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Green Building Professionals Directory
Looking for a green builder, expert in solar energy or alternative wastewater systems, or other professional who understands sustainability? Check this directory! And if you are a Green Professional, be sure you're listed!
Sustainable Building Sourcebook One of the first and still one of the best in-depth documents on materials and methods for building green. Over 40 chapters on many important aspects of building sustainably - whether buidng new or remodeling - from rainwater harvesting to compost toilets, from radiant barriers to flyash concrete, from insulation to non-toxic termite control.
Sustainable Building Calendar
Add your event to the Sustainable Building Calendar! Post those workshops and barnraisings! Tell everyone about your conference! Or find an event to attend!
Green Building Conferences
We've listed some of the best up and coming Conferences on Green Building and similar topics.
Discussion Forums
Looking for a place to ask your questions or share your expertise? Email discussions, newsgroups, and real time chats devoted to sustainable topics.
Sustainable Building Materials Exchange (New 10/03)
Do you have useable leftover materials from a job, and don't want to send them to the landfill? Are you looking for sources of a particular material? The Sustainable Building Materials Exchange is a free forum in which you can post available materials or requests for materials on a person-to-person basis. Materials for sale by individuals or construction companies are welcome, but please no commercial vendors.
Green Building: A Primer for Consumers, Builders and Realtors
Green Building Materials Databases
Associations and membership groups
Energy Efficient Building Association
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
American Solar Energy Society
Strawbale Association of Texas meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month.
Groups working toward a greener built world
The Development Center for Appropriate Technology
The Center for Resourceful Building Technology
The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
US Green Building Council
Rocky Mountain Institute
PA Sitefinder Pennsylvania's Brownfield real estate inventory search tool
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Green Building programs
Governmental
The Department of Energy's Center for Excellence for Sustainable Development
Arlington County Virginia
Austin Energy's Green Building Program, Austin, TX
Build San Antonio Green
Built Green, Master Builders Association of King & Snohomish Counties, WA
Frisco, Tx Green Building Program
Green Building City of San Jose, CA
Green Points Program, Boulder Colorado
Green Rated, Portland, Oregon
Kansas City Build Green
New Jersey Green Homes
North Carolina HealthyBuilt Homes Program
Scottsdale's Green Building, Scottsdale, Az
Alameda County Waste Management Authority, Alameda County, CA
Maryland Department of Natural Resources Green Building Program
Utility Industry programs
Earth Advantage Homes, Portland General Electric
Memphis EcoBUILD
Building Industry Association Programs
Earth Craft House, Greater Atlanta HBA
Build a Better Clark, Clark County HBA, WA
Build a Better Kitsap, Kitsap County HBA, WA
California Green Builder, Building Industry Institute
Built Green Colorado, HBA of Metro Denver
Green Builder Program, HBA of Central New Mexico
Green Built Certified, HBA of Greater Grand Rapids, MI
Hawaii BuiltGreen, Building Industry Association of Hawaii
Hudson Valley, NY Builders Assn of the Hudson Valley
Pierce County, WA (Tacoma)
Built Green/Green Space Southwestern WA
Local initiatives
Pittsburg Green Building Alliance, Pittsburg, PA
Florida Green Building Coalition Florida
GreenHomeNYC, New York, NY
Green Building Alliance, Santa Barbara, California
Greater Cleveland Green Building Coalition, Cleveland, Ohio
Green Building Association of Central Pennsylvania
Green Built Home, Wisconsin
Northwest Ecobuilding Guild
Southface Energy Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
The Austin Sustainable Building Coalition, Austin, Texas
Vermont Building for Social Responsibility
Western North Carolina Green Building Council
Rating systems
LEED
BEES
BREAM
Publications
Environmental Building News
Natural Home Magazine
Interior Concerns Newsletter
Home Power
The Last Straw Journal
Case Studies
Casas Que Cantan (Houses That Sing), Save The Children Foundation building, and more
Red Feather Development Group brings volunteers and tribal members together to learn straw bale building methods.
The Casa Verde program of American Youthworks teaches to sustainable building skills at-risk youth while constructing homes for needy families.
Habitat for Humanity's Washington DC affiliate shows off their GreenHOME Project
Environmental Directory
Texas and Austin Environmental Info
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