The City of Austin Green Builder Program
- City of Austin Environmental and Conservation Services Dept., TX (United States)
Home energy rating systems (HERS) are relatively well known and offered in North America as a mechanism for encouraging energy resourceful building construction. The City of Austin Green Builder Program was modeled after the market based incentives inherent in home energy rating systems but applied toward the more holistic perspective involved with constructing {open_quotes}sustainable{close_quotes} buildings. The Program was originally designed to address new residential construction. It now is offering guidelines for commercial building as well as all City funded projects. The Program enrolls building professionals who agree to offer their customers a range of options and building approaches that are presented in the Program`s Green Building Guide and Green Commercial Guidelines according to the interests of their customers and other practical considerations. The first version of the Green Building Guide presents an environmental rating system where building options are valued numerically allowing a score (rating) to be developed for individual projects. Program participants receive recognition through a general marketing campaign by the City. The marketing campaign is aimed at educating the general public to the values and advantages of green building. The Program additionally provides technical assistance and guidance to building professionals, City departments, and other citizens wishing to incorporate environmentally responsible building practices.
- OSTI ID:
- 41769
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9402130-; TRN: 95:003330-0004
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: U.S. green building conference, Gaithersburg, MD (United States), 16-17 Feb 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of US green building conference - 1994; Fanney, A.H.; Whitter, K.M.; Traugott, A.E.; Simon, L.N. [eds.]; PB: 150 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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