02480nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10512004 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090702s2010 dcuab sb 001 0 eng d 2009026848 9781597266673 (cloth : alk. paper) 1597266671 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597266680 (pbk. : alk. paper) 159726668X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781610910798 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)759397377 NA2542.36 .K38 2010eb 720/.47 22 Kats, Gregory. Greening our built world [electronic resource] : costs, benefits, and strategies / 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. local Braman, Jon. James, Michael (Michael Joseph) ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10512004 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 119455 119455