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The process of counting correct answers began by assigning a value to the responses to each question (Table 6). Where countries have substituted questions, or reworded them, we have also given a value of 1 to a correct response and 0 in all other cases. In the case of a country with fewer than 8 financial knowledge questions we have rescaled each score as necessary (typically multiplying by a factor of 8/7). We have not attempted to incorporate additional information about those people who stated that they did not know the answers to particular questions in our overall measure because. | The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings A Report to California s Sustainable Building Task Force October 2003 Principal Author Greg Kats Capital E Contributing Authors Leon Alevantis Department of Health Services Adam Berman Capital E Evan Mills Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Jeff Perlman Capital E This report was developed for the Sustainable Building Task Force a group of over 40 California state government agencies. Funding for this study was provided by the Air Resources Board ARB California Integrated Waste Management Board CIWMB Department of Finance DOF Department of General Services DGS Department of Transportation Caltrans Department of Water Resources DWR and Division of the State Architect DSA . This collaborative effort was made possible through the contributions of Capital E Future Resources Associates Task Force members and the United States Green Building Council. The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings October 3 2003 Dear Colleagues This study The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Building represents the most definitive cost benefit analysis of green building ever conducted. It demonstrates conclusively that sustainable building is a cost-effective investment and its findings should encourage communities across the country to build green. In August 2000 Governor Davis issued Executive Order D-16-00 establishing sustainable building as a primary goal for state construction and tasking the State and Consumer Services Agency with its implementation. Our agency established the Sustainable Building Task Force a unique partnership among more than 40 governmental agencies whose combined building environmental and fiscal expertise has produced outstanding results including funding for this report. Since its inception the Sustainable Building Task Force has worked diligently to incorporate green building principles into California s capital outlay process. Our many successes include Building the first LEED Gold state owned
