| Autore |
Athens Lucia <1960->
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2010
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (222 p.)
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| Disciplina |
307.1/2160973
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| Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - United States
City planning - Environmental aspects - United States
Sustainable buildings - United States
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| ISBN |
1-61091-126-1
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Pliny Fisk III and Gail Vittori -- Preface: Setting the Stage -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Promise of Green Building -- Climate Change and Green Building -- A Movement Whose Time Has Come -- Solutions, Not Protests -- Sustainability Goes Corporate -- Why City Government? -- Chapter 2: Building Support for Green Building Initiatives -- Sustainability Competitiveness -- Local Policies -- Establishing a Program Context -- Building Leadership Support -- Building Stakeholder Support -- Developing Internal Champions -- Organizational Positioning -- Cross-Organizational Issues -- Program Financing Strategies -- Tips -- Chapter 3: Change and Innovation in Markets and Organizations -- Market Positioning -- Navigating Change with Early Adopters -- Program Phasing -- How Organizations Change -- Organizational Culture and Change -- Marketing and Outreach -- Tips -- Chapter 4: Developing and Implementing Policy for Publicly Funded Green Building -- Types of Mandates -- Policy Adoption Process -- Budget Impacts of Mandates -- Funding Strategies for Green Capital Improvement Projects -- Implementing a Green Building Mandate -- Planning and Managing a Large Capital Projects Portfolio -- Tips -- Chapter 5: Developing Green Building Program Services -- Building Design and Certification Tools -- Education Programs -- Technical Assistance and Coaching -- Dynamics of the Design and Construction Process -- Tips -- Chapter 6: Green Building Incentives and Codes -- Financial Incentives -- Green Building Codes -- Tips -- Chapter 7: Measuring Program Impacts -- Designing the Evaluation Plan -- Ouputs and Outcomes -- Measuring Market Activity -- Measuring Program Activity -- Measuring Green Building Impacts -- Reporting Performance Metrics -- Tips.
Chapter 8: The Road Ahead for Green Building Programs -- Ten Green Building Trends -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: City of Seattle Public Projects Green Building Portfolio -- Appendix B: Green Building Certification Tools -- Notes -- Index.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816762303321 |
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