September 2009

San Carlos Green, Memorandum to City of San Carlos Planning Commission re Report on the Draft San Carlos Climate Action Plan and Inclusion of Green Building Ordinance Development (Option 3.1b) (Item V.a.1 on agenda for September 21, 2009 Planning Commission meeting) (Sept. 18, 2009)

Members of the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club, Green Building Standards: Environmental and Economic Benefits/Market Trends (June 2009)

Suzanne Henderson Emerson, "Comments on Draft Climate Action Plan and Draft General Plan" (Sept. 17, 2009)

    Attachment A: 24 CCR Part 11, ch. 11 Application Matrix (AM-HCD), 2008 California Green Building Standards Code (CalGreen Code) (matrix for low-rise residential)

    Attachment B: 24 CCR Part 11, ch. 11 Application Matrix (AM-BSC), 2008 California Green Building Standards Code (CalGreen Code) (matrix for high-rise residential & commercial, but not hospitals, public schools, etc.)

    Attachment C: CalGreen Compared to GreenPoint Rated

    Attachment D: RecycleWorks, "Diversion Rates of San Mateo County Jurisdictions"

Older materials:

Memorandum from Suzanne Henderson Emerson, San Carlos Green, to Al Savay and Deborah Nelson, City of San Carlos, regarding Recommendations for San Carlos Green Building Program and Summary of Northern California Municipal Green Building Programs (Nov. 20, 2007); attachments:

A:         Build It Green, Local Green Building Initiatives in Northern California: Build It Green Public Agency Council Member Survey Results (March 23, 2006)

B:         LEED for New Construction Project Checklist, excerpted from U.S. Green Building Council, Green Building Rating System For New Construction & Major Renovations, Version 2.2 at 9-10 (rev. 2007)

C:         U.S. Green Building Council, Summary of Government LEED Incentives (Feb. 2007), Appendix D to The Mayor’s Task Force on Green Building for the City and County of San Francisco, Report and Recommendations (June 2007)

D:         U.S. Green Building Council, LEED Initiatives in Government and Schools (Sept. 2007).

E:         Single-Family GreenPoint Checklist, excerpted from Build It Green, New Home Construction Green Building Guidelines at 18-21 (2007)

F:         Green Remodeling Checklist, excerpted from Build It Green, Home Remodeling Green Building Guidelines at 14-15 (2007)

G:         Multifamily GreenPoint Checklist (2005)

H:         City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles Green Building Program (undated)

I:          City of Berkeley, Residential Energy Conservation Ordinance (RECO) Form A

J:          City of Berkeley, CECO Energy Audit/Inspection Self-Audit Checklist

K:        City of Berkeley, Guide to Performing a Self-Audit for CECO (rev. July 2005)

L:         Santa Clara County Cities Association Green Building Collaborative, Near-Term Green Building Policy Recommendations (Nov. 2007)