Web Site Links
GENERAL “GREEN” INFORMATION
- BuildingGreen.com
- Oikos: Green Building Source
- Architecture 2030
- Whole Building Design Guide
- StopGlobalWarming.org
- The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (CotE)
TOOLS
- SRI Calculator
- Daylighting Simulation Software
- Cx Assistant Commissioning Tool
- Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
- Industrial Materials Exchange Database
GREEN ROOFS
- Cost of Green Roofs
- Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
- Cool Roof Rating Council
- Cool Roofing Materials Database
WINDOWS
- Monolithic Glass: Terms and Definitions
- Why Daylight
- Daylighting Information
- Study of N.C. schools/ effect of proper daylighting
- Whole Building Design Guide
LEED REFERENCES
- Green Seal
- United States Green Building Council
- Environmental Protection Agency
- United States Code of Federal Regulations
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife List of Threatened or Endangered Species
- ASTM International
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers
- Green-e Product Certification Requirements
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE / SITE PLANNING
- PlantNative
- Sustainable Sites Initiative
- Native American Plant Society
- American Society of Landscape Architects
- Native Plant Information Network and National Suppliers Directory
- Society for Ecological Restoration
CONCRETE
- American Concrete Pavement Association
- Sustainable concrete solutions at Concrete Thinker
- Portland Cement Association
- How Sustainable is Concrete?
- Flyash Information in Concrete
- Flyash
- Recycled aggregates
PERVIOUS CONCRETE
WATER EFFICIENCY
- American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association
- Irrigation Association
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Water Efficiency Manual
HVAC AND COMMISSIONING
- American Society of Heating , Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers
- California Commissioning Collaborative
- Building Commissioning Association
ENERGY CONSERVATION
- American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
- U.S. Department of Energy
- New Buildings Institute
- Advanced Buildings Technologies & Practices
- Energy Star
RENEWABLE ENERGY
- American Wind and Energy Association
- Information on different power types
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- National Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy