References and Links

Associations and Non-Profit Organizations

• USGBC - United States Green Building Council
• American Indoor Air Quality Council
• American Solar Energy Society
• Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR)
• Building Concerns
• Congress for the New Urbanism
• Construction Materials Recycling Association
• Development Center for Appropriate Technology
• Ecological Design Institute (EDI)
• Environmental Defense
• Global Green USA
• Green Affordable Housing Coalition
• Green Building Information Council (GBIC), Canada
• Green Round Table: Sustainable Architecture and Design
• Green Pages (Canada)
• Healthy Building Network
• National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
• National Environmental Trust
• National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education (NPPC)
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Second Nature
• Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS)
• Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC)
• Sustainable Energy Coalition
• Urban Ecology
• World Green Building Council

Building Codes and Standards

• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• Building Codes Assistance Project
• Smart Communities Network
• Green Building Code Resources - DCAT
• International Code Council
• U.S. DOE Building Energy Codes Standards

Building Materials Guides and Certification

• Advanced Buildings
• Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES 2.0) Casey and Amber
• Center for Resourceful Building Technology
• CIWMB Review of Projects Using Sustainable Materials
• Construction Materials Recycling Association
• Environmental Design + Construction magazine
• Find Green
• Forest World - Sustainable Forest Products Resource
• Green Building Databases & Design Resources
• Green Seal
• GreenSpec Directory
• oikos - Green Building Source
• Sustainable Design Resource Guide
• Sustainable Products Corporation
• Used Building Materials Association (UBMA)

Product Certification and Testing

• American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
• Forest Stewardship Council (in U.S., with international links)

Campus Initiatives

• Brown is Green
• Environmental Education and Campus Greening
• FGCU Green Building Project
• Green Campus Design Saving 60% on Energy [CSIRO]
• Middlebury College Guiding Principles
• Sustainable Development on Campus [IISD]
• University of California - Berkeley, Green Design/Sustainable Architecture Information Sources
• University of Washington and Facility Design Information Manual

Design and Simulation Tools

• Energy Design Tools
• Environmental Support Solutions
• Green Building Advisor
• Green Buildings [Sustainable Communities Network]
• International Association for Impact Assessments (IAIA)
• U.S. DOE Building Energy Software: Tools Directory
• Home Energy Saver

Design Resources

• Architecture and Building
• Green Building Primer
• Green Building Cost Management
• The Hannover Principles
• LISA (LCA in Sustainable Architecture)
• Sustainable Architecture Building and Culture
• Susta inable Architecture Resource
• Sustainable Building Resource
• Sustainable Building Sourcebook
• Sustainable Design Resource Guide - Denver AIA COTE

Energy

• Alliance to Save Energy
• Renewable Energy Policy Project
• Pacific Energy Center
• PEC Resource Library
• Savings By Design
• State Energy Offices (U.S.)
• Sustainable Energy Coalition
• U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
• U.S. DOE and U.S. EPA -- Energy Star program
• U.S. Department of Energy - EnergyFiles
• U.S. National Energy Policy
• U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• World Bank energy projects

Funding & Economics

• Cost & Benefits of LEED Green Buildings
• Green Economics Website
• Natural Capitalism
• Sustainable Communities Network - funding sources
• Funding Green Buildings
• Kresge Foundation
• State Energy Offices (U.S.)
• Various CA Green Building Incentives

Government Initiatives & Guidelines

National/International Government

• Federal Energy Management Program - Greening Initiatives/Tools
• Greening Federal Facilities National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• U.S. DOE Smart Communities Network
• U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
• U.S. DOE and U.S. EPA -- Energy Star program
• U.S. DOE Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs
• U.S. National Park Service - Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design

Local Government

• Berkeley
• Contra Costa County
• Marin County
• Oakland
• San Francisco Dept of the Environment
• San Mateo County
• San Jose, CA - Green Building Program
• StopWaste.org

Life Cycle Analysis and Costing

• ATHENA Sustainable Materials Institute
• BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) [NIST]
• Buildings and Life-Cycle Costing [Canadian Building Digest]
• Comparing the Environmental Effects of Building Systems [Canadian Wood Council]
• Eco-Quantum (Netherlands)
• LISA (LCA in Sustainable Architecture)

Media

• Environmental Building News
• Environmental Design + Construction Magazine
• Environmental News Network
• GreenClips
• Home Energy Magazine

Rating Systems

• Austin, Texas, Green Building Program
• Bepac and British Columbia
• Build It Green
• Built Green Colorado
• EarthCraft HouseTM
• Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide
• Scottsdale, Arizona, Green Building Program
• U.S. Green Building Council and LEEDTM

Research Centers

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Carnegie Mellon University Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics
• Smart Communities Network, USDOE
• Center for Resourceful Building Technology (CRBT)
• Center for Sustainable Systems - Environmental Energy Technologies Division
• Center for the Built Environment (CBE)
• Hong Kong University - Building Energy Efficiency Research
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory-Buildings Technology Center
• Pacific Energy Center
• Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
• Sandia National Laboratories Renewable Energy Office
• The Vital Signs Project