GREEN HOME DESIGN & BUILDING RESOURCES
v Indicates CA-based and/or essential resource!
Not sure where to start? Here is a list of online resources our panel of experts have found helpful through our own projects.
GREEN BUILDING MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS
§ U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) - www.usgbc.org
v USGBC Northern CA Chapter – www.usgbc-ncc.org
v Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), Northern CA – www.adpsr-norcal.org (subscribe to listserv for notices of local events, jobs, etc.)
v Build It Green (BIG) – www.builditgreen.org
§ Green Affordable Housing Coalition - www.greenaffordablehousing.org
§ Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) - www.sbicouncil.org
PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLISHERS (print + online)
v Green Building Advisor - www.greenbuildingadvisor.com – the single must-have green home-building resource, published by Buildinggreen.com (below) and Taunton Press; includes free homeowner content and fee-based professional content (email me for a discount subscription code)
v Environmental Building News (EBN) - www.buildinggreen.com – monthly newsletter for unbiased green building research and information (no advertising)
v BuildingGreen, Inc. - www.buildinggreen.com – publisher of EBN (see above), GreenSpec and other well-designed green building tools and publications
§ Environmental Design & Construction magazine – http://www.edcmag.com/
§ Natural Home magazine – http://www.naturalhomemagazine.com/
§ Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation - www.cmhc.ca – extensive research and tools for homeowners and professionals, including excellent free email newsletters
§ Building Science Press – www.buildingsciencepress.com – publishes excellent climate-specificBuilder’s Guides
§ Fine Homebuilding - www.taunton.com/finehomebuilding/
§ The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live; The Not So Big House Collection: The Not So Big House and Creating the Not So Big House; Not So Big Solutions for Your Home by Sarah Susanka
§ The Healthy House - John Bower; Healthy House Institute
v Many, many more … available at Builders’ Booksource in Berkeley – www.buildersbooksource.com
GREEN HOMEBUILDING PROGRAMS
§ LEED for Homes – www.usgbc.org/leed/homes
§ GreenPoint Rated Program – www.builditgreen.org/greenpoint-rated
§ Other programs – www.greenhomeguide.org/ – this page includes links for local and regional green building programs around the U.S., as well as numerous other resources
v San Mateo County – www.recycleworks.com/greenbuilding/index.html
v California Green Builder Program – www.cagreenbuilder.org
RESEARCH & BUILDING SCIENCE
§ National Association of Home Builders Research Center - www.nahbrc.com
§ Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation - www.cmhc.ca
§ Building Science Corporation - www.buildingscience.com
§ 3-D Building Solutions, LLC - www.3d-buildingsolutions.com
§ Southface - www.southface.org/home/ech/earthcraft_home.htm
GREEN HOMEBUILDING PRODUCTS & PRODUCT INFORMATION
v GreenSpec Directory, BuildingGreen, Inc. – www.buildinggreen.com
v Green Building Pages – www.greenbuildingpages.com/main.html
§ Oikos – http://oikos.com/index.lasso
§ Environmentally Certified Wood – www.ra.org and www.fscus.org
§ Durable design with wood – www.fpl.fs.fed.us/
§ Healthy Building Network – www.healthybuilding.net
§ Greenpeace's PVC Alternatives Listing - www.greenpeace.org.au/pvc
§ Certified Forest Products Council – www.certifiedwood.com
§ US Consumer Product Safety Commission – 800.638.CPSC
NETWORKING, DIRECTORIES
v The Green Home Guide – www.greenhomeguide.com
§ Green Sage - www.greensage.com
v Building Concerns - http://www.buildingconcerns.com
TRAINING RESOURCES
v PG&E Pacific Energy Center (S.F.) – www.pge.com/pec
v PG&E Stockton Energy Training Center – http://www.pge.com/stockton/
§ Affordable Comfort, Inc. – http://www.affordablecomfort.org/home1.html
§ Energy & Environmental Building Association - www.eeba.org
§ Sustainable Buildings Industry Council - www.sbicouncil.org
§ National Association of Home Builders - www.nahb.org
ENERGY & RESOURCE EFFICIENCY
v California Building Performance Contractors’ Association – www.cbpca.org
v California Home Energy Efficiency Rating Services (CHEERS) – www.cheers.org
v CalCERTS – www.calcerts.com
§ Energy Star Homes – http://www.energystarhomesamerica.com/
§ U.S. DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program – http://www.eere.energy.gov/solar/
§ Building America – http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/building_america/
§ Building Science Corporation – www.buildingscience.com
§ Southface Energy Institute – www.southface.org
This is just the tip of the iceberg – there are thousands of resources out there!