General...
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)