Green Building Professionals Directory
     Looking for a green builder, expert in solar energy or alternative wastewater systems, or other professional who understands sustainability? Check this directory! And if you are a Green Professional, be sure you're listed!

Sustainable Building Sourcebook
One of the first and still one of the best in-depth documents on materials and methods for building green. Over 40 chapters on many important aspects of building sustainably - whether buidng new or remodeling - from rainwater harvesting to compost toilets, from radiant barriers to flyash concrete, from insulation to non-toxic termite control.

Sustainable Building Calendar
     Add your event to the Sustainable Building Calendar! Post those workshops and barnraisings! Tell everyone about your conference! Or find an event to attend!

Green Building Conferences
     We've listed some of the best up and coming Conferences on Green Building and similar topics.

Discussion Forums
     Looking for a place to ask your questions or share your expertise? Email discussions, newsgroups, and real time chats devoted to sustainable topics.

Sustainable Building Materials Exchange (New 10/03)
     Do you have useable leftover materials from a job, and don't want to send them to the landfill? Are you looking for sources of a particular material? The Sustainable Building Materials Exchange is a free forum in which you can post available materials or requests for materials on a person-to-person basis. Materials for sale by individuals or construction companies are welcome, but please no commercial vendors.

Green Building: A Primer for Consumers, Builders and Realtors

Green Building Materials Databases

Associations and membership groups
     Energy Efficient Building Association
     Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
     American Solar Energy Society
     Strawbale Association of Texas meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

Groups working toward a greener built world
     The Development Center for Appropriate Technology
     The Center for Resourceful Building Technology
     The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems
     US Green Building Council
     Rocky Mountain Institute
     PA Sitefinder Pennsylvania's Brownfield real estate inventory search tool
     more...

Green Building programs
Governmental
     The Department of Energy's Center for Excellence for Sustainable Development
     Arlington County Virginia
     Austin Energy's Green Building Program, Austin, TX
     Build San Antonio Green
     Built Green, Master Builders Association of King & Snohomish Counties, WA
     Frisco, Tx Green Building Program
     Green Building City of San Jose, CA
     Green Points Program, Boulder Colorado
     Green Rated, Portland, Oregon
     Kansas City Build Green
     New Jersey Green Homes
     North Carolina HealthyBuilt Homes Program
     Scottsdale's Green Building, Scottsdale, Az
     Alameda County Waste Management Authority, Alameda County, CA
     Maryland Department of Natural Resources Green Building Program
Utility Industry programs
     Earth Advantage Homes, Portland General Electric
     Memphis EcoBUILD
Building Industry Association Programs
     Earth Craft House, Greater Atlanta HBA
     Build a Better Clark, Clark County HBA, WA
     Build a Better Kitsap, Kitsap County HBA, WA
     California Green Builder, Building Industry Institute
     Built Green Colorado, HBA of Metro Denver
     Green Builder Program, HBA of Central New Mexico
     Green Built Certified, HBA of Greater Grand Rapids, MI
     Hawaii BuiltGreen, Building Industry Association of Hawaii
     Hudson Valley, NY Builders Assn of the Hudson Valley
     Pierce County, WA (Tacoma)
     Built Green/Green Space Southwestern WA
Local initiatives
     Pittsburg Green Building Alliance, Pittsburg, PA
     Florida Green Building Coalition Florida
     GreenHomeNYC, New York, NY
     Green Building Alliance, Santa Barbara, California
     Greater Cleveland Green Building Coalition, Cleveland, Ohio
     Green Building Association of Central Pennsylvania
     Green Built Home, Wisconsin
     Northwest Ecobuilding Guild
     Southface Energy Institute, Atlanta, Georgia
     The Austin Sustainable Building Coalition, Austin, Texas
     Vermont Building for Social Responsibility
     Western North Carolina Green Building Council

Rating systems
     LEED
     BEES
     BREAM

Publications
     Environmental Building News
     Natural Home Magazine
     Interior Concerns Newsletter
     Home Power
     The Last Straw Journal

Case Studies
     Casas Que Cantan (Houses That Sing), Save The Children Foundation building, and more
     Red Feather Development Group brings volunteers and tribal members together to learn straw bale building methods.
     The Casa Verde program of American Youthworks teaches to sustainable building skills at-risk youth while constructing homes for needy families.
     Habitat for Humanity's Washington DC affiliate shows off their GreenHOME Project

Environmental Directory

Texas and Austin Environmental Info

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