LEED CI Workshop Audio
Podcasts of the complete study course for LEED CI. Thanks to Megan Hueni.
USGBS - LEED CI Exam sample questions
a standard for professionals participating in the design and
construction of high performance interiors and tenant improvement
projects.
Learning to LEED
is an intensive two-day course offered to design and construction
professionals interested in passing the U.S. Green Building Council's
LEED Accredited Professional Exam. FREE Tests and flashcards.
ASHRAE 90.1 - 2004 User\'s Manual
$93 - provides detailed instruction for the design of commercial and
high-rise residential buildings to ensure their compliance with
ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004.
Waterbucket - Sustainable Water Management
The Guide to Sustainable Design with Concrete is a tool developed to
assist the design community in their drive toward sustainable design.
And a nice site design.
The Art of Daylighting by Daniel McQuillen
It’s hard, however, to shoot holes in some of the case studies that
have shown daylighting to be not only economically feasible but highly
desirable due to it’s affect on energy savings and occupancy health.
Innovative Design - Analysis of Performance of Students in of Daylit Schools
The conclusions of a recent research project on the impacts of
full-spectrum light on student performance and health prompted us to
investigate the performance of students attending three daylit schools
that were designed by our firm.
NIST - Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Group
software tools for performing multizone analysis, information on the
applications of multizone modeling, multizone modeling case studies,
and references to multizone modeling publications.
PDF - ASHRAE 55 Thermal Comfort Design
ASHRAE 552004 and ISO 7730 view thermal comfort as a specific.
combination of thermal conditions that will elicit the desired ...
Center for the Built Environment
to improve the design, operation, and environmental quality of
buildings by providing timely, unbiased information on building
technologies and design techniques.
EPA - Pollution Prevention and Toxics
EPA evaluates new and existing chemicals and their risks, and finds
ways to prevent or reduce pollution before it gets into the
environment.
Consumer Product Safety Commission - Update On Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is an important industrial chemical used to make other
chemicals, building materials, and household products. It is one of the
large family of chemical compounds called volatile organic compounds or
"VOCs".
EPA - IAQ Design Tools for Schools (DTfS)
Free version of Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National
Association (SMACNA)"IAQ Guidelines for Occupied Buildings Under
Construction"
Carbon Trust - natural ventilation solutions
Search for "natural ventilation" and you'll find natural ventilation
publications including "Good Practice Guide 237." (Carefully designed,
naturally ventilated buildings can be cheaper to construct, maintain
and operate than more heavily serviced eq
HERS Index - Home Energy Rating System
Based on the home’s plans, the Home Energy Rater uses an energy
efficiency software package to perform an energy analysis of the home’s
design.
FSC - Forest Stewartship Council
an international organization that brings people together to find
solutions which promote responsible stewardship of the world’s forests.
2007 Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey
a national sample survey that collects information on the stock of U.S.
commercial buildings, their energy-related building characteristics,
and their energy consumption and expenditures.
Green Label - Carpet and Rug Institute (CRI)
to go well beneath the surface and prove how our environment for
living, working, learning and healing is better — thanks to carpet and
rugs.
Green Seal
provides science-based environmental certification standards that are
credible, transparent, and essential in an increasingly educated and
competitive marketplace.
Voluntary Carbon Standard
provides a robust, new global standard and program for approval of credible voluntary offsets.
The Gold Standard Foundation - Carbon Offsets
offers a quality label to CDM/JI and voluntary offset projects,
fetching premium prices. Renewable energy and energy efficiency
projects with sustainable development benefits are eligible.
Kyoto Protocol - Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
A CDM project activity might involve, for example, a rural
electrification project using solar panels or the installation of more
energy efficient boilers.
EPA - Climate Leaders
Partner companies commit to reducing their impact on the global
environment by completing a corporate-wide inventory of their
greenhouse gas emissions based on a quality management system, setting
aggressive reduction goals, and annual reporting
Climate Neutral Network
an alliance of companies and organizations committed to developing
products, services, and enterprises that have a net-zero impact on
global warming.
ACEEE\\\'s Green Book
a unique consumer resource providing Green Scores rating the
environmental friendliness of every vehicle on market.
Cradle to Cradle Certification
provides a company with a means to tangibly, credibly measure
achievement in environmentally-intelligent design and helps customers
purchase and specify products that are pursuing a broader definition of
quality.
EPA - Sustainable Design
Together these specifications will be utilized in the development,
renovation, and maintenance of facilities at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s Research Triangle Park campus.
Green Builder.com - Construction Waste
The most important step for recycling of construction waste is on-site
separation. Initially, this will take some extra effort and training of
construction personnel. Once separation habits are established, on-site
separation can be done at little or
Oregon - King County Environmental Purchasing Program
These specifications sometimes require contractors to use the material
they generate on-site as fill for the new construction. They also
require detailed reporting of materials separated, salvaged and
recycled.
Seattle’s Resource Venture program
provides outreach, education, and technical assistance to businesses to
help those businesses conserve resources, reduce or prevent pollution,
and become more sustainable.
Construction Materials Recycling Association
a 501(c)(3) organization that promotes the recycling of construction
and demolition materials. It has provided more formal information
resources for specific materials, such as asphalt shingles, gypsum
drywall , and concrete.
Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)
is the leading organization promoting walkable, neighborhood-based development as an alternative to sprawl.
CoreNet Global
is the world's leading professional association for corporate real
estate and workplace executives serving leading multinational companies
from the Fortune and Global 1000.
Inform: Strategies for a Better Environment
identifying innovative technologies, practices and products that
provide practical solutions to complex environmental and health-related
problems.
Earth 911 is a division of Global Alerts
Earth 911 delivers actionable local information on recycling and
product stewardship that empowers consumers to act locally, live
responsibly and contribute to sustainability.
California Integrated Waste Management Board - Solid Waste Characterization
Waste characterization means finding out how much paper, glass, food
waste, etc. is discarded in your waste stream. Waste characterization
information helps in planning how to reduce waste, set up recycling
programs, and conserve money and resources.
Union of Concerned Scientists - Green Power
A comprehensive resource on state-level renewable electricity standard
policy including both summary-level and in-depth information on the
design and implementation of each existing state standard.
Efficiency Valuation Organization - IPMVP
Inernational Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol - EVO is
the only non-profit organization in the world solely dedicated to
creating measurement and verification (M&V) tools to allow
efficiency to flourish.
New Buildings Institute - Lighting
A federal lighting tax deduction is available on a linear sliding scale
for lighting power density reductions of 25 to 50 percent beyond the
requirements of ASHRAE 90.1-2001.
IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme
Solar energy technologies and designs that include active solar heating
and cooling, photovoltaics, passive solar building designs including
daylighting, are essential components of a sustainable energy future.
Energy Design Resources
a resource center for information on energy efficiency design practices.
Response Daylight Application
An incredibly simple and affordable way to incorporate daylight
controls into your lighting designs. by Philips' Lighting
EPA - Ozone Layer Depletion
The CFC phaseout is already producing benefits for the environment,
businesses, and individuals. This fact sheet explains some of these
benefits.
DOE - Building Energy Codes Program
an information resource on national model energy codes. Find the code
for your city and project, generate appropriate compliance forms.
New Buildings Institute
NBI has just released the broadest study to-date of measured energy performance of LEED buildings.
Energy Star - Building Upgrade Manual
The ENERGY STAR Building Manual is a strategic guide to help you plan
and implement profitable energy saving building upgrades. You can
maximize energy savings by sequentially following the building upgrade
stages 1–5.
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing energy
efficiency as a means of promoting both economic prosperity and
environmental protection.
Advanced Buildings
This site is provided as a community resource for green residential or commercial construction information.
Portland Energy Conservation, Inc.
we help our clients deliver long-term energy savings. We do it by
helping transform markets through education and incentive programs that
build demand for more efficient products and services.
Building Commissioning Association
The BCA's goal is to achieve high professional standards, while
allowing for the diverse and creative approaches to building
commissioning that benefit our profession and its clients.
EPA -Water Sense product labeling program
Look for the WaterSense label to choose quality, water-efficient
products. Many products are available, and don't require a change in
your lifestyle.
Water Efficiency Manual includes manufacturing facilities
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance
North Carolina Division of Water Resources
Land-of-Sky Regional Council - WRATT Program
Smart Communities Network
great resources, tools, links to articles and publications, and
community success stories on a variety of topics from Community Energy,
to Green Development, to Sustainable Business.
Rocky Mountain Institute - Water Conservation
of all the water on earth, less than 3 percent is fresh, and all but
three-thousandths of that is locked up in glaciers or icecaps or is too
deep in the earth to retrieve.
Terry Love consumer toilet reports
Despite complaints of poor working toilets, these toilets, in this
report have been proven by plumbers and homeowners to work!
Building Green.com - Composting Toilets
This report looks at how to best handle human biological waste,
graywater, and food waste. The premise is that the current systems are
both causing pollution and squandering potential nutrients.
Telwork Collaborative
is an organization formed to develop high performance cutting edge
wireless computer networks. Formed in 1995, it currently is the 3rd
highest collaborative in this industry.
State of Arizona Telework Program
Telework/Telecommuting is a powerful management option that allows
selected employees to work from home, or a State office location closer
to home, one or more days a week.
SmartCommute @ Research Triangle Park
This site is sponsored by SmartCommute@rtp and is designed to help
Research Triangle Park employees find alternatives to driving alone to
work.
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive source of information about
innovative management solutions to transportation problems.
Association for Commuter Transportation
ACT supports individual mobility management professionals and
organizational members in their efforts to reduce traffic congestion,
conserve energy, and improve air quality.
Bicycle Coalition of Maine
Bicycle Commuting benefits employers in many ways including:
* Healthier employees
* More productive employees
* Less demand for car parking
Self Propelled City
Self-Propelled City (SPC) is not angry at people who drive cars. SPC is
angry at the fact that so many people are essentially FORCED to use a
car to function.
Bike To Work.com
A new version of "bike to work" is coming soon. It will still remain a
"Resources for Bicycle Commuters" and will offer much more! Visit us
soon!
DOT - Bicycle & Pedestrian Program
The Bicycle & Pedestrian Program of the Federal Highway
Administration's Office of Human and Natural Environment, promotes
bicycle and pedestrian transportation accessibility, use, and safety.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
In communities across the world, there is a growing need and
responsibility to provide options that give people the opportunity to
bike to more places, and to feel safe while doing so.
Best Workplaces for Commuters
is an innovative program that provides qualified employers an elite
designation for offering outstanding commuter benefits, such as free or
low cost bus passes, strong telework programs, carpooling matching and
vanpool subsidies.
EPA - Transportation and Air Quality
program protects public health and the environment by regulating air
pollution from motor vehicles, engines, and the fuels used to operate
them, and by encouraging travel choices that minimize emissions.
Advanced Transportation Technology Institute
advances clean transportation technologies to promote a healthy
environment and energy independence through research, education and
technology transfer.
EPA - Green Power Partnership
In buying green power, your organization can receive valuable recognition and help protect the environment.
DOE -Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
DOE's Building Technologies Program works in partnership with states,
industry, and manufacturers to improve the energy efficiency of our
nation's buildings.
Estimates of average statewide evapotranspiration rates
For the contiguous United States range from about 40 percent of the
average annual precipitation in the Northwest and Northeast to about
100 percent in the Southwest.
Irrigation Technology Center
Evapotranspiration (ET) is a measurement of the total amount of water needed to grow plants and crops.
Irrigation Association
Providing a voice for the industry on public policy issues related to
standards, conservation and water-use on local, national and
international levels
SKY & TELESCOPE Magazine
Bright Lights, Big Problems
In the war against light pollution astronomers have gained important
new allies -- and new insights into how we see at night.
Lighting Research Center (LRC)
Devoted to lighting - from technologies to applications and energy use, from design to health and vision.
Penn State Green Roof Center
To demonstrate and promote green roof research, education, and technology transfer in the Northeastern US.
Green Roofs.com
Is an internet news media organization:
the international greenroof industry’s resource and online information portal.
Extensive Green Roofs by Charlie Miller
The Whole Building Design Guide is the only web-based portal providing
one-stop access to up-to-date information from a 'whole buildings'
perspective.
ENERGY STAR qualified roof products
Reflect more of the sun's rays. This can lower roof surface temperature
by up to 100F, decreasing the amount of heat transferred into a
building.
Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC)
An independent and non-biased organization that has established a
rating system for displaying accurate radiative property data on the
outermost layer of roof surfaces.
EPA - Heat Island Effect
For millions of Americans living in and around cities, heat islands are
of growing concern. This phenomenon describes urban and suburban
temperatures that are 2 to 10°F (1 to 6°C) hotter than nearby rural
areas.
Heat Island Group
Heat Island research is conducted to find, analyze, and implement
solutions to the summer warming trends occurring in urban areas, the
so-called 'heat island' effect.
EPA - Office of Water
Ensure drinking water is safe. Restore and maintain oceans, watersheds,
and their aquatic ecosystems to protect human health, support economic
and recreational activities, and provide healthy habitat for fish,
plants, and wildlife.
Center for Watershed Protection
Provides local governments, activists, and watershed organizations
around the country with the technical tools for protecting some of the
nation's most precious natural resources: our streams, lakes and
rivers.
The Stormwater Manager\'s Resource Center (SMRC)
Funded to provide Phase II communities with the tools and techniques
necessary to protect their watersheds and to enhance and restore their
local water resources.
EPA - Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds
We all live in a watershed -- the area that drains to a common
waterway, such as a stream, lake, estuary, wetland, aquifer, or even
the ocean -- and our individual actions can directly affect it.
EPA Brownfields Definition
Brownfields are real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.
