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What's Happening from Environmental Building News
February 1, 2007
New Orleans Sees Green Rebuilding Efforts
Recent ordinances under consideration in New Orleans demonstrate that in the effort to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, green building advocates are playing a role. In August 2006, the City Council approved a resolution spelling out a “Green Building Program” that would require City-funded buildings to achieve Gold certification in the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® Rating System and offer incentives for private-sector commercial and residential developments that meet LEED and Energy Star™ standards. According to Beth Galante, director of the New Orleans office of the nonprofit Global Green USA, each portion of the Green Building Program must now come before the City Council as an ordinance. The first portion of the program, legislation establishing a procedure for net metering, is currently undergoing public review and should return to the Council for final approval by the spring of 2007....
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