DASNY Goes Green - Resources

Basic info:

Campus Climate Challenge

Put “green” to work where you live – know your watershed and how you affect it.

Get every recycling question answered here – and find out where to take things for proper disposal

Citizens Environmental Coalition

Interesting as each page talks about strategies and also costs!

http://www.mortgageloan.com/environment/
Green Mortgages

http://www.methodhome.com
Interesting site for green cleaning products for your home

http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/carbon_offset_wind_credits_carbon_reduction.htm
carbon offset chart comparing services and providers

http://www.realgoods.com/
Resource for information on solar applications and equipment, etc. Composting toilets….batteries…fresh water…

http://www.efficientwindows.org/index.cfm
window comparison information

http://www.renovusenergy.com/aboutus.html
Company that can assist in solar (PV) design questions…will it work for you?

www.pps.org
Project for Public Spaces

http://www.susanka.com/
Fairly good resource for information on home design.

http://www.greenatworkmag.com/
Magazine focusing on green practices at work.

http://www.treehugger.com/
a clearinghouse for all green

Advanced (designer level) info:

Information on VOC contents.

Healthy Building website – creators of the Pharos project for labeling of green materials.

Challenge to those that build – with lots of great information about our affect on the planet.

Building Green – one of the leading product assessment sites.

US Green Building Council – also LEED information and access to resources.

Northeast Sustainable Energy Association – they sponsor the Building Energy conference which is pretty full of good resources.

The National Charrette Institute – put the power of community input and buy-in into practice in your projects.

Location of the AIA Vermont High Performance Design Guide

High Performance Schools – on-line training. 25+ courses to get you up to speed on HPD approaches.

The Whole Building Design Guide – includes general info, articles, tools, product reports and links.

Green Advantage certification for contractors – educate the builders for an innovation credit for LEED and for a more certain outcome when your project is built.

clearinghouse of events

http://www.nerc.org/
Information on recycling, including Construction Waste Management.

http://www.buildingscience.com
Company that offers publications and info about greener building design strategies

http://www.athenasmi.ca/tools/impactEstimator/
Life Cycle Analysis….is it important? Website with LCA tools for purchase.

http://www.betterbricks.com/default.aspx?pid=financialbenefits
Clearinghouse for sustainable design information

http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/ConsumersGuidetoCarbonOffsets.pdf
Assessment of carbon offset providers.

Books and brochures:

Basics (still good for all interested):
Homes that Heal and Those that Don’t by Athena Thompson
Really residential, but full of useful facts and good at generating base awareness of how our built environment affects our health.

http://www.cectoxic.org/BuildingGreenwithoutgoinginthered.pdf
The World at Home: a Household Guide to Building Green – Citizen’s Environmental Coalition Publication
This is a summation (for the novice) on materials and approaches to home construction. Available on their website

The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook – slowing climate change and saving money by Godo Stoyke
This is a practical, understandable, and detailed assessment for where you can decrease your environmental impact and keep money in your pocket. Great graphics and well related to real life.

Your Green Home by Alex Wilson – again, a well-written and detailed book on what really matters in your home.

More Advanced (still good for all interested):
Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough
Discussion of how we could change the way we produce products to improve our economy and our environment.

http://renovation.pentagon.mil/Field Guide for Sustainable Con.pdf
field guide produced for the Pentagon Renovation and Construction Program Office

The Company We Keep – reinventing small business for people, community and place by John Abrams
A book about the South Mountain Company – a design build firm on Martha’s Vineyard - and how they are growing and changing to positively affect their community, their work and their future as a company and as individuals.