Explore the 2026 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria 

The checklist offers a high-level understanding of the mandatory and optional criterion while the full criteria goes into greater detail and offers additional tools and resources. 

Partnerships

Green Communities & IWBI

We are proud to build upon our partnership with WELL.  All developments that achieve certification to the 2020 or 2026 Green Communities Criteria will automatically be recognized as certified under Enterprise Green Communities and certified through the International WELL Building Institute. Read more about our partnership in the 2026 FAQ and the 2020 FAQ.

Green Communities & IBHS

The Green Communities Criteria establishes a framework for identifying climate hazards and selecting appropriate resilience strategies. Pursuing the FORTIFIED™ certification under Criterion 3.9, Resilient Site Design: Wind, is one way project teams can translate early hazard identification and planning decisions into a verified construction outcome aligned with Green Communities’ resilience goals. Learn more about FORTIFIED™ by reading our FAQ.

Enterprise Green Communities Case Studies

  • Aspen Street Cooperative: Thirty co-op households in Washington D.C. enjoy the benefits of sustainable, healthy and affordable homeownership.
  • Twin Oaks:  A transition to all-electric within a moderate rehab scope - coupled with resilient building and operational strategies - positions this development in rural Georgia to thrive for the long run in our changing climate.
  • Cadence: This first new construction development to achieve Enterprise Green Communities Plus certification introduced 55 pristine affordable, healthy and comfortable homes for older Americans to Fort Collins, Colorado.
  • The Ohringer Building: History and cutting edge efficiency mingle in this beautiful adaptive reuse in Braddock, Pennsylvania
  • Liberty 52: Stephen F. Gold Community Residences: 28 new affordable, sustainable accessible homes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • St. Joseph Village: Upgrades completed during the rehabilitation of St. Joseph Village, a senior affordable housing community, in Dyersburg, Tennessee.
  • River View Tower: Modernization of high-rise affordable housing for seniors in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
  • 26th and Clarksville Phase III: New and affordable low-rise senior apartments in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Thessalonica Court: The Bronx just got a little bit greener.
  • Gardenside at the Villages of East Lake: This community in Atlanta, Georgia utilized Enterprise’s Health Action Plan tool to prioritize residents’ wellbeing.

Building Resilient Futures

Learn more about Enterprise’s commitment to building healthy, efficient, environmentally resilient homes and communities.