The Corbett Garage Building was built on the foundation of a historic automotive garage. It has been revitalized into a mixed-use building and now embodies comfort, character and sustainability. Portland, OR.
- Town breaks ground on Infrastructure Services Building that will anchor eco-industrial park.
- Public-private partnership that provides energy saving advice, free home energy audits, and financing.
- New Program to Calculate Building’s Carbon Emissions
- DC Passes Energy Star Benchmarking Law
- US Conference of Mayors Adopts Resolution Supporting 30% Solution
- Savannah’s New Affordable Housing, Mixed-Use Development
- Portland: Considering a “feebate”
- Washington, DC: Free home energy audits
- Berkeley: Financing Initiative for Solar and Renewable Technology (FIRST) Program
- Using shipping containers as housing units
- Zoning changes for height & density bonus.
- First LEED Gold requirements for municipal buildings.
- Fast tracking for LEED Silver development.
- City expands green building requirements to private sector.
Through operations, the residential sector generates 21% of greenhouse gas emissions, the commercial sector 17% and the industrial sector 10%. (US Energy Information Administration, 2003)
