Architects and Mayors:
A Visionary Partnership for America’s Environmental Future

The American Institute of Architects and the United States Conference of Mayors have joined forces to promote integrated/high-performance building design with a goal of reaching a 50 percent fossil fuel reduction by 2010 and carbon neutral buildings by 2030. Through this partnership, we hope to leave a lasting legacy for future generations.

It is our mutual goal to encourage all of our nation's mayors to take a strong stance in favor of sustainability by adopting practices that meet 2030 reduction goals in their own communities. To that end, we developed this toolkit.

The toolkit provides an overview of green building issues, sample ordinance language that has already been used effectively in other cities, and real world examples of what other communities are already doing.

The contents of this toolkit are meant as a starting point of representative resources, not a comprehensive collection, and should be understood and utilized as such. There are numerous resources currently available about sustainable, green, and high-performance building design, construction, and development. Creating green communities involves a broad number of industries and issues; green buildings themselves involve a large number of considerations, many of which reach far beyond the building or its block. It should also be noted that sustainable design and development considerations are inherently regional and local. The best and most reliable resources are architects and other design and planning professionals in your own communities who are leaders within the green building and green cities movement.

So what are you waiting for? We invite you to join our fight today to make all of America's communities healthier and more beautiful for generations to come. 

Visit http://www.aia.org/static/state_local_resources/adv_sustainability/