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Here are some links to groups or organizations that deal in green:

GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS

CITY OF SANTA MONICA - Green Building Program

US Green Building Council

Sustainable Building Sourcebook

Paper Architecture

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Center for maximum Potential Building Systems

SOLAR ENERGY

Demosite

CARBON FOOTPRINT

Cool It Campaign

Carbon Counter

ENVIRONMENTAL / CLIMATE CHANGE

California Climate Action Registry

Architecture 2030

BUILDING PRODUCTS

California Materials Exchange Integrated Waste Management Board

PVC Alternative Database

LACoMAX - The Los Angeles County Online Materials Exchange

H3 Environmental

ADPSR Vendors directory Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility

GreenSpec. Information on 83 environmentally preferable building products

GENERAL

Environmental Building News

Architectural Resource Guide

Arsenic info including ACQ lumber finder

Certified forest product suppliers database

Environmental Resource Guide by Earth Share

The Green Building Resource Guide

Harris Directory

US Green Building Association

Green Building Alliance

The Environmental Building News

BRE, Building a Better World

California Integrated Waste Management

Alameda County Waste Management Authority

City of Oakland, Resources

City of Austin, TX, Details on one city's green building

Sonoma County

Green Works TV, Videotaped

US Dept. of Energy Green Building/Energy info

US Dept. of Energy

Solar Energy Industry Association

Solar Home Tours

Green products

Environmentally safe and low-toxic products from quality manufacturers

Clinton Global Initiative

www.crbt.org

www.greenbuilder.org

home.earthlink.net/~dlombard

oikos.com/products

EVENTS

Sustainable Building Conferences

Earth Day

REFERENCE BOOKS

ADPSR: Architectural Resource Guide and Database
Edited by David Kibbey

The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design

by Sandra F. Mendler, William Odell

The Ecological Design Handbook
by Fred Stitt (Editor)

Green Building Resource Guide
by John Hermannsson

The Alternative Building Sourcebook

by Steve K. Chappell

 

   

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