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Summary
This document provides access to resources and information for building green sustainable buildings, homes, and communities.
Home Carbon Calculator
This interactive tool shows the difference the average household can make, in the equivalent trees planted and flights saved. [View]
Featured Resources
Our currently featured resources are:
- The PVcase “Guide to Sustainable Business Practices” is a thorough examination of various key benefit areas including: Resilience and Reliability, Cost Savings, Community Benefits, and Environmental Benefits. [Read]
- A helpful guide for improving your home’s efficiency — “Upgrade your home: the complete guide to green and eco-friendly renovations for homeowners” [Read]
Resources
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). A membership-based association of colleges and universities working to advance sustainability in higher education in the US and Canada.
- BigGreenSummer.com – Big Green Summer grew out of an informal internship program started in 1998 at Surya Nagar Farm (Iowa and Hawaii – http://www.solarfarm.com) and in 2000 at Abundance Ecovillage (Iowa – http://www.abundance-ecovillage.com) that has served hundreds of students. This program was developed and directed by Big Green Summer founders Lonnie and Valerie Gamble.
- Building Green.com
- Building With Awareness
- Concrete Thinker
- City Listing: | Boulder, CO | Cleveland, OH | Delaware Valley, MD | Portland, OR | San Francisco, CA | Santa Monica, CA | Scottsdale, AZ |
- DPO Construction
- EPA Green Building
- Epic Building Systems.com – Rust free steel framing solutions made to order. Pre-assembled walls are ready to assemble. Steel framing is anticipated to last 500 to 700 years, at which point it can be recycled and used again.
- European Green Building Forum (EGBF)
- GlobalGreen
- GreenBuilder.com
- GreenBuilding.com
- Green Building Alliance
- Green Building Center
- Green Building Expo
- Green Building Initiative (GBI)
- Green Building Institute
- Green Building Pages
- Green Building Services
- Green Building Supplies
- Green Concepts
- Green Guide – Green Building Resource Guide (site no longer active at greenguide.com)
- Green Home Building.com
- Greener Buildings
- Housing Zone – Building Green Forum
- Iowa Center on Sustainable Communities
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
- Natural Building Network
- Natural Built Home
- Natural Resource Defense Council – Building Green
- Oikos
- Paladino & Co.
- RenewFairfield.com – Online encyclopedia of resources and information. “This web site was begun as a collaborative project in the fall of 2006 by the students of a solar energy course (titled”The Energy Basis of Man and Nature“), which is part of the four-year Sustainable Living Program at Maharishi University of Management.”
- SolarFarm.com – “Surya Nagar is Sanskrit for “Home of the Sun”, and the mission of Surya Nagar is to implement and teach how man can create a life based on solar energy. We operate a farm, offer internships, host visitors, and offer educational programs such permaculture design certificate courses.”
- Small House Society
- State Listing: | California | Florida | Iowa | New York State | North Carolina | Vermont | Wisconsin |
- SustainableABC – Sustainable Architecture, Building, and Culture
- Sustain Lane – 2006 Top Ranked Sustainable Cities
- US Green Building Council (USGBC)
- World Green Building Council