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Many additional resources can be found in the bibliographies and websites
of the referenced sources - this is by no means a comprehensive list |
Architects, Designers, and Planners
for Social Responsibility (ADPSR)
Architectural Resource Guide
[book, CD-ROM]
ADPSR, 1999
www.adpsr-norcal.org
Green materials presented in CSI format
Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB)
[website]
www.aecb.net
green builders, architects, manufacturers and engineers in the United Kingdom
Athena Sustainable Materials Institute
[website]
Doing pioneering work developing software for life-cycle assessment of methods
and materials
www.athenaSMI.ca
Bioneers
[website]
www.bioneers.org
a look at what positive people are doing in all walks of life
Bower, John
The Healthy House
[book]
Healthy House Institute, 1997
www.hhinst.com
An excellent treatment of indoor air quality (IAQ)
Builders Without Borders
[website]
Lending a hand in undeveloped regions by using low-impact materials with high-tech
smarts
www.builderswithoutborders.org
BuildingGreen - Publishers of Environmental Building News
[website]
www.buildinggreen.com
Center for Resourceful Building Technology
[website]
www.crbt.org
Excellent research and information
Construction Technologies
[website]
a research center in Calgary, Canada
www.construction-technologies.com
Chiras, Dan
The Natural House
[book]
Chelsea Green, 2000
www.chelseagreen.com
A comprehensive review of natural building techniques and materials
Elizabeth, Lynne, and Adams, Cassandra, Editors
Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Materials
[book]
www.wiley.com
John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2000 Energy Efficient Home Article resource directory
[website]
www.energyefficienthomearticles.com
Easily understood information about energy efficient homes
Green Design
[website]
www.greendesign.net
Holmes, Dwight, Strain, Larry, Wilson, Alex, and Leibowitz, Sandra
GreenSpec
[book, CD-ROM]
www.buildinggreen.com
BuildingGreen, Inc, 1999
Green materials presented in CSI format
Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDC)
[website]
www.itdg.org
green building research (with international benefit) in London
International Development Research Center (IDRC)
[website]
www.idrc.ca
green building research (with international benefit) in Canada
Imhoff, Dan and Carra, Roberto
Building with Vision
[book]
Watershed Media, 2001
www.watershedmedia.org
A visually appealing review of alternatives to wood in construction, with
many resources
Kennedy, Joseph, Smith, Michael, and Wanek, Catherine
Natural Building
[book]
New Society Publishers, 2002
www.newsociety.com
A comprehensive review of natural building techniques and materials
Pearson, David
The New Natural House Book
[book]
Simon & Schuster/Fireside, 1998
Natural Home, Inc
The Natural Home
[magazine]
www.naturalhomemagazine.com
Roodman, David Malin, and Lenssen, Nicholas
Building Revolution: How Ecology and Health Concerns Are Transforming
Construction
[paper]
Worldwatch Institute paper # 124, 1995
www.worldwatch.org
Stulz, Roland, and Mukerji, Kiran
Appropriate Building Materials
[book]
www.itdg.org
SKAT and Intermediate Technology Publications, 1993
Van der Ryn, Sim, and Cowen, Stuart
Ecological Design
www.ecodesign.org
Island Press, 1996
Woolley, Tom, Kimmins, Sam, and Harrison, Paul and Rob
Green Building Handbook
[book]
E & FN Spon, 1997
Green materials presented generally for British Isles audience
Other web resources:
Building
Research Establishment research center in England
Building Research Establishment research center in New Zealand
Civil Engineering Research Foundation research center in Washington
D.C.
Chelsea Green Publishing
books on all
aspects of sustainable living
DCAT
Development
Center for Appropriate Technology
ISCOWA International Society for Construction
with Alternative Materials
The Natural Step
principles of sustainability
Oikos
green building products catalog
Rocky Mountain Institute
research and consultation in greenbuilding
Network of alternative
building research groups (Europe)
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