Matt Petersen with Mayor Villaraigosa & City Council President Eric Garcetti

On Earth Day, Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation to adopt a plan to impose green building standards on private developers.

The new ordinance, which would take effect in November, is expected to reduce the city’s planet-warming carbon emissions by more than 80,000 metric tons annually by 2012—the equivalent of taking 15,000 cars off the road.

Global Green, led by our Green Building Program Director Walker Wells, was instrumental in working with city leaders to craft the ordinance.

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Help Global Green Continue our New Orleans Rebuilding Efforts!

SUPPORT THE HOLY CROSS PROJECT

Global Green is building a sustainable low-income housing community for New Orleans ravaged Ninth Ward, that consists of five single-family homes as well as an 18 unit apartment complex. The homes will save the residents an estimated $1200 to $2400 a year in utility bills, through rain water harvesting, geothermal, solar and other systems.

Global Green has just completed construction on the first single-family home and has four more to go - plus the apartment building - to help families who lost their homes, and set a new standard for healthy, energy-efficient affordable housing in New Orleans, and the country. YOU can help make a home a reality for those who need it most, the displaced families of New Orleans.

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