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Wikipedia definition.
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) - Wikipedia
Wikipedia definition.
This site is provided as a community resource for green residential or commercial construction information. Our goal with this site is to provide insights on individual green construction methods which can be utlized on any residential or commercial project. Methods which can drastically improve energy efficiency, conserve natural resources, and preserve the environment.
Builder Magazine - Green Building 
Green building-focused section of Builder Magazine's portal web site.
By 2010, over half of all builders will be building to green standards. BuildGreenRadio keeps you in touch with what green building is all about.
We are an independent publishing company committed to bringing our members accurate, unbiased, and timely green design information. BuildingGreen brings the best research, thinking, and writing to you through many publications, including Environmental Building News, the GreenSpec directory of green products, and the BuildingGreen Suite of online tools.
Center for Energy & Environment (CEE)
The Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) is a nonprofit organization that works to promote public interest through the responsible and efficient use of natural and economic resources. CEE has provided energy, environmental and housing rehabilitation services to utilities, private corporations, neighborhood organizations, municipalities and public agencies for over twenty-five years.
A website that generates free heating and cooling degree days for locations around the world. The degree-day data is generated on demand, and downloadable straight into Excel, ready for use in calculations relating to building HVAC energy consumption.
DCAT - Development Center for Appropriate Technology
Founded in 1991 as a non-profit organization, DCAT works to enhance the health of the planet and our communities by promoting a shift to sustainable construction and development through leadership, strategic relationships, and education.
The EcoIQ.com Green Design & Building website is for everyone interested in making smart choices about how we build our structures and infrastructure -- choices that are both economically and ecologically intelligent.
Companion web site to trade publication focused on improving environmental performance of buildings and their surroundings.
EDC Magazine - Environmental Design & Construction
Companion web site to print publication features extensive information and resources related to sustainable design and construction topics.
Energy Design Resources offers a valuable palette of decision-making tools and resources that help make it easier to design, build and operate more energy-efficient buildings in California. For the past ten years, our goal has been to educate architects, engineers, lighting designers, and developers about the latest techniques and proven new technologies that are transforming the efficiency of our commercial and industrial workplaces.
A selection of articles about saving energy in commercial and governmental buildings through energy management and energy monitoring and targeting.
EnvironDesignLIVE Webinars will help design professionals, facility executives, and building owners demystify the green products selection process for maximum impact on green building projects. For this e-Media webinar series, Interiors & Sources, ARCHI-TECH, and Buildings have gathered a world-class team of industry experts who will lead us through the step-by-step process of learning the green product rating systems and how each specifically impacts project scores and the overall environmental result.
Good To Be Green is a leading directory for green building products, sustainable building materials and green building service providers. The Good To Be Green web site focuses solely on the health and sustainability of residential buildings , commercial buildings, schools, hospitals and other structures where people work and live, and we only list products, materials, service professionals and information that directly effect these structures.
Blog focused on projects, materials and design.
Green Building Initiative (GBI)
The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is a not for profit organization whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of building practices that result in energy-efficient, healthier and environmentally sustainable buildings by promoting credible and practical green building approaches for residential and commercial construction.
Provides sustainable building materials database; design tool for designers, builders and clients; case studies; and news, information and resources.
Green and environmentally-friendly building material shopping.
A Daily News Summary Covering Alternative & Energy Efficient Construction and Materials
Green Roofs transform urban roofs into greenspace and gardens that improve air and water quality and save energy. Our Green Roofs initiative provides developers, communities and government with modeling of green roof performance, materials and installation services.
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities’ mission is to increase the awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of green roof infrastructure across North America and rapidly advance the development of the market for green roof products and services. We are striving to facilitate changes that will bring green roof technologies to the forefront of high performance green building design, implementation and maintenance.
Companion web site to print publication features extensive news, features, resources, forums and blogs.
gbNYC’s mission is to deliver fresh daily content on the state of green real estate in the New York City area. We aim to comment on green building generally, using local projects as a vehicle through which to discuss LEED, Green Globes, and the legal and business implications of the sustainable construction, legislation, and insurance initiatives that continue to grip the entire country with increased frequency.
GreenerBuildings.com, a one-stop resource on designing, constructing, and operating environmentally responsible commercial and industrial buildings, created in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council. It features a free, twice-monthly e-newsletter, GreenerBuildings News.