Evaluating the use of green building incentives in Memphis, Tennessee: recommendations for the Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sustainability
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- February 28, 2019
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Jaynes, Vivian C.
- Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of City and Regional Planning
- Abstract
- This study aims to provide information and recommendations to leaders in Memphis-Shelby County, Tennessee on how to design and implement an incentive-based green building program. The study methodology has three parts: 1) a review of existing literature and research on green building and sustainable development in the U.S.; 2) interviews with developers and other professionals who work in related fields (planning and architecture) in the Memphis area, and; 3) case studies of incentive-based green building programs in select U.S. cities. Although all three research methods were valuable, the interviews provided the most in-depth information on these major themes: the market for green building in the Memphis area, the barriers to completing green building projects, and the best kinds of incentives to help encourage developers to build more sustainably. Based on the results of this methodology, the following recommendations were developed for the Memphis-Shelby County Office of Sustainability as they begin the process of designing an incentive-based green building program.
- Date of publication
- May 2012
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- Advisor
- Berke, Philip
- Degree
- Master of City and Regional Planning
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Graduation year
- 2012
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- Location
- Memphis, Tennessee, United States
- Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
- Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Nashville, North Carolina, United States
- Shelby, Tennessee, United States
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- 73
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- 0e1dbc25-8afd-47c2-8d12-1be85ddc77f8
- Date uploaded
- June 13, 2016
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