Industry Links
Ask an Energy Expert: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Clearinghouse (EREC) - Provides free general and technical information to the public on energy efficiency and renewable energy. topics and technologies.
Department of Energy Solar Buildings Program - An introduction to various solar technologies and zero energy homes.
Department of Energy's Buildings Program - Guide to building energy codes, partnership opportunities (including the Building America program), emerging green building technologies, building materials, building systems, and whole-building design.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network - Information on a comprehensive range of energy-related technologies, featured sites, and specialized resources.
Energy Information Administration - Information - covers all forms of energy, including petroleum, natural gas, coal, nuclear, renewables, and alternative fuels. Also provides environmental, international, and forecast information about electricity.
Energy Star Program - Join Energy Star program, search for builders in the program and learn about Energy Star appliances.
EPA Indoor Air Quality - Covers general indoor air quality topics, including radon, asthma, and mold. Also highlights an extensive list of EPA publications.
Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) - Conducts research in Building Science, Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal, Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels, Fuel Cells and other advanced energy technologies. ?
Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH) - PATH aims to dramatically improve the quality, cost effectiveness, durability, safety, and disaster resistance of housing in the United States.
Smart Communities Network - Includes descriptions of green building principles, rating systems, and municipal codes and ordinances that promote sustainable building.
Whole Building Design Guide - Consolidate design guidelines into one easily updateable reference. Web resources managed by the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) and the National Institute of Building Science
American Solar Energy Society - Advances the use of solar energy for the benefit of U.S. citizens and the global environment. Publishes Solar Today Magazine.
Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) - Efforts are directed towards protection of the natural and built environment, and socially responsible development.
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers - Provides energy-efficiency information for specific brands of major appliances. Also runs a certification program for certain types of appliances.
Building Green - Provides accurate, unbiased, and timely information designed to help building-industry professionals and policy makers improve the environmental performance, and reduce the adverse impacts, of buildings. Publishers of Environmental Building News and GreenSpec.
Building Science - Contains valuable information on mold, with proposed vapor barrier code changes, designs that work and information on seminars and workshops.
Center for Resourceful Building Technology (CRBT) - Promotes resource efficiency in building design, materials selection and construction practices. Includes a database of resource-efficient building products, demonstration sites, publications, and educational materials.
Forest Certification Resource Center - Features a series of databases tied directly to the Forest Stewardship Council's official listing of certified organizations. Also features a toolkit that helps designers specify certified wood.
Clean Edge - A market research and consulting firm that helps investors, industry, and society understand and profit from the emerging clean-tech revolution.
Co-op America's Solar Catalyst Group - Focused on building demand for solar and lowering the price of solar technologies.
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) - A comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy.
Energy and Environmental Building Association (EEBA) - Promotes the awareness, education and development of energy efficient, environmentally responsible buildings and communities.
Forest World - Provides contact and certification information for manufacturers of forest products. Categorizes over 6,000 industry-related sites by description, company name, or category.
Global Energy Marketplace (GEM) - A searchable renewable energy and energy efficiency web encyclopedia. Includes information on greenhouse gas mitigation.
Green Building Resource Center - Includes a searchable link library and Green Bookstore that contain hundreds of resources on sustainable topics.
The Green Guide - Consumer - Source for practical everyday actions benefiting environmental and personal health.
Green Seal - An independent non-profit organization that evaluate products for "certification" as green. Green Seal promotes the manufacture, purpose and use of environmentally friendly products.
Health House - A national education program created by the American Lung Association to raise the standards for better indoor environments. Includes indoor air quality home checklists and training programs.
Lighting Research Center - Technical information relating to the design and specification of energy-efficient lighting.
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) - Large collection of documents on case studies, indoor air quality, land development, and more. Experts can answer green building questions through the ToolBase Service.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) - Provides information and resources for green building, including descriptions and photographs of the organization's environmentally-friendly offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
New Buildings Institute - Promotes energy efficiency through policy development, research, guidelines, and codes. Includes links to guidelines, reports, and tools for energy-efficient lighting, architecture, and mechanical systems.
Oikos - Promotes sustainable design and construction. Includes an extensive green products directory, recent news stories, a bookstore, green project articles, and marketing information.
Rocky Mountain Institute - Provides data and resources on green energy, green development, case studies, and consulting services. Also includes a bookstore.
Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) - Provides independent, third-party certification of environmental and food safety achievements.
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) - The national trade association of solar energy manufacturers, dealers, distributors, contractors, installers, architects, consultants, and marketers, concerned with expanding the use of solar technologies.
Solar Living Institute - A nonprofit that offers hands-on workshops on renewable energy, ecological design, sustainable living practices, and alternative construction techniques.
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) - A nonprofit organization advancing the design, affordability, energy performance, and environmental soundness of residential, institutional, and commercial buildings in the US.
Sustainable Sources - Contains Sustainable building Sourcebook, events calendar, and email discussion groups.
United States Green Building Council (USGBC) - Promotes understanding, development, and implementation of green building policies, technologies, and design practices. Extensive information about the LEED Green Building Rating System.
WaterWiser - The American Water Works Association's water efficiency clearinghouse website. Offers reliable information on water conservation strategies.
