Green Design Related Articles

[Ashok_Montreal]

Maybe we can have a thread we post articles and PDF files we find over the internet, or simply websites. Canadians will have access to Canadian articles, and might be harder for others to find, and vice versa. So this thread can be a common ground to post all articles.

Let me start"

Canada Green Building Council

Website: http://www.cagbc.org/

[MayDay]

This article specifically references the Figueroa at Wilshire tower in Los Angeles (formerly the Sanwa Bank building):

http://www.hpac.com/Issue/Article/68..._a_Pump_System

And the latest Engineering Green Buildings newsletter:

http://www.hpac.com/EngineeringGreen/

[DanJ]

Cool idea. Here are some websites I enjoy:


First, the preverbal US Green Building Council website:

http://www.usgbc.org/
Some great info from the people that brought you the LEED certification system.


General Green Stuff:

http://www.greenerbuildings.com/
A fairly large website with articles and case studies on green buildings and their processes.

http://www.fabprefab.com/
All about pre-fabricated architecture

http://www.nrdc.org/cities/building/depth.asp
Resources, news, and tips for designing and building green from one of the nation's most effective environmental-action organizations


Green Resources for homeowners:

http://www.greenhomeguide.com/
Provides some good information and resources about turning your home green.


Some hip blogs:

http://www.inhabitat.com/
Designer’ish

http://designturf.blogspot.com/
Materials’ish

http://www.ecofabulous.com/
Materials’ish

[Lecom]

I remember creating a thread identical to this for the most part, but it went nowhere. Good luck with this one though.