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| back to top Architecture 2030, a non-profit, non-partisan and independent organization, was established in response to the global-warming crisis by architect Edward Mazria in 2002. 2030's mission is to rapidly transform the US and global Building Sector from the major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions to a central part of the solution to the global-warming crisis. Our goal is straightforward: to achieve a dramatic reduction in the global-warming-causing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the Building Sector by changing the way buildings and developments are planned, designed and constructed. Click here for website back to top Bay-Friendly is a holistic approach to gardening and landscaping that works in harmony with the natural conditions of the San Francisco Bay Watershed. Bay-Friendly practices foster soil health, conserve water and other valuable resources while reducing waste and preventing pollution. Click here for website back to top Build It Green is a professional non-profit membership organization whose mission is to promote healthy, energy and resource-efficient buildings in California. Supported by a solid foundation of outreach and education, Build It Green connects consumers and building professionals with the tools and technical expertise they need to build quality green buildings. Build It Green's vision is a world where people thrive in buildings and communities sustained by a healthy connection between the natural and built environment. Click here for website back to top Building Green is an independent company committed to providing accurate, unbiased, and timely information designed to help building-industry professionals and policy makers improve the environmental performance and reduce the adverse impacts, of buildings. Building Green, publishers of Environmental Building News, also offers both print and electronic resources to help you design and build construction projects from a whole-systems perspective and take an integrated design approach that minimizes ecological impact and maximizes economic performance. Click here for website back to top This site is the state of California's green building design and construction resource center. The website provides up to date articles, information, and other useful resources. Click here for website back to top EPA's Green Building Workgroup was formed in July 2003 to bring together the many programs across the Agency that work with the building and development sectors to improve their environmental performance. Workgroup members strive for a built environment that protects and enhances the health of ecosystems and the public. The Workgroup seeks to build effective EPA leadership in the green building movement by jointly informing, coordinating, and guiding the development of Agency policies, programs, partnerships, communications, and operations that influence building and development. Click here for website back to top Developed and maintained by Metafore, the Forest Certification Resource Center (FCRC) provides comprehensive, objective information and customized tools to a broad audience interested in forest management, forest certification and responsible wood and paper purchasing. Click here for website back to top The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international network setup to promote responsible management of the world's forests. FSC brings people together to find solutions to the problems created by bad forestry practices and to reward good forest management. Click here for website back to top GreenBiz is an information resource on how to align environmental responsibility with business success. News and resources are provided through a combination of Web sites, workshops, daily news feeds, electronic newsletters, and briefing papers. GreenBiz is a program of The National Environmental Education and Training Foundation.. Click here for website back to top Greenbuilder.com (Sustainable Sources) is an online green building resource with a sustainable building sourcebook, a green builder's directory, green events calendar, a sustainable building materials exchange, a complete bookstore, articles, and links to innumerable other resources. Click here for website back to top Green Building Blocks is the leading online business resource for green residential design and building professionals who are committed to environmentally-sustainable best practices. It's a one-stop source for everything you need to succeed - whether you're a veteran or in the early stage of building your green business. Click here for website back to top Green Building Pages is an on-line, sustainable design and decision-making tool for building industry professionals and environmentally and socially responsible consumers. Green Building Pages' mission is to create a clear, concise, public format for communicating comprehensive, current, and transparent information to enable building industry professionals and consumers seeking a healthy, sustainable lifestyle to choose building materials that preserve health, the environment, and whose production and manufacture processes promote social equity and economic sustainability. Click here for website back to top Greenhomebuilding.com is a terrific homegrown site offering a wide range of information about sustainable architecture and natural building. Additionally, Greenhomebuilding.com provides a way to communicate with, and learn from, a variety of experts in the many fields associated with the site. Click here for website back to top GreenerBuildings is a resource for environmentally responsible building development intended to help companies of all sizes and sectors understand and address building design, construction, and operation in a way that aligns environmental responsibility with business success. Their mission is to provide hands-on tools, action steps, and other resources companies can use to understand the underlying issues, and to promote positive, cost-effective practices that improve buildings' environmental performance while simultaneously reducing costs and negative health impacts. Click here for website back to top The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) is an industry-independent, non-profit organization that oversees the GREENGUARD Certification Program. As an ANSI Accredited Standards Developer, GEI establishes acceptable indoor air standards for indoor products, environments, and buildings. GEI's mission is to improve public health and quality of life through programs that improve indoor air. Click here for website back to top GreenHomeGuide is a trusted, community-based resource whose combination of tips, case studies, expert Q&A articles and regional directories of products and services helps homeowners create homes that make them feel good. GreenHomeGuide believes we can improve the environment and make our homes safe, comfortable and rejuvenating at the same time by choosing green alternatives to conventional building, cleaning, pest control and landscaping. Click here for website back to top GreenSage is an e-commerce site featuring a wide range of green building and home products. The site also features a learning center, and searchable product and green expert directory. Click here for website back to top Founded in 1989, Green Seal provides science-based environmental certification standards that help those with responsible products navigate in an increasingly educated and competitive marketplace. The organization aims to help manufacturers, purchasers, and end users alike make responsible choices that positively impact business behavior and improve quality of life. Click here for website back to top GreenSource is McGraw-Hill Construction's on-line directory of information on sustainable design, practice and products. The site includes selected information from GreenSource, Architectural Record, and Engineering News-Record magazines. Click here for website back to top GreenStrides.com is a place to discover environmentally-friendly products and practices for the home and office. Whatever your lifestyle, there are many ways to make your home life or time at the office more green. Whether you're building a new home, making repairs/renovations, or frustrated by the status quo at work, we're here with news and information to help you do it in a more sustainable way Click here for website back to top Green2Green features comprehensive information regarding green building products, materials and practices. The site offers side-by-side comparisons of products using a variety of environmental, technical and economic criteria. G2G strives to provide practical advice to users about green building materials and practices, by featuring expert advice, public forums on a variety of topics and by soliciting product feedback from users. G2G also locates dealers for all featured products and identifies dealer locations so users can access green products. By providing this information, our vision is to support the growing green building industry and to encourage the design of innovative and sustainable buildings that contribute to the wellbeing of people and the planet. Click here for website back to top Green building, sustainable design and environmentally friendly living are hot topics today and iGreenBuild.com is your online resource for the latest eco-friendly news, articles, reports, products and more. iGreenBuild.com has a powerful search engine, thousands of articles, a Buyers Guide with listings of ecologically friendly product and service providers and expert editorial provided by the site's popular Green Syndicated Columnists. Click here for website back to top Oikos is a leading website dedicated to sustainable and energy-efficient construction. The site provides a green building news section, a products database and gallery and publishes the "the Energy Source Builder Newsletter". Click here for website back to top SustainableABC is devoted to developing a community of eco-conscious citizens, building bridges between the public and professionals in the fields of sustainable construction, architecture and environmental protection (eco-professionals), and developing tools for eco-professionals to network with each other. Click here for website back to top The SBIC is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the design, affordability, energy performance, and environmental soundness of America's buildings. The SBIC produces the Whole Building Design Guide, a tool for applying the integrated design approach to building. Click here for website back to top Sustainable Business is an Internet community for businesses that integrate economic, and social and environmental concerns into their core strategy. Click here for website back to top The Green Building Resource Guide is a database of over 600 green building materials and products selected specifically for their usefulness to the design and building professions, rather than merely their green material content. Click here for website back to top The Green Guide is published by The Green Guide Institute (TGGI), an independent research and information organization for consumers. Dubbed the "green living source for today's conscious consumer" by Elle magazine, The Green Guide is a resource for those striving for a healthy and "greener" lifestyle. The Green Guide has a sizeable sustainable building section. Click here for website back to top The U.S. Green Building Council is a non-profit composed of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. Our more than 10,000 member organizations and our network of 75 regional chapters are united to advance our mission of transforming the building industry to sustainability. The U.S. Green Building Council's core purpose is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life. Click here for website back to top The World Green Building Council is a union of national councils whose mission is to accelerate the transformation of the global property industry towards sustainability. Current members are GBCAustralia, CanadaGBC, EmiratesGBC, IndiaGBC, JapanSBC, MexicoGBC, New Zealand GBC, TaiwanGBC, United KingdomGBC and the USGBC. Collectively, these nations represent over 50% of global construction activity, and touch more than eight thousand companies and organizations worldwide. WorldGBC members are leading the movement that is globalizing environmentally and socially responsible building practices. Its objective is to rapidly build an international coalition that represents the entire global property industry. Click here for website back to top Eco-structure is a leading publication in the expanding field of sustainable design. The magazine's goal is to improve environmental performances of buildings and their surroundings. Click here for website back to top Environmental Building News, a service of BuildingGreen.com, is a monthly newsletter published since 1992 featuring comprehensive, practical information on a range of topics related to sustainable design in the built environment. Click here for website back to top Environmental Design + Construction (ED+C) is one of the premier sources for integrated high-performance building. Since 1997, ED + C has supported the progressive architect, designer, specifying engineer and building developer to enhance the sustainability of new and existing buildings. Click here for website back to top Green Builder Magazine is a publication for residential builders, remodelers, and contractors who are interested in responsible growth and sustainable development. Green Builder Magazine is delivered to over 95,000 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) members and associate members. Click here for website back to top Green@Work offers a guide to the business world's growing embrace of sustainability. It covers corporate responsibility from a positive point of view, relating best practices and demonstrating the growing business case for green strategies. Click here for website back to top Green Magazine is a publication dedicated to informing industry professionals about the many aspects of sustainable and green business. With an editorial package that's multidisciplinary, Green Magazine crosses segments of green industry to reach businesses interested in "solutions for a sustainable world". Click here for website back to top GreenSource is McGraw-Hill Construction's on-line directory of information on sustainable design, practice and products. It includes information for the architect, engineer, contractor and consumer from GreenSource, Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record magazines, as well as web-only exclusives. Click here for website back to top Home Energy Magazine is a bimonthly publication that reports on the latest energy-efficiency technologies for the home--from weatherization, to heating and cooling systems, to lighting, windows, appliances, and indoor air quality. Click here for website back to top The Journal of Green Building is a magazine dedicated to expanding and improving the field of green building. The articles are written by architects, engineers, and building construction professionals with other practicing professionals in mind. Click here for website back to top Natural Home offers today's health-conscious, environmentally concerned homeowners the information they need to practice earth-inspired living. Since the bimonthly magazine's first issue in May 1999, Natural Home has brought together resources and information in home design, earth-friendly décor and natural living. Click here for website back to top TreeHugger is a web magazine dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic yet is environmentally responsible. News, reviews, and recommendations are offered in addition to a buying directory and other resources. TreeHugger focuses on well designed products that are also ecologically sensitive. Click here for website | |
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