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04/15/10: California Green Building Code: LEED & GPR Comparison
Presentation by Troy Simpson: A comparison of the Draft 2010 California Green Building Standards Code to existing third party green building rating systems: LEED and GreenPoint Rated.

03/05/10: NeighborWorks Presentation
Presentation by Linda Stone: Taking Green Action in Your Community

05/04/09: NeighborWorks Training Institute
CP271 Green Clinic: Identifying Financial Resources for your Green Roadmap
Presentation by Walker Wells: Greening Affordable Housing: QAP Assessments and Strategies

04/24/09: Habitat for Humanity Green Building Symposium
On April 24th and 25th in downtown Oakland, CA, PG&E, Global Green USA, and Habitat for Humanity hosted a two-day green building symposium for Habitat for Humanity affiliates within PG&E territory. Slide presentations that accompanied keynotes, presentations, and breakout sessions are available for download below.

LEED 101: Walker Wells, Global Green USA

Panel 1: Experiences Building with LEED
Mark Van Lue, Habitat for Humanity - Los Angeles

Panel 2: Which Rating System is Best for Me?
Amy Dryden, Build it Green
Armando Navarro, PG&E
Jesse Elton, Bridge Housing

Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session 1: Funding Green
Jesse Elton, Bridge Housing
Kevin Gobble, HFHI/Home Depot

Breakout Session 2: Promoting Green
Karalee Brown, PG&E
Kevin Bartram, Consultant, Sponsorship Strategies
Dave Wallace, Habitat for Humanity - Butte County

Breakout Session 3: Funding Solar for Past Partner Families
Tim Sears, GRID Alternatives (contact Tim Sears to request presentation)

Breakout Session 4: Learn the Latest Materials & Technologies
Troy Simpson, Global Green USA
Mark Van Lue, Habitat for Humanity - Los Angeles

Breakout Session 5: Beyond the Building
Chelina Odbert, Global Green
Ashley Langworthy, SWA Group

4/13/09: National Building Museum, Washington D.C.
Presentation by Walker Wells: "Green Urbanism"

4/13/09: Global Green Office Presentation, Washington D.C.
Presentation by Walker Wells: "Green Community Development"

10/17/08: San Diego Housing Federation Annual Conference
Presentation by Walker Wells: "Green Incentives and Programs"

9/25/08: West Coast Green 2008
Presentation by Walker Wells: "Green Affordable Housing

9/23/08: Non-Profit Housing of Northern California 2008 Fall Conference
Presentation by Ted Bardacke: "Green Incentives and Programs"

Publications

Green Urbanism Program Case Study: Los Vecinos

Los Vecinos is a 42-unit affordable housing project that meets nearly all of its annual electricity demand through 93 kW of on-site solar photovoltaic power. Located along a light rail line in the southern part of the San Diego metropolitan area, this LEED Platinum certified project is the second Zero Energy Affordable Housing project in the State of California. The project, located on the site of a former dilapidated motel that had the largest number of police calls for any single address in Chula Vista, is a testament to what can be accomplished by a determined development and design team that stands by its commitment to extremely high performance standards. Released March, 2010.


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Green Building Criteria in State Low Income Housing Tax Credit Programs, 2009 Update

Global Green's review of the low-income housing tax credit allocation policy shows significant progress being made in the effort to make green building measures standard practice in affordable housing.  This development is particularly apparent through a summary of the changes over the last five years to the green building criteria found in state Qualified Allocation Plans (QAPs), which states develop to guide the distribution of federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). For the first time since we started the analysis in 2005, all 50 states were shown to exhibit some aspects of green building in their QAPs. To learn more, download our 2009 report here.

 

Here are links to Global Green USA’s QAP reports for the previous four years: 

Click here for 2008

Click here for 2007

Click here for 2006

Click here for 2005


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