Market Barriers to Green Development Initiative

New! Report and Supplemental Materials Available for Download

Final Report

Removing Market Barriers to Green Development: Principles and action projects to promote widespread adoption of green development practices (PDF, 1.5MB, December 2008)

Supplemental Materials

Identifying the Market Barriers to Green Development (PDF, 107KB, May 2007). This document provides further information on barriers identified during the first workshop.

Fostering Green Development Practices: Roles of the Public Sector (PDF, 391KB, February 2008). This document provides ideas and case studies of how the public sector can use projects to influence green development practices.

Using Incentives to Promote Green Building Practices (PDF, 185KB, July 2008). This document provides a summary of our working meeting to look at designing an incentive for affordable housing developers.

Project Background

The Market Barriers to Green Development Initiative is a broad-based dialogue and research project that examined how the market may intentionally or unintentionally create barriers to green development practices. The initiative was convened and facilitated by the U.S. EPA Region 5, the Delta Institute, and the Northeast-Midwest Institute. It was funded by the Northeast-Midwest Institute through a U.S. EPA Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical Assistance Grant.

The research process involved the following four phases:

1. Identify the most significant market impediments to green development practices;
2. Develop strategies to eliminate/minimize targeted market barriers;
3. Research and begin to implement strategies to remove market barriers;
4. Communicate our findings and success through write papers, reports, additional research, and outreach.

If you have any questions about the initiative, please contact Chris Choi (U.S. EPA Region 5) at choi.chris@epa.gov or Elise Zelechowski (Delta Institute) at ezelechowski@delta-institute.org.