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Competition Website
www.roanokegov.com: City of Roanoke site for GIS information
Bill
McDonough book about
ecologically intelligent design
Roger
Sherwood, USC website showing housing projects typologically (1970-90)
www.studioearchitects.com:
Work by the Kea Professor, Eric Naslund, and his San Diego based firm
Studio E
www.ecotecture.com: Online journal on green architecture
:
Environmental Building News website - great, searchable source for
articles on materials, etc. Sign up for the “Big Green” listserve
(commercial green bldgs) and the “Greenbuilder” listserve (residential,
not as sophisticated)
www.ifsia.com/goals/sustainability_overview.html : Interface Carpet - a leader in corporate sustainability
www.naturalstep.org: Natural Step - tool for sustainability, originated in Sweden
www.greenbuilder.com/maxpot/AboutMaxPot.html: Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems- Pliny Fisk is an inventor/architect with a long history of sustainable design/building
www.oikos.com/redi/index.html: Resources for Environmental Design (REDI) index
www.rmi.org: Rocky Mountain Institute- national leader in sustainable technologies, a “think tank”
Smart Office / Green Building Initiatives:
http://www.sevengroup.com/downloads/DEP_cambria_profile_web.pdf: Case Study of Pennsylvania DEP’s Green Office building in Harrisburg
http://www.nrdc.org/nrdcpro/dcofc/dcofcinx.html: Natural Resources Defense Council offices in .D.C.; a detailed case study report
High performance
building examples
http://www.smartoffice.com/ : Amy Townsend Smart Office website-includes many useful articles
www.green-rated.org: City of Portland Energy Office of Sustainable Development - excellent site, w/ case studies
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/greenbuilder/intro_to_gb.htm: City of Austin, TX Green Builder Program
www.builtgreen.org: The metro
Denver program
Sustainable Design Guidelines:
www.usgbc.org: LEED Green Building Rating System
http://greenbuilding.ca/gbc2k/gbc-start.htm: Green Building Challenge assessment tool - (click on the sidebar, “GBTool Overview”)
http://www.buildermanual.com/ : "The Canadian Homebuilders' Association Builders' Manual"- great primer for residential covering basics like moisture control, ventilation, pressurization/depressurization, infiltration, etc.
Minnesota
Sustainable Design Guide - excellent online resource
www.aiacolorado.org/SDRG/index.html : Denver
http://www.greenbuilder.com/default.html: Austin - Excellent sourcebook w/ info on all sorts of things, like termite protection, water, energy, building materials, and waste prevention.
www.architects.org : "The Sourcebook for Sustainable Design." Boston Society of Architects Ph: 617-951-1433 Fax: 617-951-0845; Email: bsarch@architects.org
www.nps.gov/dsc/dsgncnstr/gpsd: National Park Service “Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design” [also may be ordered for $11 – call 303-969-2132]
www.hok.com: HOK- Sustainable Materials Database on-line and a newsletter on green architecture
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The work of
Samuel Mockbee and the Rural Studio
http://recycle-steel.org: Steel Recycling Institute
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/RCP/: California Integrated Waste Management Board's recycled content product directory
search for anything,
recycled or reclaimed materials from demolition
Strawbale / natural building materials:
http://www.azstarnet.com/~dcat: For excellent article on history and prospects of strawbale, “Addressing Institutional Barriers to Strawbale Construction,” go to website of Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT) and follow the link
http://www.icbo.org/Building_Standards_Online/index.cgi?action=Features_and_Articles: Also, the Sept/Oct 98 issue of “Building Standards” magazine (published by ICBO, the International Conference of Building Officials) has several excellent articles on alternative building materials and the codes (including a detailed one about strawbale), which are posted on the ICBO website. From this page, you can navigate to the articles from that issue. (Also, the Jan/Feb 2000 issue has another article by DCAT on alternative building materials.)
www.strawhomes.com: Website of The Last Straw, journal of the strawbale movement
Website
of an architecture / construction firm
http://www.carbohydrateeconomy.org/: Products made from agricultural fibers or residues, try the Carbohydrate Economy Clearinghouse (a project of the Institute for Local Self Reliance)
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www.crest.org has a fantastic website for renewables of all kinds – biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, solar, and wind, including case studies and info on economics. They also have a section on energy efficiency. Also a section on “sustainable living,” which has information on strawbale and other natural building materials.
www.sourceguides.com/energy/index.html:
The Source for Renewable Energy lists over 3,000 businesses and
organizations throughout the world.
www.pge.com/pec/: The Pacific Energy Center has a wealth of articles on energy use in buildings
www.epa.gov : The EPA profiles a building’s energy performance and ranks the building against similar facilities across the country. Those in the top 25% that apply for the Energy Star Label for Buildings.
www.energystar.gov: Energy Star also works for residential and for appliances
Try
for "green" appliances, including solar refrigerators and cookers.
aceee.org/consumerguide/mostenef.htm: Also, for top-rated efficient appliances.
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Raised floor / displacement ventilation:
www.gggc.state.pa.us/building/scrobhpis.html: Pennsylvania DEP Green office building has raised floors. For info, see website[specifically, section called, “A New Paradigm: High Performance Integrated Systems”]
http://www.hydrotechusa.com: American Hydrotech 312.337.4998 provides the membrane waterproofing and offers the Garden Roof.
http://www.hydrotechusa.com: Roof MEADOW system
www.cityfarmer.org/greenroofs.html: Green Roofs fight Smog (article)
www.greenroofs.com: A University of Georgia student compiled this comprehensive website.
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Water conservation / wastewater treatment:
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/: Washington State has published Guidelines for the Re-Use of Treated Municipal Wastewater.
http://www.compostingtoilet.org/: Info on Composting Toilets
http://www.cityfarmer.org/comptoilet64.html#toilet : Another composting site
http://www.mtlion.com/sunmar/forum.htm: "The Compost Heap" an email discussion list on Sunmar Composting toilets practice and problems.
http://www.oasisdesign.net/links/refsta.htm : Another good composting website with lots of solid links
www.waterwiser.org: The Water Efficiency Web site “Waterwiser”
Ecological
Engineering (David DelPorto’s website)
http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/conservation/AltSource/Rain.htm:
Rainwater harvesting (Texas) or
(Oregon)
www.hhinst.com
: Healthy
House Institute – good basics
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