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Policies
 These documents can be downloaded in PDF format.
- Environmentally Preferable Procurement Policy (EP3)
The City of San Jose received a Green California Leadership Award for its Environmentally Preferable Procurement Program in a ceremony at the 2008 Green California Summit and Exposition in Sacramento. The primary purpose of the policy is to minimize negative environmental impacts by ensuring that the City uses services and products that reduce toxicity, conserve natural resources, materials, and energy maximize recyclability and recycled content.
- Pollution Prevention Policy revision 2003
It is the purpose of this policy to protect water and air quality by minimizing the release of pollutants and the generation of hazardous wastes through the reduced use, recycling, and proper disposal of materials from City operations.
- Post-Construction Hydromodification Management Policy
It is the purpose of this Policy to establish an implementation framework, consistent with the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) Municipal Regional Stormwater National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit requirements, for incorporating measures to control hydromodification impacts from new development and redevelopment projects where such hydromodification is likely to cause increased erosion, silt pollutant generation, or other adverse impacts to local rivers and creeks.
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Post-Construction Urban Runoff Management Policy
It is the purpose of this Policy to establish an implementation framework, consistent with
SCVURPPP NPDES MS4 Permit requirements, for incorporating storm water runoff
pollution control measures into new and redevelopment projects to reduce storm water runoff pollution from such projects to the maximum extent practicable.
- Green Building Policies
The City of San José has committed to ensuring buildings here are designed and built using Green Building principles. The City of San José encourages building owners, architects, developers, and contractors to incorporate meaningful sustainable building goals early in the building design process. By earning certification of buildings using the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED™) or Build It Green's GreenPoint Rated green building rating systems to document those sustainable building features, project teams can publicize their achievements.
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