Best Practices for Cities & Tribal Nations

GreenStep is built around 29 best practices in the following five categories:

1. Buildings & Lighting: Focuses on energy- and cost-saving strategies addressing public and private buildings, and other city facilities such as street lighting and traffic signals.
2. Transportation: Encourages efficient city vehicle fleets and infrastructure that enhances connectivity, mobility options, and active living.
3. Land Use: Provides best practices to promote green infrastructure, natural resource preservation, efficient city growth, and walkable and bikeable neighborhoods.
4. Environmental Management: Tackles actions ranging from environmentally-preferable purchasing and urban forests to water quality and solid waste.
5. Economic & Community Development: Targets best practices that promote community resiliency, sustainable economic development and engage local community members to improve quality of life.