![]() Developing and Implementing Policy for Publicly Funded Green Building Types of Mandates Scope of Mandates Policy Adoption Process Budgeting Impacts of Mandates Funding Strategies for Green Capital Improvement Projects Implementing a Green Building Mandate Planning and Managing a Large Capital Projects Portfolio TipsĬhapter 5. 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 TipsĬhapter 4. 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 TipsĬhapter 3. 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?Ĭhapter 2. Preface: Setting the Stage The Context for My Story A Policy Adoption TaleĬhapter 1. Pliny Fisk III and Gail Vittori, co-directors of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systemsįoreword by Pliny Fisk III and Gail Vittori "We hope others who read this have the opportunity to expand their worldview by stretching and challenging assumptions and conventions as Lucia has." ![]() John Rahaim, planning director, City and County of San Francisco and former planning director As a local and national founder of the Green Building movement, Lucia Athens's guidance on Green Building is especially useful to all of us involved in City Building." "Cities are in unique positions to address climate change through land use and transportation patterns, and to build sustainable structures. This is mandatory reading for anyone who cares about our future!"īob Berkebile, Principal, BNIM Architects Her experiences working with leading green cities are richly detailed and thoughtfully shared. "Building an Emerald City is a perfect storm Lucia is the right person at precisely the right time to provide this guide to creating green building policies and programs. Szenasy, Metropolis Magazine editor in chief Luckily Lucia Athens is here to provide thoughtful operating instructions, based on real American experiences in building sustainable cities." "Shifting your city's complexion from gray to green can be fraught with pitfalls. Intended as a “roadmap” for policy makers, public officials and representatives, large-scale builders and land developers, and green advocates of every stripe, Building an Emerald City is that rare book-one that is both inspirational and practical. It includes “best practice” models from municipalities across the nation, supplemented by the contributions of “guest authors” who offer stories and tips from their own experiences in other cities. It is both a personal account-filled with the experiences and insights of an insider-and a guide for anyone who wants to bring about similar changes in any city. The city is now home to one of the highest concentrations of LEED buildings in the world.īuilding an Emerald City is the story of how Seattle transformed itself into a leader in sustainable “green” building, written by one of the principal figures in that transformation. Its first LEED certified project, the Seattle Justice Center, was completed in 2002. ![]() In the midst of a municipal building boom, it set new targets for building and remodeling to LEED guidelines. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) “Silver” standards for its own major construction projects. In 2000, Seattle, Washington, became the first U.S.
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