Resources
Affordable Green Building
Energy-Efficient Building Details, Materials, Systems, and Appliances
Renewable Energy
Resource-Efficient Building Design
Resource-Efficient Building Materials and Materials Directories
Construction & Demolition Waste Reduction
Marketing
Water Conservation
Indoor Air Quality / Healthy House Information
General References and Contacts for Sustainable Design
Green Builder Program Contacts
Green Builder Program Guidelines Online
Note:
Free sources of online information are hyperlinked.
Publications and software that are available for
sale are marked with an asterisk (*).
Entries
are listed in order of relevance, or alphabetically, as noted. |
Affordable
Green Building
Green
Buildings: Affordable Housing,
Smart Communities Network website
PATH (Partnership for
Advancing Technology in Housing)
"Building Green on a
Budget," Environmental Building News
G-Rated,
the Green Building segment of Portland's Office of Sustainability,
provides documents including Greening Portland's Affordable Housing,
a 97-page resource guide (PDF), and the Greening Portland's
Affordable Housing Design
and Construction Guidelines, an 8-page PDF.
Global Green USA
Greening
Affordable Housing Initiative, including the publication *A Blueprint for Greening Affordable
Housing
GreenHOME
Habitat for Humanity International’s
Environmental Initiative
An Advanced Systems
Engineering Approach to Affordable Single-Family Homes, Building Science
Corporation (PDF)
City
of Santa Monica, California, Green
Affordable Housing Checklist (PDF)
Low-Income Housing Rehabilitation
for Sustainability and Affordability, a case study from the Johnson
Creek Commons project in Portland, Oregon (PDF)
Design
Matters, an Internet catalog of exemplary affordable housing
compiled by The City Design Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago
(Notes resource and energy efficient construction.)
Minnesota
Sustainable Design Guide
Illinois Energy Affordable Housing Program
A
Builder’s Guide to Marketable, Affordable, Durable, Entry-Level Homes
(MADE) to Last from the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing, U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Office of Policy Development and
Research.
Also see the MADE Project demonstration homes
constructed by the NAHB Research Center.
New
York City Housing Partnership High Performance Building Program
*Affordable
Green Housing Project, Madison Area Community Land Trust, report “Renewable Energy
for a Madison Area Community Development Project,” available from Wisconsin Energy
Bureau at (608) 266-8234, or see Affordable
Green Housing Report.
1000
Friends of Florida Affordable Housing Program
The
Oak Hill Fund Environmentally Sustainable Affordable Design (ESAD) Program
 Energy-Efficient Building
Details, Materials, Systems, and Appliances
Energy Efficiency
Makes Homes More Affordable, Southface Energy Institute (PDF)
Home Energy Saver
State
Guides on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Research and
Education Foundation (PDF file, by state)
Energy Star website
Energy
Star Homes Program Technical Standards
Home Energy magazine archives
Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings
DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Network Consumer Information
Home Improvement Toolbox with Energy Star
Rocky Mountain Institute
Home Resource Efficiency
Efficient Windows Collaborative website
BuildingEnvelopes.org
Building Science Corporation
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Building
Technologies Department and Energy
Crossroads
Insulation
Fact Sheet, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Florida Solar Energy Center
(Various downloadable publications)
Building Energy Codes from DOE Office of Building Technology, State
and Community Programs
Daylighting
Collaborative (primarily applies to commercial buildings, worksheets online)
“Daylighting Offers
Great Opportunities”
Building
Energy Software Tools Directory from from DOE Office of Building Technology, State
and Community Programs (describes more than 200 software tools, some
available free)
*Northern Comfort: Advanced Cold Climate Home Building
Techniques, Alaska Craftsman Home Program
 Renewable Energy
Consumer's
Guide to Buying a Solar Electric System (PDF), California
Energy Commission
Consumer
Guide to Renewable Energy for Your Home or Business, DOE Office of
Power Technologies
NREL’s Renewable Resource Data Center
North
Carolina Solar Center (offers 2 solar home plans)
Climatic
Context (extensive climate and design information for cities in each
zone)
Rocky Mountain
Institute Renewable Energy
Home Power magazine
U.S. DOE’s National Center for Photovoltaics
CREST-REPP website
Building
Energy Software Tools Directory from from DOE Office of Building Technology, State
and Community Programs (describes more than 200 software tools, some
available free, related to renewable energy)
Resource-Efficient Building Design
Builder’s Foundation
Handbook (PDF), Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Advanced
Framing Techniques: Optimum Value Engineering (OVE), PATH Technology
Inventory
*Cost-Effective Home
Building, NAHB Research
Center
*Green Building Advisor
(software)
*Design Guide for Frost-Protected Shallow
Foundations, HUD publication HUD-1497-PDR(1),
prepared by NAHB Research Center
*Efficient Wood Use in Residential
Construction, NRDC, ISBN 1-893340-00-7 Excerpted online.
 Resource-Efficient Building Materials and Materials Directories
Guide to
Resource-Efficient Building Elements, NCAT Center for Resourceful Building
Technology
PATH Technology Inventory
Subject List
Sustainable Building Sourcebook
Oikos Green
Product Information
Sustainable
Design Resource Guide
The Environmental Store
*GreenSpec
 Construction
& Demolition Waste Reduction
RecyclingPlus
Program Manual: Best Practices for Construction Site Recycling (PDF)
Construction
Waste
Management from NAHB Research Center
California
Integrated Waste Management Board (Publications on various aspects of C&D
waste)
Waste to Wealth, Institute
for Local Self-Reliance
A Guide to
Deconstruction: An Overview of Destruction With a Focus on Community Development
Opportunities
WasteSpec:
Model Specifications for Construction Waste Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling,
Triangle J Council of Governments
Pollution
Prevention for Residential Construction
Marketing
Good Cents Environmental
Homes
*Building Green
in a Black and White World
"If
You Sell It, They Will Come," Environmental Design & Construction
"Buyer
Green," Professional Builder
 Water Conservation
Residential
Water Conservation Techniques, EPA presentation
WaterWiser website,
American Water Works Association (Includes Products Directory)
H2Ouse:
Water Saver Home
 Indoor
Air Quality / Healthy House Information
EPA’s
Indoor Air Quality Information Clearinghouse
Health House Program
Indoor Air Quality,
American Lung Association
Healthy
Houses & Non-Toxic Materials (PDF)
Healthy House Institute
Ventilation
Strategies for Energy-Efficient Production Homes, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory
ASHRAE residential ventilation standards
General
References and Contacts for Sustainable Design
Environmental
Building News
Environmental Design
and Construction
Green Building,
Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center
Green
Building Information Centre
Green
Building Primer, Building Environmental Science and Technology
Green
Clips
Green Design
Network
Minnesota
Sustainable Design Guide
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
Northwest
EcoBuilding Guild
U.S. Green
Building Council LEED™ Rating System
Green
Builder Program Contacts (listed alphabetically)
Build a Better
Clark, Clark County HBA, Washington
Build a Better
Kitsap, Kitsap County Home Builders Association, Washington (PDF)
Building
America Partner Program, Home Builders Association of Central New Mexico
Built Green,
King and Snohomish Counties, Washington
Built Green
Colorado, Denver, Colorado
Earth Advantage
Homes, Portland General Electric, Oregon
EarthCraft
House program, Atlanta, Georgia
Florida
Green Building Coalition
G/Rated--City of
Portland's Green Building Program, Portland, Oregon
Good Cents Environmental
Homes
Green
Building, City of San Jose, California
Green Building Program,
Austin, Texas
Green Built
Home, Wisconsin
Hawaii
BuiltGreen™, Building Industry Association of Hawaii
Heart of
America Green Builder Program, Kansas City
LEED Commercial Rating
System, U.S. Green Building Council
Maryland Green Building
Program
New
Jersey Green Homes Office
Scottsdale
Green Building Program, City of Scottsdale, Arizona
Green
Builder Program Guidelines Online (listed alphabetically)
Build a Better
Kitsap, Kitsap County Home Builders Association, Washington (PDF)
Built
Green Colorado Checklist 2002, Denver, Colorado (PDF)
Built
Green, King and Snohomish Counties, Washington
EarthCraft
House program, Atlanta, Georgia (PDF)
Green
Built Home Checklist, Wisconsin
Green
Home Designation Standard, Florida Green Building Coalition
*Guide
to Developing Green Building Programs, NAHB Research Center
New
Home Construction Green Building Guidelines, Alameda County Waste Management Authority & Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board (California)
Santa
Monica Green Affordable Housing Checklist, California
(PDF)
Santa
Monica Green Building Design & Construction Guidelines |
