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Looking
for a green builder, expert in solar energy
or alternative wastewater systems, or other
professional who understands sustainability?
Check this directory! And if you are a Green
Professional, be
sure you're listed!
Sustainable
Building Calendar
Due
to the number of events listed, we suggest
you use the Event
Listing Version. Add your event to the
Sustainable Building Calendar! Post those
workshops and barnraisings! Tell everyone
about your conference!
You
can also use a smaller
calendar version or the Standard
Calendar.
We've
converted the entire Sustainable Building
Sourcebook, created by the City of
Austin's Green Builder Program, into a Web
document!
As you can imagine, translating this 400
page document into HTML has been no small
project. In order to cover the cost of
converting, maintaining, and updating the
Sourcebook, we are accepting sponsors for
each chapter for a modest fee. If you are
interested in sponsoring one or more
chapters (and getting your information in
front of an audience of sustainable
building fanatics), please email Bill
Christensen (billc@greenbuilder.com)
for more information and take a glance at
our rate
sheet.
Those
who just want to get to the Table
of Contents can cruise on ahead. Any
chapter that doesn't presently have a
sponsor is still fair game!
Green
Building Conferences
We've listed some of the best up and coming
Conferences on Green Building and similar
topics, as well as links to several past
conferences that have their Proceedings
online.
The
Development Center for Appropriate
Technology
Read
Green
Building: A Primer for Consumers, Builders
and Realtors from Howard Associates.
Want
to build a sturdy home with no nails? See
the following sites on Timber Framing.
Thatch
Roofing This site from Safari Thatch and
Bamboo shows some beautiful examples of a
time-tested natural roofing method, and a
variety of related products. Special on
Thatch Umbrellas going on now!
Environmental
Home Database from the Lower
Colorado River Authority provides
product info for commercial and residential
renovation projects.
Energy
Efficient Building Association
Passive
Solar Industries Council
Cob
Cottage Company
The
Center for Resourceful Building Technology
is a non-profit corporation dedicated to
promoting environmentally responsible
practices in construction. Its mission is to
serve as both catalyst and facilitator in
encouraging building technologies which
realize a sustainable and efficient use of
resources.
Hardcore
stuff from Lawrence Berkeley Labs' Center
for Building Science
A
List of Green
Databases, begun by Sue
Barnett of the City of Austin's Green
Builder Program. Your additions
to the list are welcome!
Environmental
Building News
EBN is a monthly in depth review of
sustainable building products, methods, and
the like. These folks have a great
philosophy--they take no advertising in
order to insure that their reviews remain
unbiased. Your subscription may cost a
little more up front, but it is WELL worth
it!
EBN
now also offers 9 years of back
issues on CD-ROM, including full search
capability.
And
in case that's not enough, EBN now has a
product catalog. See their website for full
details.
The
Department of Energy's Center
for Excellence for Sustainable Development
CESD provides consultation and information
on sustainable development. It's good to see
the federal government doing great work. A
very rich site.
Ecological
Architecture is a fine site with
resources on a diverse range of information
from Appropriate Technology and Bioregional
Planning to Deep Ecology, Holistic Design
and Building, Embodied Energy and Life Cycle
Analysis, Transportation, and Permaculture.
You
can also find information and/or links on
the less physical topics of Environmental
Illness, Sacred Geometry and Earth,
Spirituality, and the Principles of
Sustainability.
The
Austin Sustainable Building Coalition
SBC is a grassroots organization of
builders, homeowners, architects, and
laypeople interested in sustainable building
topics.
Center
for Maximum Potential Building Systems
is now on the Web with some background
information, a list of publications and a
bibliography. New! Photos of the Green
Building Demonstration home are now online
(see Selected Projects).
Eco-Home
is a center for the study, development and
demonstration of an ecologically sound
lifestyle in an urban setting, expressed in
right human relations and right action, in
harmony with the earth and all its
inhabitants. It is a community network for
the furtherance of appropriate technology
and appropriate lifestyles. And it is a
community resource center of information and
guidance in ecologocial urban living for
individuals, businesses and government
agencies.
Although
I don't usually provide links to
"commercial" sites, Andrew
MacMillan's Holistic Homes Design holds
the same basic philosophy as here on
Sustainable Sources, and has a bunch of
great backup information. Besides that, he's
a great guy. Check out his site for info on Feng
Shui and the Cerro Gordo Community.
The
Green Building Newsletter, from the City
of Austin's Green Building Program, is
now online. You can subscribe to an email
version of the Green Building Program's
Newsletter by calling CJ Boggs at
512/505-3700. The electronic version of the
Newsletter is $6.00 a year. To receive this
Newsletter every other month by email,
please contact C.J. Boggs at (512) 505-3700
or mail your check (payable to the City of
Austin) to:
Green
Building Program
PO Box 1088
Austin, TX 78767
Attention: C.J. Boggs.
Be
sure to include your email address so that
they can add your name to the listserv.
Case
Studies
The
Green Floors Project of Natural
Resources Canada (in English and French)
tells the detailed story of a responsible
remodeling project.
Habitat
for Humanity's Washington DC affiliate shows
off their GreenHOME
Project
Earth
Sweet Home is a Vermont project to a
build home as much as possible from natural
materials from within a 30 mile radius of
the site.
The
Casa Verde
program of American Youthworks teaches to
sustainable building skills at-risk youth
while constructing homes for needy families.
Click on "Project Based Learning"
Some
other Sustainable Building links of
interest:
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National
Parks
Natural
Monuments
Nature
Calendar
Eco-Portal
Wildlife Venezuela 
