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Green Building Standards
Enterprise Community Partners Green Communities Criteria www.greencommunitiesonline.org
US Green Building Council LEED www.usgbc.org
Energy Star (US Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Energy) Energy Star Target Finder Tool http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=new_bldg_design.bus_target_finder Energy Star Portfolio Manager http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=evaluate_performance.bus_portfoliomanager
Practical green building resources
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Builders’ Recycling Guide: A Directory for Construction and Demolition Materials in the Metropolitan Washington Region http://www.mwcog.org/buildersrecyclingguide/info.htm
Affordable Housing Design Advisor http://www.designadvisor.org/
Building Technology resources
US Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Building Technologies Program http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) www.sbicouncil.org
Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) http://www.pathnet.org/
Global Green USA www.globalgreen.org
Potential green building financial resources
Enterprise Community Partners Green Communities www.greencommunitiesonline.org
Home Depot Foundation www.homedepotfoundation.org
National Housing Trust (Green Affordable Housing Preservation Lending Initiative) Pre-development and bridge loans www.nhtinc.org |