Kats, Gregory.
Greening our built world costs, benefits, and strategies / [electronic resource] : Greg Kats, principal author ; Jon Braman & Michael James. - Washington [D.C.] : Island Press, c2010. - xix, 258 p. : ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Costs and benefits of green building -- Costs and benefits of green community design -- Communities of faith building green -- Green design, climate change, and the economy : potential impacts in the United States -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Data-collection methodology -- Appendix B: Source list -- Appendix C: Green building data set -- Appendix D: Comparison of data set to LEED--new construction buildings -- Appendix E: Baselines used in cost and benefits estimates -- Appendix F: Issues in researching the cost of green building -- Appendix G: Cost of energy-efficiency and renewable-energy measures -- Appendix H: Energy-use baselines and standards -- Appendix I: Verifying the energy performance of LEED buildings -- Appendix J: Assumptions used for calculations of water savings -- Appendix K: Green building survey instrument -- Appendix L: Global assumptions for Part IV.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Sustainable architecture--Economic aspects.
Sustainable design--Economic aspects.
Green technology--Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
NA2542.36 / .K38 2010eb
720/.47
Greening our built world costs, benefits, and strategies / [electronic resource] : Greg Kats, principal author ; Jon Braman & Michael James. - Washington [D.C.] : Island Press, c2010. - xix, 258 p. : ill., map.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Costs and benefits of green building -- Costs and benefits of green community design -- Communities of faith building green -- Green design, climate change, and the economy : potential impacts in the United States -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Data-collection methodology -- Appendix B: Source list -- Appendix C: Green building data set -- Appendix D: Comparison of data set to LEED--new construction buildings -- Appendix E: Baselines used in cost and benefits estimates -- Appendix F: Issues in researching the cost of green building -- Appendix G: Cost of energy-efficiency and renewable-energy measures -- Appendix H: Energy-use baselines and standards -- Appendix I: Verifying the energy performance of LEED buildings -- Appendix J: Assumptions used for calculations of water savings -- Appendix K: Green building survey instrument -- Appendix L: Global assumptions for Part IV.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Sustainable architecture--Economic aspects.
Sustainable design--Economic aspects.
Green technology--Economic aspects.
Electronic books.
NA2542.36 / .K38 2010eb
720/.47