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<br />section3 <br /> <br />Energy Star Purcllitsmg <br />"Resources" corwnLJPd <br /> <br /> <br />best practices & resources <br /> <br />Massachusetts Environmentally Preferable Products Procurement Program <br />Information about state efforts to buy green products. including useful guides and reports <br />as well as contracts for purchasing recycled products and other goods. <br />tlttl1'llwVWI/ c,lCItc.ma ll~osd/cnviro/('nviro.lllln <br /> <br />Energy Star Purchasing. Ordinances/Resolutions: <br />City of Honolulu, Energy Star Purchasing Resolution <br />11IIo)!www tlonolulu oov/ref')/rr.looI/99-225 111m <br /> <br />City of Berkeley. Environmentally Preferred Purchasing Resolution - includIng energy and <br />water conservation specifications: <br />hI tn'/II/'NVVV l)c<;{'lfl"nf't .cominnr/doc5!mlfcha51I1n;'P\ J BPP l)df =scarch= %22cncrnv <br />o~ .20':itm'Y....20mlrrl1a";lnQ'~20or<1lnanr.co/ 20c.,~22 <br /> <br />Green Building <br /> <br />Best Practices <br /> <br />Austin Builds Green <br />Whether remodeling a home or building an office lOwer, the City of Austin's Green <br />Building program helps community members. governments and businesses build more <br />energy efficient. environmentally sound structures. Since 2000. the City Council has <br />mandated that all new municipal buildings achieve a lEED silver rating. LEED accreditation <br />ensures sustainable site development. water savings. energy efficiency and green materials <br />selection, In 2003. 22 percent of new homes and four commercial projects totaling <br />145.000 sq ft, in the Austin Energy utility district were built in accordance with the <br />program's guidelines. Overall. the program has peak load energy use and the total 21.600 <br />megawatt-hour savings equals a $1,8 million savings for utility customers. In terms of <br />pollution reduction. this means 8.343 tons yearly reduction of CO2, <br /> <br />Seattle's Developer Incentives <br />Seattle was the first city in the nation to formally adopt LHD as the design and <br />performance standard for all city projects and today Seattle has also developed strong <br />incentives for the private sector. Developers who pursue and achieve certification at the <br />silver. gold and platinum levels for new projects receive fInancial incentives and technical <br />assistance. In order to get significant bonuses to increase building height and density. <br />developers buildIng New Construction (LEED-NC) or Core & Shell (LEED-CS) projccts in the <br />central city core and adjoining areas must contribute to affordable housing and other <br />public amenities and achieve at least lEED silver certification, The City also offers financial <br />incentives and provides technical assistance on a casc-by-case basis. <br />