Community Greenhouse Foundation

The Foundation is a not-for-profit, and exists because of the support of people like you. Retrofitting and designing buildings that use less energy and make maximal use and minimum impact on the environment benefits us all. How we leave our planet for future generations shows just what kind of people we are. Green building is a no-brainer, and we need your help to get the word out.

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CGF Resources
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These studies have been compiled, produced and made available by leading organizations, educational institutes and industry to verify, document and provide information based on demonstrated facts related to the principles and practices of sustainable green buildings and development.

	Making The Business Case For High Performance Green Buildings (USGBC)	(253k)
	The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings A Report to California’s Sustainable Building Task Force	(3.1m)
	Green Building Costs and Financial Benefits Published for Massachusetts Technology Collaborative	(531k)
	Greening the Building and the Bottom Line Increasing Productivity Through Energy-Efficient Design, Rocky Mountain Institute	(1.2m)
	Daylighting in Schools An Investigation into the Relationship Between Daylighting and Human Performance	(1.4m)
	Quantifying the Business Benefits of Sustainable Buildings Summary of existing research findings	(113k)

	LEED for Existing Buildings (USGBC) The LEED Green Building Rating System™ for Improving Building Performance through Upgrades and Operations, Version 2.0	(277k)
	Sustainable Building Technical Manual (USGBC, DOE, EPA) Green Building Design, Construction, and Operations	(3.1m)
	State and Local Government Toolkit (USGBC)	(824k)

	Highlighting High Performance Department of Environmental Protection Cambria Office Building, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania	(269k)
	Highlighting High Performance Twenty River Terrace; An apartment building models energy efficiency for a new Manhattan	(1.5m)
These studies and documents are copyright by their prospective owners and are made available by their consent. The Community Greenhouse Foundation provides them here as a resource, but makes no warranty and assumes no liability regarding the accuracy or timeliness of the information contained therein.

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