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The City of Lake Forest encourages homeowners and building professionals to incorporate green building design in construction activities through the use of “green” building materials. This can be accomplished by referencing the Home Remodeling Green Building Guidelines and implementing green measures into a home remodeling project.
Green buildings are sited, designed, constructed and operated to enhance the wellbeing of occupants, and to minimize negative impacts to the community and the natural environment.
The five components of green design are:
* Implementing sustainable site planning;
* Safeguarding water and water efficiency;
* Ensuring energy efficiency and employing renewable energy;
* Using conservation of materials and resources; and
* Providing indoor environmental quality
Build It Green is a professional non-profit membership organization whose mission is to promote healthy, energy and resource-efficient buildings in California.
Supported by a solid foundation of outreach and education, Build It Green connects consumers and building professionals with the tools and technical expertise they need to build quality green buildings. Build It Green fosters collaboration with key stakeholder groups to accelerate the adoption of green building practices, policies, and programs through its network of councils:
Build It Green is the result of the 2005 merger of the Green Resource Center (est. 1999) and Bay Area Build It Green (est. 2003.) The merger combined resources of these two successful organizations and furthers the goal of transforming the California building industry to embrace green building.
Bay Area Build It Green was formed in 2003 by a number of local and regionally focused public agencies, building industry professionals, manufactures, and suppliers. Its activities were focused on increasing the supply of green homes, raising consumer awareness about the benefits of building green, and providing Bay Area consumers and residential building industry professionals a trusted source of information.
The Green Resource Center started in 1999 as a joint project of the City of Berkeley, the Northern California Chapter of Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), and the Sustainable Business Alliance. Initially fueled by the passion of volunteer efforts, the Green Resource Center emerged as an influential non-profit organization, operated by full-time staff and an active board of directors. The Green Resource Center was known as a trusted green building resource and has entrusted its reputation for quality, unbiased information to Build It Green. |
