Green building resources
We hope you find our list of green building standards useful. Please contact us to add the treasures we are missing!
Institutions
- Woods Hole Research Center
- ATHENA Sustainable Materials Institute
- Building Integrated Photovoltaics
- Building Research Establishment
- Building Environment and Thermal Envelope Council
- Earth Council
- The Ecosa Institute
- Centre for Building Studies
- Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, Inc.
- The Centre for Sustainable Design
- Centre for Sustainable Building Research
- Institute for Research in Construction
- International Initiative for the Sustainable Built Environment
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
- The International Network on Sustainable Design
- The Institute for Sustainable Futures
- Environmentally responsible design
- Quebec Building Envelope Council
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- Ecological Building Network
- Institute for Local Self Reliance
- Architectural Green Solar Network
Tools
- Sustainable Building Toolkit
- Building Design Advisor
- Building Energy Simulation Tools
- Energy Design Tools
- Enermodel Engineering
- Environmental Support Solutions
- EQUER (France)
- Green Building Advisor
- Green Buildings [Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development]
- Interactive Tools Survey [University of Weimar, Germany]
- International Association for Impact Assessments (IAIA)
- Introduction to OTTV and Simulation Tools
- U.S. DOE Building Energy Software: Tools Directory
- Whole Building Design Guide
Case Studies
- Straw Bale construction story
- Use Of Eco-Friendly Bamboo Products On The Rise
- 4 Times Square (Conde Nast Building)
- 901 Cherry in San Bruno, California
- Adobe Achieves LEED Platinum
- Adam J. Lewis Center for Environmental Studies
- AIA COTE 2001 Top Ten Green Projects
- Audubon House: Building for an environmental future
- Bachelor Enlistied Quarters, Great Lakes Naval Training Center
- Barney-Davis Green Renovation – Denison University
- Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED)
- Better Bricks (productivity)
- Big Horn Home Improvement Center – Silverthorne, CO
- BRE Environmental Building at Garston
- BTS House of Straw
- Civano – Tucson, AZ
- CIWMB case studies
- C. K. Choi Building, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Cobb Hill Cohousing – Vermont
- Daylighting and Productivity Study by Heschong Mahone Group
- Desert House, Phoenix, Arizona
- Earth General
- EarthShip
- Ecology House – evaluation report
- Ecovillage
- Energy & Environmental Building Association – success stories
- enCompass – map of recycled-content buildings
- GreenHOME
- Green Building Alliance – Pittsburgh case studies
- The Greening of the White House
- Innovative Design Inc. – daylighting in schools
- International Case Study compilation – Hong Kong University Architecture
- King County, WA – Sustainable Building program case studies
- MIT Building Technology – Sustainable Urban Housing in China
- NESEA – Northeast Green Building Awards
- NEXT 21 (Osaka Gas Experimental Housing)
- Northland College – McLean Environmental Living and Learning Center
- NREL High Performance Buildings Research Projects
- OIKOS case study compilation
- Pennsylvania Cable and Telecommunications Association
- Pennsylvania Cambria Office – Department of Environmental Protection
- Pennsylvania DEP case study research (PDF)
- Pennsylvania’s First Green Building: DEP’s Southcentral Regional Office Building
- Property2us article: High Rise Apartment Building in Battery Park City
- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) office
- Rocky Mountain Institute – Green Development Case Studies
- San Diego Environmental Services’ Ridgehaven building
- Smart Growth Network – eco-industrial parks and other case studies
- Takenaka Corporation – Environmentally Responsible Projects
- Takenaka Corporation – University buildings
- Ten Shades of Green
- Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco
- UNEP International Environmental Center
- U.S. DOE – CESD’s Green Building Success Stories (compilation)
- U.S. EPA – Leading by Example (EPA buildings)
- Village Homes – a green-built community in Davis, CA
- Vital Signs Case Studies
- William McDonough + Partners
- Zion Canyon Visitor and Transportation Center, NREL
Air Quality
- Environmental Choice Program
- Bau Biologie
- Health Canada
- Healthy Buildings Healthy People
- International Society for Indoor Air Quality
Economics
- A Business Case for Green Buildings in Canada (PDF)
- Green Value (PDF)
- The Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings: A Report to California’s Sustainable Building Task Force (PDF)
Online Resources
- Sustainable Architecture: Eco Design and Landscaping
- A Sourcebook for Green and Sustainable Building
- Sustainable Urban Landscape Information Series
- Sustainable Building Information System
- BuildingGreen
- Green Building Initiative
- Green Progress
- Green Energy and Global Warming
- The Pangea Partnership
- The Health House
- Low Impact Housing
- Living Home Structure
- Building for a future magazine
- Daily Green Building News
- Expert Village: Environmental Building Video Series
- Green Building Law and Benefits
Communities
Associations and Non-Profits
- American Indoor Air Quality Council
- American Institute of Architecture Committee on the Environment (COTE)
- American Solar Energy Society
- Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR)
- Boston Area Solar Energy Association
- Building Concerns
- Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
- Canada Green Building Council
- Climate Action Network (CAN)
- Community Greenhouse Foundation
- Congress for the New Urbanism
- Construction Materials Recycling Association
- Development Center for Appropriate Technology
- Ecological Design Institute (EDI)
- Environmental Defense
- Florida Green Building
- Global Environmental Options (GEO)
- Global Green USA
- Green Building Alliance (Pittsburgh)
- Green Building Council Australia
- Green Building Council Korea
- Green Building Information Council (GBIC), Canada
- Green Round Table: Sustainable Architecture and Design
- Green Pages (Canada)
- Healthy House Institute (HHI)
- Hong Kong Professional Green Building Council
- Japan Green Building Council
- Metropolitan Partnership for Energy
- Mexico Green Building Council
- National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO)
- National Environmental Trust
- National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education (NPPC)
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Natural Step (US)
- New Urban Guild
- North East Sustainble Energy Association- NESEA
- NW Energy Efficiency Alliance
- Second Nature
- Society of Building Science Educators
- Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS)
- Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC)
- Sustainable Energy Coalition
- Urban Ecology
- Used Building Materials Association (UBMA)
- Wisconsin Green Building Alliance (WGBA)
- World Green Building Council
Materials
- Enviro Board Corporation
- Canadian Institute of Steel Construction
- Canadian Wood Council
- Cement Association of Canada
- Advanced Buildings
- Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES 2.0)
- Certified Forest Products Council
- Center for Resourceful Building Technology
- CIWMB Recycled Content Product Database
- Concrete Network
- Construction Materials Recycling Association
- EnCompass – Map of Recycled Content Buildings
- Environmental Design + Construction magazine
- Environmental Resource Guide – American Institute of Architects
- Find Green
- Forest World – Sustainable Forest Products Resource
- GreenGuard
- Green Building Databases & Design Resources
- Green Sage
- Green Seal
- GreenSpec, from Environmental Building News
- NY Wa$teMatch Materials Exchange: Building Materials Reuse Calculator
- oikos – Green Building Source
- Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing
- Sustainable Design Resource Guid
- Sustainable Products Corporation
- Used Building Materials Association (UBMA)
- U.S. EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
Important People and Companies
- J. Baldwin
- Peter Calthorpe
- Buckminster Fuller
- William McDonough
- Sim Van der Ryn
- Ken Yeang
- Eric Corey Freed (interview)
- Steve Baer (wikipedia)
- Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates
- Bob Fox
- Paulina Wojciechowska
Green Websites and Blogs
- City Hippy
- Tree Hugger
- Great Green Baby
- Urban Eco Inc
- Friendly House
- Green Commons
- Inhabitat
- Land+Living
- EcoStreet
- The Green Guide
- Alt^House
- Groovy Green
- Green Biz
- HippyShopper
- GreenThinkers
- House Blogs
- Dirt under my nails
- The Sustainable Metropolis
- The Greener Side
- The Lazy Environmentalist
- Greener Magazine
- Green LA girl
- The little green house
Certification and Standards
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (wikipedia)
- Canada Green Building Council
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
- Department of Design and Construction
- BC Government Green Building Checklist (PDF)
- Guidelines for BC Colleges and Universities
- Department of Energy
- Federal Energy Management Program – Greening Initiatives/Tools
- Federal Greening Toolkit
- Field Guide to Sustainable Construction
- Greening Federal Facilities
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- U.S. Air Force Environmentally Responsible Facilities Guide
- Whole Building Design Guide
Government Resources
- Industry Canada – Eco-Efficiency
- The United States Green Building Council
- British Columbia Buildings Corporation-Green Buildings BC
- California Integrated Waste Management Board – Green Building Program
- California High Performance Schools (CHPS)
- Florida Sustainable Communities and e-design
- Maryland Green Building Program
- Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide
- New Jersey Clean Energy Program – design support incentive
- New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA)
- New York State Green Building Tax Incentive Initiative
- Oregon Office of Energy
- Oregon Housing and Community Services
- Pennsylvania Buildings – Governor’s Green Government Council
Product Testing
- American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
- Certified Forest Products Council
- Forest Stewardship Council (in U.S., with international links)
- GreenGuard
- Green Seal
- Scientific Certification Systems
Green Design
- Alternative Architecture and Sustainable Development
- Architectural Resource Collaborative (ARC)
- Architecture and Building
- Architecture and Community
- Earthship Architecture
- EBN
- Environmental Design and Sustainability
- Environmental Resource Guide – American Institute of Architects
- Environmental Sustainable Architecture
- Field Guide to Sustainable Construction
- Green Building Primer
- greendesign.net – Green Building Resource Center
- Green Design Sustainable Architecture
- The Hannover Principles
- LISA (LCA in Sustainable Architecture)
- Natural Ventilation – A strategy for sustainability [MIT]
- Sustainable Architecture
- Sustainable Architecture Building and Culture
- Sustainable Architecture Resource
- Sustainable Building Resource
- Sustainable Building Sourcebook
- Sustainable Design Resource Guide – Denver AIA COTE
Funding
- Environment Canada: EcoAction
- Natural Resources Canada: Buildings Group
- Natural Resources Canada: Canmet
- Natural Resources Canada: New Buildings Program
- Federal Buildings Initiative (CBIP and IBIP)
- Canadian Industry Program for Energy Innovation
- Energy Innovators Initiative
- Federal Buildings Initiative
- Federal House in Order
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- Renewable Energy Deployment Initiative
- Office of Energy Efficiency- publications
- Canadian Mortgage and Housing Centre
- Bridgemer: Funding and Investing in Green Buildings
- Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development – funding sources
- Funding Green Buildings
- Kresge Foundation
- State Energy Offices (U.S.)
- Tax Incentives Assistance Project (TIAP)
Energy
- Canadian Solar Buildings Research Network
- Cradle to Cradle
- House Energy Rating (wikipedia)
- Energy Star program
- U.S. Department of Energy Library
- U.S. Department of Energy – EnergyFiles
- U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
- Alliance to Save Energy
- Better Bricks
- Center for Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technology (CREST)
- The Energy Foundation
- Climate Change Central
- Energy Resources Branch
- Renewable Energy Policy Project
- State Energy Offices (U.S.)
- Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Canadian Association for Renewable Energy
- CADDET
- Environmental Choice Program
- Pembina Institute’s Wind Power Program
- British Wind Energy Association
- Solar Energy Society of Canada
- Solar Century
- Canadian Solar Industries Association
- International Geothermal Association
- Geothermal Energy System Businesses
- Canadian Geothermal Energy Association
- Geoexchange
