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Group Leader & Staff: 
Mark Donaldson
Jake Tisinger

Focus: 
Making building codes, community planning, and residential and commercial development/design more energy efficient and environmentally friendly. 

Goals:
In order of priority, the group will be focusing on helping the City:

1.) Transition to updated building energy codes; 
2.) Modify existing zoning codes to better encourage sustainable practices;
3.) Identify and recommended green building policy for municipal buildings; 
4.) Evaluate incentives for energy-efficient development in the private sector; and 
5.) Maintain and expanding support for Community Development’s responsible and energy-efficient rehabilitation and construction goals 

Links of Interest:
Sustainable Growth Goals [PDF]
Sustainable Growth Notes 02/25/10 [PDF]
Sustainable Growth Notes 04/20/10 [PDF]

Phase 1 Buildings Work Group:
Meeting #1 Notes - 09/21/07 [PDF] 
Meeting #2 Notes - 10/05/07 [PDF] 
Meeting #3 Notes - 10/26/07 [PDF] 
Meeting #4 Notes - 11/16/07 [PDF] 
ORNL proposal - Housing Weatherization Program [PDF] 
QE2 proposal - Integrated Building Maintenance [PDF] 
USGBC ref. - LEED in Southeast Cities [PDF]