 Green Building Workgroup
The San Jose Green Building Workgroup is a voluntary group of individuals that identifies barriers, solutions, strategies and recommendations.
The Workgroup first met on July 8, 1999. The more than 100 attendees heard from city officials, key experts in the field of green building, and from the Home Builders Association of Northern California. At that meeting, attendees identified a variety of ways to encourage use of green building practices within the community.
At the second meeting in August 1999, the recommendations and activities suggested at the first meeting were discussed and prioritized. Those recommendations have been organized into six categories.
- Incentives
- Codes and standards
- Pilot projects
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- Education and outreach
- Permitting issues
- Recycled materials/construction & demolition debris activities
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The Workgroup prioritized the activities listed under each category by ranking those activities using several key criteria:
- Benefits to the community
- Cost to implement
- Ability to measure the outcome
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- Cost to administer
- Implementation time
- Recycled materials/construction & demolition debris activities
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At the third meeting of the Workgroup on October 21, 1999, the proposed final recommendations were confirmed and discussed. The format and structure for the report to Council was approved. Consensus was reached on the recommendations that would be presented to City Council. The final meeting was held on January 21, 2000 where final input on the vision and definition of green building was provided, along with a final review of the report for City Council.
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