Green building and sustainable development
Subtitle: the practical legal guide
By: Jonathan E. Furr... [et al.]
Contributors: Furr, Jonathan E.; American Bar Association. Section of Real Property, Trust, and Estate Law.
Publisher: Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, American Bar Association
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781604420715
Subjects: Sustainable development -- Law and legislation -- United States; Sustainable buildings -- United States -- Design and construction; Green technology -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History and status of sustainable development / Nicole C. Kibert, Charles J. Kibert; title: Climate change considerations for land use and real estate development / Lawrence L. Ostema; title: New urbanism as a site planning tool / Daniel K. Slone; title: Natural resources / Clay Henderson; title: When brown meets green : integrating sustainable development principles into brownfield redevelopment projects / Amy L. Edwards, Meredith B. Cody; title: Using transit to improve the project's connectivity and the bottom line / Nicole C. Kibert, April Justus, William T. Conroy; title: Costs and benefits of green buildings / Shannon D. Sentman, Bonni Kaufman; title: Developing and financing green buildings / Shannon D. Sentman, Heather Pinder Rodriquez; title: How green leasing will come to pass, and what it will look like / Robert H. Smith; title: Structuring and drafting project agreements to achieve green building objectives / Bryan R. Phillips, Shannon D. Sentman; title: Green building in the residential development context / Nicole C. Kibert; title: Affordable housing / Stephan Del Percio; title: Local government use of green building rating systems : legal and practical considerations for incentive programs and green building requirements / Jonathan Furr; title: The request for proposal process for governmental sustainable energy technologies / Donald M. Clary; title: Practicing what you preach : creating a sustainable law practice / Steve Kelton.