Green Building

Green Building refers to design and construction practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact of buildings on the environment and occupants.

The following are works to examine the status of green building in North America, as well as some of the drivers and barriers to its development.

The Secretariat of the CEC has developed an Article 13 report on this matter, which has been presented to the governments and people of Mexico, Canada, and the United States.

Secretariat Report on Green Building
Paper 1: Green Building Energy Scenarios for 2030
Marbek Resource Consultants (Martin Adelaar and Mark Pasini), Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (Stephen Selkowitz), Odón de Buen
 03/13/2008
Paper 2a: Toward Sustainable Financing and Strong Markets for Green Building: Green Building Marke
Sinergia Capital (Luis Antonio García)
 03/13/2008
Paper 2b: Toward Sustainable Financing and Strong Markets for Green Building
US Green Building Fi
Malachite LLC (Leanne Tobias)
 03/13/2008
Paper 2c: Toward Sustainable Financing and Strong Markets for Green Building
Valuing Sustainabili
Chris Corps
 03/13/2008
Paper 3a: Institutional Efforts for Green Building: The Case of Mexico
Mario Molina Center
 03/13/2008
Paper 3b: Institutional Efforts for Green Building: Approaches in Canada and the United States
Alex Wilson, Jennifer Atlee, Halsall Associates (Doug Webber)
 03/13/2008
Paper 4a: Residential Green Building in North America Working Toward Accessible and Sustainable H
Fernando Mayagoitia
 03/13/2008
Paper 4b: Residential Green Building in North America: Promoting Residential Green Building in Nor
Steven Winter
 03/13/2008
Paper 4c: Residential Green Building in North America: The Benefits of a North American Strategy:
The Sheltair Group (Innes Hood)
 03/13/2008
The CEC’s 2010–2015 Strategic Plan sets out a number of five-year strategic objectives in support of each of the CEC Council’s priorities. Read more