- Vertical Farm Project, The
Proposing large-scale indoor farming to provide a sustainable and varied food supply for the future.
www.verticalfarm.com
- Green Home Guide
Features tips and product ideas for environmentally friendly construction, re-modeling, and maintenance. Includes a know-how section for every room of the house, a product directory, and a list of recommended retailers.
www.greenhomeguide.com
- Green Home Building
Provides information on sustainable architecture and natural building including the use of natural materials, renewable energy, water and forest conservation, and links to other sites with eco-friendly products.
www.greenhomebuilding.com
- Sustainable Architecture, Building, and Culture
A compendium of links and content oriented to the global community of ecological building proponents for exploring issues of sustainable design, building, community development, and culture.
www.SustainableABC.Com
- Advanced Building Technologies & Practices
Professional builder's guide to environmentally responsible technologies and materials for use in commercial/industrial buildings.
www.advancedbuildings.org
- Greywater
Gives information on the sources, treatments, and potential beneficial uses of greywater, or non-septic waste water produced in houses.
www.greywater.com
- Energy Design Resources
Offers design tools and resources that make it easier to design and build energy-efficient commercial and industrial buildings in California.
www.energydesignresources.com
- BEES 4.0 (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability)
Software program that measures the environmental performance of building products by using the environmental life-cycle assessment approach specified in ISO 14000 standards.
www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees.html
- EPA: Green Building
Provides links to numerous U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sites on how to build more environmentally friendly new buildings, and improve the environmental performance of existing buildings.
www.epa.gov/greenbuilding
- Hollowtop Outdoor Primitive School
School of primitive and contemporary living skills, including sustainable home construction techniques, alternative construction, and ecological economics.
www.hollowtop.com
- Green Healthy Home
Lists information and details about making a green eco-friendly home. Includes real estate services.
www.greenhealthyhome.com
- Green Design / Sustainable Architecture: Resources
Guide to information about buildings designed for sustainability that aim to lessen their impact on our environment through energy and resource efficiency. From the UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library.
www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/GreenAll.html
- Wikipedia: Sustainable Architecture
Article on sustainable architecture, with a stress on heat ventilation, waste management, structures and materials, and alternative energy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_architecture
- DayCreek.com
Offers information about cordwood masonry, stackwall construction, renewable energy, and permaculture. Includes a journal, discussion forum about cordwood and green construction, and links to articles about cordwood building.
www.daycreek.com
- Green Building: A Primer for Builders, Consumers and Realtors
Provides an overview of resource efficient buildings and multiple low cost and free tips for energy efficiency. From Building Environmental Science and Technology.
www.energybuilder.com/greenbld.htm
- Our Cool House
An overview of the earth sheltered, geothermal, passive solar home at Deep Creek Lake, Maryland built by Phil and Lisa Malone. Includes an overview of the house, construction pictures, the explanation of the design process, and their Mission Statement.
www.ourcoolhouse.com
- Tofte Project, The
Collaborative sustainable design project of a summer cabin on the shores of Lake Superior. Provides an overview of the site of construction, the individuals involved, and the cabin's design.
www.tofteproject.info
- BuildingEnvelopes.org
Aims to provide the building industry with innovative and state-of-the-art information leading to energy-efficient buildings.
www.buildingenvelopes.org
- Residential Environmental Design
Provides articles, product reviews, and resources for green architects and homeowners.
www.reddawn.com
- Sustainable Architecture Compendium
Provides information about sustainable architecture from the National Pollution Prevention Center for Higher Education. Includes information about sustainable design, materials, and recycling and reuse.
www.umich.edu/~nppcpub/resources/compendia/architecture.html
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