| Commercial Projects - Last updated 05/27/08 The Green Building Team has assembled a set of fact sheets and resources for the public sector to more easily adopt and use green building materials and techniques on commercial projects in Long Beach.
Tenant Improvements and Commercial Interiors
Tenant Improvement G Rated Guide:
This detailed 166 page guide, developed by the City of Portland, provides all the information a commercial tenant needs to green their tenant improvements. A step-by-step handbook for workspace design and construction, it's packed with practical advice for creating high performance workspaces that are not only respectful of the environment, they're efficient and cost effective too. LEED CI:
This USGBS standard is designed to help contractors, developers and building owners sustainably complete the interior buildout of a shell building.
Specifications and Green Building Materials Guides
GreenSpec Guide:
GreenSpec, BuildingGreen's premiere product information service, contains detailed listings for more than 1,800 environmentally preferable building products with descriptions, manufacturer information, and links to additional resources. Green Building Specifications by CSI:
The California Integrated Waste Management Board has created a comprehensive set of model Green Building Specification covering materials and services from all divisions of the CSI.
New Construction
LEED NC:
This USGBC guide provides detailed high performance green building standards for new construction. New York High Performance Building Guidelines:
These Guidelines outline a range of 'best practices' for planning, designing, constructing and operating healthier, more energy - and resource - efficient facilities.  Get Adobe Reader
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