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to Greener Buildings THREE STEPS
LA is working to acheive LEED Silver certification for all its municipal buildings.
Local governments have the power to
transform the built environment with
these smart policy recommendations from the U.S. Green
Building Council and the Sierra Club.
consumes over 70 percent of electric- ity use in the U.S. As local governments advance climate action plans and de- termine how to meet their goals, they are discovering that improving the ef- ficiency of their buildings is one of the most effective ways to protect our cli- mate and recharge our economy—not
T
he operat ion, heat ing, and cooling of bui ldings con- tributes nearly 40 percent of global warming emissions and
to mention save money for themselves and their community members. In 2009, the U.S. Green Building Coun-
cil and the Sierra Club’s Cool Cities Pro- gram released Green Buildings for Cool Cities: A Guide for Advocating for Local Green Building Policies. What follows are the Guide’s three major policy recommen- dations for local governments, each broken down into further subcategories. For more complete guidance and resources, down- load the full Guide at
www.usgbc.org.
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