The Green Guide for Health Care borrows the credit numbering scheme and credit outline structure of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED® family of products with some modifications. Each credit has the following elements:
Intent – Summarizes the goal of the credit.
Health Issues – (new to the Green Guide) identifies...
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The Cleaner and Greener program promotes market-based approaches to reduce pollution, increase energy efficiency and renewable energy usage as well as provide information on certification levels and procedures.
The Cleaner and Greener® Program helps companies, organizations, families and individuals reduce air pollution that contributes to climate change and&n...
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Earth Advantage is a non-profit organization that works to promote energy efficient homes and works with builders and homebuyers teaching them how to make energy efficient, sustainable, healthy homes.
Earth Advantage is a third-party certification program for new home construction. The comprehensive standard addresses energy efficiency, resource efficiency, water use, land ...
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GREENGUARD for Building Construction certifies that the best possible mold risk prevention techniques are put in place by ensuring that buildings use industries' best practices for safeguarding against the damage and resulting losses caused by mold. The buildings are carefully constructed and inspected to make sure there is no chance of mold growth.
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The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.
LEED is a voluntary, consensus-based national rating system for developing high-per...
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Homes built using the Hawaii BuiltGreen™ Program incorporate environmentally friendly features that can add value and reduce the lifecycle cost of the home. Hawaii BuiltGreen is a program that allows builders to certify that the homes that they build are eco-friendly. There is a check list which must be submitted ...
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Introduced in 1995, Built Green Colorado is one of oldest and largest green home building programs in the nation. A voluntary industry-driven program of the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver offered to builders across the state, the purpose of Built Green Colorado is to encourage home builders to use technologies, products a...
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Built Green® is a program of the Home Builders Association of Kitsap County that promotes the use of environmentally friendly features in new and remodeled homes. Homes enrolled in the program are rated by the Association based on the number of Built Green features included in the home.
Construction projects meeting program standards are awarded a 1-,2-, or 3-star ratin...
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The Vermont Builds Greener (VBG) Program, an initiative of Building for Social Responsibility (BSR), certifies residential buildings that are constructed to sustainable criteria. The criteria, or Scorecard, was created and supported by regional experts. The focus of the program is to promote the construction of homes that ...
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The Green Building Program encourages a whole-systems approach through design and building techniques to minimize environmental
impact and reduce the energy consumption of buildings while contributing to the health of its occupants....
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EarthCraft House is a green building program that serves as a blueprint for healthy comfortable homes that reduce utility bills and protect the environment. The aim of the program is to help home builders be leaders in smart growth management and environmental stewardship.
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Austin Energy Green Building™ has programs designed to meet the needs of all types of property owners. Whether you are building a home, an office building, or a mixed-use project, we can help you build with value, health, and the environment in mind....
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The mission of the City of Aspen / Pitkin County Efficient Building Program is to increase the efficiency
of our local building industry in order to preserve our natural and human resources. Flexibility is built into the
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The California Green Builder program (CGB) is the effective and cost-effective green building program for production builders and California homebuyers. Created by homebuilders for homebuilders, the voluntary program meets the needs of builders, buyers, and California’s cities and counties alike.
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Built Green is an environmental building program of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, developed in partnership with King County, Snohomish County, and other government agencies in Washington State. Built Green is designed to help homebuyers find quality, affordable homes t...
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The Tacoma-Pierce County Built Green® Program includes a land development, new single and multi-family home construction, and remodeling components. The Tacoma-Pierce County Built Green® Program is a certification program that recognizes industry members who build above and beyond regulatory co...
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The NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program provides a certificate for homes meeting "green home guidelines" built by residential builders who practice sustainable, high performance building strategies making the home a comfortable, healthy and affordable place that reduces energy and water usage, promotes renewable energy use and helps protect the land where the home is built.
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The purpose of the Green Points program is to require builders and homeowners to adopt green building practices locally. In addition, the program has become a model for other communities interested in enhancing quality of life and reducing the environmental impacts of the local building stock.
The 2008 version of the Green Points program ...
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GreenStar homes are designed and built with tight ducts, better windows, and improved construction to be 15% more energy efficient than the California Title 24 energy code. They may include third party inspections of energy features and diagnostics of the HVAC system as the homes are built. Other program elements can be added such as jobsite recyclin...
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BUILT GREEN is an environmental building program proven to provide the homeowner with a healthier, more efficient house. BUILT GREEN homes are attractive, comfortable, durable, environmentally-friendly – and can save money to own and operate. Participating BUILT GREEN builders craft these resource-efficient homes to exceed bui...
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In May 2001, Frisco became the first city in the United States to adopt a mandatory Residential Green Building Program. After more than five years of experience, the City decided to update and improve the Program. The revised program is enforced for all homes receiving a building permit o...
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USGBC-Kansas City works with many other local and regional organizations to promote sustainable design and construction in the Midwest....
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