Issue 500 |  The Urbanist

Greening Apartment Buildings

What will it take to green the buildings we already have?

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New green construction codes are important, but in a built-out city like San Francisco, retrofitting our existing built environment is key to creating a truly sustainable city. Multifamily apartment buildings account for more than two-thirds of the city鈥檚 housing units and represent an important target for reducing our use of water, energy and materials. The challenges to widespread green upgrades are many: low awareness, lack of capital and a confusing, ever-changing slate of incentive programs. SPUR鈥檚 study Greening Apartment Buildings recommends creating a web-based tool that will educate property owners and increase aw