Sustainability: Green Communities at the NBM

In February, Dana Bourland, Director of Enterprise’s Green Communities program spoke at the National Building Museum as part of the multi-year Smart Growth program. If you are in the DC area, the series is well worth attending.

The audio of Ms. Bourland’s presentation is now available, as is a PDF of the presentation. The technical details of the program were touched upon in the audio, but the PDF provides additional details on utility allowances (pp. 29-32) and costs for meeting Green Communities benchmarks (pp. 40-42).

The presentation reviews progress made through Green Communities, including the launch of their $40m green equity fund to build 500 homes in California. After focusing on grants and capacity building initially, the program is now providing performance details and equity funding for green affordable housing.

Summaries of funded projects.