Grow A Living Fence
MotherEarthNews
Suburban hedgerows are designed to create a dense barrier to give privacy, reduce sound pollution and protect against winter winds. They also prevent erosion, protect wildlife, and help with snow buildup. An important goal for these new hedgerows is to plant them with trees, shrubs and other native plants to attract local wildlife and insects.
Green Roofs? How about Green Walls -- Introducing the Vertical Garden!
Just when you think green roofs are catching on, green walls show up for aesthetic beauty, natural comfort, and air purification. This puts a whole new spin on “green space”. Really cool!
MotherEarthNews
Suburban hedgerows are designed to create a dense barrier to give privacy, reduce sound pollution and protect against winter winds. They also prevent erosion, protect wildlife, and help with snow buildup. An important goal for these new hedgerows is to plant them with trees, shrubs and other native plants to attract local wildlife and insects.
Green Roofs? How about Green Walls -- Introducing the Vertical Garden!
Just when you think green roofs are catching on, green walls show up for aesthetic beauty, natural comfort, and air purification. This puts a whole new spin on “green space”. Really cool!
GreenBuildingTalk: Save Money on Your Heating and Cooling Bill
Green Building Elements, CA
A study by MIT emphasizes the potential for geothermal, and manufacturers are offering more options for consumers. Basics: the heat pump simply moves heat energy from one place to another, just like your refrigerator or air conditioner. But a major difference is that these transfer heat in only one direction, while a heat pump can transfer heat in two directions, thereby heating or cooling the space. In the cooling mode, the geothermal heat pump takes heat from indoors and transfers it to the colder earth through either groundwater or an underground earth loop system. In the heating mode, the process is reversed.
What's New On the Horizon for Green Building?
Acknowledging that buildings are responsible for a large proportion of greenhouse gas emissions, both U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) leadership and many of the 13,000 USGBC members and other attendees at USGBC's November 2006 Greenbuild conference in Denver expressed a clear and urgent intention to mitigate that contribution.
Green Tips for Your Home/Business
<> make your home/ business energy efficient - get an energy audit and add insulation, new windows and other measures that will lower your energy usage and bills. Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents; wash clothes in cold water, buy efficient appliances, a blanket around your waterheater.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/
Guidance to improve your company's environmental and financial performance.
Info areas include: Communications, Facilities, Operations, Product Life-cycle, Strategies to Accounting and Teaching
Green Building Elements, CA
A study by MIT emphasizes the potential for geothermal, and manufacturers are offering more options for consumers. Basics: the heat pump simply moves heat energy from one place to another, just like your refrigerator or air conditioner. But a major difference is that these transfer heat in only one direction, while a heat pump can transfer heat in two directions, thereby heating or cooling the space. In the cooling mode, the geothermal heat pump takes heat from indoors and transfers it to the colder earth through either groundwater or an underground earth loop system. In the heating mode, the process is reversed.
What's New On the Horizon for Green Building?
Acknowledging that buildings are responsible for a large proportion of greenhouse gas emissions, both U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) leadership and many of the 13,000 USGBC members and other attendees at USGBC's November 2006 Greenbuild conference in Denver expressed a clear and urgent intention to mitigate that contribution.
Green Tips for Your Home/Business
<> make your home/ business energy efficient - get an energy audit and add insulation, new windows and other measures that will lower your energy usage and bills. Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescents; wash clothes in cold water, buy efficient appliances, a blanket around your waterheater.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/
Guidance to improve your company's environmental and financial performance.
Info areas include: Communications, Facilities, Operations, Product Life-cycle, Strategies to Accounting and Teaching
Related Links:
Designing Heart Healthy Communities
Green Revolution Sweeps Construction Industry
LEED News -- USGBC site
Green Action Healthy Buildings
Integrating Green Design in Health Care Facilities
NRDC Building Green Program
Healthy House Institute
Designing Heart Healthy Communities
Green Revolution Sweeps Construction Industry
LEED News -- USGBC site
Green Action Healthy Buildings
Integrating Green Design in Health Care Facilities
NRDC Building Green Program
Healthy House Institute
Local and Regional Green Homebuilding Programs (GBPs) in the U.S.
The programs listed are not endorsed by nor affiliated with the USGBC. The links are provided for informational purposes only.
Please contact the programs directly for information regarding their services and geographic coverage.
Building America Nationwide (202) 586-9472
www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/building_america/
ARIZONA
I-Built Arizona (928) 779-3071
www.nazba.org
Scottsdale, AZ Green Building Program (480) 312-7080
www.scottsdaleaz.gov/greenbuilding
Tucson, AZ Southern Green Building Alliance (520) 624-6628
CALIFORNIA
Ceres, CA and Lake Elsinore, CA
CA Living & Energy's Green Built Homes of America Program
(800) 498-4110
www.califliving.com/
Oakland, CA Bay Area Build It Green
www.build-green.org
Sacramento, CA California Green Builder Program
(916) 443-7933
www.thebii.org/cgbp.asp
San Jose, CA San Jose Green Building (408) 277-4111)
www.ci.san-jose.ca.us/esd/GB-HOME.HTM
San Leandro, CA Alameda County Waste Management Program
(510) 614-1699 www.stopwaste.org/multigreen
Santa Barbara County Planning and Development
www.countyofsb.org/plandev
COLORADO
Boulder, CO Green Points Program (303) 441-3090
www.ci.boulder.co.us/environmentalaffairs
Denver, CO Built Green Colorado (303) 778-1400
www.builtgreen.org
FLORIDA
Florida Green Building Coalition (239) 263-6819
www.floridagreenbuilding.org
GEORGIA
Atlanta, GA EarthCraft House (404) 872-3549
www.earthcrafthouse.com
HAWAII
Honolulu, HI Hawaii Built Green (808) 847-4666 x210
www.hawaiibuiltgreen.com
MARYLAND
Maryland Sustainable City
MASSACHUSETS
Boston, MA Green Homes NorthEast (617)374-3740
www.greenhomesnortheast.org
Cambridge, MA Sustainable City
MICHIGAN
Grand Rapids, MI Alliance for Environmental Sustainability 616-241-5537
www.alliancees.org/home.htm
Grand Rapids, MI Green Built, Inc. (616) 281-2021
www.hbaggr.com
MINNESOTA
Hennipin County, MN Sustainable Design
www.sustainabledesignguide.umn.edu
MISSOURI
Kansas City, MO Build Green Program (816) 942-8800
www.kchba.org/buildgreenkc
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville, NC Western NC GBP (828) 232-5080
www.wncgbc.org
Raleigh, NC North Carolina Healthy Built Homes Program (919) 513-0307
www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/programs/
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque, NM Alliance for Green Development (505) 269-2969
www.greenalliancenm.org
NEW JERSEY
Trenton, NJ NJ Green Homes (609) 292-3931
www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/hsg_prog/njgreenhomes.shtml
NEW YORK
Hudson Valley, NY Green Home Program (800) 638-8556
www.hvbuilder.com/Hudson_Valley_Green_Builder.asp
New York City, NY Green Home Program
Schenectady, NY Green Home Program (518) 355-0055
www.crbra.com/index.html
OREGON
Portland, OR Earth AdvantageTM (888) 327-8433
www.earthadvantage.com
Portland, OR Portland Green Rated (503) 823-7725
www.green-rated.org
TENNESSEE
Memphis, TN EcoBuild (901) 528-4748
www.mlgw.com/SubView.php?key=about_ecobuild
TEXAS
Austin, TX Green Building Program (512) 505-3700
www.ci.austin.tx.us/greenbuilder
Frisco, TX Green Building Program (972) 335-5555
www.ci.frisco.tx.us/developmentsvcs/
San Antonio, TX Build San Antonio Green (210) 224-7278
www.buildsagreen.org
VERMONT
Vermont Vermont Builds Greener (800) 893-1997
www.bsr-vt.org
VIRGINIA
Arlington, VA Arlington County Green Home Choice Program (703) 228-4792
www.arlingtonva.us
WASHINGTON, DC
Washington, DC GreenHOME, Inc. (202) 544-5356
www.greenhome.org
WASHINGTON
Clark County, WA Built Green of SW WA (360) 694-0933
www.builtgreennw.com
King and Snohomish Counties, WA Built Green King & Snohomish Co (425) 460-8230
www.builtgreen.net
Kitsap County, WA Built Green Kitsap (360) 479-5778
www.kitsaphba.com/bbk.html
Tacoma, Pierce County, WA Tacoma Built Green (253) 272-2112
www.mbapierce.com
WISCONSIN
Madison, WI WI Green Built Home (608) 280-0360
www.greenbuilthome.org
Note to program administrators: Please contact homes@committees.usgbc.org to update the information on your program or to list your program if it is not shown. Thank you.
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Sustainable Life Info Copyright © 2006-2008 DLH Business Associates. All Rights Reserved.
The programs listed are not endorsed by nor affiliated with the USGBC. The links are provided for informational purposes only.
Please contact the programs directly for information regarding their services and geographic coverage.
Building America Nationwide (202) 586-9472
www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/building_america/
ARIZONA
I-Built Arizona (928) 779-3071
www.nazba.org
Scottsdale, AZ Green Building Program (480) 312-7080
www.scottsdaleaz.gov/greenbuilding
Tucson, AZ Southern Green Building Alliance (520) 624-6628
CALIFORNIA
Ceres, CA and Lake Elsinore, CA
CA Living & Energy's Green Built Homes of America Program
(800) 498-4110
www.califliving.com/
Oakland, CA Bay Area Build It Green
www.build-green.org
Sacramento, CA California Green Builder Program
(916) 443-7933
www.thebii.org/cgbp.asp
San Jose, CA San Jose Green Building (408) 277-4111)
www.ci.san-jose.ca.us/esd/GB-HOME.HTM
San Leandro, CA Alameda County Waste Management Program
(510) 614-1699 www.stopwaste.org/multigreen
Santa Barbara County Planning and Development
www.countyofsb.org/plandev
COLORADO
Boulder, CO Green Points Program (303) 441-3090
www.ci.boulder.co.us/environmentalaffairs
Denver, CO Built Green Colorado (303) 778-1400
www.builtgreen.org
FLORIDA
Florida Green Building Coalition (239) 263-6819
www.floridagreenbuilding.org
GEORGIA
Atlanta, GA EarthCraft House (404) 872-3549
www.earthcrafthouse.com
HAWAII
Honolulu, HI Hawaii Built Green (808) 847-4666 x210
www.hawaiibuiltgreen.com
MARYLAND
Maryland Sustainable City
MASSACHUSETS
Boston, MA Green Homes NorthEast (617)374-3740
www.greenhomesnortheast.org
Cambridge, MA Sustainable City
MICHIGAN
Grand Rapids, MI Alliance for Environmental Sustainability 616-241-5537
www.alliancees.org/home.htm
Grand Rapids, MI Green Built, Inc. (616) 281-2021
www.hbaggr.com
MINNESOTA
Hennipin County, MN Sustainable Design
www.sustainabledesignguide.umn.edu
MISSOURI
Kansas City, MO Build Green Program (816) 942-8800
www.kchba.org/buildgreenkc
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville, NC Western NC GBP (828) 232-5080
www.wncgbc.org
Raleigh, NC North Carolina Healthy Built Homes Program (919) 513-0307
www.ncsc.ncsu.edu/programs/
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque, NM Alliance for Green Development (505) 269-2969
www.greenalliancenm.org
NEW JERSEY
Trenton, NJ NJ Green Homes (609) 292-3931
www.nj.gov/dca/dhcr/hsg_prog/njgreenhomes.shtml
NEW YORK
Hudson Valley, NY Green Home Program (800) 638-8556
www.hvbuilder.com/Hudson_Valley_Green_Builder.asp
New York City, NY Green Home Program
Schenectady, NY Green Home Program (518) 355-0055
www.crbra.com/index.html
OREGON
Portland, OR Earth AdvantageTM (888) 327-8433
www.earthadvantage.com
Portland, OR Portland Green Rated (503) 823-7725
www.green-rated.org
TENNESSEE
Memphis, TN EcoBuild (901) 528-4748
www.mlgw.com/SubView.php?key=about_ecobuild
TEXAS
Austin, TX Green Building Program (512) 505-3700
www.ci.austin.tx.us/greenbuilder
Frisco, TX Green Building Program (972) 335-5555
www.ci.frisco.tx.us/developmentsvcs/
San Antonio, TX Build San Antonio Green (210) 224-7278
www.buildsagreen.org
VERMONT
Vermont Vermont Builds Greener (800) 893-1997
www.bsr-vt.org
VIRGINIA
Arlington, VA Arlington County Green Home Choice Program (703) 228-4792
www.arlingtonva.us
WASHINGTON, DC
Washington, DC GreenHOME, Inc. (202) 544-5356
www.greenhome.org
WASHINGTON
Clark County, WA Built Green of SW WA (360) 694-0933
www.builtgreennw.com
King and Snohomish Counties, WA Built Green King & Snohomish Co (425) 460-8230
www.builtgreen.net
Kitsap County, WA Built Green Kitsap (360) 479-5778
www.kitsaphba.com/bbk.html
Tacoma, Pierce County, WA Tacoma Built Green (253) 272-2112
www.mbapierce.com
WISCONSIN
Madison, WI WI Green Built Home (608) 280-0360
www.greenbuilthome.org
Note to program administrators: Please contact homes@committees.usgbc.org to update the information on your program or to list your program if it is not shown. Thank you.
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