sustainable building ordinance language

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Adopting a Sustainable Building Ordinance: Facilitating Leaders' First Meeting Post-Charrette

Items to consider at the first leaders' meeting after facilitation of the…

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