Capitol Area East End Complex,
Sacramento | Sustainable or "green" building is the practice of designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and removing buildings in ways that conserve natural resources and reduce their impact on climate change.
Through his Green Building Initiative, Governor Schwarzenegger has committed California to leading by example in improving the energy and environmental performance of existing and new state-owned buildings. By implementing sustainable practices in the facilities it owns, leases, retrofits or maintains, California can cut energy use, conserve resources, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Executive Order S-20-04, calls for reducing electricity consumption in state buildings 20 percent by 2015. Reaching that goal will include a combination of benchmarking the energy efficiency of state buildings, and retro-commissioning and retrofitting facilities to ensure that energy systems are operated as efficiently as possible.
As part of the Green Building Order, California is embracing the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The state is pursuing LEED-New Construction certification for its major construction and renovation projects.
In addition, the state is seeking LEED-Existing Building certifications for existing facilities in order to ensure energy efficient building operations and maintenance practices.
California is also encouraging and enabling schools built with state funds to be resource and energy efficient.
See the state of California's Green Building Directory, here.
Please contact us with your questions or comments via e-mail at: green@dgs.ca.gov |
