{D551F0CD-7781-4CD5-8692-06AFB931B3D0} eng; USA utf8 dataset John V. Thomas U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management Environmental Protection Specialist 202-564-6677 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Mail Code 8623R Washington DC 20460 thomas.john@epa.gov https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth pointOfContact 2026-06-23 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003/Cor.1:2006(E) NGBS: Points for Smart Location Practices 2018-11-07 publication U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management Washington DC publisher US Environmental Protection Agency originator These map layers present the number of National Green Building Standard points awarded for a project site or lot’s relative walkability, and accessibility to jobs via transit or within a 45-minute drive. This map presents information on the following criteria included in the 2020 National Green Building Standard: • Section 405.6(7) - Points for sites located in census block groups with above-average transit access to employment. (See variable D5b in Smart Location Database Technical Documentation and User Guide (2014) for background) • Section 405.6(8) - Points for sites located in census block groups with above-average access to employment within a 45-minute drive (See variable D5a in Smart Location Database Technical Documentation and User Guide (2014) for background on methods) • Section 501.2(4) - Points for lots located in census block groups with above-average neighborhood walkability (See National Walkability Index for background on methods) • Section 11.501.2(3) - Points for lots located in census block groups with above-average neighborhood walkability (See National Walkability Index for background on methods) Using data available through EPA’s Smart Location Database and National Walkability Index, relative walkability and accessibility to jobs via transit or within a 45-minute drive for census block groups were calculated and ranked into quartile groups. The regional comparison was made by considering the score of each individual census block group as a ratio of the average score of the county in which it is located. Those block groups with scores in the highest two quartiles nationally are eligible for NGBS points per the Sections noted above. Details on methodologies and datasets includes in the Smart Location Database and National Walkability Index can be found here: https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smart-location-mapping#SLD These map layers present the number of National Green Building Standard points awarded for a project site or lot’s relative walkability, and accessibility to jobs via transit or within a 45-minute drive. Users can enter their project site or lot address and check boxes for different layers to identify points available per 2020 NGBS Sections 405.6(7); 405.6(8); 501.2(4) and 11.501.2(3). completed John Thomas U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management Environmental Protection Specialist 202 566 1285 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 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For more information, please see EPA's NGDP at http://epa.gov/geospatial/policies.html See report for full discussion of data completeness. See report for full discussion of data completeness. Attribute value ranges were tested for validity. See report for full discussion of corrective measures taken. This lineage was generated by the FGDC CSDGM to 19139 transformation See report for full description of processing steps. 2015-12-23T00:00:00 John Thomas U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management Environmental Protection Specialist 202 566 1285 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Mail Code 8623R Washington DC 20460 thomas.john@epa.gov https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth processor unknown 2021-04-20 This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata standard (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using the 2024-02-09T11:11:00 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19139 transform. John V. Thomas U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Land and Emergency Management Environmental Protection Specialist 202-564-6677 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Mail Code 8623R Washington DC 20460 thomas.john@epa.gov https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth pointOfContact