How Green Do You Want To Get?
Elizabeth Daigneau looks at the various ways in which cities and counties can earn eco-certification, including everything from "the roads they build to the vehicles that ride on them."
You've certainly heard of LEED certification. You've probably heard of Energy Star certification. But have you heard of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification?
Daigneau outlines the different types of eco-certifications that are available to cities and counties looking to green their schools, neighborhoods, landscapes, roads, and fleets.
ISO certification, by the way, is available for cities with long-term sustainability plans and "greenprints," and who implement them successfully.
Published on Thursday, May 31, 2012 in
Topics
- Is There a Perfect Density?
- Six States Considered Laws to Make it Legal to Run Over Protestors This Year
- Aurora Rising
- The Most Effective Way to Reduce Employee Driving
- Corridors Are the Secret to Improving Transit in Small Cities
- $604 Million Makeover Coming to San Francisco's Market Street
- The 'Steady Decline' of Suburban America
- Trump's Infrastructure Plan Slow to Materialize Despite New Executive Order, Flow Chart
- Congestion Pricing Finds New Life in New York City
- Iconic New Bridge Project Revealed in D.C.
- Is the Era of the 'Free' Freeway Coming to an End?
- A Montana College Town's Beer Economy
- High-Speed Rail Takes Steps Forward in Houston, Though Challenges Remain
- L.A. County Pilot Project Will Pay Homeowners to Add Granny Flats
- Ventra-Divvy Integration in the Works, Says Transportation Commissioner
- Search the Location of the Nearest Confederate Monument
- What Will Become of London's Transit Megaproject After Brexit?
- Setting a Higher Bar for Bus Rapid Transit
- Housing Construction in Seattle and Vancouver a Study in Contrasts
- Major Ride Share Companies Accused of Taking Advantage of CTA Fatality
