City of Santa Monica Green Buildings Design & Construction Guidelines
Santa Monicas GB Guidelines. We tried very hard to make them as useful as possible to time-pressed design and construction professionals. Covering Siting and Form, Landscape, Transportation, Envelope/Space Planning, Materials, Water, Electrical, HVAC and Control Systems, as well as Construction Management and Commissioning, each chapter has a discussion of its topic, an annotated information resource list, and (most important) Recommended Practices that succintly illustrate and summarize most GB design approaches. While it's tailored to what works in the coastal Southern California climate, I'd say that most of the design advice is useful anywhere. Available for free download as one or several .pdf files, the site also includes an annotated WWW resource list.
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Green Buildings B.C.
Covering both the BC Governments' New and Retrofit Programs, this site summarizes these initiatives, and provide a number of information resources. IMHO, the most valuable New Building Program documents are the Draft Performance Targets, and summary of the "Integrated Design Process" used in the New Buildings Pilot projects. The New Buildings Program site also has an information resource list covering both WWW and print documents, listed in order of the performance target they help address; and a listing of GB consultants, practitioners and suppliers in BC. The Retrofit Program site includes an excellent "How-To Guide" for the program and GB retrofits in general; links to other North American retrofit programs; and pre-qualified consultants and contractors.
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GBIC - Green Building Information Council
Supported by Natural Resources Canada's C2000 program, the GBIC and its president, Dr. Ray Cole of the UBC School of Architecture have been central sparkplugs driving the seminal Green Building Challenge conferences. The site, edited by Nils Larsen, is primarily an index for green and energy-efficient building resources, but also allows ordering of the GBC proceedings - one of the best sources on performance of green buildings globally. The GBIC also publishes the Advanced Buildings Newsletter bimonthly; the website has .pdf files of past issues available for free download. The GBIC site hosts - an excellent resource on green building technologies and approaches, in its "Advanced Buildings Technologies and Practices" section; with case studies, technology summaries and contacts - home page for Natural Resources Canada's Buildings Group, which develops software tools to support energy-efficient building design.
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Green Development
Rocky Mountain Institute's list of links on green development. Includes energy links (rating systems, energy efficiency, renewable energy) and links to centers, listserves, etc. on green building.
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Home Resource Efficiency
Rocky Mountain Instute's site includes basic information on home resource efficiency and more detailed publications in the following areas: Energy efficiency; appliances and lighting; home cooling; household greenhouse-gas reduction; water efficiency; resource-efficient new home construction; environmentally friendly building materials; renewable energy: solar, wind, micro-hydro; ndoor air quality; recycling.
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EBN: Environmental Building News
This monthly newsletter is probably the most useful independent information resource on all aspects of green building design in North America; and their website is as well-considered and valuable. It provides access to articles from past issues of Environmental Building News; summaries of EBNs current issue feature articles; product reviews, and article-related links. They also publish GreenSpec, Green Building Advisor software, and co-sponsors excellent listservs on green homes and commercial buildings.
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OIKOS Green Building Source
OIKOS is allied with Environmental Building News, and publishes the Energy Source Builder newsletters, which have long been respected independent reviwers of green building products and equipment. The site offers a searchable archive or ESB articles, and a database of GB products and EE/RE equipment; as well as a pretty good online library and Project Showcase.
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SBIC - Sustainable Buildings Information Council
The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the design, affordability, energy performance, and environmental soundness of America’s buildings. SBIC serves as a national resource clearinghouse for whole building design, product information, professional training, consumer education, and analytic tools. The SBICs (very good) books and software can be ordered online; but there is little available for free.
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Sustainable Building Sourcebook
The City of Austin (the first North American municipal Green Building program) publishes this online GB design guide, covering water, energy, and materials. While oriented to Texas conditions and suppliers, much of its advice is universally applicable.
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US GBC - US Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council is a non-profit coalition of US building industry leaders, working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and healthy places to live and work. Originators of the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) GB performance rating system, the US GBC is having a major effect on building design practice in North America. Their site hosts LEED documentation, a few case studies, and a brief list of high-quality GB standards and information resources.
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