| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2229 | |||||||||
| Florida Green Building Program | |||||||||
| Requester: | Rob Vieira | Organization: | Florida Solar Energy Center/University of Central Florida | ||||||
| Project Title: | Florida Green Building Program | Date Submitted | 1/15/2003 12:35:18 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Jennings | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| FGBP hopes to certify 50 green homes, five green commercial buildings, five green land developments and two green municipalities. The environmental benefits include: 15,000 MBTU of direct energy use avoided via conservation measures and use of renewal energy technology. 50 million gallons of water saved. 45,000 pounds of construction waste avoided via use of reused, recycled and use of efficient building materials. 100 acres of land from construction that will be preserved as wildlife habitat. 15,000 automobile miles avoided. 4,000 tons of CO2, 35,000 lbs of SO2, and 17,000 lbs of NOx from being released into the atmosphere. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | The Florida Green Building Coalition, Inc. (FGBC) | Contact: | Rob Vieira - Board Member/Flor | ||||||
| 101 Cove Lake Dr | Contact Phone: | (321) 638-1404 | |||||||
| Longwood, Fl 32279 | |||||||||
| Counties: | {Statewide} | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Background: Florida consumes 30,000 acres of land a year for development, builds about 50 million square feet of non-residential space, and 127,000 homes per year. Meanwhile water management districts, the DEP, DOT, and Florida utilities spend large sums of money trying to improve the operations and reduce the pollution of the developments/buildings after the fact. This project is to fund green building standard development and education dissemination so that there will be recognized state exemplary, voluntary goals established for homes, commercial buildings, developments and city and county governments. The standards will allow a recognized benchmark to serve for voluntary programs established by local and state government agencies. The Florida Green Building Coalition, a 501C3 non-profit group dedicated "to provide a statewide Green Building program with environmental and economic benefits," has already been building partnerships between many stakeholders and developing standards. Green building refers to the process of designing, constructing and operating developments and buildings to minimize harm to the environment and sustain natural resources for the long term economic benefit of Floridians. As such, membership includes University staff, architects, land planners, Realtors, landscape architects, builders, developers, energy raters, ecologists, educators, local and state government agency staff. This funding would help hasten the development of standards, spread the word about available programs, and facilitate discussions regarding new incentives that may bcome available for those meeting the voluntary green standards. It is believed that this "ounce of prevention" will save the state many millions of dollars of "cure" in the long run. | |||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Chapter 2002-291, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Working with Florida's building and development industry, plus local and state governmental agencies, the Florida Green Building Coalition, Inc. (FGBC) will develop four(4) sets of voluntary Green Building Standards for Florida (1)homes, (2) commercial buildings, (3) developments/communities, and (4) municipalities. The use of these Florida Green Building Standards will result in major savings in energy and water usuage, promote a healthier living and working environment, and provide more affordable operations to Florida residents and businesses. In order to insure the successful implentation of these Standards, FGBC will also develop training anad certification programs and procedures to support each of the four(4) Florida Green Building Standards. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $250,000 | ||||||||
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| Amount to be reduced: | $ | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $250,000 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Private, Federal | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $40,000 | ||||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Unknown | ||||||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | No | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | Summaries of water conservation strategies by Florida Energy Office over last decade. | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | No | ||||||||