The following compilation of national green building guidelines includes performance or prescriptive instructions for designers and builders to use in construction projects.
These instructions address materials use, design principles, and construction techniques.
| Title |
Sponsor, Host, or Author |
Description of Document |
Date Published |
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Multiple-Building Types |
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Green Building
Design and Construction Guidelines |
City of Santa
Monica through Sheltair Scientific, Ltd. |
Recommended design-to-occupancy practices for office, retail, multi-family, and
light industrial buildings. |
1999
|
|
High
Performance Guidelines: Triangle Region Public Facilities
|
Triangle J Council of Governments, North Carolina
|
A guideline for local governments and schools to design and construct high
performance public buildings.
|
2001
|
|
Minnesota
Sustainable Design Guide |
University of Minnesota (UMN) College of
Architecture and Landscape Architecture |
A guide through the building life cycle including a description of the
process, ideas for strategies, example documents, and case studies.
|
1999
|
|
Oakland
Sustainable Design Guide
|
Based on the research conducted for the Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide
|
A guide through the building life cycle including a description of the
process, ideas for strategies, example documents, and case studies.
|
2001
|
|
San Mateo Countywide Guide-Sustainable Buildings (Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
San Mateo County |
Green building guidelines and checklist for commercial/industrial, tenant
improvement, multi-family housing, and single family housing. |
2004 |
|
Sustainable
Building Technical Manual |
Public Technologies Inc., the U.S. Green Building Council, and the U.S.
Department of Energy |
Guidelines for energy- and resource-efficient building during predesign,
design, construction, operations, and maintenance.
|
1996
|
|
Whole Building Design Guide |
National Institute of Building Sciences |
Design guidance, criteria, and technology. |
2001
|
|
Commercial and Public Buildings |
|
LEEDtm v2.1 for New Construction and Major Renovation |
United States Green Building Council (USGBC) |
Consensus based Green Building rating system designed for commercial projects
with a focus on office buildings. |
2002, (Revised 2003) |
California
Tier 1 and Tier 2 Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building Measures
Checklists
(MS Word, 220 KB)
(PDF, 823 KB)
|
State of California's Sustainable Building Technical Group |
These checklists are updated annually and attached to the Department of General Services' Standard Contract for Architectural and Engineering Services,
Exhibit C: Tiers. Items on Tier 1 have been evaluated as "cost effective" and are to be incorporated into projects when part of the project scope, whereas items on Tier 2 may or may not be cost effective, but should be considered for inclusion, and if included, analysis provided. Checklists include a few performance standards, but are more prescriptive in nature.
|
2002
|
California
Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building Performance Goals (LEED)
(MS Word, 76 KB)
(PDF, 109 KB)
|
State of California's Sustainable Building Technical Group
|
Performance goals that require analysis of USGBC's
LEED rating system as it applies to design and construction of applicable
State construction projects. This document is also attached to the Department of General Services'
Standard Contract for Architectural and
Engineering Services,
Exhibit C: LEED.
|
2002
|
|
Guidelines for
Creating High-Performance Green Buildings |
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania through Conservation Consultants, Inc.
|
Compilation of state building design principles and case studies. |
1999
|
|
High Performance
Building Guidelines |
Department of
Design and Construction, City of New York |
Compilation of city building design principles. |
1999
|
|
Municipal
Guidelines |
City of Austin |
Design specifications and operations and maintenance practices for city
staff and contract designers. |
1994
|
|
Voluntary
Resource-Efficient Guidelines on New Construction and Building Renovation
Projects (PDF, size unknown) |
County of San
Diego |
Board of Supervisors policy and procedure. |
1997
|
|
Residential Construction |
|
New
Home Construction |
Alameda County Waste Management Authority |
Guidelines for new home construction. |
2003 |
Design
and Construction Guidelines for Affordable Housing
(Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
Portland Development Commission (PDC) and City of Portland Green Building
Initiative |
Guidelines representing cost effective options that go beyond current codes
and standards. |
2000
|
|
Florida
Green Home Designation Standard |
Florida Green
Building Coalition (FGBC) |
Voluntary
standards for qualification and certification for Green Home designation. |
2001
|
|
Multiple-Family Housing |
Alameda County Waste Management Authority |
Comprehensive resource for architects and project managers with 63 recommended
measures and 8 case studies. |
2004 |
|
Green Building Resource Manual for Affordable Housing (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
|
City of Portland
|
A resource guide to improving environmental performance, tenant health and
long-term durability in affordable housing. |
2001
|
|
Sustainable
Building Source Book |
City of Austin |
Recommended practices manual for residential buildings. |
1994
|
Sustainable
Building Guidebook
(Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
City of Los
Angeles |
A guidebook to assist housing developers with home remodeling and
rehabilitation as well as residential new construction. |
2000
|
|
Schools and Higher Educational Facilities |
|
CHPS Best
Practices Manual
|
Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)
|
A manual including three volumes: Volumes I and II are planning and design guidelines
and Volume III, "Criteria," is a self-certification rating system for high performance
schools.
|
2001
|
|
Stanford
University's Guidelines for Sustainable Building (Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
Stanford University
|
The Guideline is intended to serve as both a communication and working tool that aids in planning, design, and construction of new
buildings and renovations with an appropriate level of attention to economic, ecological, and social concerns.
|
2002
|
|
Energy |
| Title |
Sponsor, Host, or Author |
Description of Document |
Date Published |
|
Energy Efficiency Standards for State
Buildings: Tier 1 (MS Word, 227 KB)
|
California Energy Commission
|
Provides a prescriptive approach to achieve minimum energy efficiency requirements, which demonstrate compliance with Title 24 (1998) and a goal that all new state buildings consume at least 20% less energy than a minimally compliant building. (This same study translates into around 13% better than 2001 Title 24) This approach has been proven to have a payback period of less than 5 years.
|
2000
|
|
Electric
and Magnetic Fields School Design Checklist |
California Department of Health Services |
A
discussion of practical, "no- and low-cost" techniques for
minimizing exposure to magnetic fields in new and remodeled school buildings.
Aimed at school facility planners, decision-makers, and architects. |
2001
|
Energy and
Utility Requirements
(Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
California State University |
Guidelines on siting, energy, water, and landscaping. |
2001
|
|
Design Guide
for Energy-Efficient Laboratories
|
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory
|
This tool helps
facility owners, architects, engineers, designers, and facility managers
identify and apply energy-efficiency features in laboratory-type environments.
|
1996
|
|
Overview on Energy
Efficiency Programs |
California Energy Commission |
The overview has web links to a wide variety of energy
efficiency programs and information.
|
2001
|
|
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) |
| Title |
Sponsor, Host, or Author |
Description of Document |
Date Published |
|
Building
Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers
|
Environmental Protection Agency
|
Practical suggestions on preventing, identifying, and resolving indoor air quality (IAQ) problems in public and commercial buildings.
|
1991
|
|
Guidance on Indoor Air Quality
Issues |
California Department of Health Services |
Guidelines, fact sheets, and other on: mold, VOCs,
asbestos, indoor ozone, radon, tobacco smoke; IAQ in schools, the workplace,
and home; and hiring and IAQ specialist.
|
2001
|
|
Reducing
Occupant Exposure to VOCs From Office Building Construction Materials:
Non-binding Guidelines |
California Department of Health Services |
Guidelines
|
1996
|
|
Materials |
| Title |
Sponsor, Host, or Author |
Description of Document |
Date Published |
|
Materials
selection |
California Integrated Waste Management Board |
Information on product selection criteria. |
2000
|
|
Recycling at
construction sites |
California Integrated Waste Management Board
|
Information on recycling various construction materials
including: asphalt, carpet, drywall, lumber, and roofing. |
2000
|
|
Recycling
Space Allocation Guide
|
California Integrated Waste Management Board
|
Guidelines to assist local agencies in developing ordinances.
|
1993
|
|
Toxics |
| Title |
Sponsor, Host, or Author |
Description of Document |
Date Published |
|
Pest Management
and Identification |
University of California/Davis |
Official
guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticides, and nonpesticide
alternatives for managing pests in homes and landscapes.
|
2001
|
|
Pest
Prevention: Maintenance Practices and Facility Design
|
California School Integrated Pest Management
|
A checklist of pest prevention tactics specifically designed for schools. This
resource lists techniques that school pest managers, staff, and contractors
should understand and practice.
|
2002
|
|
Water |
| Title |
Sponsor, Host, or Author |
Description of Document |
Date Published |
Graywater
Guide for Commercial and Residential Use and
Graywater
Standards
(Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
California Department of Water Resources |
A guide for homeowners, landscaping and plumbing
contractors; and California greywater standards. |
1995
|
Guidelines
for Preparing an Engineering Report for the Production, Distribution, and Use
of Recycled Water
(Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
California Department of Health Services |
Guidelines. |
2001
|
|
Estimating Irrigation Water Needs
of Landscape Plantings in California |
University of California Cooperative Extension |
Includes an extensive list of plant species and their
water needs. |
2000
|
|
Water Efficient
Landscape Ordinance |
California Department of Water Resources |
A model ordinance for use in California. Note that some communities have their own
ordinances. |
1993
|
Information adapted from a report developed by VITETTA Public Management
Consulting in association with Natural Strategies, Inc.
