In my experience, "green" generally means unusual materials or construction, or systems, or additional paperwork. These inevitably take our inspectors, reviewers, clerks more time than "conventional" construction. As our department is entirely funded by permit fees, properly these projects should be charged a premium rather than a reduction in fee. If it is public policy to promote "green" construction, then it should be on the backs of the public, not the contractors and new building owners. If it is truly to be public policy, then criteria must be established for any incentive payment. For example, energy useage per square foot, or dollar per square foot cost, or 10 year maintainance cost per square foot, etc. Again, it is my perception that many of these "green" buildings can cost more to build, cost more to maintain. Those that do not may well be something that society should reward, but do we want to pay incentive otherwise?