Abstract
For more than a decade, governments have been incentivizing, and now requiring, private developers to construct energy efficient, sustainable projects. We examine the effectiveness of green single-family construction incentive programs. A cross-sectional comparison of municipalities with and without green private residential incentive programs indicates which government levels of policy issuance prove most effective, and which types of certification programs are most popular and prove most successful. Findings indicate that there are certain pairings of government levels and policy types which prove most effective. Municipalities affect the most change through construction-related policies, which may be tailored to their local market’s construction demands. That reasoning may explain why states experience limited success with construction-related policies, instead garnering the greatest success rates through business-related incentive policies. County governments’ scope of power proves to be an unideal fit for this type of incentive program, regardless of incentive type utilized.
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