Under pressure from industry, some states are turning against using LEED as a building performance rating system.
A new property-tax incentive for green building passed in New York shows how states with strong central governments can adopt no-risk incentives for sustainable development during a slow recovery.
The law enables New York municipalities to exempt new green buildings and renovations from property taxes for up to 10 years, depending on the project's level of green building certification.
How Architecture for Humanity tries to help ruined states.