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Elizabeth Dickinson
West Side
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Elizabeth Dickinson
West Side
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> From: Pat Stoner <<email obscured>>
> Date: November 19, 2007 10:49:43 AM CST
> To: Recipient List Suppressed:;
> Subject: Financial Incentives for CO2 Reduction
>
> Financial Incentives for Local Government Driven CO2 Reductions
> Build It Green (www.builditgreen.org ) is currently developing a
> program for participating cities and counties to earn revenue for
> reducing or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions attributable to
> implementing residential green building programs. If you are
> interested in program participation please contact Build It Green
> by November 27, 2007 or as soon thereafter as possible.
>
> Residential-sector green building practices offer multiple GHG
> reduction benefits, including energy efficiency, water
> conservation, solid waste diversion, and overall reductions in
> resource consumption.
>
> Cities participating in the Cool Cities or ICLEI programs should
> also consider participating in this program.
>
> Implementation revenue payments would reward local governments with
> green building policies or incentives for all homes that are built
> or improved to green criteria within the jurisdictions. Revenue
> payments could provide financial support for green building
> strategies that governments might otherwise lack the resources to
> pursue. For example, revenue payments could be used to:
> 1) Fund extra staffing to provide expedited plan checks for green
> building projects;
> 2) Underwrite technical or financial assistance to project sponsors;
> 3) Fund community education and outreach in support of a local
> green building policy or incentive.
> 4) Offset verification costs associated with green or energy-
> efficient building requirements.
>
> To qualify for revenue payments, participating local governments
> must demonstrate that homes were built or improved to green
> standards as a result of agency programs, policies, or incentives.
> Homes must qualify as GreenPoint Rated (www.greenpointrated.org).
>
> GreenPoint Rated provides a complete "out of the box" toolkit for
> local government policy implementation that can be leveraged to
> implement green building programs.
>
> For more information regarding participation contact Brian Parker
> at 510-845-0472 x115 or <email obscured>
>
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