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ADPSR West Coast Architectural Resource Guide
Edited by David Kibbey
A resource guide that identifies healthy, sustainable, less polluting, recycled content, resource-efficient and environmentally conscious building materials and products. The guide is organized using the uniform specifications system 16 divisions.
Architects Designer Planners for Social Responsibility, Tel: 510-841-1039, e-mail IAQKibbey@aol.com

Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing: Developer Guidelines for Resource Efficiency and Sustainable Communities, 1999
Published by Global Green USA
Demonstrates green building principles including funding and financing opportunities, designs for security and safety, incorporating energy efficiency and renewable energy, ensuring healthy indoor air and choosing construction materials. The guidelines highlight the techniques of 13 affordable housing case studies
Global Green USA, 227 Broadway, Suite 302, Santa Monica, CA 90401 Tel: 310-394-7700 Fax: 310-394-7750 Ggusa@globalgreen.org; www.globalgreen.org

Building Green in a Black and White World, A Guide to Selling Homes Your Customers Want, 2000
By David Johnston
This book shows how to build green with the following information: what the market tells us, how to enter the market, creating a green company, marketing strategies, the sales approach.
Home Builder Press, National Association of Home Builders, 1201 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005-2800 Tel: 800-223-2665
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Environmental Building News
This monthly newsletter features news, reviews and articles on all aspects of environmentally sustainable design and construction. They also have searchable CD ROMs that contain all past issues.
122 Birge Street, Suite 30, Brattleboro, VT 05301 Tel: 802-257-7300, fax 802-257-7304 ebn@BuildingGreen.com; http://www.buildinggreen.com

GreenSpec
Contains environmental product literature and references for 1200 building products and guideline specifications.

Green Building Advisor
An interactive CD-ROM for green building design and education aimed at changing the way people think about and design buildings.

Efficient Wood Use in Residential Construction: A Practical Guide to Saving Wood, Money, and Forests
By Ann Edminster and Sami Yassa
A handbook for increasing the efficient use of wood in residential design and construction. Each chapter presents a wood-efficient strategy and then is divided into three categories: the bottom line, practical considerations, resources.
Natural Resources Defense Council, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211 Tel: 212-727-2700, fax: 212-727-1773 www.nrdc.org

Green Building Materials: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification
By Ross Spiegel and Dru Meadows
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Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate
By Rocky Mountain Institute, Alex Wilson
Covers all aspects of ecologically sensitive development, with real-world examples. 1739 Snowmass Creek Road, Snowmass, CO 81654-9199 Tel: 970-927-385, fax: 970-927-4178, general@rmi.org; www.rmi.org
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Handbook of Sustainable Building: An Environmental Preference Method for Selection of Materials for Use in Construction and Refurbishment
By David Anink, Chiel Boonstra, John Mak
This handbook aims to clarify the environmental choices facing designers when deciding on appropriate components and materials.
James & James (Science Publishers) Limited, Waterside House, 47 Kentish Town Road, London NWI 8NZ, UK Tel: +44 171 284 3833, fax: +44 171 284 3737
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Healthy By Design: Building & Remodeling Solutions for Creating Healthy Homes
by David Rousseau, James Wasley
Features a discussion of indoor pollutants and their sources, case studies of healthy and energy efficient homes, and construction details conducive to healthier homes.
Hartely & Mark Publishers, P.O. Box 147, Point Roberts, WA 98291 Tel: 800-277-5887, fax: 604-738-1913, email: hartmark@direct.ca
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The Healthy House, 3rd Edition: How to buy one, how to cure a sick one, how to build one
By John Bower
Thoroughly researched materials and construction systems for improved indoor air quality.
The Healthy House Institute, 430 N. Sewell Rd., Bloomington, IN 47408 Tel: 812-332-5073 www.hhinst.com
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Reducing Home Building Costs with OVE Design and Construction
NAHB Research Center, Inc.
How to design and build housing using optimum value engineering, which reduces material quantities.
400 Prince George’s Blvd., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772-8731 Tel: 301-249-4000, fax: 301-547-2604

A Reference Guide to Resource Efficient Building Elements, 6th edition
Compiled and written by Steve Loken, Rod Miner & Tracy Mumma
A guide to inform builders, architects, policy makers and homeowners about options presently available in building technology. Updated annually.
Center for Resourceful Building Technology, P.O. Box 3866, Missoula, MT 59806 Tel: 406-549-7678

Residential Construction Waste Management: A Builder’s Field Guide
By Peter Yost & Eric Lund
Concise source on recycling residential construction wastes.
NAHB Research Center: 400 Prince George’s Blvd., Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772-8731 Tel: 301-249-4000, fax: 301-547-2604, 

Sustainable Communities: A New Design Synthesis for Cities, Suburbs and Towns
By Sim Van der Ryn & Peter Calthorpe
A look at sustainable planning that goes beyond mixed-use, high-density and environmental impact statements.
Sierra Club, 730 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

Sustainable Building Technical Manual
Produced by the U.S. Green Building Council, Public Technology Inc. (PTI), and the U.S. Department of Energy
This practice-oriented manual provides discussion on green buildings including: significance and environmental impacts of buildings, economics, programming and pre-design, site and building design, construction process, building management, operations & maintenance and future trends.
U.S Green Building Council, 1015 18th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Tel: 202-429-2081, info@usgbc.org; www.usgbc.org

WasteSpec: Model Specifications for Construction Waste Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling
By Triangle J Council of Governments
Provides model language to insert in specifications on waste reduction techniques during construction, reuse of construction materials on site and recycling of construction and demolition waste material.
P.O. Box 12276, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Tel: 919-549-0551, fax: 919-549-9390, tjcog@mindspring.com

Exemplary Home Builder’s Field Guide
By Joseph Lstiburek, Building Science Corporation
The definite handbook for building safe, healthy, comfortable, durable, and energy-efficient houses.

Energy Conservation in Multifamily Housing: Review and Recommendations for Retrofit Programs
By John DeCicco, Loretta Smith, Rick Diamond, Steve Morgan, Janice DeBarros, Sandra Nolan, Theo Lubke and Tom Wilson
Reviews current energy conservation issues in multifamily buildings. Drawing on this review and contacts with practitioners, the paper concludes with a set of recommendations for programs, policies and research needed to advance energy conservation.

Internet Resources

HousingZone.com
www.housingzone.com Editors post green building headlines from across the nation. Inside of the green building section, users can find articles from over a dozen content providers. To download the complete tabulated results from the National Green Building Survey, visit  www.housingzone.com keyword search: green building survey.

CREST
CREST is a great starting point for any search on energy and sustainability related topics.

Energy Design Resources
http://www.energydesignresources.com
Tools for designers and owners. Comprehensive links site to energy-related organizations.

Greenclips Environmental Journal
This journal focuses on sustainable building design, and green architecture issues.

National Renewable Energy Labs
Programs and software tools to help architects, engineers and code officials evaluate and rank potential energy-efficiency technologies and renewable energy strategies.

U.S. Department of Energy for Sustainability
Hub for government and private-sector sustainability initiatives. The entire Sustainable Building Technical Manual is available as a free download.