City of Calgary, AB, CA
Bird-Friendly Urban Design Guidelines
- Calgary’s Bird-Friendly Urban Design guidelines offers design solutions and recommendations for planners, architects, designers, builders, and owners, and acts as a supplementary document to the Centre City Plan, Municipal Development Plan, and Calgary’s Environmental Policy.
- The Guideline offers readers various bird-friendly strategies that align with the City of Calgary’s sustainability objectives. The guidelines list the following strategies as effective for deterring bird collisions:
- Treat all glass on the first four (4) storeys to render it visible to birds, or those that are at or below tree height.
- Create “visual noise” by applying decals, film, or frits, or increase density of mullions or other visual markers using 10cm spacing.
- Reduce light pollution by integrating Lights Out initiatives or adopting screens/curtains that eliminate light.

Canada

United States
National
The Bird-Safe Buildings Act (2019)
Pilot Credit 55, LEED v4.1 Bird Collision Deterrence
State
- B3 Tools and Programs
- Bird-Safe Building Guidelines
- Green Building Standards Code
- Bird-Safe State Buildings Bill HB0247
- Senate Bill 314: Maryland Sustainable Buildings Act of 2019
- The Bird-Friendly Buildings Act Bill S4204A