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Last updated April 24, 2006
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BUSINESS: Capital E Study: GreenBuilding Costs and Financial Benefits (Nov 2003) http://www.cap-e.com/spotlight/index.cfm?Page=1&NewsID=25770 |
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BUSINESS: The Costs and Financial Benefits of GreenBuilding : California Case Study www.usgbc.org/docs/news/news477.pdf http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/greenbuilding/Design/CostIssues.htm#Cost&Benefit |
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COMMUNITY: "Ten Shades of Green" Architecture League of New York http://www.archleague.org/tenshadesofgreen/ |
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COMMUNITY: City of New York, Department of Design and Construction http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/nyclink/html/ddc/home.html Contains downloadable High Performance Building Guidelines including useful appendices |
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COMMUNITY: City of Santa Monica Sustainable City Program ( http://www.ci.santa-monica.ca.us/environment) |
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COMMUNITY: Mountain Assn for Community Economic Development (MACED) ( http://www.maced.org) |
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COMMUNITY: New York City Office of Sustainable Design http://www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/html/ddcgreen/ |
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COMMUNITY: Pennsylvania green building focused GGGC (Governor's Green Government Council) Includes information on Pennsylvania's green building activities, an extensive list of library holdings (bibliography), Guidelines for Creating High-Performance Green Buildings, and an order form for the free video of the Department of Environmental Protection office building. |
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COMMUNITY: Seattle Sustainable Building · http://www.cityofseattle.net/sustainablebuilding/Leeds/default.htm · http://www.cityofseattle.net/sustainablebuilding/SBpolicy.htm Contains LEED tools, sample RFP and contract language, and other useful resources |
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COMMUNITY: US Department of Energy - Sustainable Communities http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/ |
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DESIGN: Department of EnergyBuilding Software Tools: http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/ http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/software/blcc.htm |
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DESIGN: Life Cycle Costing - eVALUator eVALUator is an easy-to-use WindowsT-based program that calculates the lifecycle benefits of investments that improve building design. It analyzes the financial benefits from buildings that reduce energy cost, raise employee productivity, and enhance tenant satisfaction. |
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DESIGN: Sample green RFP Language http://www.aia.org/pia/cote/rfp/ http://www.cityofseattle.net/sustainablebuilding/Leeds/sample_language.htm |
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DESIGN: WholeBuilding Design Guide EPA's Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program is responsible for providing information to federal agencies to assist them in practicing environmentally preferable purchasing ( EPP). Because construction and renovation of buildings constitutes a large share of federal expenditures and may involve significant environmental impact, EPA has a special interest in providing tools to promote environmentally preferable purchasing during these activities. |
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FLORIDA: "Shade Conditioning" Bruno Stegno http://www.architectureweek.com/2002/1016/environment_2-1.html |
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FLORIDA: "SouthFloridaSustainableBuilding Conference - 1997" http://sustainable.state.fl.us/fdi/edesign/news/9704/sfl-main.htm |
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FLORIDA: edesign Online - a Florida Sustainability Newsletter ( http://edesign.state.fl.us/) |
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FLORIDA: Florida Energy Office http://www.dep.state.fl.us/energy/ |
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FLORIDA: Florida GreenBuilding Coalition http://floridagreenbuilding.org/ |
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FLORIDA: Florida House Institute for Sustainable Development (http://www.i4sd.org ) |
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FLORIDA: Florida Solar Energy Center http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/ |
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FLORIDA: Florida Steward Foundation ( http://www.fl-stewardship.com/) |
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FLORIDA: Florida Sustainable Communities Network ( http://sustainable.state.fl.us/) |
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FLORIDA: Governor's Council for Sustainable Florida ( http://sustainable.state.fl.us/fdi/fscc/gcsf/gcsfmain.htm) |
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FLORIDA: Rebuild SarasotaCounty ( http://rsc.co.sarasota.fl.us/) To develop coalitions with government agencies, community groups and businesses that will promote cost effective, resource efficient and environmentally friendly practices. |
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FLORIDA: Southface Energy Institute ( http://www.southface.org) |
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FLORIDA: Sustainable Sarasota (http://www.sustainablesarasota.com/GreenBuilding.aspx) |
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FLORIDA: Urban Environment League of Miami http://www.uel.org/ |
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FLORIDA: USGBC Caribbean Chapter (www.usgbc.org/chapters/caribbean/) |
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FLORIDA: USGBC Central Florida Chapter ( www.usgbc.org/chapters/centralflorida/) |
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FLORIDA: USGBCFloridaGulfCoast Chapter (www.usgbc.org/chapters/floridagulfcoast/) |
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FLORIDA: USGBC North Florida Chapter ( www.usgbc.org/chapters/northflorida/) |
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FLORIDA: USGBC South Florida Chapter (www.usgbc.org/chapters/southflorida/) |
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GENERAL: AIA Committee on the Environment - AIA COTE (http://www.aia.org/cote/cote_default) Includes top green projects for the last approximately five years (http://www.AIATopTen.org) |
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GENERAL: American Solar Energy Society - ASES (www.ases.org) Solar Today Magazine, annual conference, and more; encompassing both active and passive solar as well as related renewable energy and sustainable building projects, trends, etc. |
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GENERAL: Audubon International -Design for the Environment http://www.audubonintl.org/e-source/designforenvironment/designforenv.htm |
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GENERAL: Building Systems Design, Inc. SpecLink/PerSpective/CostLink ( http://www.bsdsoftlink.com/speclink/sl_frame.htm) Includes over 700 master specification sections, performance oriented project descriptions, and cost estimating tools for designers |
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GENERAL: Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development, U.S. Dept of Energy ( http://www.smartcommunities.ncat.org/) |
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GENERAL: EcosustainableHub- http://www.ecosustainable.com.au/links.htm linksfrom around the tropical world |
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GENERAL: Ecotecture http://www.ecotecture.com/ |
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GENERAL: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network www.eere.energy.gov. |
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GENERAL: Environmental Building News http://www.buildinggreen.com/ |
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GENERAL: Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program/EPA (http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp/ ) Includes "how to" information and resources, including EPP guidelines |
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GENERAL: Federal Energy Management Program, U.S. Department of Energy ( http://www.eren.doe.gov/femp) Information on alternative financing, case studies, training opportunities, resources; includes Greening of Grand Canyon and other Greening reports and Greening Federal Facilities Guide |
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GENERAL: ForestCertificationResourceCenter: www.certifiedwood.org. |
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GENERAL: Forest World: www.forestworld.com. |
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GENERAL: General Services Administration - Buildings, Environmental Programs The GSA is the owner/provider of facilities for over 100 Federal government agencies and, as such, is among the largest real estate owners in the U.S. This site includes case studies, resources, GSA green-building programs, etc. |
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GENERAL: GeoLink Library - Sustainable Topics ( http://www.geonetwork.org/links/) |
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GENERAL: Global Action and Information Network (GAIN) ( http://eelink.net/gaindirectories.html) |
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GENERAL: Green Affordable Housing Coalition www.greenaffordablehousing.org |
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GENERAL: Green Builder www.greenbuilder.com |
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GENERAL: Green Building Discussion Group ( http://www.buildinggreen.com/elists/) This Green Building Discussion Group, sponsored by Environmental Building News and REPP-CREST (the Renewable Energy Policy Project and Center for Renewable Energy) is open to anyone interested and includes useful Highlights Page ( http://www.buildinggreen.com/elists/contents.cfm) |
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GENERAL: Green Home Guide www.greenhomeguide.com |
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GENERAL: Green PCs ( http://www.greenpcs.com) |
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GENERAL: Healthy Building Network www.healthybuilding.net |
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GENERAL: Healthy House www.healthhouse.org |
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GENERAL: International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) ( http://www.iclei.org) |
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GENERAL: International Initiative for Sustainable Built Environment ( http://www.greenbuilding.ca) Information on an international effort to develop a method for assessing "green-ness" of buildings |
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GENERAL: International Network for Sustainable Design http://www.o2.org/ |
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GENERAL: National Institute of Building Sciences: Whole Building Design Guide ( http://www.wbdg.org) Design guidance for specific building types; Detailed discussion of strategies for everything from daylighting to sustainable construction practices, materials/products to codes & standards, and numerous other sustainable design topics. Particularly strong with respect to energy-related topics and tools, but not at all lacking in comprehensive coverage of the broader topics of sustainable design-addressing cost-effectiveness of strategies, potential for productivity improvements, and even historic preservation. |
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GENERAL: National Renewable Energy Laboratory ( www.nrel.gov) Building energy analysis, technology assessment, renewable energy systems, and more |
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GENERAL: Natural Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org/ |
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GENERAL: NREL High Performance Buildings Research ( http://www.nrel.gov/buildings/highperformance/) Closely coupled to the DOE High performance Buildings Initiative and similarly focused on energy efficiency; Additional specifics on software tools, case studies, related research programs, and the NRELCenter for Buildings and Thermal Systems ( http://www.nrel.gov/buildings_thermal/) |
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GENERAL: Pesticide Management Resource Guide - EPA ( http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/pmreg/) |
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GENERAL: President's Council on Sustainable Development ( http://www.whitehouse.gov/PCSD/) |
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GENERAL: Rocky Mountain Institute ( http://www.rmi.org/) |
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GENERAL: Rocky Mountain Institute ( www.rmi.org) Sustainable design and green building information and related services |
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GENERAL: Smart Growth Network ( http://www.smartgrowth.org/) |
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GENERAL: Smart Wood (Rainforest Alliance): www.smartwood.com. |
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GENERAL: Sustainable Architecture ( http://www.sustainableabc.com/) |
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GENERAL: Sustainable Communities Network ( http://www.sustainable.org/index.html) |
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GENERAL: Sustainable Living ( http://solstice.crest.org/index.shtml) |
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GENERAL: The Deconstruction Institute ( http://www.deconstructioninstitute.com/) |
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GENERAL: The Deconstruction Institute ( http://www.deconstructioninstitute.com/) |
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GENERAL: U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Program: Software tools; Case studies; Energy statistics and strategies by building type; General methodologies; Publications; other resources ( http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings) High Performance Buildings Initiative: Case studies; Design Approach/Strategies; Tools; Technologies; High Performance Buildings Database ( http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/highperformance/) |
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GENERAL: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( http://www.epa.gov) Includes information on statutes and regulations, indoor air quality, EPA programs and initiatives, and environmental databases (see, for example, Surf Your Watershed under Ecosystems on the extensive Key Topics menu) |
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GENERAL: U.S.EPANewBuilding Design Guidance and Target Finder ( http://www.energystar.gov) Energy Star tools and resources; Target Finder and New Building Design Guidance ( http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=target_finder.bus_target_finder) ( http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=building_design.bus_new_building_design ) assist users with setting energy targets, enhancing the conventional design process, and moving toward energy performance goals (for these and other links, Search: New Building Design |