04644nam a2200553 i 4500 on1226591622 EBZ 20260708112656.0 m d cr ||||||||||| 201212t20212021dcuab ob 001 0 eng d 9781642831290 (electronic book) 1642831298 (electronic book) 9781642831283 (paperback) EBZ eng EBZ n-us--- 2021 edtf MAIN HC79.E5 B68 2021eb 333.72 23 Bourland, Dana L., author. Gray to Green Communities : A call to action on the housing and climate crises / Dana L. Bourland. Call to action on the housing and climate crises Washington, DC : Island Press, [2021] ©2021 1 online resource (xxii, 172 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent cartographic image cri rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier textual sapdv EBSCOhost nat Americans lcdgt gdr Women lcdgt Includes bibliographical references and index. The problem with gray -- The promise of green -- Learning from the green communities criteria -- The challenges to greening affordable housing for all -- A just future. "US cities are faced with the joint challenge of our climate crisis and the lack of housing that is affordable and healthy. Our housing stock contributes significantly to the changing climate, with residential buildings accounting for 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. US housing is not only unhealthy for the planet, it is putting the physical and financial health of residents at risk. Our housing system means that a renter working 40 hours a week and earning minimum wage cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment in any US county. In Gray to Green Communities, green affordable housing expert Dana Bourland argues that we need to move away from a gray housing model to a green model, which considers the health and well-being of residents, their communities, and the planet. She demonstrates that we do not have to choose between protecting our planet and providing housing affordable to all. Bourland draws from her experience leading the Green Communities Program at Enterprise Community Partners, a national community development intermediary. Her work resulted in the first standard for green affordable housing which was designed to deliver measurable health, economic, and environmental benefits. The book opens with the potential of green affordable housing, followed by the problems that it is helping to solve, challenges in the approach that need to be overcome, and recommendations for the future of green affordable housing. Gray to Green Communities brings together the stories of those who benefit from living in green affordable housing and examples of Green Communities' developments from across the country. Bourland posits that over the next decade we can deliver on the human right to housing while reaching a level of carbon emissions reductions agreed upon by scientists and demanded by youth. Gray to Green Communities will empower and inspire anyone interested in the future of housing and our planet"--Publisher description. EBSCOhost "EBSCO evaluates our products based on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and the related Section 508 and EN 301 549 regulations in the US and EU. Most EBSCO products are substantially conformant with WCAG 2.2 level AA." Source: https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/EBSCO-VPATs?language=en_US. Last accessed April 22, 2025. Print version record. Added to collection customer.56279.3 Sustainable living United States. Housing Environmental aspects United States. Sustainable development United States. Environmental responsibility United States. has work: Gray to green communities (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGjTCRx3gTHHBH76fKkPpK https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Bourland, Dana L. Gray to green communities. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2021] 9781642831283 (DLC) 2020942997 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2698914 CLICK HERE to access ebook ddc EBOOK 2696 2696