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Greening our built world : costs, benefits, and strategies
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- Creator
- Greg Kats, principal author ; Jon Braman & Michael James
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, DC : Island Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xix, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 159726668X, 9781597266680, 9781597266673, 9781610910798, 1597266671, 1610910796
- OCLC
- ocn423389130, ocn923188054
- 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