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Sustainable or Green Building References and Information
Carbon: a byproduct of creating power. A Big topic that we'll have to expand on sometime
One Calculation for Electical use: In Clark Co WA Take the Kilowats x 0.276 = pounds of carbon. Clark has a lot of hydro power. In the rest of Wa St the coefficient is about 0.52. Nation Wide the avgerage coefficent is 1.34
Here in Cark Co the average home uses 1500 KWH/mo so about 414 pounds of carbon
Carpet Recycling thoughst and commentary: http://www.greenhomeguide.com/index.php/knowhow/entry/1184/ Also project CARE http://www.carpetrecovery.org/
Green Built Home
Resources
The following is our recommended list of reading materials, publications, resource guides, internet sites and organizations to assist you in learning more about sustainable building. If you know of other useful green building resources, please let us know—we’ll add them to our list
Publications:
* City of Austin Sustainable Building Guidelines, Department of Public Works and Transportation, Environmental Resources and Conservation Services Department, Austin, TX, 1994.
* The Ecology of Architecture; A complete guide to creating the environmentally conscious building, Laura Zeiher, Whitney Library of Design, 1996.
* Ecological Design, Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowen, Washington DC: Island Press, 1995.
* Green Development, Rocky Mountain Institute, 1739 Snowmass Creek Road, Snowmass, CO 81654-9199, phone 970.927.3851 (includes a CD-rom version).
* The Hannover Principles/Design for Sustainability. William McDonough, New York: William McDonough Architects, 1992.
* Healthy by Design - Building and Remodeling Solutions for Creating Healthy Homes, David Rousseau and Jim Wasley, Hartley & Marks, 1997.
* Healthy House Building - A Design and Construction Guide, John Bower, Unionville, IN, House Institute, 1993.
* The Natural House Book, David Pearson, Simon & Schuster, Rockefeller Center, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, phone 201.767.5937.
* A Primer on Sustainable Building, Rocky Mountain Institute 1739 Snowmass Creek Road, Snowmass, CO 81654-9199, phone 970.927.3851
* Residential Construction Waste Management: A Builder’s Field Guide, How to Save Money and Landfill Space, Peter Yost and Eric Lund, National Association of Home Builders, NAHB Research Center, 1997.
* Your Natural Home: The Complete Sourcebook and Design Manual for Creating a Healthy, Beautiful, and Environmentally Sensitive House, Janet Martinelli and Paul Bierman-Lytle, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1995.
* Sustainable Building Sourcebook, $60, Austin Energy Green Building Program.
Periodicals:
* Environmental
Building News, RR 1, Box 161, Brattleboro, VT 05301, phone 802.257.7300,
email: ebn@ebuild.com
* Environmental Design & Construction, Business News Publishing, phone
248.362.3700.
Resource Guides:
American Institute
of Architects
Environmental Resource Guide
1735 New York Avenue NW
Washington DC
800.365.2724.
Construction Materials Recycling Guidebook, Pamela Winthrop Sauer, Metropolitan Council, Attn: Data Center, Mears Park Center, 230 E Fifth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101, phone 612.291.8140.
Construction Resources: A Waste Reduction Guide for Wisconsin Builders and Contractors, Solid and Hazardous Waste Education Center, UW – Extension, Madison, WI, 608.262.0910.
Environmental Building News Product Catalog, Environmental Building News, RR 1 Box 161, Brattleboro, VT 05301, email ebn@ebuild.com , phone 802.257.7300.
Good Wood Directory, Certified Forest Products Council, 14780 SW Osprey Drive, Suite 285, Beaverton, OR 97007, phone 503.590.6600.
Green Building Resource Guide, John Hermansson, Tauton Press, email: www.greenguide.com
GreenSpec - Specifications for Environmental Sustainability, Kalin Associates Inc, 1996, 154 Wells Avenue, Newton Centre, MA 02159, phone 617.964.5477.
Green Pages, Andrew Fuston, Kim Plaskon Nadel, 45 East 25th Street, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10010-2941.
Guide to Resource Efficient Building Elements, 4th Edition, Center for Resourceful Building Technologies. P.O. Box 3866, Missoula, MT 59806, phone 406.549.7678.
The Harris Directory, BJ Harris, 508 Jose Street, Suite 913, Santa Fe, NM 87501-1855, phone 505.995.0337.
Healthy House Building: A Design and Construction Guide, John Bower, Healthy House Institute, 7471 North Shiloh Road, Unionville, IN 47468, phone 812.332.5073.
Interior Concerns Resource Guide, Victoria Schomer, 131 W. Bithedale, Mill Valley, CA 94941, phone 415.389.8049.
The Professional’s Green Building Guide Book, North Carolina Recycling Association, 7330 Chapel Hill Road, Suite 207, Raleigh, NC 27607, phone 919.851.8444.
The Sourcebook for Sustainable Design, Andrew St. John, Editor, Boston Society of Architects, 52 Broad Street, MA 02109, phone 617.951.1433 x221.
Sustainable Building Technical Manual, US Green Building Council, phone 415.543.3001.
WasteSpec, Triangle J Council of Governments, P.O. Box 12276, Research Triangle Park NC 27709, phone 919.549.0551.
Internet Sites:
Austin Energy
Green Building Program
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/greenbuilder/publications.htm
Green Building
Information Council
http://greenbuilding.ca/
Green Building
Resource Guide
www.greenguide.com/
Sustainable
Building Sources
www.greenbuilder.com
Environmental
Building News
http://www.ebuild.com
HOK Architects
- Green Design Team building manual and specification guidelines
www.hok.com
US Green Building
Council
www.usgbc.org
Green Building
Source
http://www.oikos.com/
For information
on construction waste and salvaging
www.ns.ec.gc.ca/action21/story10.html
Business Material
Exchange of Wisconsin
http://www.bmex.org
WasteCap Wisconsin
www.wastecap.wi.org
Wisconsin
Energy Conservation Corporation
www.weccusa.org
Organizations:
Buy Recycled
Business Alliance
2408 N. 67th Street
Wauwatosa, WI 53213
Phone: 414.453.1077
Fax: 414.453.0526
Email: wbrba@aol.com
Website: www.buyrecycled.org
Center for
Resourceful Building Technology
P.O. Box 100
Missoula, MT 59806
Phone: 406.549.7678
Fax: 406.549.4100
Email: CRBT@montana.com
Website: www.montana.com/CRBT
Certified
Forest Products Council
14780 SW Osprey Drive
Suite 285
Beaverton, OR 97007
Phone: 503.590.6600
Fax: 503.590.6655
Email: cfpc@ix.netcom.com
Website: www.certifiedwood.org
City of Austin
Green Building Program
Planning, Environmental & Conservation Services Department
P.O. Box 1088
Austin, TX 78767-9949
Phone: 512.499.3029
Fax: 512.499.3518
Website: www.greenbuilder.com
Energy Center
of Wisconsin
595 Science Drive
Madison, WI 53711-1060
Phone: 608.238.4601
Fax: 608.238.8733
Email: ecw@ecw.org
Website: www.ecw.org
Forest Stewardship
Council
US Initiative
R.D. #1
Box 182
Waterbury, VT 05676
Phone: 802.244.6257
Fax: 802.244.6258
Email: FSCUS@together.net
Scientific
Certification Systems
(Certified Sustainable Wood Products)
1939 Harrison Street
Suite 400
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510.832.1415
Fax: 510.832.0359
Website: www.scs1.com
Smart Wood
Program
(Certified Sustainable Wood Products)
C/o Rainforest Alliance
65 Bleeker Street
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212.677.1900
Fax: 212.677.2187
Email: smartwood@ra.org
US Green Building
Council
90 New Montgomery Street
Suite 1001
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415.543.3001
Fax: 415.957.5890
Email: info@usgbc.org
Website: www.usgbc.org
Wisconsin
Energy Bureau, Department of Administration, State of Wisconsin
101 E. Wilson Street
P.O. Box 7868
Madison, WI 53707-7868
Phone: 608.266.8234
Email: ENERGY@MAIL.STATE.WI.US
Wisconsin
Green Building Alliance
4759 N. Milwaukee St. Suite 304
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: 414-224-9422
www.wgba.org
