Green Links

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

ASHRAE
http://www.ashrae.org

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

Daylighting Guide for Canadian Commercial Buildings
http://www.enermodal.com/Canadian/pdf/DaylightingGuideforCanadianBuildingsFinal6.pdf

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.gbca.org.au/

Green Power Market Development Group
http://www.thegreenpowergroup.org/

Green Seal®
http://www.greenseal.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

Small is Profitable
http://www.smallisprofitable.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

Green Commercial Kitchens
http://www.foodservicewarehouse.com/education/going-green/default.aspx

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.cefns.nau.edu/Academic/EnvSci/

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Lighting Research Center: Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/resources/library/led.asp

Safe Schools Program
http://www.head-gear.com/SafeSchools/

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
http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/

City of Austin – Green Building Program
http://www.austinenergy.com/Energy%20Efficiency/Programs/Green%20Building/index.htm

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://btech.lbl.gov/

Lighting Controls
http://www.advancedbuildings.org/main_t_lighting_daylighting_controls.htm

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.oregon.gov/ENERGY/

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/renewable.htm

San Francisco Green Building Program
http://www.sfenvironment.org/

San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association
http://spur.org/

San Jose Green Building Program
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/esd/natural-energy-resources/greenbuilding.htm

Santa Monica Green Building Program
http://greenbuildings.santa-monica.org/

Scottsdale Green Building Program
http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/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://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energysmartschools/

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.energysavers.gov/

U.S DOE EERE – Passive Solar Heating, Cooling and Daylighting
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/sh_basics_space.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.usgbcaz.org/

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/

Green Building Pages
http://www.greenbuildingpages.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/