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Green Organizations

Advanced Buildings Technologies & Practices
http://www.advancedbuildings.org/

Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)
http://www.ase.org/
Alliance to Save Energy – High Performance Green Schools Project
http://www.ase.org/section/program/greenschl
American Solar Energy Society
www.ases.org
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
www.ashrae.org
Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (adpsr)
www.adpsr-norcal.org
Arizona's Solar Energy Advisory Council (SEAC)
www.azcommerce.com/energy/SolarEnergyAdvCouncil.asp
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
www.aashe.org
BACnet International
http://bacnetinternational.org
California Straw Building Association (CASBA)
www.strawbuilding.org
Canada Green Building Council
http://www.cagbc.org/
Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
www.cmpbs.org
Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (CMPBS)
http://www.cmpbs.org/
Center for Resourceful Building Technology (CRBT)
http://www.crbt.org/
Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST)
www.crest.org
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/
Certified Forest Products Council
www.certifiedwood.org
Climate Protection Page - The U.S. Conference of Mayors
www.usmayors.org/climateprotection/
Congress for the New Urbanism
www.cnu.org
Continental Automated Buildings Association
http://caba.org
Ecological Building Network
www.ecobuildnetwork.org
Ecosa Institute
www.ecosainstitute.org  
Energy Efficient Building Association
www.eeba.org/
Federal Network for Sustainability
http://federalsustainability.org/
Flex Your Power - Flex Your Power is California's statewide energy efficiency marketing and outreach campaign.
http://www.fypower.org/
Forest Stewardship Council
www.fscus.org
Global Green USA – Green Building Resource Center
http://www.globalgreen.org/gbrc/index.htm
Green Building Council of Australia
http://www.gbcaus.org/
Green Power Market Development Group
http://www.thegreenpowergroup.org/
INFORM - Strategies for a better environment
www.informinc.org
International Dark-Sky Association (IDA)
www.darksky.org
International Institute for Sustainable Development – Sustainable Development on Campus
http://www.iisd.org/educate/
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments – Green Building Program
http://www.mwcog.org/environment/initiatives/greenbuilding/
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Research Center - Green Building Program
http://www.nahbrc.org/green1.asp?TrackID=&CategoryID=1599&Type=
National Association of Home Builders
www.nahbrc.org
National Center for Appropriate Technology
www.ncat.org
National Energy Policy Initiative - NEP Initiative is a non-governmental, non-partisan, foundation-funded project designed to support the development of a stakeholder-based national energy policy.
http://www.nepinitiative.org/
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
http://www.natcap.org/
Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency
http://www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
www.nrdc.org
The Natural Step
www.naturalstep.org
Northwest EcoBuilding Guild
www.ecobuilding.org
Portland Office of Sustainable Development
www.sustainableportland.org
Reuse Development Organization
www.redo.org
Rocky Mountain Institute
www.rmi.org
Sierra Club
www.sierraclub.org
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
http://www.sbicouncil.org/
The Sustainability Report
http://www.sustreport.org/
Union of Concerned Scientists
www.ucsusa.org
 
Urban Land Institute
www.uli.org
U.S. Green Building Council
www.usgbc.org
Whole Building Design Guide
http://www.wbdg.org
Winning the Oil Endgame - Winning the Oil Endgame offers a strategy for ending US oil dependence, and is applicable worldwide…There are many analyses of the oil problem. This synthesis is the first roadmap of the oil solution—one led by business for profit.
http://www.oilendgame.org/
World Business Council for Sustainable Development - The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) is a coalition of 170 international companies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development via the three pillars of economic growth, ecological balance and social progress.
http://www.wbcsd.org/
World Green Building Council (WGBC)
http://www.worldgbc.org/
WorldWatch Institute
www.worldwatch.org

Education 

Arizona State University College of Architecture and Environmental Design – Master of Science in Building Design
http://design.asu.edu/students/ms_buildingdesign1_ps.shtml
Brown University – Brown is Green
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Brown_Is_Green/
California High Performance Schools (CHPS)
http://www.chps.net/
Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture – Sustainable Design
http://www.arc.cmu.edu/cmu/about_sa/defining_interests.jsp?id=7
Center for the Built Environment
http://www.cbe.berkeley.edu/
Center for Sustainable Environments at Northern Arizona University
http://home.nau.edu/environment/ 
Environmental Research Laboratory at the University of Arizona
http://ag.arizona.edu/azaqua/erlhome.html 
Florida Gulf Coast University – WCI Green Building Project
http://www.fgcu.edu/greenbuilding/index.html
Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University
http://sustainability.asu.edu/gios/
Harvard University – Sustainable Building Design: Review and Recommendations
http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/programs/HGCI_LEED_Report_2001_4.pdf
Harvard University Green Campus Initiative
http://www.greencampus.harvard.edu/
Middlebury College – Pathways to a Green Campus Report
http://community.middlebury.edu/~enviroc/content.html
Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide
http://www.sustainabledesignguide.umn.edu/
MIT Building Technology Group
http://web.mit.edu/bt/www/
National Center of Excellence: SMART Innovations for Urban Climate and Energy at ASU
www.asusmart.com
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities – High Performance School Buildings
http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/high_performance.cfm
Northern Arizona University – Applied Research and Development Facility
http://www.ardf.nau.edu/
Northern Arizona University – Center for Sustainable Environments
http://www.environment.nau.edu/
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Lighting Research Center: Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/resources/library/led.asp
State of California Public Schools – Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS)
http://www.chps.net/
State University of New York at Buffalo – UB Green
http://wings.buffalo.edu/ubgreen/
University of British Columbia – UBC Campus Sustainability Office
http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/greenbuilding.html
 
 Government Sites
 
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality – Pollution Prevention (P2) Tools
http://www.azdeq.gov/environ/waste/p2/tools.html
Building Energy Codes
http://www.energycodes.gov
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/
California Sustainable Building Task Force
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/TaskForce/
Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
www.sustainable.doe.gov
Climate Change Website - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/climatechange/
DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
http://www.eere.energy.gov
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) U.S. Department of Energy
www.eere.energy.gov/
Energy Star® Label
http://www.energystar.gov/
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/
Lawrence Berkley Laboratory – Simulation Research Group
http://gundog.lbl.gov/
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Windows and Daylighting Website
http://windows.lbl.gov/
Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory – Building Technologies Department
http://eetd.lbl.gov/BT.html
Maryland Environmental Design Program
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/ed/index.html
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
www.nrel.gov
New Jersey’s Clean Energy Program
http://www.njcleanenergy.com/
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation – Green Building Initiative
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ppu/grnbldg/index.html
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
http://www.nyserda.org/
Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Building Technology Center
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/btc/apps/
Oregon Office of Energy
http://www.energy.state.or.us/
Pennsylvania’s Governor’s Green Government Council
http://www.gggc.state.pa.us/
President’s Council on Sustainable Development
http://clinton2.nara.gov/PCSD/Publications/
Sandia National Laboratories – Renewable Energy Laboratory
http://www.sandia.gov/Renewable_Energy/
San Francisco Green Building Program
http://sfenvironment.com/index.htm/
San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
http://spur.org/
San Jose Green Building Program
http://www.ci.san-jose.ca.us/esd/gb-home.htm
Santa Monica Green Building Program
http://greenbuildings.santa-monica.org/
Scottsdale Green Building Program
http://www.ci.scottsdale.az.us/greenbuilding/
Seattle City Light – Built Smart Program
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/light/conserve/resident/cv5_bs.htm
U.S. Department of Energy Rebuild America – Energy Smart Schools Program
http://www.rebuild.gov/index.asp
U.S. DOE – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/
U.S DOE EERE – Energy Efficient Lighting Website
http://www.eere.energy.gov/EE/buildings_lighting.html
U.S DOE EERE – Passive Solar Heating, Cooling and Daylighting
http://www.eere.energy.gov/RE/solar_passive.html
U.S. DOE NREL – Daylighting in Schools: Improving Student Performance and Health at a Price Schools can Afford
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy00osti/28049.pdf
U.S. EPA – Energy Star for Schools: K-12
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=k12_schools.bus_schoolsk12
U.S. EPA – Energy Star for Schools: Higher Education
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=higher_ed.bus_highereducation
U.S. EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/
U.S. EPA Green Communities Assistance Kit
http://www.epa.gov/greenkit/
U.S. EPA Watersense
http://www.epa.gov/watersense/
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
http://www.usgbc.org
USGBC – Arizona Chapter
http://www.usgbc.org/chapters/arizona/
U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
http://www.nrel.gov/
 
 
Publications
 
 
Building Design & Construction Magazine
http://www.bdcmag.com/
Environmental Design + Construction Magazine
http://www.edcmag.com/
Environmental News Network
http://www.enn.com/
 
 
Codes and Standards
 
Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) - For over a decade, BRE's Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) has been used to assess the environmental performance of both new and existing buildings. It is regarded by the UK's construction and property sectors as the measure of best practice in environmental design and management
http://products.bre.co.uk/breeam/index.html
Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT)
http://www.dcat.net/
 
Resources
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
http://www.epri.com
Energie-Cites - the Association of European local authorities promoting Sustainable Policy
www.energie-cites.eu
Green Building Resource Guide
http://www.greenguide.com/
GreenerBuildings.com
http://www.greenerbuildings.com
Intermountain Forest Association
www.ifia.com
Oikos Green Building Source
http://oikos.com/
Smart Growth America
www.smartgrowthamerica.com
 
Straw Bale Association of Nebraska (SBAN)
www.strawhomes.com/sban
Straw Bale Association of Texas (SBAT)
www.greenbuilder.com/sbatSolar Buzz
http://www.solarbuzz.com
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC)
www.sbicouncil.org
The Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT)
www.dcat.net
The Earth Building Foundation, Inc.
www.earthbuilding.com
Triangle J Council of Governments – Green/High Performance Buildings
http://www.tjcog.dst.nc.us/
 
 
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