1 / 21

Residential Green Building Guidelines

Residential Green Building Guidelines. Karen Kho Alameda County Waste Management Authority. Alameda County Guidelines. Developed to provide guidance on how to build green Target audiences: Municipalities Building professionals General public. Residential Guidelines. 2004. 2001. 2000.

jamal
Download Presentation

Residential Green Building Guidelines

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Residential Green Building Guidelines Karen Kho Alameda County Waste Management Authority

  2. Alameda County Guidelines • Developed to provide guidance on how to build green • Target audiences: • Municipalities • Building professionals • General public

  3. Residential Guidelines 2004 2001 2000

  4. Content of Guidelines • Describe green building practices • Explain consumer benefits • Provide data for appropriate material applications • Demystify ways to build green • Identify proven green building methodologies • Sales tools for building and remodeling green

  5. New Home Construction Guidelines • Developed in collaboration with local builders (Pulte, Centex, Ponderosa, Greenbriar, Toll Brothers), design community and building officials • Residential Green Points Rating System has been used by builders since 2000 (Pleasanton – over 500 homes)

  6. Home Remodeling Guidelines • Developed in collaboration with local builders and remodeling industry • Over 150 Certified Green Building Professionals – NARI (National Association of the Remodeling Industry) • Green Remodelers Guild

  7. Multifamily Guidelines • Developed in collaboration with architects, project managers, contractors, non-profit housing developers and city housing staff • Rating tool to evaluate green projects in pilot phase

  8. Regional Coordination • Other jurisdictions in Northern California have reprinted guidelines • Build It Green Public Agency Council • 50+ Cities in Northern California • Began working on revisions to guidelines to create “regional guidelines”

  9. Statewide Guidelines • Voluntary residential guidelines for California • Based on Alameda County New Home Construction Guidelines • Provides the “big tent” for all green building programs from NAHB to USGBC

  10. Revision to New Home Guidelines • Technical corrections • Broader geographic application • Title-24 changes • Incorporate California Green Builder Program, forthcoming NAHB guidelines and LEED-Homes guidelines

  11. Development Timeline

  12. Provide a reference system for comparing different programs California Green Points

  13. Build It Green:Taking Green Building Mainstream David JohnstonFounding Advisor to Build It Green

  14. What is Build It Green? • A non-profit organization dedicated to transformation of housing market • Founded by suppliers that participated in Alameda County program

  15. Goals • Promote collaborating of major stakeholders to increase supply of green homes • Raise consumer awareness about benefits of green homes to increase demand

  16. Challenges Ahead • Marketplace confusion from competing guidelines on definition of “green” • Trade associations • Need for consumer outreach and education • Coordination among jurisdictions

  17. Build It Green’s Approach • Work with all stakeholders • Employ strategies appropriate for each group • Use persuasion rather than coercion • Take advantage of market forces

  18. Associate Council Activities • Supported formation of Public Agency Council and Green Remodelers Guild • Real Estate Council and Non-Profit Council in formation • Builders Council and Suppliers Council planned for early 2005

  19. Build It GreenCouncils & Guilds KEY: Government Business Environment Partnership BuildItGreen BuildersGuild Homebuilders State Public Agency Council County/ Regional Manufacturers Suppliers Council Retailers Cities Non-Profit Council GreenRemodelersGuild Real Estate Council Realtors Lenders Developers Environmental Groups Architects Contractors

  20. Support for Statewide Guidelines • Create infrastructure to support municipal programs • Deliver educational programs for building industry professionals • Coordinate consumer marketing activities • Create home rating system based on guidelines • Facilitates public/private/civic sector partnerships

  21. Build It Green’s 2005 Work Plan

More Related