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The
World Wide Web Virtual Library: Sustainable Development: A comprehensive
list of internet sites dealing with sustainable development. |
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Argus
Clearinghouse: Sustainable Development: An internet research
library with links to sustainability resources. |
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Center
of Excellence for Sustainable Development: U.S. Department
of Energy Part of the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Network, |
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A
Guide to Internet Resources in Sustainable Development Compiled
by Gerard E. D’Souza, West Virginia University Comprehensive
listing of links to sustainability resources |
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Green
Seal An independent, nonprofit organization that promotes the
manufacture and sale of environmentally responsible consumer products.
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Energy
Star A building and product labeling system developed by the
DOE and EPA. |
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Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing Program U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency
A program promoting federal government use of impact-reducing
products and services. |
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Sustainable Business Contains 4 major sections: Sustainable
Business Insider, green jobs, business opportunities, sustainable
library of databases, books and other resources. |
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Building Environmental Science and Technology B.E.S.T. delivers
technical consulting services on green design, energy efficience,
solar performance, and more. |
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World
Green Building Council U.S. non-profit corporation striving
to help countries form national green building councils of their
own by providing valuable information and resources to its affiliates
and members. |
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Energy
& Environmental Business Association A nonprofit organization
that promotes the awareness, education and development of energy
efficient, environmentally responsible buildings and communities.
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Sustainable Architecture Building and Culture Unique collection
of literature culled from the best authors on Sustainable Architecture,
Building and Culture. |
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Green Building Maintenance Tips, links, resources for promoting
a sustainable environment. |
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Energy Ideas Energy tips, resources, links, publications, software,
and more. |
Software Sites |
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Alliance
to Saving Energy (Business Energy Checkup) This program can
guide professionals in the right direction with analyzing ways to
make a building more efficient energy-wise. The program is guided
by the five stage EPA Energy Star Buildings Program. |
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Alliance
to Saving Energy (Home Energy Checkup) This can be used to analyze
home energy consumption. Program is very easy to use. |
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Building
for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) System
Evaluates the relative environmental and economic impacts of building
materials. |
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Blast
(Building Loads Analysis and System Thermodynamics) Blast is
an energy software tool to help energy and architectural engineers
with building, system, and plant design with regards to the energy
concerns of a building. |
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Ebuild
Ebuild has an incredible list of software programs for building.
The programs are listed by the manufacturer’s name. |
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Environmental Resource Guide This software has comprehensive
life-cycle reports of many different green building materials, reports
of performance of different materials and their environmental aspects,
and much more. |
Certification and Assessment Tools |
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ISO
14000/14001 Links to resources on environmental management standards.
This information is from Enviro-Source. |
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Leadership
in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDTM) System
U.S. Green Building Council Evaluates environmental performance
from a "whole building" perspective over a building's life cycle,
and is intended to be a definitive standard for what constitutes
a "green building". |
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Building
Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)
System A tool that allows the owners, users and designers of
buildings to review and improve environmental performance throughout
the life of a building. |
Campus Sustainability |
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National
Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Program Describes action
plans and campus projects. |
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Green
Buildings Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development,
U.S. Department of Energy Resources include explanations of
building principles; building programs; rating systems; codes and
ordinances; green building efforts and successes in the U.S.; and
publications and educational materials. |
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Building
Environmental Science and Technology's Green Building Primer
This primer on green building is an excellent starting point for
learning industry-determined requirements and characteristics of
green buildings. |
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City of Austin
Green Building Site Links to most of the happenings in the green
building world. The main feature is the City of Austin's Green Building
Guide, featuring extensive knowledge and design advice in the primary
areas of water, energy, materials, and waste. |
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Guide
to Sustainable Design, Development, and Policy Resources on the
Web Information resources organized by categories representative
of the scope and diversity of sustainability issues and initiatives.
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Office
of Building Technology, State and Community Programs Energy
Efficient and Renewable Energy Network, U.S. Department of Energy
Buildings information for homeowners; commercial owners; builders
and designers; researchers, and public officials. |
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Green
Design Network Resource site containing newsletters and publications;
a searchable data base; and regional directories. |
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Environmental
Building News The Leading Newsletter on Environmentally Responsible
Design and Construction Articles, reviews, and news stories;
Green Building Advisor interactive software; links to other
resources. |
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Environmental
Building News Recommended Reading Recommended Reading on green
and sustainable materials. |
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Oikos®
Green Building Source A variety of links and resources focusing
on applied aspects of green building, including a link to an electronic
bookstore which features some of the best titles on sustainable
construction. |
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The
Athena Model This tool aids in the overall building’s life cycle
performance analysis to assess the best possible way for a building
to have minimal impact upon the environment. |
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Building
Design Advisor Uses multiple simulation tools and databases
for buildings. |
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Department of Energy’s List of tools for retrofitting buildings
This is a great list of many different tools that can be used when
assessing the best way to go about retrofitting an existing building. |
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Department of Energy’s List of tools for renewable energy Here
is also another list of many tools that can assist with the use
of renewable energy sources. |
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Department of Energy’s Main List of Tools This is one of the
most comprehensive lists of building software tools list out on
the web. Some of the categories that have several subcategories
are Whole Building Analysis, Materials, Components, Systems and
Equipment. |
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E Volume 5 Volume Set This TechnologyAtlas Series that helps
you find what you need quickly. |
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Envest
This is a tool produced in the United Kingdom that is wonderful
with performing a life-cycle cost analysis of a building’s overall
impact on the environment. This tool is especially helpful in the
design phases of a building. |
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Green
Building Advisor There are specific design strategies suggested
to aid with environmental performance, the cost-effectiveness of
a building, and the health of the building. |
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Building
Online A search engine for building industry websites. |
