Green-Certified Development

Listing of Green Communities in State Qualified Action Plans

People spend nearly 90 percent of their time inside, making indoor air quality central to health and well-being. Low-income populations are disproportionally affected by a range of illnesses and adverse health effects that can be exacerbated by poor indoor air quality, and improvements to the indoor environment can be an important mechanism to address health disparities.

The session highlights development projects that have effectively preserved properties by using unique approaches and resources including the Coal Severance Tax Trust Fund.

This Enterprise Green Communities Case Study shares upgrades completed during the rehabilitation of St. Joseph Village, a senior affordable housing community, in Dyersburg, Tennessee.

Enterprise Green Communities Criteria is the nation’s only national green building program designed explicitly for green affordable housing construction.

An evaluation of the process by which affordable housing developers use public health data and forge the key partnerships necessary to create a Health Action Plan and a Monitoring and Implementation Plan, the two components of Optional Criterion 1.2b

This report highlights lessons learned during the design and initial implementation phases of the study of green building practices, explores the challenges encountered, and identifies key strategies used to overcome those challenges.