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 Publications

Dwell

Eco-Structure

Environmental Design and Construction

Manufacturer Certifications

American 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 Resources

1000 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 Reading

A 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)