Green building in North America : opportunities and challenges : Secretariat report to Council under Article 13 of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation /
"In this report, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) recommends that North American leaders make green building a foundational driver for environmental, social, and economic improvement in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Green building refers to the use of environmentally...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Montréal, Québec :
Commission for Environmental Cooperation,
[2008]
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS93136 http://www.cec.org/files/PDF//GB%5FReport%5FEN.pdf http://www.cec.org/pubs%5Fdocs/documents/index.cfm?varlan=english&ID=2242 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Green building in North America
- Features of green building
- How widespread is green building?
- Rating systems
- Process of continual improvement
- Foundational driver for change
- Negative environmental impacts of current building practices
- Benefits of green building
- Climate change crisis and buildings
- Green building and GHG emissions
- Calling for aggressive improvement in North America
- Green building energy scenarios for 2030
- Modeling aggressive energy-saving scenarios
- Country-specific results
- General conclusions
- Drivers and barriers to improvement
- Momentum toward green building in the United States and Canada
- Momentum toward green building in Mexico
- Barriers to green buildings
- Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation
- Recommendations for North America
- Secretariat's recommendations on making green building standard practice in North America.