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This section provides links to websites, organizations, and publications that are good sources of information
on green building and broader environmental issues. M. Landman has current or past affiliations with the resources that are marked with an asterisk (*). GREEN BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES
• Organizations Organizations American Institute of Architects (AIA): Committee on the Environment Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) Architecture 2030 Architecture for Humanity Energy & Environmental Building Association (EEBA) Global Green USA * Green Communities Initiative (Enterprise Community Partners) * Healthy Building Network Natural Resources Defense Council Rocky Mountain Institute Urban Land Institute U.S. Green Building Council * World Green Building Council Periodicals, Publications, and Information Websites BuildingGreen / Environmental Building News Environmental Design + Construction magazine Eco-structure magazine Fine Homebuilding's Green Building Guide GreenHomeGuide * The Green Home Guide (a USGBC site) Greener Buildings GreenSource magazine The Green Spotlight * Natural Home magazine Oikos: Green Building Source Whole Building Design Guide BOOKS on green building/architecture (on Powells.com) Residential Green Building Certifications and Guidelines Green Home Rating/Certification ProgramsENERGY STAR Homes LEED for Homes Rating System GreenPoint Rated (California) Other Guidelines for Residential Green Building/Remodeling Green Building Guidelines: Meeting the Demand for Low-Energy, Resource-Efficient Homes (Sustainable Buildings Industry Council and U.S. Department of Energy) Home Remodeling and New Home Construction Green Building Guidelines (Build It Green / Alameda County StopWaste program) Model Green Home Building Guidelines (National Association of Home Builders) Green Materials and Product Resources Certified Green Product Standards/ListingsCertified Forests and Forest Products databases (Metafore Forest Certification Resource Center) ENERGY STAR Forest Stewardship Council Greenguard Indoor Air Quality / low-emitting products certification Green Seal MBDC's Cradle to Cradle (C2C) Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) Green Building Materials/Product Directories GreenHomeGuide Product Directory Oikos Green Product Directory GreenSpec Directory (BuildingGreen) PVC-Free Materials charts (Healthy Building Network) Recycled-Content Product Directory (California Integrated Waste Management Board) Green Building Materials Stores and Showrooms Click here for a listing of more than 70 green materials stores/showrooms across the country. Green Materials Assessment / Life Cycle Analysis Tools Athena EcoCalculator, Impact Estimator, and LCI databases (Athena Institute) BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) software (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Pharos material selection framework (Healthy Building Network) [in development] Northern California Green Building Resources OrganizationsAIA SF Committee on the Environment (COTE) Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) Northern California Build It Green SPUR (San Francisco Planning and Urban Research) Sustainable Development Committee * U.S. Green Building Council: Northern California Chapter * U.S. Green Building Council: Redwood Empire Chapter * State and Local Government Green Building Programs in the Bay Area California Integrated Waste Management Board's Green Building Design and Construction program Alameda County StopWaste green building program Marin County green building program San Francisco green building program San Mateo County RecycleWorks green building program Educational Program Providers and Venues in the Bay Area Berkeley EcoHouse Building Education Center, Berkeley Green Building Exchange, Redwood City PG&E Pacific Energy Center, San Francisco (free workshops, library, tools) Solar Living Institute (workshops in Hopland and San Francisco) Sonoma State University's Environmental Technology Center / Green Building Certificate program, Rohnert Park Local Professionals/Service Listings GreenHomeGuide * (includes a Service Directory) Northern California Sustainable Design, Building, and Development Resource Directory www.builditgreen.org/guide Retail Stores in the Greater Bay Area Eco Design Resources, Redwood City and Santa Cruz Ecohome Improvement, Berkeley Green Building Exchange, Redwood City Green Fusion Design Center, San Anselmo (near San Rafael) Green Home Center, San Francisco Green Sacramento Greenspace, Santa Cruz Natural Home Design Center, Santa Rosa Real Goods, Hopland General Environmental/Sustainability Resources Other Favorite Sites * = M. Landman affiliations |
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