Resources
Tools:
Green Footstep
Green Footstep calculates a building's carbon footprint as well as the amount of land necessary to offset these emissions. Download: Mac | PC
Chhaya
Chhaya 2.0© is an Excel-based design tool that helps designers optimize glazing size and orientation, shading, and natural ventilation to extend the period that the building can run passively. Download
Useful Green Building Links:
- Associations & Non-Profits
- Professional Organizations
- Sub-Contractors
- Research Centers
- Green Building Groups
- Government Agencies
- Media Organizations
- Campus Initiatives
Associations & Non-Profits:
- USGBC
- Built Green Org
- Green Communities (Green Building for Low-Income Homes)
- Thoreau Center (Based in Sf and Ny, Centers That House Green Non-Profits, Primarily in Green Design)
- Global Footprint Network
- New Buildings Institute
- Boulder Green Building Guild
- Architecture 2030
- Natural Resource Defense Council
- Ceres
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
- The Clinton Foundation
- Aspen Institute
- Better Bricks
- Boston Area Solar Energy Association
- Green Built Environments
- Business for Social Responsibility
- Canada Green Building Council
- Community Greenhouse Foundation
- Congress for New Urbanism
- Construction Materials Recycling Association
- Development Center for Appropriate Technology
- Green Roundtable
Professional Organizations:
- www.AIA.org (AIA’s Top Ten Success Stories)
- NorTheast Sustainable Energy Association
- Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
- William Mcdonough + Partners
- Simon and Associates, Inc.
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
- American Solar Energy Society
- Green Building Finance Consortium
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Sub-Contractors:
- Rumsey Engineers (Mechanical Engineers)
- Lincolne-Scott Engineers (Mechanical Engineers)
- Clanton & Associates (Lighting Design)
- Flack & Kurtz (Mechanical Engineers)
- Edaw (Civil Engineering, Water Management, Urban Design)
- Sol Energy (Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal System Design)
- Alpen Energy Group (High Performance Windows)
- AThena Institute (Material Life-Cycle Assessments)
- Engineering Economics Inc. (Commissioning Agents)
- John Todd Ecological Design, Inc. (Water Planning & Treatment)
- Conservation Design Forum (Water Planning)
- Enermodal Engineering (Energy Modeling)
Research Centers:
- Carnegie Mellon Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics
- Center for Energy Efficiencies and Renewable Technologies
- Center for Maximum Potential Buildings Systems
- Environmental Energy Technologies Division
- Florida Research Center for Understanding Sustainability
- Green Resource Center, Berkeley
- Mit Building Technology Group
- Pacific Energy Center
- Sandia National Laboratory- Renewable Energy
Green Building Groups:
- Alliance for Sustainable Built Environment
- Good to Be Green (a Search Engine for Green Building Products in Your Area)
- Organized by The Architectural League of Ny, a Case Study Analysis on Green Building)
- 7Group/Group Positive
- Earthcraft
- Environmental Design + Construction
Government Agencies:
- U.S. Department of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Department of Energy
- National Renewable Energy Lab
- Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
Media Organizations:
Campus Initiatives:
- Arizona State University
- Ball State University, Indiana
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- Bowdoin University, Maine
- Brown University, Rhode Island
- Cal Poly, California
- Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania
- Clemson University, South Carolina
- Coastal Carolina University, South Carolina
- College of Charleston, South Carolina
- Winthrop University, South Carolina
- Connecticut College
- CSU, Monterey Bay, CA
- Dartmouth College, New Hampshire
- Duke University, NC
- Emory University, GA
- Cornell University, NY
- The George Washington University, DC
- Michigan State University
- The State University of New York at Buffalo:
- Florida Golf Coast University
- Harvard University, MA
- Lewis and Clark, OR
- MIT, MA
- Michigan Technical Institute
- Northwestern University, IL
- Pitzer College, CA (a Member of Claremont Colleges)
- University of Cincinnati, Ohio
- University of Florida
- University of Oregon
- University of Vermont
- Johns Hopkins University, MD
- UCSB, Ca
- Stanford University, CA
- Yestermorrow Design/Build School (International/Vermont)