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| Acronyms/Glossary |
Green Affordable Housing Coalition |
www.frontierassoc.net/greenaffordablehousing/Tools/glossary.shtml |
| Architecture 2030 Challenge |
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www.architecture2030.org |
| Bay Friendly Guidelines & Landscaping |
Bay Friendly Landscaping |
www.bayfriendly.org |
| Books - Green Building |
Builders Book source |
www.buildersbooksource.com |
| Building Construction Terms |
Green Affordable Housing Coalition |
www.frontierassoc.net/greenaffordablehousing/Tools/BuildingTerms.shtml |
| Building Science |
Building Science Corporation |
www.buildingscience.com |
| Building Science |
Advanced Energy |
www.systemvision.org |
| Building Science |
IBACOS |
www.ibacos.com |
| California Urban Water Conservation Council |
California Urban Water Conservation Council |
www.cuwcc.org |
| Carbon monoxide alarms (low level-long term) |
CO Experts & National Comfort Institute |
www.coexperts.com & www.stopcarbonmonoxide.com |
| Carpet & pad IAQ certification program |
Carpet & Rug Institute |
www.carpet-rug.com |
| Construction IAQ Strategies |
Environmental Building News May 2002 |
www.buildinggreen.com |
| Crawlspace Resources |
Building Science.com |
www.buildingscience.com |
| Crawlspace Resources |
Advanced Energy |
www.crawlspaces.org |
| Crawlspaces |
Crawlspaces.org |
www.crawlspaces.org |
| EEBA |
Energy-efficient & Environmental Building Assn |
www.eeba.org |
| Energy-efficient Appliances |
ENERGY STAR® |
www.ENERGY STAR®.gov |
| Energy-efficient Appliances |
American Council for Energy-efficient Economy |
www.aceee.org |
| Energy-efficient appliances & homes |
US EPA ENERGY STAR® program |
www.ENERGY STAR®.gov |
| Energy-efficient appliances & homes |
Consortium for Energy Efficiency |
www.cee1.org |
| Energy-efficient appliances & homes |
American Council for an Energy-efficient Economy |
www.ACEEE.org |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
www.epa.gov |
| Gardening for Wildlife Workshops |
The Watershed Project |
www.thewatershedproject.org |
| General energy information |
CA Energy Commission |
www.ConsumerEnergyCenter.org |
| Go Solar California |
California Solar Intiative |
www.gosolarcalifornia.ca.gov |
| Green Building info - (detailed) |
Building Green |
www.buildinggreen.com |
| Green Building info - (residential) |
Build It Green |
www.builditgreen.org |
| Green Label Plus Carpet |
Carpet and Rug Institute |
www.carpet-rug.com |
| Green Product Directory |
Build It Green Program |
www.builditgreen.org |
| Greywater Plumbing |
Oasis Design |
www.greywater.net |
| Greywater Plumbing |
State of CA Greywater Stds |
www.owue.water.ca.gov/docs/Revised Graywater Standards.pdf |
| Home hazard prevention info |
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes |
www.flash.org |
| Hydro zones |
EBMUD, WUCOLS website |
www.owue.water.ca.gov/docs/wucolsOO.pdf |
| IEQ Certifications |
The Carpet and Rug Institute |
www.carpet-rug.org |
| IEQ Certifications |
Scientific Certification Systems |
www.scscertified.com |
| IEQ Certifications |
Greenguard Environmental Institute |
www.greenguard.org |
| Indoor Air Quality Product Certification |
Green Guard |
www.greenguard.org |
| Invasive Plants |
CA Invasive Plant Council |
www.cal-ipc.org |
| Landscaping: CA Native Grasses |
California Native Grassland Associations |
www.cnga.org |
| LEED® for Homes (in California/Nevada) |
Davis Energy Group |
www.davisenergy.com |
| LEED® rating systems |
U.S. Green Building Council |
www.usgbc.org |
| National Wildlife Federations |
Gardens for Wildlife |
www.nwf.org/gardenforwildlife |
| Navigating Title 24 |
Building Standards Commission |
www.bsc.ca.gov |
| Navigating Title 24 |
California Electric Commission |
www.energy.ca.gov |
| Passive solar design software |
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council |
www.sbicouncil.org |
| Photovolatics |
Go Solar California |
www.gosolarcalifornia.com |
| Photovolatics |
CA Energy Commission’s Consumer Energy Center |
www.consumerenergycenter.org |
| Plant info - (detailed) |
WUCOLS |
www.owue.water.ca.gov/docs/wucolsOO.pdf |
| Portal to GB web sites/pages |
Green Affordable Housing Coalition |
www.greenaffordablehousing.org |
| Product certifications |
Scientific Certification Systems |
www.scscertified.com |
| Quality building info ~ (detailed) |
National Assoc. of Homebuilders |
www.toolbase.org |
| Radiant Barriers |
Florida Solar Energy Center |
www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/publications/html/FSEC-EN-15/#heat |
| Radon information |
CA Dept. of Public Health |
www.cdph.ca.gov/HEALTHINFO/ENVIRONHEALTH/Pages/Radon.aspx |
| Rainwater collection info |
American Rain Water Catchment Systems Assn |
www.arcsa.org |
| Rainwater harvesting |
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond |
www.harvestingrainwater.com |
| Rainwater harvesting |
American Rain Water Catchment Systems Assn |
www.arcsa.org |
| Refrigerator |
Consortium for Energy Efficiency |
www.cee1.org |
| Refrigerator |
CA Energy Commission’s Consumer Energy Center |
www.consumerenergycenter.org |
| Resilient Flooring |
Resilient Floor Covering Institute |
www.rfci.com |
| Savings by Design information |
Savings by Design |
savingsbydesign.com |
| Soil Biology |
Soil Biology Primer |
soils.usda.gov/sqi/concepts/soil_biology/biology.html |
| Stop Waste |
Stopwaste.org |
www.stopwaste.org |
| Storm Water Management |
Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program |
www.cleanwaterprogram.org |
| Students in day lit schools performance |
Nicklas and Bailey |
www.innovativedesign.net |
| Sustainable landscaping program (Bay Area) |
Bay-Friendly Landscaping program |
www.bayfriendly.org |
| Sustainable landscaping program (Sac Area) |
River-Friendly Landscaping program |
www.riverfriendly.org |
| Sustainable landscaping program (SoCal) |
California Friendly program |
www.bewaterwise.com |
| Sustainable lifestyle |
Ecology Center |
www.ecologycenter.org |
| Sustainably harvested lumber |
Forest Stewardship Council |
www.fscus.org |
| Toilets |
EBMUD |
www.epa.gov/watersense |
| Toilets |
UNAR specs MaP scores |
www.cuwcc.org/products_tech.lasso |
| Water Conservation & Landscaping |
Metropolitan Water District |
www.bewaterwise.com |
| Water-efficient plumbing fixtures |
CA Urban Water Conservation Council |
www.cuwcc.org/products_tech.lasso |
| Water-efficient plumbing fixtures |
US EPA Water Sense program |
www.epa.gov/watersense |
| Water Heater information |
Water Heater Rescue.com |
www.Waterheaterrescue.com |
| Window information |
Efficient Windows Collaborative |
www.efficientwindows.org |
| Window ratings |
Nat’l Fenestration Rating Council |
www.nfrc.org |
| Window Values - Solar Heat Gain Coefficents |
Nat’l Fenestration Rating Council |
www.nfrc.org |
| Window Values - Solar Heat Gain Coefficents |
Efficient Windows Collaborative |
www.efficientwindows.org |
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