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112 Penn St. L. Rev. 731 (2007-2008)
Using Mandates and Incentives to Promote Sustainable Construction and Green Building Projects in the Private Sector: A Call for More State Land Use Policy Initiatives

handle is hein.journals/dlr112 and id is 739 raw text is: Using Mandates and Incentives to Promote Sustainable Construction and Green Building Projects in the Private Sector: A Call for More State Land Use Policy Initiatives Carl J. Circo* Table of Contents I. Introduction .................................................................................................. 732 II. Is Governmental Intervention Appropriate? ................................................ 733 A. The Ecological Case for Green Buildings .............................................. 733 B. The Business Case for Green Buildings ................................................. 734 C. Green Buildings as Social and Political Policy ...................................... 742 D. The Legal Justification for Governmental Intervention ......................... 744 III. M andates, Incentives, or Both? .................................................................. 751 A. An Overview Of Contemporary Green Building Policies ...................... 751 B. The Brewing Debate: Mandates, Incentives, or Both ............................ 762 IV. What Level of Government Will Be Most Effective? ................................ 766 A . The Lim itations of Local Policy ............................................................. 766 B . International L aw ................................................................................... 770 C . U nited States Federal Law ...................................................................... 771 D . Interstate C om pacts ................................................................................ 773 E . State P olicy ............................................................................................. 774 F. Local Policy R evisited ............................................................................ 777 V . A C all to A ction .......................................................................................... 778 * Associate Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law. The author gratefully acknowledges the contributions of those who offered assistance, criticisms, and suggestions: Professors Lonny Hoffman and Peter Hoffman, both of the University of Houston Law Center, who graciously invited me to present an early draft to their faculty and students, who in turn challenged me to question some of my initial analysis and to explore the relevant economic literature more thoroughly; Colleen Williams, Reference Librarian at the University of Arkansas School of Law, who provided expert social science research assistance and a meticulous eye for detail; and Mariel Williams, Timothy Evans, and Lee Warden, students at the University of Arkansas School of Law, who each provided skillful and creative research support.

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