Building Product Resources
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit community of leaders working to make green building available to everyone within a generation. Their site offers educational resources and links to green building organizations and studies for the advancement of sustainable buildings.Website: U.S. Green Building Council
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Building Green is an independent publishing company dedicated to providing unbiased green design news and information as well as a product catalog for consumers and a database of case studies of projects ranging from homes and commercial interiors to large buildings and institutions.Website: Building Green
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Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy that provides energy efficiency ratings of products and practices in homes and businesses.Website: Energy Star Company Profile
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The EPA's Green Building site is a guide to the components of green building including energy efficiency and renewable energy, water efficiency, waste reduction, toxics reduction, indoor air quality and smart growth development for a variety of buildings such as homes, schools, commercial buildings laboratories and healthcare facilities.Website: EPA Green Building
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Green Building Certification Institute
Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) is a branch of the U.S. Green Building Council that administers credentialing programs for green building practices. The GBCI offers LEED AP certification services that can help businesses earn recognition and contribute to professional development.Website: Green Building Certification Institute Company Profile -
The USBGC's Green Home Guide provides a variety of resources for home owners looking to live sustainably in an affordable manner. The site offers links to green home programs, regreen remodeling guidelines, news and events, and other resources.Website: The Green Home Guide Company Profile
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Green Building Elements is a resource for those interested in learning about current green and renewable building news as well as current projects in sustainable architecture and guidelines for building green structures in different locales in the United States. Topics include business, design, materials such as windows, lighting, and structural, standards, and more.Website: Green Building Elements
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Build Green Schools - U.S. Green Building Council
Build Green Schools by the U.S. Green Building Council is a website dedicated to promote the advantages of green school buildings in the way they affect the community, education, and the environment with information on the LEED program, energy efficiency, and more.Website: Build Green Schools - U.S. Green Building Council -
Global Green is an international environmental group working towards eliminating weapons of mass destruction that threaten the environment and human lives as well as ensuring that the 2.4 billion people in the world who do not have access to clean water are able to obtain it. The organization educates hundreds of millions of people each year on global environmental challenges as well as leveraging billions of dollars for environmental initiatives. Resources on their website include green building for cities and schools, water, climate solutions, and security and sustainability.Website: Global Green USA
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GreenBuilding.com is a resource for homeowners and building professionals with information on green home improvement including exteriors, energy retrofits, and solar energy as well as proper green practices involving foundations, framing, HVAC, siding, and insulation. They also have resources on building a green building business and training & certification information.Website: GreenBuilding.com
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Green Building Finance Consortium
The Green Building Finance Consortium is an organization of companies and trade groups with the desire to promote independent research and analysis of investment in green energy efficient buildings in order to educate the private real estate sector to understand the value and risk of green building underwriting.Website: Green Building Finance Consortium -
The Green Building Institute offers courses on green building standards and practices, LEED certification, green roofs, energy efficiency, solar energy, sustainable communities, and more. They also have resources on their website for renewable energy and incentives including biodiesel, biomass, and hydropower as well as information on green building and home furnishing stores.Website: Green Building Institute
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Green Building Pages is a sustainable building materials database with information on sustainable design and green products as well as a design tool for builders who aim to be environmentally and socially responsible. They also have a calendar of upcoming conferences and expos as well as news briefs on green topics.Website: Green Building Pages
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Green Building Talk is an online forum for residential and commercial green building with a section on technologies and separate forums for ICFs, SIPs, radiant heating, solar & wind power, geothermal heat pumps, and more.Website: Green Building Talk
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Greener Buildings is a resource page for environmentally responsible building development news including architecture & design, building materials, energy use, land use, water use, waste management, and facility management. They also track blogs which relate other green information as well as events, books, reports, and how-tos.Website: Greener Buildings
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NAHB National Green Building Program
The NAHB National Green Building Program is an organization offering information and tools for builders and homeowners on building or retrofitting green including the ANSI approved ICC-700-2008 National Green Building Standard (NGBS), a nationally recognized standard for green building including homes, site development projects, and remodeling projects. They also have published green home building guidelines, have a yearly conference, and national education programs.Website: NAHB National Green Building Program -
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council is an organization offering education and advocacy of the green building movement through events, awards, programs on residential, school, commercial, and federal buildings, and much more. They also make the Energy-10 simulation tool to examine and analyze ways to make buildings energy efficient.Website: Sustainable Buildings Industry Council -
Sustainable Industries is a magazine focusing on green building, clean energy and technology, and green marketing. They also offer resources on web conferences, economic forums, downloads, and green building videos.Website: Sustainable Industries
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The Green Building Initiative is an organization whose aim is to forward the use of green building practices for residential and commercial construction through promotion of practical and credible approaches. They offer a management tool that acts as a design consultant for builders as well as case studies, standards, training information, and resources such as whitepapers, other organizations, and more.Website: Green Building Initiative
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The World Green Building Council is a union of national councils attempting to promote the adoption of green building and sustainability around the world. They offer education, training, and resources including building materials, design, market transformation, presentations, and internal quality.Website: World Green Building Council