Gray to Green Communities - A Call to Action on the Housing and Climate Crises

In Gray to Green Communities, green affordable housing expert Dana Bourland argues that we need to move away from a traditional gray housing model, to a green housing model, which considers the health and well-being of residents, their communities, and the planet.

Bourland draws from her experience leading the Green Communities Program at Enterprise Community Partners, which resulted in the first standard for green affordable housing.

The book opens with the potential of green affordable housing, followed by the problems that it is helping to solve, challenges in the approach that need to be overcome, and recommendations for the future of green affordable housing. Gray to Green Communities brings together stories from the people and projects of the Green Communities' program.

Gray to Green Communities will empower and inspire anyone interested in the future of housing and our planet.

About the author

Dana Bourland is Vice President of the Environment Program at The JPB Foundation. Formerly Bourland was Vice President of Green Initiatives for Enterprise Community Partners where she led environmental strategy for the national organization. She developed and oversaw all aspects of Enterprise's award-winning Green Communities program including the creation of the Green Communities Criteria, the Green Communities Offset Fund and Enterprise's Multifamily Retrofit Program.

Summary

Shows a hopeful path to addressing the affordable housing crisis while reducing carbon emissions.

Product details

• Authors: Dana Bourland
• Publisher: Island Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781642831283
• ISBN: 978-1-64283-128-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Residential, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Residential buildings, domestic buildings, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, City and town planning: architectural aspects