Resources for Municipalities

This list shows all resources relevant to municipalities.

You can filter the results by selecting one or more resource types using the form below.

Green Dallas is a resource for air quality information, climate change, energy, food, land, waste & litter, and water.
Basic
Green Globes certifies sustainable high-performance buildings while providing customized guidance throughout the process.
Advanced
The Green Infrastructure Funding Opportunities page provide information on federal funding opportunities and funding tools for green infrastructure projects.
Intermediate
The Green Infrastructure Modeling Tools model the impacts of green infrastructure on watersheds, air quality, and energy consumption.
Advanced
The Green Power Partnership (GPP) is a voluntary EPA program that encourages the voluntary use of green power as a means of accelerating the growth of the U.S. renewable energy market.
Intermediate
The Green Vehicle Guide is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) guide to clean and efficient vehicles and related resources.
Basic
To provide standards and guidance on post-construction runoff control.
Basic
Watershed Protection Plans (WPP) are useful to water quality planning because they contain management measures to reduce pollutants and public education and outreach programs that were developed with stakeholder input. These measures and outreach programs may be useful ideas to others.
Intermediate

Buffalo Bayou Promenade is a 23-acre urban park and recreation area that transformed an overgrown, trash-soaked urban greyfield into a thriving waterfront. The $15 million landmark project both improved flood control capacity and transformed a marginalized space beneath the freeway into a safe, welcoming place for pedestrians.

Video explaining the best way to collect and transport used cooking oil for recycling.
Intermediate
Spanish-language video explaining the best way to collect and transport used cooking oil for recycling.
Intermediate
How to Prevent Your Pipes From Freezing: Subzero temperatures can cause even interior pipes to freeze.
Intermediate
The Institute for Market Transformation promotes increasing the energy efficiency of buildings through research, programs, and policies.
Intermediate
The iSWM Program for Construction and Development is a cooperative initiative that assists cities and counties to achieve their goals of water quality protection, streambank protection, and flood mitigation, while also helping communities meet their construction and post-construction obligations under state stormwater permits.
Basic
InVEST software provides valuations of ecosystem services and assesses how environmental impacts can alter the benefits they provide to humans.
Advanced
The Irrigation Association's Smart Irrigation outreach Toolkit educates customers about water-use efficiency, promotes irrigation products and best practices that minimize peak water use and reduce demands on infrastructure, and provides real solutions to today's water challenges.
Basic
To share methods that can be used to identify trash sources along waterways.
Intermediate
To share methods that can be used to identify trash sources along waterways.
Intermediate
To ensure outdoor event planning practices align with stormwater runoff prevention goals.
Basic
To ensure parking lot maintenance practices align with stormwater runoff prevention goals.
Intermediate
To ensure the maintenance of park and open spaces aligns with stormwater runoff prevention goals.
Intermediate
To ensure pesticide and fertilizer application practices align with stormwater runoff prevention goals.
Intermediate