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The law of green buildings : regulatory and legal issues in design, construction, operations, and financing / J. Cullen Howe and Michael B. Gerrard, editors ; Frederick R. Fucci, contributing editor.
LIBRA KF5701 .L39 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable buildings--Law and legislation--United States.
- Sustainable buildings.
- Sustainable buildings--Design and construction--Law and legislation--United States.
- Sustainable construction--Law and legislation--United States.
- Sustainable construction.
- Buildings--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Buildings.
- Building materials--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Building materials.
- Building materials--Environmental aspects.
- Buildings--Environmental aspects.
- Sustainable buildings--Design and construction.
- Sustainable buildings--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 408 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Ill. : American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, [2010]
- Contents:
- Overview of green buildings
- Green building rating systems and green leases
- Federal government initiatives to promote green building and sustainable development
- State and local green building laws and initiatives
- Green building financing
- Alternative energy options for buildings: distributed generation/power generation on or near buildings
- Energy performance contracting for buildings
- Site selection and land use planning
- Green materials and construction
- Water use and management in buildings
- Retrofitting
- Emerging legal issues in marketing green buildings
- Environmental review and climate change adaptation
- Emerging legal issues in green construction.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781616320140
- 1616320141
- OCLC:
- 645708322
- Publisher Number:
- 99941138585
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