Kats, Gregory. <br/><br/>
Greening our built world :  costs, benefits, and strategies / 
Greg Kats, principal author ; Jon Braman & Michael James. 
 - Washington, DC :  Island Press,  2010. 
 - 258 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Costs and benefits of green building -- Costs and benefits of green community design -- Communities of faith building green -- Green design, climate change, and the economy : potential impacts in the United States -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Data-collection methodology -- Appendix B: Source list -- Appendix C: Green building data set -- Appendix D: Comparison of data set to LEED--new construction buildings -- Appendix E: Baselines used in cost and benefits estimates -- Appendix F: Issues in researching the cost of green building -- Appendix G: Cost of energy-efficiency and renewable-energy measures -- Appendix H: Energy-use baselines and standards -- Appendix I: Verifying the energy performance of LEED buildings -- Appendix J: Assumptions used for calculations of water savings -- Appendix K: Green building survey instrument -- Appendix L: Global assumptions for Part IV. HKBU library 
<br/><br/> YT2025 M09 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781597266673 1597266671 9781597266680 159726668X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sustainable architecture--Economic aspects.<br/>Sustainable design--Economic aspects.<br/>Green technology--Economic aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA2542  / K11 G 2010