Programs and Partnerships

In communities worldwide, government agencies, homebuilder associations, professional and environmental groups, and others have come together to organize green building programs. Partnerships of state government agencies, local governments, and other organizations have also been formed to encourage and implement sustainable building practices in state, local, and schools projects.

The following list provides links to many of these ongoing efforts to educate and encourage market transformations so that sustainable building practices are more widely known and adopted.

Government Programs
Higher Education Curriculum Development
Industry and Government Unite
Home Builder Programs
Organizations
Schools

Government Programs

Higher Education: Design Curriculum

Several efforts are underway to develop and include Sustainable Design curricula into California's Design professional programs.

SEDE: Sustainable Environmental Design Education, the CIWMB has partnered with the Renewable Energy Institute at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo to improve the adoption of sustainable environmental design principles in higher education and industry continuing education programs in architecture and landscape architecture.

Industry and Government Unite

Memorandum of Understanding for Carpet Stewardship
Signed on January 8, 2002, this agreement establishes a ten-year schedule to increase the amount of reuse and recycling of post-consumer carpet and reduce the amount of waste carpet going to landfills. The Memorandum of Understanding is the result of a two-year negotiation process between members of the carpet industry, representatives of government agencies at the federal, state and local levels, and nongovernmental organizations. The agreement is a voluntary initiative that encourages manufacturers to assume product stewardship--the responsibility for the lifecycle of carpet from point-of-sale to disposal. (CIWMB Press Release)

Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) is the industry-lead 3rd party organization that is responsible for the outcomes of the National Carpet Product Stewardship Agreement.

Home Builder Programs

National

State and Local

Build a Better Kitsap: Kitsap County, Washington
Built Green Colorado: Colorado
Green Building Program: Austin, Texas
Green Building Program: New York
Green Built Home: Wisconsin
Green Points Building Program: Boulder, Colorado
Home Builders and Real Estate Network: Arizona

Organizations with Sustainable Building Programs

American Institute of Architects, Committee on the Environment

Building Concerns

Build It Green

Centre for Alternative Technology

Florida Green Building Coalition

Global Green USA

Habitat for Humanity

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Center for Building Science

National Center for Appropriate Technology

Center for Resourceful Building Technology

National Resources Defense Council

Sustainable Communities Network

U.S. Green Building Council

Last updated: April 19, 2010

Green Building http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/
Greg Dick: Gregory.Dick@calrecycle.ca.gov (916) 341-6489