These residential Guidelines were developed for the following reasons:

• To provide local governments with an educational tool for city staff, builders and homeowners interested in green residential construction
• To present a range of voluntary measures for builders to choose from when constructing a green home in California
• To create a policy foundation for local governments interested in implementing a green building program
• To establish regional consistency in green building guidelines to increase predictability for builders
• To integrate varying residential initiatives in order to achieve greater simplicity and local applicability
• To offer a set of guidelines developed by an independent, third-party source.

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