NEWS HEADLINES
LISC Writes the Book on Green
By Bendix Anderson
San Francisco - Mainstream apartment owners are just beginning to apply green building ideas to older Class B and Class C buildings. But government-subsidized affordable housing developments have been getting green rehabs for years, with the help of nonprofits like Bay Area Local Initiatives Support Corp. (LISC) that provide funding and technical assistance.
Now Bay Area LISC is sharing the fruits of its experience with anyone who wants it -- for free.
The nonprofit has teamed up with Build It Green, a local nonprofit, to write Green Rehabilitation of Multifamily Rental Properties. The 68-page guide is a distillation of everything LISC has learned from years of green rehabs.
The guidebook is an assessment tool that will help owners decide which green building materials and techniques make sense at their aging properties from the start of the rehab process to completion, with definitions and basic descriptions of green techniques.
Each green building idea, from low-cost paints that don't emit harmful gases to much more expensive solar systems, is rated both for its extra cost and for the benefit it will bring to a property. Find the guide at www.bayarealisc.org
|
