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[State - Locality] Massachusetts - Boston [Initiative Type] Building Standard / Energy Code; Green Building Program and Standards [Link] Boston Implements Green Building Zoning Code [Date] Active [Title & Description] 
Green Building Zoning Code - Boston is decreasing carbon emissions associated with energy use in privately owned and operated buildings by implementing a Green Building Zoning Code. The zoning code requires all major construction projects greater than 50,000 square feet to adhere to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification standards. Two of the points for this certification can be obtained by using urban heat island reduction strategies, one point coming from cool or green roofs and the other from non-roof strategies.
HIRIMitigation | Heat Island Effect | U.S. EPA
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