[greenyes] Fwd: New CA Green Building Reports

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

> Source: Update from Mike Paparian, CWIMB - November 2003
>
> State and Consumer Services Agency and the Sustainable Building Task Force 
> has released two reports.
>
> 1. Building Better Buildings: An Update on State Sustainable Building 
> Initiatives (<http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/Blueprint>Blueprint 
> for Sustainable State Facilities) is the first in a series of progress 
> reports on the state's sustainable building efforts. Specifically, the 
> report highlights notable policy and program achievements in California, 
> describes key Task Force partnerships, provides an in-depth look at 
> several significant sustainable building projects, and details Task Force 
> goals for the coming years.
>
> 2. 
> <http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/Design/CostIssues.htm#Cost&Benefit>The 
> Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Building is an economic analysis 
> study commissioned by the Sustainable Building Task Force and written by 
> Greg Kats along with several contributing authors. This report, the most 
> comprehensive green building cost benefit analysis completed to date, 
> concludes that sustainable design can be incorporated into a structure 
> with little or no increase in construction costs and that the total 
> financial benefits of green buildings are over ten times the average 
> initial investment required to design and construct a green building. 
> Energy savings alone exceed the average increased cost associated with 
> building green.

Gary Liss
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