GWRC

Green Government Commission

A.  GREEN BUILDING:

• Virginia Housing & Environment Network (VaHEN):
  

"Sustainable Building Resources", 17 pages, includes publication titles, website

        links and non-profit organization contact info (pdf)

• Green Building Incentives That Work
  

B. GREEN COMMUNITIES:

• US Community/Green: the one-stop source for public agency access to a broad line of environmentally-certified products and services. From Energy Star to EcoLogo to Green Seal, U.S. Communities/Green has identified here those items in its contracts that meet third-party environmental certification standards to help public agencies meet their responsible procurement needs.
  

• American Planning Association's "Green Team"
  

• Sustainable Community Plan for Rockville, MD
  

• Virginia Citizen's Guide to Planning & Zoning
  

• Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Audit of Local Comprehensive Plans for Pro-Green Policy
  

C.  CLIMATE CHANGE/GLOBAL WARMING:

• Sierra Club's Cool Cities Program
  

• NACO Cool Counties Program
  

D.  GREEN PROCUREMENT

• Developing a Green Government Procurement Manual
  

• The Procura + Manual
  

• Joint Procurement Manual
  

E. INTEGRATED APPROACHES

• GWRC's Composite Community Assessment
  

• VML's Green Government Challenge Community Assessment
  

• LEED & Green Building
  

• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Events Calendar
  

F.  LOCAL GOVERNMENT "GREEN" INITIATIVES

• Caroline County
  

• King George County
  

• Spotsylvania County
  

• Stafford County
  

• City of Fredericksburg