Using Mandates and Incentives to Promote Sustainable Construction and Green Building Projects in the Private Sector: A Call for More State Land Use Policy Initiatives

By Carl J. Circo112 Penn St. L. Rev. 731.

Green building technology has arrived. Green, or high performance, building practices primarily involve the design, construction, and operation of buildings and other facilities in ways that preserve natural resources and protect the environment for generations to come. Policy, technical, and legal journals convincingly argue the merits of both sustainable development in general and specific sustainable building standards . . . [keep reading]