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Table of Contents
Associations
& Non-Profit Organizations
Codes & Standards
Education & Training
Energy
Funding
Green Building Programs
by Region
Green Directories
Lifecycle & Analysis
Costing
Materials, Guides
& Certification
National/International Government
Product
Certification & Testing
Research Centers
State/Provincial
Government
Other
Associations & Non-Profit
Organizations
American Concrete Institute
American Council for an
Energy-Efficient Economy
American Indoor Air Quality Council
American Institute of Architecture Committee on the Environment (COTE)
American Planning Association
American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
American Solar Energy Society
American Wind Energy
Association
Architects, Designers and
Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR)
Association for the Advancement of
Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
Better Bricks (productivity)
Boston Area Solar Energy Association
Boston Building Materials
Co-op (BBMC)
Boston
Building Materials Resource Center (BMRC)
Building Commissioning
Association
Building
Concerns
Building Owners and Managers Association
Build It Green
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR)
Canada Green Building Council
Center for Renewable
Energy and Sustainable Technology
Climate Action Network (CAN)
Community Greenhouse
Foundation
Congress for the New Urbanism
Construction Materials Recycling
Association
Daylighting Collaborative
Development Center for Appropriate
Technology
Edison Electric Institute
Education Design
Showcase
Ecological Design Institute (EDI)
Electric Drive
Transportation Association
Environmental Defense
Environmental Design Research Association
(EDRA)
Florida Green Building
Coalition
Global
Environmental Options (GEO)
Global Green USA
Green Building Alliance (Pittsburgh)
Green Building Council Australia
Green Building Finance
Consortium
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Green Round Table: Sustainable
Architecture and Design
Green Pages (Canada)
Health House
Healthy House Institute (HHI)
International Building Performance
Simulation Association (IBPSA)
Metropolitan Partnership for Energy
Mexico Green Building Council
National Association of State Energy
Officials (NASEO)
National Clearinghouse for
Educational Facilities
National Environmental Trust
Natural Resources Defense Council
Natural Step (US)
New Urban Guild
North East Sustainable Energy
Association- NESEA
NW Energy Efficiency Alliance
Residential Energy Services Network
Second Nature
Society of Building Science Educators
Soil and Water Conservation Society
(SWCS)
Solar Living Institute
Sustainable Buildings Industry
Council (SBIC)
Sustainable Energy
Coalition
Urban Ecology
U.S. Green Building
Council
Wisconsin Green Building Alliance (WGBA)
World Green Building Council
Codes &
Standards
American Concrete Institute
American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
(ASHRAE)
American Society for Testing
and Materials (ASTM)
Building Codes
Assistance Project
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development - Codes
Compilation
GreenSpec
International Code
Council
International Organization for Standardization
U.S. DOE BTS - Codes and Standards Program
U.S. DOE EERE -
Building Energy Code Resources
Education & Training
Agent Campus
America's Best Real Estate Education Courses
Career Web School
Advanced Buildings
Alliance to Save Energy
ASHRAE Advanced
Energy Design Guides
ASHRAE GreenGuide
Better Bricks
ClimateBiz.com
Database of State Incentives for
Renewables & Efficiency
The Energy Foundation
Energy Services Coalition
National Association of State Energy
Officials
New Buildings Institute
Sustainable Energy
Coalition
U.S. DOE and U.S. EPA -- Energy
Star program
U.S. Department of Energy Library
U.S. Department of Energy -
EnergyFiles
U.S. National Energy Policy
U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
World Bank Energy Projects
Funding
Bridgemer: Funding
and Investing in Green Buildings
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development - Funding Sources
Enterprise Community
Partners
Funding Green Buildings
Kresge
Foundation - Green Building Initiative
State Energy Offices (U.S.)
Tax Incentives Assistance
Project (TIAP)
U.S. EPA
Green Building Funding Opportunities
Green
Building Programs by Region
Alaska, Anchorage -
Energy Rated Homes of Alaska
Alaska, Anchorage - Green Star
Arizona, Flagstaff - I-Built
Arizona, Scottsdale
- Green Building Program
California
- Green Builder
California, Alameda County - Stop
Waste
California, Berkeley - Build It
Green
California, Berkeley - Green Building Initiative
California, Ceres &
Lake Elsinore - Living & Energy's Green
California, Chatsworth - Cheers
California, Oceanside - Energy
Rated Homes of the Southwest
California, Sacramento - Green
Builder Program
California, San Francisco - Green Building
California, San
Jose - Environmental Services, Green Building
California, San
Jose - Green Building
California, San Rafael - Marin's BEST
California, Santa Barbara -
County Planning and Development
California, Santa Barbara - Innovative Building Review Program
California, Santa
Monica - Green Building Program
California, Santa Rosa - Build It Green (SR BIG)
Colorado, Boulder - Center
ReSource Conservation
Colorado, Boulder - Green
Points Program
Colorado, Denver - Built Green
Colorado
Colorado, Denver - E-Star
Colorado, Golden - Colorado
Energy Science Center
Colorado, Snowmass -
Green Development Services
Colordo, Boulder - Green Building Guild
Connecticut, Rocky Hill - CT Green
Building Council
DC, Washington - GreenHOME, Inc.Florida, Tallahassee -
Green Building Coalition
Florida, Daytona Beach
- Environments for Living
Florida, Tallahassee -
Green Building Coalition
Georgia, Atlanta - EarthCraft
House
Georgia, Atlanta - My Green
Cottage
Georgia, Atlanta - Southface Energy
Institute
Georgia, Kennesaw - Envirosense
Consortium
Hawaii, Honolulu - Building
Industry Association
Hawaii, Honolulu - Built Green
Illinois, Chicago - Green Tech
Indiana, Indianapolis - Energy Rates Homes of the Midwest
Iowa, Marshalltown - Energy Rated Home of Iowa
Louisiana, Baton Rouge - Energy Rated Homes of Louisiana
Maryland, Annapolis - Building Environmental Science & Technology
Maryland, Annapolis - Maryland Environmental Design Program
Maryland, Gaithersburg - Green Building
Massachusetts, Boston - Green Homes NorthEast
Massachusetts, Westborough - Green Affordable Housing Initiative
Massachusetts, Westford - Building Science Corporation
Michigan, Ann Arbor - The Environmental House & Green Building Resource
Center
Michigan, Detroit - WARM Training Center
Michigan, Grand Rapids - Alliance for Environmental Sustainability
Michigan, Grand Rapids - Green Built Inc
Michigan, Lansing - Green Built, Inc.
Minnesota, Hennipin County - Sustainable Design
Mississippi, Jackson - Energy Rated Homes of Mississippi
Missouri, Kansas City - Build Green Program of Kansas City
New Jersey, Trenton - Green Homes
New Mexico, Bosque - Adobe Builders
New Mexico, El Rito - Adobe Association of the Southwest
New Mexico, Kingston - Builders Without Borders
New Mexico, Los Lunas - Building America Partner Program
New York, Albany - Energy Efficiency and Green Building Services
New York, Albany - New York State Green Building
Initiative
New York, New York City - Battery Park Green Guidelines
New York, New York City - Green Home Program
New York, Newburgh - Hudson Valley HBA Green Building Program
North Carolina, Asheville - Western North Carolina Green Building
Council
North Carolina, Raleigh - Healthy Built
North Carolina, Raleigh - Sustainable Lands and Buildings in North
Carolina
Ohio, Cleveland - Greater Cleveland Green Building
Coalition
Oregon - Portland Green Rated
Oregon, Corvallis - Seventh Generation Building Guild
Oregon, Portland - Earth AdvantageTM Southern Green Building
Oregon, Salem - Energy Rated Homes of Oregon
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg - Green Building Association of Central
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh - Green Building Alliance
Tennessee, Memphis - EcoBuild
Texas,
Austin - Energy’s Green Building Program
Texas, Austin -
Austin Energy Green Building Program
Texas, Frisco - Green Building Program
Texas, Rowlett - Green Building Program
Texas, San Antonio - Build San Antonio Green
Utah, Orem - Energy Rated Homes of Utah
Vermont, Burlington - Builds Greener
Virginia, Arlington - County Green Home Choice Program
Washington, Bellevue - Built Green King & Snohomish Counties
Washington, Bremerton - Built Green Kitsap
Washington, Seattle - City Light & Conservation Programs
Washington, Seattle - Northwest Ecobuilding Guild
Washington, Seattle - Office of Sustainability & Environment
Washington, Tacoma - Tacoma Built Green
Washington, Vancouver - Build a Better Clark
Washington, Vancouver - builtGREEN
Wisconsin, Madison - Focus on Energy
Wisconsin, Madison - Green Built Home
Wisconsin, Madison - Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation
Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Wisconsin Green Building Alliance
Green Directories
Build It Green
EcoBusinessLinks
GenGreen Life
Green People
Low Impact
Living
Lifecycle
Analysis & Costing
ATHENA Sustainable
Materials Institute
BEES (Building
for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) [NIST]
BuildingGreen.com - Life Cycle Assessment
California Life Cycle
Cost Assessment Model
ENVEST (Environmental Impact
Estimating Design Software) [UK BRE]
LCA Center
Life
Cycle Analysis of Wood Products
LISA (LCA in Sustainable Architecture)
Materials, Guides & Certification
Advanced Buildings
Advanced Buildings Core Performance Guide
American Concrete Institute
ASHRAE Advanced
Energy Design Guides
ASHRAE GreenGuide
Building Materials
Resource Center
Building for
Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES 2.0)
CIWMB Recycled Content Product
Database
Concrete Network
Construction Materials Recycling
Association
Environmental Design & Construction
Magazine
Environmental Resource Guide- American Institute of Architects
Forest World - Sustainable Forest
Products Resource
Good to be Green
Green2Green
Green
Building Databases & Design Resources
Green Building
Materials: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification, Second
Edition
Green Building
Products Initiative
Greenroofs.com
GreenFormat
Green Guide for Health Care
Green Home Guide
Green Sage
GreenSpec, from Environmental
Building News
Minnesota Green Affordable
Housing Guide
NY Waste
Match Materials Exchange: Building Materials Reuse Calculator
Oikos - Green Building Source
Partnership for Advancing Technology
in Housing
ReGreen
SpaceMedGuide - A
Space Planning Guide for Healthcare Facilities
Sustainable Design Resource Guide
Sustainable Products
Corporation
U.S. EPA Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing
Whole Building Design Guide
National/International Government
Federal
Energy Management Program - Greening Initiatives/Tools
Federal Greening
Toolkit
Field
Guide to Sustainable Construction
Greening Federal
Facilities
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
OECD Project on Sustainable Buildings
U.S.
Air Force Environmentally Responsible Facilities Guide
U.S.
DOE Builder's Challenge
U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EERE)
U.S. DOE and U.S. EPA - Energy Star
Program
U.S. DOE Building
Technologies Program
U.S. DOE High
Performance Commercial Buildings: A Technology Roadmap
U.S. EPA’s Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing (EPP)
U.S. GSA Sustainable Design and LEED
U.S. GSA - Great Lakes Region - Build Green
U.S. National
Park Service - Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design
U.S. Naval
Facilities Engineering Command - Design Policy
Whole Building Design Guide
Product Certification & Testing
American Society for
Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Forest Certification Resource Center
Forest Stewardship Council
Green Guard
Green Seal
Scientific Certification Systems
Research Centers
Carnegie Mellon
University Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics
Carnegie Mellon University
Green Design Institute
Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable
Technologies (CEERT)
Center for Green Roof Research
Center for the Built Environment
- UC Berkeley
Center for Maximum Potential Building
Systems (CMPBS)
Center for Sustainable Building
Research
Centre for Sustainable Design
Environmental Energy Technologies
Division - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
FICUS-Florida Internet Center for
Understanding Sustainability
Green Building Research
Center
Hong Kong University -
Building Energy Efficiency Research
Informe Design
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory-Building Technologies Dept.
MIT Building Technology Group
National Association of Home Builders
Research Center
National Institute of Building Sciences
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory-Buildings Technology Center
Pacific Energy Center
Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory
Renewable Resource Data Center
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Rutgers Center for Green
Building
Sandia
National Laboratories Renewable Energy Office
The Vital Signs
Project
State/Provincial Government
California Integrated Waste Management Board - Green Building Program
Collaborative for High Performance
Schools (CHPS)
Database of State
Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
Green Buildings BC
Maryland
Environmental Design Program
Minnesota Sustainable
Design Guide
New Jersey Clean Energy Program
New York State Energy
Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA)
New York State Green
Building Tax Incentive Initiative
Oregon Department of Energy
Pennsylvania
Buildings - Governor's Green Government Council
Performance Contracting
Legislation by State
Other
California Building
Performance Contractors Association
Colorado Energy
Smart Energy Living Alliance
Energy
Saving Community
Iowa Energy
Center
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