M. Landman's Green Building Publications
M. Landman Communications & Consulting
Green Building Publications

Miriam Landman's
Published Writings
Editing, Research, and Radio Production Work


PUBLISHED WRITINGS
  • "Green Homes on Display in West Marin," West Marin Citizen, September 11, 2008

  • Responses to three questions (regarding brick, eco-friendly furniture, and green information resources for builders) featured in GreenHomeGuide.com's Ask a Pro column posted on January 22, 2008

  • "Chemical cleaners can introduce poisons, health risks into the home," San Francisco Chronicle, September 22, 2007

  • A chapter and a case study in the book Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing, edited by Global Green USA (Island Press, 2007)

  • Articles on green building and healthy housecleaning in Natural Home magazine's Special Resource Guide issue, July/August 2007

  • Green Affordable Housing: An Overview, a three-page summary distributed to attendees of a symposium on Sustainable Design: New Directions for Affordable Housing, held at the National Building Museum in Washington DC, May 30, 2007

  • Green Operations and Maintenance Manual for The Plaza Apartments: Best Practices for a Healthy and High-Performance Building;
    Healthy Home Guide for Residents of The Plaza Apartments;
    and template versions of both manuals that can be customized for other projects.
    Published by Enterprise Community Partners for the San Francisco Green Communities program, Summer 2006
    www.greencommunitiesonline.org/...

  • "The Green Building Evolution," a commentary in Environmental Design + Construction magazine (in the annual "Perspectives on Sustainable Design" section), December 2005
    www.edcmag.com...

  • "Better Places to Live," an article on sustainable neighborhoods and communities in GreenTech, a supplement to Urban Land magazine, October 2005
    www.uli.org/...

  • "From a Movement to Mainstream Practice," a commentary published on GreenHomeGuide.com, posted March–June 2005

  • Tools of the Trade: Practical Tools for Green Building Design and Analysis, a 125-page guide (also known as the Green Building Toolkit), which was available on CD-ROM or as a PDF download, City and County of San Francisco / Global Green USA, 2003
    www.sfenvironment.org/...

  • "Top Three Materials for Healthy Home Remodeling," an article on ENN.com, October 2003, and on KQED.org, April 2003–present
    www.kqed.org/topics/home/homeimprove/healthyhome-feature1.jsp

  • "Truckee Middle School: A CHPS High-Performance Demonstration School," a case study published by the California Integrated Waste Management Board, 2003
    www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Publications/default.asp?pubid=1030

  • "Colorado Court, Santa Monica," a case study for Global Green USA's Greening Affordable Housing series, 2002
    www.globalgreen.org/greenbuilding/GAHI_resources.html

  • "Our Indoor Air," and "Top Three Materials for Healthy Home Remodeling," articles for HealthyHomePlans.com, 2001 and 2003
    www.healthyhomeplans.com/articles/information26.php

  • Breaking Through the Barriers to Sustainable Building: Insights from Building Professionals on Government Initiatives to Promote Environmentally Sound Practices, Master's Thesis, Tufts University, 1999
    www.egret.net/SustainableBuilding.htm

  • Sustainable Building Resource Directory (co-authored with Angela Vitulli) and a summary report on the Austin Green Building Program, for the State of Massachusetts' Division of Capital Planning/Operational Services, 1998

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EDITING, RESEARCH, AND RADIO PRODUCTION WORK
  • Green Homeowner Maintenance Guides and Homeowner Association Green Maintenance Reference manuals, created by Compendia, Inc., 2008: Made revisions and provided new content related to green operations and maintenance and green household/living practices (for green single-family homes and condominium developments, including LEED-H certified and GreenPoint Rated projects)
    Scope: Editing, writing, consulting
    www.compendiainc.com/green_homeowner_maintenance.htm

  • U.S. Green Building Council's Northern California Chapter website content (Green Building Research and Publications sections): Solicited, coordinated, and edited case studies (on the Blach Intermediate School, CalPERS, and Swinerton Headquarters projects), and developed a case study submission form, as well as lists of LEED certified buildings and other green buildings in the region, August 2007
    Scope: Coordination, research, and editing
    www.usgbc-ncc.org/...

  • Simon & Associates Green Building Consultants website content updates (for the Projects section and the Simon & Associates section webpages), August 2007
    Scope: Proofreading and coordination
    www.greenbuild.com

  • Making Affordable Housing Truly Affordable: Advancing Tax Credit Incentives for Green Building and Healthier Communities, a report by Global Green USA, 2006
    Scope: Copyediting
    www.globalgreen.org/greenbuilding/GAHI_resources.html

  • WestCoastGreen.com's "Recommended Links" webpage: An annotated directory of green building websites and resources, 2006
    Scope: Research and some writing
    www.westcoastgreen.com/knowledge-center/links.php

  • HealthyHomePlans.com's "Our Links" webpage: An annotated listing of healthy home and green building websites and resources, 2005
    Scope: Research and editing (and some writing)
    www.healthyhomeplans.com/our_links/

  • Green Building Materials Selection and Specification Guide, developed by Global Green USA for the City of Santa Monica, 2002
    Scope: Copyediting (and some writing)
    www.globalgreen.org/greenbuilding/localGov.html

  • Green Buildings: Bringing Environmentally Sensitive Design to San Francisco, a report developed by the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) association's Sustainable Development Committee, 2001
    Scope: Some research and writing (multiple contributors)
    www.spur.org/documents/010601_article_03.shtm

  • Radio interview with Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface, Inc. and author of Mid-Course Correction, Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model; on NPR's Living on Earth, November 27, 1998
    Role: Producer and audio editor
    www.loe.org

  • Radio interview with Alan Weisman, author of Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, a book about a unique, experimental community in Colombia; on NPR's Living on Earth, May 1, 1998
    Role: Producer and audio editor
    www.loe.org