Community and Regional Planning Program
Community and Regional Planning Program: Theses
First Advisor
Zhenghong Tang
Date of this Version
Summer 7-30-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Citation
A thesis presented to the faculty of the Graduate College at the University of Nebraska in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Community and Regional Planning
Major: Community and Regional Planning
Under the supervision of Professor Zhenghong Tang
Lincoln, Nebraska, August 2010
Abstract
Green buildings are becoming the new fixation for the building industry because of the impact they have on the carbon footprint and the cost savings they offer for utility costs. Governments have begun to produce policies and regulations that implement and mandate green buildings due to these successes. However, the policies are having troubles increasing the popularity and quantities of green buildings. There is a need for a way to produce better policies and regulations that will increase both the amount of green buildings their popularity. A decision-making tool, such as a decision tree, should be created to help policymakers who do not have the backgrounds to produce well thought out regulations. By researching the green building industry and its current status, key points can be graphed out in a decision tool that will provide the needed education for policy makers to produce better green building regulations.
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Copyright 2010, Jeffrey Scott Webert. Used by permission