Author Archives: Lisa Goddard
Show me the money…
Yesterday Reuters posted an article that demonstrated the incremental change that is taking place in the built environment. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act designed to stimulate the economy appears to have the trickle down effect in the green building … Continue reading
Filed under Some LEED-ers, Some LEED-less
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or Greenwashing?
Henry Gifford the New Yorkers “Boiler Man” and an energy consultant in New York City is a dissenting voice for measuring building efficiency based on the US Green Building Council’s LEED rating system. In his eye opening paper, “A Better … Continue reading
Filed under Some LEED-ers, Some LEED-less
The Challenge
The challenge that the built environment faces is not constructing with LEED design, that is being increasingly normalize in the industry and by codes like the San Francisco Green Building Ordinance. Rather it’s looking at the building as a whole … Continue reading
Filed under San Francisco Green Rush
Legislating behavior
In the introduction to this research I suggested that San Francisco was setting an example of smart city planning. The presumption was that by changing building codes to value energy efficiency and conservation, behavior would change; not only in the … Continue reading
Filed under San Francisco Green Rush
What this is about…
This research was part of my senior thesis at UC Berkeley. The overlying questions is will smart city planning lead to behavioral change? The investigation looked at the policies put in place as early as 1963, that first protect our … Continue reading
Filed under San Francisco Green Rush
The Natural Step
The Green Building Ordinance codifies what the development industry was already inclined to do. Architects made headway with developers on greening their buildings when the incentives to fast-track the permitting process were introduced in 2006. The market value of green … Continue reading
Filed under San Francisco Green Rush
Renovation Credit
The Ordinance maintains the aesthetic and character of San Francisco by penalizing demolition, and encouraging renovations. The strictest consequences apply to projects where the building slated for demolition, is also historical. With that criteria, a proposed project is required to … Continue reading
Filed under San Francisco Green Rush
Operational Efficiency and Commissioning
The Board of Supervisors passed the San Francisco Green Building Ordinance unanimously. There has been no industrial backlash and the only reported concern with the Ordinance has to do with some procedural liability issues at the DBI. The one issue … Continue reading
Filed under San Francisco Green Rush
Green Building in the Great Recession
What this meant for San Francisco’s Green Building Ordinance was that it would have to wait. The commercial real estate market dried up with the banking industry. The city agencies that were charged with moving projects through entitlement slowed; and … Continue reading
Filed under San Francisco Green Rush
Barriers to Implemention
To fully evaluate the Green Building Ordinance it is crucial to examine the real estate market and financial climate in San Francisco. While the Task Force worked with the City to construct policies and procedures for adopting green building standards, … Continue reading
Filed under San Francisco Green Rush
Lisa Goddard
