‘Green’ Technical Assistance

Technical Assistance to "Green" your projects and your operations. Many experts are working on common definitions of what makes a building "green" or a development sustainable. Here are a few of the key starting-off sites:

• Enterprise Community Partners: Presentations from Enterprise 2007 Conference - Emphasize how-to and why-to build green. Each project description includes funding source information. See especially workshops 103, 202, and 303.
• Building America - Combines the knowledge and resources of industry leaders with the U.S. Department of Energy’s technical capabilities.
  • Resources for Builders
  • Affordable Housing Research
• NCAT’s "SMART COMMUNITIES" page: http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/financing/community.shtml
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s Green Development Center - Provides financial resources, technical information, partnership opportunities, and education to support the use of green design, construction, and management principles in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.