What are the Coalitions guiding principles?
• Housing should be resource efficient (energy, water, materials) to construct and maintain. • Housing should promote good health for workers who build the buildings and the occupants (e.g., good indoor-air quality, minimal use of toxic materials, maximum use of natural daylighting) • Incorporating green building features should enhance life-cycle affordability; construction alternatives should be evaluated using full life-cycle cost-benefit criteria • Developers should use an integrated whole-building approach to planning, design, and construction. • The value of green building needs to be highlighted to the marketplace. • Incorporating green building features should enhance access to funding sources. • Housing affordability is a regional problem. Affordable housing developers often operate at the regional level. Therefore, promotion of Green Building should be coordinated at the regional level. • The Green Affordable Housing Coalition should maximize cooperation and partnerships with
