CalGreen Packet for Applicants and Owners

• CalGreen Applicant Instructions - Residential Projects (PDF)*REVISED 2/16/2022* 
• CalGreen Applicant Instructions - Non-Residential Projects (PDF)*REVISED 2/16/2022* 
• Approved C&D Processing Facilities List (PDF) *REVISED 5/10/2023*

CalGreen Plan Forms
(Needed to release the CalGreen hold on Permit issuance)

Do not fill-out CalGreen Plan until you have saved/downloaded the forms as described in these step-by-step instructions. Fillable CalGreen Plan and Letter of Acknowledgement Forms are NOT printable. Completed PDF forms should be submitted electronically to the assigned staff person via e-mail.  If you do not know the email of the plan checker assigned to your project, please call the APC Front Desk at 925 655-2700, tell them your permit number, and ask for the email of the plan checker assigned to your project.. 

• Construction Waste Management (CalGreen) Plan Form - Residential (PDF) *REVISED 5/10/2023*
• Construction Waste Management (CalGreen) Plan Form - Non-Residential (PDF)*REVISED 5/10/2023*

CalGreen Report Forms

(Needed to release the CalGreen hold on scheduling Final Inspection)

Do not fill-out CalGreen Report until you have saved/downloaded the form as described in these step-by-step instructions. Fillable CalGreen Report Form, which automatically subtotals the tons, is NOT printable Completed PDF form should be submitted electronically along with copies of all recycling receipts via e-mail to [email protected]. 

• Construction Waste Management (CalGreen) Report Form (PDF) *REVISED 2/16/2022* 

Fillable Supplemental Report Form for Non-Residential Projects that included removal of land clearing debris (dirt, rock, trees and other green waste) that must be filled out electronically and submitted with applicable receipts concurrently with the completed CalGreen Report ([email protected])  

• Supplemental Land Clearing Debris Report Form - Non-Residential Projects only (PDF)*REVISED 2/16/2022*

CalGreen Compliance Tools & Resources

Diversion Certification Form  (PDF) 
This Form must be completed if a recycling receipt was issued by a facility that IS NOT on the Approved C&D Processing Facilities list, if material was donated for reuse or if an Approved Processing Facility receipt does not include all of the required information (quantity and material type). *REVISED 10/17/2019*  

Recycling Receipt Guide (PDF) *REVISED 5/19/2020*

CalGreen Reporting Tool for Large Projects & Subdivisions (up to 50 receipts) (XLSX) Excel Worksheet *REVISED 5/17/2023*

Volume to Weight Conversion Table (PDF)
(2,000 pound = 1 ton) 

CalGreen Project Type Guide (PDF)

CalGreen Building Standards Code Recycling Requirements, as amended, effective 1-1-2020 (PDF)

Full CalGreen Packet

Do not fill-out CalGreen Plan or Report until you have saved/downloaded the forms as described in these step-by-step instructions (PDF). Fillable CalGreen Plan and Report forms that are NOT printable and must be saved and filled out electronically for official electronic submittal. 

• Full CalGreen Packet for Residential Projects with Fillable Forms (PDF)*REVISED 5/10/2023* 
• Full CalGreen Packet for Non-Residential Projects with Fillable Forms (PDF)*REVISED 5/10/2023*