Construction Magazine - Bi-monthly magazine about sustainable building for professionals. Includes article archives, product information, and industry resources.
Meta Description: [ Environmental Design + Construction (ED+C), the premier source for integrated high-performance building, is dedicated to efficient and sustainable design and construction. ]
Advanced Buildings - Products and tools for designing 20,000 to 80,000 SF non-residential buildings using integrated design methodologies to produce high-performance buildings.
Meta Description: [ Power your design with Advanced Buildings, a suite of technical resources, trainings and information to improve the way buildings are designed, built and used. ]
404Altwals Alternative Landscape Materials - Describes the potential uses for sustainable landscape materials, such as rammed earth, corrugated cardboard bales, adobe, fly ash concrete, straw bale, earth bag construction, and cast earth.
Architectural Green Solar Network - German Association concerned with sustainable architecture. (German and English)
Meta Description: [ Fachforum für Solararchitektur, grünes, solares und ökologisches Bauen - Grundlagen, Fachbeiträge, Planer, Firmen. ]
Aspen Publishers - Environment Journals - Publishers of the Energy Design Update newsletter.
Meta Description: [ Aspen Publishers - providing premier publications for legal, tax, business, and health care professionals Wolters Kluwer Law & Business | Safety & Environment - Aspen Publishers ]
Berkebile Nelson Immenschuh McDowell Architects - Architecture firm with a focus on sustainable architecture. Includes research papers on other methods than LEED of assessing building performance.
Better Bricks - Information and resources about building energy efficiency for designers, owners and operators provided by the NorthWest Energy Efficiency Alliance.
Boulder Green Building Guild - An association of building professionals in Boulder County, Colorado focused on making green building common practice. Includes calendar of events.
Meta Description: [ The Boulder Green Building Guild (BGBG) is an association of building professionals dedicated to promoting healthier, resource-efficient homes and work places. Our goal is to make the highest standards of green building common practice. ]
Building Concerns - Supporting ecologically sustainable design and building. Includes the Interior Concerns Resource Guide, a sourcebook of information and product suppliers of more sustainable and healthy building and interior materials and products.
404Building Science Corporation - Boston-based architecture and building science consulting firm. Site contains many articles about sustainable building practices and guides for house design based on climate type.
BuildingGreen - Publisher of Environmental Building News and the GreenSpec directory. Developer of the BuildingGreen Suite, a research tool for green design. Site includes articles about many green topics.
Meta Description: [ Home page for BuildingGreen, Inc. - Publishers of Environmental Building News and of other information resources for practictioners of sustainable design. ]
Castleblock - Architects and engineers in Hawai'i specializing in alternative building materials and technologies with a focus on high-performance, recycled content materials. Also dealers for concrete forms, plywood substitute, and recycled rubber lumber products.
Meta Description: [ Castleblock specializes in high-performance and recycled content building materials and technologies that are far better than those they replace. ]
Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems - A research and design center for sustainable building practices run by Pliny Fisk, based in Austin TX.
Meta Description: [ Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems is a non-profit education, demonstration, and research organization applies
appropriate technologies and sustainable design practices for individual home builders to regional planning and natural resource agencies. ]
Center for Research in Alternate Systems of Energy - Design dissertation project outlining the use of alternate energy systems and principles of climatic architecture to reduce energy consumption in buildings. Includes a pilot project for a research campus. Good explanatory diagrams.
Meta Description: [ An undergraduate design disseratation project on the scope and benefits of the use of principles of climatic architecture
in buildings alongwith the indroduction of alternate energy systems to further reduce energy consumption, includes a pilot project seving as a model for the use
of such princ... ]
Construct Ireland - Contains information, articles, daily news items, and a directory of contacts relating to sustainable construction in Ireland. A monthly e-mail newsletter is available by subscription.
Meta Description: [ Construct Ireland is an innovative Irish periodical promoting the viability of sustainable development in Ireland. ]
Development Center for Appropriate Technology - Non-profit organization that supports the development and use of sustainable technology through education, research, and projects. Includes information on working with code officials. Active in revising building codes to include sustainable issues.
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Earth Advantage Sustainable Building - Program supported by Portland (OR) General Electric Company to support sustainable design of residential and commercial projects with consulting services and the Earth Advantage certification program. Program also certifies builders and remodelers. Site also contains technology reports, links to information sites, and events in the Portland area.
Meta Description: [ If you're buying a newly built home, learn how Earth Advantage can make it more comfortable and better for the environment. Remodeling your existing home? Make it a green Earth Advantage home. ]
ecospecifier - A knowledge base of environmentally-preferable buildings, interiors and landscapes in Australia. It is a tool for designers, builders, home owners and researchers.
Meta Description: [ ecospecifier is an eco-products
knowledgebase providing information to assist the design of eco-preferable
buildings, interiors and landscapes in Australia. Produced by RMIT's Centre
for Design and ESD consultants Natural integrated Living, ecospecifier
combiones practice and rese... ]
Ecostruct - Building company based in South Shropshire, UK promoting the concepts of sustainable development and environmental awareness within the construction industry. Projects include barn conversions and individual houses with emphasis on energy-efficiency and low environmental impact. Site includes a good overview of several of the key issues involved in sustainable architecture.
Ecotone Publishing - Publishers of books on green architecture and design. Site includes links to other resources and documentation for their green achitecture textbook, curriculum, and study guide based on The Philosophy of Sustainable Design
Elements - Sustainable Design consulting division of BNIM Architects in Kansas City, MO. Good reading list of books that inspire change.
Energy Design Tools - Software tools to analysis climate, sunlight, and building construction. Includes links to climate data files used by the programs. Developed at UCLA to run on PC compatible computers running DOS 3.1 or higher and Windows 95/98/NT.
EnvironDesign - Annual conference on sustainable design with workshops, product vendors, networking, and roundtable discussions.
Environmental Design Research Association - An international, interdisciplinary organization that focuses on environmental design research that examines the interrelationships between people and their built environments. Hosts conferences, publishes papers, and allocates student research grants. Also supports special interest networks.
Meta Description: [ The Environmental Design Research Association is an international, interdisciplinary organization founded in 1968 by design professionals, social scientists, students, educators, and facility managers. The purpose of edra is the advancement and dissemination of environmental design research, ther... ]
EPA Green Building - A gateway to numerous U.S. Environmental Protection Agency webpages on how to improve the environmental performance of buildings, with sections covering energy use, building materials, indoor air quality, water conservation and waste.
Framework - Distinctive modular pre-engineered structures for use as schools, classrooms and sports buildings. Also will design new unique modular buildings.
Meta Description: [ Framework CDM are specialist off-site construction manufacturers using timber panel systems ]
Green Advantage - Voluntary training and certification program for construction professionals that is allied with the U. S. Green Building Council. Certification is based on the University of Florida's Build Green Profit workshop that teaches concepts and techniques to conserve resources more effectively while profitably producing energy and water efficient housing.
Meta Description: [ Green Advantage is a voluntary training and certification program for construction professionals (builders, architects, designers, contractors) that promotes environmentally friendly and energy efficient building practices. ]
Green Building Alliance - Pittsburgh-based non-profit organization that provides expert services and reliable information to facilitate green building solutions-- and, in the process, helps our region thrive.
Meta Description: [ US Green Building Council, US Green Building Council ]
Green Building at Penn State - A research program in sustainable construction at Penn State University Department of Architectural Engineering. Includes a multi-university program exploring sustainable housing solutions for American Indians.
Green Building Concepts - Tools to build a more energy and resource efficient home.
Meta Description: [ Tools to build a more energy and resource efficient lfestyle. ]
Green Building Council of Australia - Group seeking to promote sustainable development and to encourage the property industry to implement green building programs, technologies, design practices, and operations. Developed the Green Star rating tool for evaluating building design.
Meta Description: [ Our mission is to define and develop a sustainable property industry for Australia and to drive the adoption if green building practices through market-based solutions.Our objective is to promote sustainable development and the transition of the property industry to implementing green building pr... ]
Green Building Encyclopedia - Design, Construction, Water Conservation, Energy - Green building design guide with resources on the LEED exam, indoor air quality, water conservation, environmental construction products, straw bale, and energy-star appliances. For homebuilders, architects, engineers, real estate developers.
Meta Description: [ LEED environmental green building design guide, indoor air quality, water conservation, environmental construction, green building products, LEED exam study guide, straw bale homes, adobe, energy-star appliances, home builders, architects, engineers, real estate, web portals. ]
Green Building Press - Publishers of Building for a Future magazine and the Green Building Bible in the United Kingdom.
Meta Description: [ The green building eco_building and sustainable construction information specialist. This is the Green Building Press website. ]
Green Building Services - Sustainable design consultants providing LEED project management, design consultation, workshops training, technical analysis, and specification assistance. Includes reports on several sustainable design strategies.
Meta Description: [ As a leader in sustainable building, Green Building Services provides consulting services that help you meet expectations for sustainable design energy conservation strategy, commercial building codes and green technology and environmental design trends. ]
500Green Design Initiative - An academic-industry-government consortium based at Carnegie-Mellon University to develop research and education programs to improve environmental quality while encouraging sustainable economic development.
Green Home Building - Focuses on sustainable architecture strategies, natural building methods, and examples of vernacular architecture, with lists of books and related web sites. Also information on dealing with building codes when using natural building materials.
Meta Description: [ Greenhomebuilding.com focuses on sustainable architecture, natural building, solar energy, ecology, water and forest conservation, recycling, greenhouses, adobe, cob, strawbale, cordwood, papercrete, earthbag and vernacular architecture, with related resources of books, videos and links. ]
Green October - Environmental consulting firm based in New York City. Services include alternate environmental strategies, research, specifications, and material assessments. Experience with Battery Park City's Residential Environmental Guidelines.
Meta Description: [ Asher Derman PhD - Green October LLC, consulting services to developers, architects, and engineers for the design of high performance buildings ]
500GreenHomeGuide - Reviews and advice for green remodeling and living. Articles, directories of recommended products and green building professionals and retailers.
Meta Description: [ GreenHomeGuide believes we can improve the environment and make our homes safe, comfortable and rejuvenating at the same time. By choosing green alternatives to conventional building, cleaning, pest control and landscaping, we discover that we can have more, not less. Our homes can be better desi... ]
GreenHomeNYC - GreenHomeNYC facilitates the adoption of sustainable building methods and materials by owners of small residential and commercial buildings in New York City. Includes links and listing of local events.
Meta Description: [ GreenHomeNYC\'s mission is to help owners and residents of small buildings in New York City use sustainable building methods and materials. ]
GreenStreet Construction and Consulting - Construction firm specializing in high-performance green building for both new construction and renovation. Also provide LEED consulting and solar, wind, and geothermal energy system design and installation.
Meta Description: [ GREENSTREET is a high-end construction firm that specializes in energy-efficient, healthy and green building. ]
HOK Sustainable Design News - News about HOK's sustainable planning, design, and delivery strategies.
Meta Description: [ HOK: Sustainable planning, design, and delivery strategies. ]
Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction - International group that seeks to promote sustainable construction. Sponsors regional and global award competitions, funds projects, and organizes seminars. Good conceptual information on sustainable construction.
Meta Description: [ The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction promotes innovative approaches to sustainable construction mainly through Awards competitions and an international Forum. The objective of the Holcim Foundation is to encourage sustainable responses to the technological, environmental, socio-econ... ]
Irish Eco Builders - Photos of strawbale, timber, and thatch projects in Ireland. Also contains many links to thatch, strawbale, and green building sites.
LISA: Life Cycle Analysis In Sustainable Architecture - Providers of a life cycle decision support tool to calculate the environmental impact of a building. Also provides a range of impact attributes.
Meta Description: [ LISA (LCA in Sustainable Architecture) is a streamlined LCA decision support tool for construction, it calculates the environmental impact of a building and gives a comprehensive range of impact attributes. ]
Loken Builders - Construction and consulting company focusing on energy and resource efficient construction methods and materials.
Meta Description: [ Loken
Builders is a full service construction company specializing in energy and resource efficient construction as well as personalized
remodeling and new construction. We offer consulting and construction through
all stages of your project, whether big or small. Our v... ]
Metafore - Group that seeks to change business practices to be environmentally responsible, especially regarding forest products. They produce several documents on integrating environmental values with business practices, including Wood for Building Green
Natural Logic - Consulting firm that assists companies and communities improve their environmental performance by using ecological models to reduce waste and energy use. E-letter, primer on sustainability, and links to articles and other resources.
Meta Description: [ Natural Logic provides strategy, systems and software that help turn exceptional environmental performance into economic advantage, supporting your strategic, operating and business objectives. Our design services help companies and communities conceive and create buildings and land use patterns ... ]
Natural Resources Defense Council - Articles, links, reports, unpublished research, policy and technical analysis, and Congressional testimony relating to sustainable design and construction.
Meta Description: [ NRDC helps develop smart-growth solutions to revitalize our cities, promote more compact and transit-oriented development, and protect open spaces from urban sprawl., NRDC helps develop smart-growth solutions to revitalize our cities, promote more compact and transit-oriented development, and pro... ]
Newton House - Information related to sustainable construction in Queensland Australia. Includes links to related sites in Australia.
Meta Description: [ The Newton House is a sustainable house. Sustainable building and lifestyle options are explored through passive solar design, building materials and alternate power and greywater systems. ]
Northwest EcoBuilding Guild - Association of building professionals and homeowners interested in ecologically sustainable building. Offers fact sheets and newsletters, event listing, and resource directory.
Oikos Green Building Library - Articles and selections from books about sustainable design and energy efficiency. Includes a green products directory, classifieds, and bookstore.
500Paladino Green Building Strategies - Design/development to incorporate green building strategies and sustainable development approaches to create a new kind of building.
Meta Description: [ Specializing in: sustainable development, environmental engineering, leed, green building, green architecture, environmental engineer, green design. ]
ResModern - Good overview of sustainable design concepts illustrated by modern design elements.
Meta Description: [ Good overview of sustainable design concepts illustrated by modern design elements ]
Seven Generations Natural Builders - Group that teaches workshops throughout USA in cob, straw bale, and other natural building methods. Site includes definitions of various methods and list of book and web site resources.
Meta Description: [ Seven Generations Natural Builders(SGNB) are dedicated to teaching workshops in cob, straw bale and other natural building skills for the new natural builders. ]
Solar Bubble Build - Interior-environment control system that uses liquid bubble insulation, dynamic liquid cooling, and solar energy collection based on the principles of the Solaroof developed by Richard Nelson.
Sustainability Works - A complete development tool anyone interested in adopting a sustainable approach to housing development and regeneration, including housing associations, local authorities, consultants, contractors and developers.
Meta Description: [ Sustainability Works, the complete development tool for sustainable housing ]
Sustainable Building Sourcebook Contents - A collection of information and sources of materials, assistance, and further research on many aspects of sustainable construction and remodeling.
Meta Description: [ The Sustainable Building Sourcebook is a collection of information and sources of materials, assistance, and further research on many aspects of sustainable construction and remodeling. ]
Sustainable Condo - An educational traveling display to illustrate and promote leading-edge sustainable building design, products, technologies, and systems. Based in Vancouver Canada.
Meta Description: [ sustainable Condo ]
Sustainable Settlement in Southern Africa - Provides a central point of access to information and organizations in southern Africa to support sustainable development. Addresses the issues of sustainable development in developing countries.
Meta Description: [ This website provides a central point of access to information and organisations in southern Africa that support the creation of a sustainable built environment. ]
Sustainable Sources - Online collections of information on sustainable building, eco travel, and Latin American environmental issues. Keyword searchable.
Meta Description: [ Sustainable Sources - One of the world's best online collections of information on Sustainable Building, Eco Travel, and Latin American Environment. Keyword searchable. ]
Sustaining: tower blocks - a resource portal for sustainable refurbishment of tower blocks. The project will re-evaluate existing practice in terms of the designs and strategies for refurbishment of tower blocks.
Meta Description: [ sustainable refurbishment tower blocks, built environment, infrastructure, sustainability. ]
The Benchley Project - An independent Design-Build project by three students of Texas AM University to develop a sustainable living complex. Contains photos of construction of the straw bale house.
The Green Choice - Information and links describing the wide variety of options, considerations and technologies involved in building an environmentally friendly, energy efficient home, especially in the Arizona area. Distributors for Omni Block insulated masonry system and kitchen and bath cabinetry.
Meta Description: [ thegreenchoice.com ]
The Green Engineer - Sustainable design consulting firm. Services include LEED Certification, plan review, charette facilitation, mechanical engineering, and energy modeling. Site includes a list of ideas and technologies for making your building green.
The Green Iguana - The project consists of eight homes which can be rented by consumers, authorities and other organisations, to experience the high standards used to build these bio-ecological houses.
The Natural Home Building Source - Sustainable, passive solar, do-it-yourself house plans are featured with interior planterbeds, composting toilets, greywater recycling and septic system products.
Meta Description: [ Sustainable housing design, passive solar, zero-energy earth home plans and non-electric appliances for earth home featuring composting toilets and greywater recycling, plus shade cloth, stainless steel hoods, drywells and septic systems. ]
The Tofte Project - Interactive tour of the Tofte Project and cabin, and the principles of sustainable architecture that were used in the cabin's design and construction.
Tirone Nunes - Promotes, conceives, and studies the viability of bioclimatic buildings in the housing, office, commercial sectors and sport centers.
Meta Description: [ Tirone Nunes - Arquitectura Sustentável - Sustainable Architecture ]
US Green Building Council - A leading non-profit organization in the dedicated to sustainable building design and construction. Developers of the LEED building rating system.
Meta Description: [ The U.S. Green Building Council is working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. ]
USGBC New Mexico Chapter - Formerly the Green Alliance. Group based in Albuquerque NM that promotes green development through tours, seminars, standards, and educational displays.
VIROtech Friendly Technology - Source of simple, environmentally responsive, cost effective products.
Meta Description: [ VIROtech have been delivering compost toilets, mud bricks and the best there is in solar components and service to the people of NSW for the past 20 years. Our compost toilets, the original and best Clivus Multrum, are fully accredited and inherently reliable with a large single compost chamber a... ]
Vital Signs Project - A curriculum materials development effort to examine a physical building's performance. Includes resource packages available for downloading and case studies.
World Green Building Council - A global not-for-profit organisation working to transform the property industry towards sustainability through its members - national Green Building Councils.
YourHomePlanet - An environmental building design web directory - links, resources, and tools.
Meta Description: [ Alternative, environmental, ecological design strategies, methods for build (Environmental Design,Green Buildings,Strawbale,Books,Architects) ]
