By Global
Green USA
(Washington,
DC:
Island
Press, 2007);
978-1597261395
Blueprint for
Green Affordable Housing is a guide for housing developers, advocates, public
agency staff, and the financial community that offers specific guidance on
incorporating green building strategies into the design, construction, and
operation of affordable housing developments. A completely revised and expanded
second edition of the groundbreaking 1999 publication, this book focuses on
topics of specific relevance to affordable housing including: how green building adds value to
affordable housing, the integrated design process, best practices in green
design for affordable housing, green operations and maintenance, innovative
funding and finance, and emerging programs, partnerships, and policies.
Edited by national green affordable
housing expert Walker Wells and featuring a foreword by Matt Petersen,
president and chief executive officer of Global Green USA, the book presents 12
case studies of model developments and projects, including rental, home
ownership, special needs, senior, self-help, and co-housing from around the
United States. Each case study describes the unique green features of the
development, discusses how they were successfully incorporated, considers the
project's financing and savings associated with the green measures, and
outlines lessons learned. Blueprint for Green Affordable Housing is the first
book of its kind to present information regarding green building that is
specifically tailored to the affordable housing development community.
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