Resources: Green Building Materials and Information
Building Technologies Program
This site from the U.S. Department of Energy offers tools, guidelines, and training on emerging green building technologies, building materials, and more.
Build It Green
Build It Green is a professional non-profit membership organization whose mission is to promote healthy energy- and resource-efficient buildings.
Green Building Encyclopedia
This site features a glossary of key terms you should know if you’re considering Green building.
Green Building Pages
This site includes green-building strategies, case studies, and a materials database with 58 categories of Green products.
GreenSpec
This database holds detailed listings for more than 2,000 Green building products with descriptions, manufacturer information, and links to additional resources.
Healthy Building
Healthy Building is a national network of Green building professionals, environmental activists, and health activists promoting healthy building materials.
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
The government’s voluntary, national rating system for developing Green buildings, LEED offers various workshops and resources.
Forest Certification Resource Center
The Certified Product Search helps you locate producers of certified forest products worldwide.
Sustainable Building Sourcebook
This sourcebook rates the cost and effectiveness of various Green materials.
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