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Green Building Design
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Earth Day 2000 Top Ten Green Buildings - This website features the top ten green buildings of 2000 as selected by the Committee on the Environment (American Institute of Architects) and featured by Earth Day 2000. See: http://www.e-architect.com/pia/cote/
Energy Efficient Design and Construction for Commercial Buildings - A comprehensive treatment of opportunities for energy efficiency in campus-type commercial buildings by Adrian Tuluca of Steven Winter Associates, a nationally recognized green design consultant. Ordering information available at: http://www.swinter.com/company/publications.html
Energy Smart Schools - This is a Rebuild America (U.S. Department of Energy) program which focuses on primary and secondary schools but there is enough overlap with our campus buildings to recommend including this site, http://www.eren.doe.gov/energysmartschools. Excellent section on myths about energy in schools.
Environmental Building News - a monthly journal available for $79/year, 122 Birge Street, Suite 30, Brattleboro, VT 05301, (802) 257-7300. Reviews the most recent advances in sustainable "green" building technologies and materials. Product reviews may include first-hand test results. On-line discussions and articles are available at www.BuildingGreen.com. The year-end issue of EBN consists of "a compilation of the best information resources on green building." The December 2000 issue contains descriptions and contact information on over 200 green building design websites, magazines, books, videos and software. This is the best is probably the most extensive current listing of such resources.
Environmental Design and Construction magazine - free subscription available at: http://www.edcmag.com/
Governor's Green Government Council, www.gggc.state.pa.us. This website features lots of information on green design basics, high performance integrated systems, green materials, first cost vs. life-cycle cost, green technology suppliers, consultants and contractors, numerous green links -- as well as details on Pennsylvania's green design initiatives. A number of excellent resource materials are available through this site including High Performance Green Building Guidelines. This manual can be ordered at: http://www.gggc.state.pa.us/publictn/gbguides.html. The site also features an excellent video entitled Pennsylvania's First Green Building -- available via an online form at: http://www.gggc.state.pa.us/building/scroborform.html or contact: Catherine Brownlee at (717)783-9981 or brownlee.catherine@dep.state.pa.us
Green Building Success Stories - an extensive national listing of green buildings of all types, brief descriptions of green features, websites (for more information), and contact information. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy 's Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development. See: http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/buildings/gbsstoc.shtml
Greendesign.net - on-line source of green design information at www.greendesign.net, including a searchable green building resource database and a web resources listing of 200 green design links. Offers at no cost the excellent twice monthly "GreenClips" e-mail newsletter about green building design. Site has searchable back issues for 5 years.
High Performance Buildings - a U.S. Department of Energy site which lists, describes, and gives contact information for over 100 high performance commercial buildings. See: http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/highperformance/
High Performance Building Guidelines - An excellent detailed green design manual developed by the City of New York's Department of Design and Construction. Discusses process as well as technical issues. Performance goals and "deliverables" are listed for each category of green design (site design, energy, IAQ, materials, etc.). Available for $25 plus $3 shipping from CityStore, 1 Centre Street, Room 2223, NYC, NY 10007. Also available on-line at: http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/ddc/
LEED Green Building Rating System - The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system can be downloaded at: http://www.usgbc.org/programs/index.htm
Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide - Complete green design manual available on-line at: http://www.sustainabledesignguide.umn.edu. Contains descriptions of numerous green design strategies and a detailed process discussion on how green design applies to each stage of project development.
Oikos Green Building Source - an excellent green building design news service, bookstore, and searchable on-line data base for green materials, products, methods, and companies. Operated by IRIS Communications at www.oikos.com.
A Primer on Sustainable Building - An first-rate introduction to the concept and benefits of green building design by Rocky Mountain Institute, http://www.rmi.org, (303) 927-3851.
Sustainable Buildings Industries Council - provides resources and sponsors workshops on green building design. SBIC has a special program devoted to high performance schools, http://www.sbicouncil.org/workshops/schools.htm.
U.S. Green Building Council - a coalition of 500 manufacturing companies, environmental groups, architectural organizations, and building owners dedicated to accelerating the adoption of green practices, technologies and standards. USGBC has developed the LEED Green Building Rating System and the excellent, comprehensive Sustainable Building Technical Manual. See: http://www.usgbc.org, (202) 828-7422.
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