- Case Studies
- Developer Templates
- Green Communities Criteria
- Specifications
- Green Asset Management
- Publications
- Additional Online Resources
- Technical Assistance Providers Registry
- Other Templates and Design Plans
| Case Studies Green Development Strategies and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program: A View from Columbus, Ohio In 2008, the city of Columbus took a significant step in their housing policy by making green design central to their $22.8 million, federally funded, Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). Based on the Green Communities Criteria, the City of Columbus and Franklin County were able to create the AWARE Manual which describes their specific green rehabilitation standards and sample specifications, to hand out to developers, contractors, and other partners. View the full case study (PDF, 834K) |
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Creating Green and Healthy Affordable Homes for Families at Viking Terrace, Worthington, Minn. |
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| Templates Green Development Plan The Green Development Plan template provides a teaching tool – a guide for the developer to utilize the integrated design process and gain an understanding of all that is involved in preparing a Charrette and satisfying the Green Communities Criteria. Green Development Plan. |
| Green Charrette Report Ferncliff Project, Housing Resources Board 2008, by Kriegh Architects This report describes in narrative form the integrated design charrette for the Ferncliff project in Washington state. It includes background on the project site and community, a list of participants in the charrette, and meeting outcomes around the various green building strategies the project team plans to implement. Download PDF for Free (PDF 8.2M) |
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| Green Resident Manuals Residents have a large role to play in the ongoing operations and maintenance of their new green unit. This tool is designed to be a guide for project teams in creating a manual for residents that describes the home's green features, as well as information on using and maintaining those features over time. |
| Template for Healthy Home Guide for Residents 2006, by M Landman Communications & Consulting This Template version of the Healthy Home Guide is based on the guide written for residents of The Plaza Apartments. Download Word Doc for Free (MS Word) |
| Chuska Apartments Healthy Home Guide A Green Operations & Maintenance Manual for Chuska Apartments was developed for use by the development’s management and maintenance staff, along with a Healthy Home Guide for the project’s residents. |
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| Northern Communities Land Trust Green Homeowner’s Manual Northern Communities Land Trust Green Homeowner’s manual serves as a maintenance guide for your homes and its green features. Download PDF for Free (PDF 3497K) |
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| Trolley Square's Living Green Guide 2007, by Jane C. Jones and Mathias Rosenfeld Homeowner's Rehab Inc./Trolley Square LLC Created for the residents of Trolley Square, a green affordable housing development in Cambridge, Mass., this manual can be used as a model or sample for other green developers and owners. Download PDF for Free (PDF 1.2M) |
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| Trolley Square Manual Para Vivir Verde Esperamos que esta guía le de respuestas a preguntas básicas sobre como vivir de una manera ambientalmente responsable en Trolley Square. Esta guía también incluye algunos recursos comunitarios "verdes" si usted está interesado en la continuación de su propio aprendizaje sobre la “Vida Verde”. |
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| New San Marco Green Guide Created for the residents of New San Marco, a green affordable housing development in Duluth, Minn., this manual can be used as a model or sample for other green developers and owners. Download PDF for Free (PDF 1M) |
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| Green Operations and Maintenance Manuals This tool is intended to help in developing a manual that describes a project's green features for property management staff. An Operations and Maintenance manual is essential to optimal building performance and energy savings. It is especially important to ensure knowledge about a project's green features and mechanical systems does not get lost when there is staff turnover. |
| Template for Green Operations and Maintenance Manual 2006, by M Landman Communications & Consulting This Template has been developed for use by the development's management and maintenance staff, along with a Healthy Home Guide for the project's residents. Download Word Doc for Free (MS Word) |
| Green Operations & Maintenance Manual for The Essex 2008, by M Landman Communications & Consulting and Enterprise Community Partners Essex was designed to be a comfortable, attractive and healthy environment in which residents can enjoy an improved quality of life. This manual should serve as a standard reference guide for The Essex’s property management and maintenance staff. Download Word Doc for Free (MS Word) |
| Green Operations and Maintenance Manual for the Plaza Apartments 2006, by M Landman Communications & Consulting |
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| Green Operations and Maintenance Manual for the New San Marco Apartments Created for the residents of New San Marco, a green affordable housing development in Duluth, Minn., this manual can be used as a model or sample for other green developers and owners. Download PDF for Free (PDF 839K) |
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Green Communities Criteria
| Green Communities Criteria 2008 2008, by Enterprise Community Partners The Green Communities Criteria provides a clear, cost-effective framework for all kinds of affordable housing. |
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Green Communities Compliance Manual 2008 |
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Comparison of Green Communities and LEED for Homes Program |
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Comparison of Enterprise Green Communities and LEED for Neighborhood Development |
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Comparison of Green Communities Criteria and the National Green Building Standard |
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Incremental Cost, Measurable Savings: Enterprise Green Communites Criteria |
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| Green Single Family Rehabilitation Specifications This document is a compilation of model specifications used to integrate green building strategies in single family rehabilitation projects. The specs are designed to meet the 2008 Green Communities Criteria. Download specifications (PDF 2M) for rehabilitation. |
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| New Construction Specifications 2007, by Greater Minnesota Housing Fund Minnesota Green Communities launched Building Better Neighborhoods home plans to provide homebuyers and builders options for affordable green housing construction. Download specifications for new construction. |
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Green Asset Management
Green asset management is a powerful tool for improving housing performance. With green asset management, operating costs go down, environmental hazards are reduced, resident utility savings improve, and potential residents are drawn to the attractiveness of a healthy, green living environment. Simply translated, this means that whatever your role -- asset manager, property manager, housing director, executive director, investor or owner -- going green can make your job easier in the long run, and help you achieve greater success with your property on a number of different fronts.
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Bringing Home the Benefits of Energy Efficiency to Low-Income Households |
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Affordable Housing's Green Future |
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| Greener Policies, Smarter Plans 2007, by James Tassos This report provides background on the Housing Credit program; describes the methodology used to analyze the 2007 state Housing Credit allocation plans, and discusses implementation of new policies through the Housing Credit program. |
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| Sustainable, Affordable, Doable 2008, by Tony Proscio This report collects firsthand experiences and lessons from participants in eight Green Communities developments. |
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Download and read publications about affordable green housing, finance, policy, methods and materials.
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Additional Online Resources
Our online resources are housed in the Enterprise Resource
Database and categorized by the eight Green Communities Criteria:
- Integrated Design Process
- Location and Neighborhood Fabric
- Site Improvements
- Water Conservation
- Energy Efficiency
- Materials Beneficial to the Environment
- Healthy Living Environment
- Operations and Maintenance
Archived Live Online Events
Live Online Events (webinars) provide practical steps and examples of how to make your housing developments healthier to live in, environmentally sound and conserve natural resources. If you missed the live event, you can download documents and watch a recording of the event.
Other Templates and Design Plans
Online resources that assist in building smarter, greener homes
Technical Assistance Providers Database
Enterprise's Green Communities team has developed the Technical Assistance Providers Database, which is an accessible database of the nation's leading green professionals in the residential building sector.
