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Greening our built world : costs, benefits, and strategies / Greg Kats, principal author ; Jon Braman & Michael James.

by Kats, Gregory.

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Washington, DC : Island Press, c2010.

Sustainable architecture -- Economic aspects.

Sustainable design -- Economic aspects.

Green technology -- Economic aspects.

9781597266673 (cloth : alk. paper)

1597266671 (cloth : alk. paper)

9781597266680 (pbk. : alk. paper) :

159726668X (pbk. : alk. paper)

xix, 258 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

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.

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