Resources
Tools:
GreenFoot
GreenFoot 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 here
Useful Green Building Links:
- Associations & Non-Profits
- Professional Organizations
- Sub-Contracters
- 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
- Environmental Defense
- National Resource Defense Council
- Conservation International
- Ceres
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
- The Clinton Foundation
- Aspen Institute
- American Indoor Quality Council
- Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility
- Better Bricks
- Boston Area Solar Energy Association
- Boston Building Materials Co-Op
- Boston Building Materials Resource Center
- Green Built Environments
- Business for Social Responsibility
- Canada Green Building Council
- Climate Action Network
- Community Greenhouse Foundation
- Congress for New Urbanism
- Construction Materials Recycling Association
- Development Center for Appropriate Technology
- Solar Living Institute
- Green Roundtable
Professional Organizations:
- www.AIA.org (AIA’s Top Ten Success Stories)
- Energy Efficient Building Association (EEBA)
- NorTheast Sustainable Energy Association
- Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
- William and Mcdonough + Partners Green Projects
- Simon and Associates, Inc.
- Corenet Global
- Building Owners and Managers Association
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
- American Solar Energy Society
- World Green Building Council
- Green Building Finance Consortium
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Sub-Contracters:
- 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
- Center for Resourceful Building Technology
- Environmental Energy Technologies Division
- The Centre for Sustainable Design
- Florida Research Center for Understanding Sustainability
- Green Resource Center, Berkeley
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory- Buildings Technologies Department
- Mit Building Technology Group
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Pacific Energy Center
- Sandia National Laboratory- Renewable Energy
- The Vital Signs Project
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)
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
- 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, Mass.
- 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)