GreenLinks

Build It Green will be offering a 2-day Certified Green Building Professional Training on September 14 and 15, 2009, and a 4-day Certified GreenPoint Rater Training on September 16 through 19, 2009 in San Jose, California. As green building becomes more popular, homeowners and those purchasing homes are looking for contractors, architects, engineers, specialty contractors,…

Trying to find funding sources for your renewable energy and energy efficiency projects?  DSIRE, appropriately named for the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, provides information on federal, state, local, and utility incentives and polices, as well as a handy glossary of terms. DSIRE is a comprehensive source of information on state, local,…

The Energy Star website is a terrific source for energy information covering everything from appliances to buildings and IT equipment.  Tools and resources range from advice on energy efficiency in home improvements to energy management guidelines to various financial calculators. ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S.…

There are at least 114 LEED Platinum certified buildings in the world.  View a gallery of these projects at Cyan PDX.  Let’s keep the momentum going! What do the greenest buildings in the world look like? Where are they and what makes them special? We hear these questions all the time and until now, we’ve…

Edward Mazria’s non-profit organization Architecture 2030 challenges the global architecture and building community, asking them to adopt design goals of reducing fossil fuel, GHG-emissions, and energy consumption in all new construction and renovation projects. Buildings are the major source of global demand for energy and materials that produce by-product greenhouse gases (GHG). Slowing the growth…

Self-healing concrete for safer, more durable, and greener infrastructure?  Professor Victor Li at the University of Michigan has created concrete that can bend and heal itself. A concrete material developed at the University of Michigan can heal itself when it cracks. No human intervention is necessary–just water and carbon dioxide. A handful of drizzly days…

Build It Green is a non-profit membership organization that promotes healthy, energy and resource efficient building practices, and offers the GreenPoint Rating system specific to residential buildings in California. Smart Environmental Solutions from the Ground Up Build It Green is a membership supported non-profit organization whose mission is to promote healthy, energy- and resource-efficient homes…

The Center for the Built Environment at U.C. Berkeley is a place where prominent industry leaders and internationally recognized researchers collaborate to produce substantial, holistic, and far-sighted research on buildings. Industry/University Collaborative Research Solutions CBE is a place where prominent industry leaders and internationally recognized researchers cooperate to produce substantial, holistic, and far-sighted research on…

The Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC) will be held on June 17 – 19, 2009 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, and will feature hundreds of product vendors and host a diverse range of speakers and workshops. PCBC connects all the heavyweights from homebuilding, land development, architecture, and home products at one supercharged event. Education, innovation,…

Straw-bale construction is a building method that uses bales of straw (commonly wheat, rice, rye and oats straw) as structural elements, building insulation, or both. This construction method is commonly used in natural building or “green” construction projects. Built a decade before today’s green building vogue, Oakland’s only straw bale house has emerged as a…