Captain
Planet Zero Energy House
Designed
by Allison-Ramsey, Architects in Beaufort, SC
Taken
from http://www.captainplanetfdn.org/zeroenergy/house.html
Green Building Design
The buildings in which we live, work, and play protect us from Nature's extremes: cold, heat, wind, rain, and snow. But these structures affect and shape our environment too. Constructing and operating buildings requires enormous amounts of energy, water, and materials and creates large amounts of waste. Where and how they are built affects the ecosystems around us in countless ways. And the buildings themselves create new indoor environments that present new environmental problems and challenges. As the environmental impact of buildings becomes more apparent, a new field called green building is arising to reduce that impact at the source. Green or sustainable building is the practice of creating healthier and more resource-efficient models of construction, renovation, operation, maintenance, and demolition. (As expressed on the U.S. EPA Web Site)
Web Sites of Interest
U.S. Green Building Council
http://www.usgbc.org
Rhode Island Green Building Council
http://www.usgbcri.org
Technology
Assessments
BuildingGreen,
Inc., publishers of Environmental Building News,
GreenSpec,
EBN Archives, and Green Building Advisor
http://www.buildinggreen.com/
The
GreenSpec Dictionary (Information on Green Building Products)
http://www.buildinggreen.com/ecommerce/cat.jsp?s=11
BuildingGreen
Suite of Online Tools (subscription information)
http://www.buildinggreen.com/ecommerce/cat.jsp?s=30
Policy
Issues and Green Building
http://www.buildinggreen.com/menus/subtopics.cfm?TopicID=6
Recycled
or Salvaged Materials
http://www.buildinggreen.com/menus/headings.cfm?SubtopicID=16
Future
Waste Minimization
http://www.buildinggreen.com/menus/headings.cfm?SubtopicID=19
OIKOS
- Green Building News
http://oikos.com/index.lasso
Cost/Benefit
Analysis of Green Building
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/greenbuilding/Design/CostIssues.htm#Cost&Benefit
Green Building Assessment Tools - California
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/greenbuilding/
http://greenbuildings.berkeley.edu/
http://www.energy.ca.gov/greenbuilding/
The
Straw Bale House
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/SolarHomes/constructionps.htm
PATH
Top Ten Technologies (Public/Private Partnership for
Advancing
Housing Technology)
http://www.pathnet.org/sp.asp?id=10587
"New
Apollo Project" for Energy Independence, Job Growth (Partnership with labor,
environmental, civil rights, business and political leaders)
http://www.apolloalliance.org/
ENERGY STAR®
Program for existing homes
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_improvement.hm_improvement_index
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_improvement.hm_improvement_index
Green Building Grants - EPA Website
http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/tools/funding.htm
Green Building Certification Programs
http://www.pathnet.org/sp.asp?id=20978
Zero
Energy Home -- highly energy-efficient home that produces as much electricity
as it uses over the course of a year. A Zero Energy Home combines
renewable energy technologies with advanced energy-efficient construction.
Like almost all homes, a Zero Energy Home is connected to the utility grid.
Because the home produces about as much energy as it consumes during a
year, it is considered to achieve "net zero" energy consumption.
http://www.toolbase.org/Home-Building-Topics/zero-energy-homes/zero-energy-home-project
http://www.toolbase.org/Home-Building-Topics/zero-energy-homes/seven-steps-zeh
NAHB
Green Building Ideas
http://www.nahb.org/page.aspx/category/sectionID=222
ToolBase
Energy Efficiency Information
http://www.toolbase.org/ToolbaseResources/level4DG.aspx?ContentDetailID=3949&BucketID=2&CategoryID=42
Model
Green Home Building Guidelines (NAHB)
http://www.toolbase.org/ToolbaseResources/level4DG.aspx?ContentDetailID=3017&BucketID=2&CategoryID=17
Directory
of Green Builders - Find a Green Builder in Your Area
http://directory.greenbuilder.com/search.gbpro
Green
Building Solutions
http://www.greenbuilder.com/general/BuildingSources.html
GreenSpace
Non-profit
organization dedicated to demonstrating and promoting affordable, sustainable
design, construction, and landscape practices for homes and communities
throughout the Washington, DC area
http://www.greenspacencr.org/
International
Initiative for Sustainable Built Environments
http://www.iisbe.org/
Sustainable
Building Information System
http://www.sbis.info/
U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Efficiency Program
http://www.eere.energy.gov/
Habitat
for Humanity Green Building Practices
http://oikos.com/esb/48/habitat.html
Ecological
Design Institute Educational Projects
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Org/907-237/c
http://www.ecoschools.com/GreenBuilding/GreenBuilding_wSidebar.html
U.S.
EPA - Green Building Program
http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/
Call
us to find out more about our training services!
401-232-6145
Copyright
Gaytha
A. Langlois, Ph.D.
Bryant
University, Smithfield, RI 02917
langlois@bryant.edu
Created:March
2001
Last
Updated: May 2010