GREEN LINKS
Federal Green Construction Guide For Specifiers Georgia-Pacific Corp. Goodwin Heart Pine Co. Solatube Tubular Skylights Trus-Joist Engineered Wood Products
Magazine and PublicationsDwell Eco-Structure Environmental Design and Construction
Manufacturer CertificationsAmerican Council for Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Athena™ Environmental Impact Estimator - Sustainable Materials Institute BEES Life Cycle assessment-Nat. Inst. Of Standards & Tech (NIST) Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI) Efficient Windows Collaborative (EWC) EPA's Energy Star Label Program Forest Management Certification Standards in Canada Green Guard Environmental Institute Green Seal Inc. Green Spec® Iris Communications, Inc. National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) Scientific Certification Systems Silviculture - The Science of Forestry Sustainable Forest Initiative® (SFI) The American Tree Farm System®
Organizations and Resources1000 Friends of Florida-Building Better Communities American Architectural Manufactures Association (AAMA) American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning (ASHRAE) Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC) Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) Energy & Environmental Building Association (EEBA) Environmental Building News Environmental Design And Construction - Magazine Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC) Florida House Learning Center - University of Florida Extension Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium - State Incentives (GHPC) Green Globes™ (Environmental assesments for buildings) Habitat for Humanity Environmental Initiative Healthy Living Foundation Indoor Air Quality, Inc. (IAQA) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) National Association of Home Builders Research Center (NAHBRC) National Recycling Coalition, Inc (NRC) North American Insulation Manufactures Association (NAIMA) Oikos Pattern Language-Creating Beautiful,Functional,Meaningful places Rebuild America Residential Energy Services Network (Residential financing resources) Sourcebook for Green and Sustainable Building Sustainable Building industry Council (SBIC) Sustainable Sarasota The American Solar Energy Society The Envirosense Consortium (Solutions and strategies to address indoor air quality.) The Not So Big House The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) World Changing (Tools for building a better future)
Recommended ReadingA Pattern Language (by Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein) Biomimicry-Innovation Inspired by Nature (by Janine M. Benyus) Cradle to Cradle (by William McDonough and Michael Braungart) Mid-Course Correction (by Ray C. Anderson) The Ecology of Commerce (by Paul Hawken)
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