Greening our built world costs, benefits, and strategies /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kats, Gregory
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc
Other Authors:	Braman, Jon, James, Michael (Michael Joseph)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington [D.C.] : Island Press, c2010.
Subjects:	Sustainable architecture > Economic aspects. Sustainable design > Economic aspects. Green technology > Economic aspects. Electronic books.
Online Access:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:

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.

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