Energy & Construction
- Sustainable Environment
Global Warming, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Conservation.
www.millennium-institute.org
- Sustainable technologies
Wells, boreholes, gravity flow, rainwater harvesting water projects
www.wateraidamerica.org
- ConocoPhillips
Explore How Developing Sustainable Energy is Important to the US.
www.powerincooperation.com
- Water Sustainability
Help Fight Global Poverty and Build Sustainable Good. Donate Today!
www.outreach-international.org
- Sustainability Energy
Contributing to a sustainable energy future. See more at Shell.
www.shell.com
- Sustainable Water
Kemira offers great knowledge base in chemical water treatment.
www.kemira.com
- Soundproof Drywall
Highest performance. Lowest cost. Used by major builders everywhere.
www.quietrock.com
- Local Construction Bids
Bid on Commercial Projects. Sign Up For Free Access. Start Now.
www.cdcnews.com
- Ecobuild America
Smart and Sustainable Solutions for the built environment
aececobuild.com
- Green Building Design
Design Greener Buildings with Autodesk® 3D Solutions. Learn More.
Autodesk.com/Sustainable-Design
- Leed Certified Building
Green your building with our LEED services. Contact Us!
ecologicalgroup.com/leed-services
- New Construction Jobs Now
ServiceMagic has fresh local leads. Target customers. Close more deals.
www.servicemagic.pro
Green Networking
- Eco-friendly, renewable Energy
This web site focuses on eco-friendly actions and includes "green" blogs and opinions on important topics such as renewable energy and sustainable construction
- The U.S. Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation.
- The Ecological Building Network
According to their website, this organization promotes, fosters and catalyzes the transformation of building to favor intelligent design, clean energy, and healthy materials.
- American Institute of Steel Construction
Structural steel produced in the United States contains 93.3% recycled steel scrap. At the end of a building’s life, 98% of all structural steel is recycled back into new steel products with no loss of its physical properties. For more on how steel is being recycled to benefit sustainable construction efforts, please visit this site.
Energy & Utilities
- Air Leakage Resource - Resources on detecting and preventing air leakage in buildings to reduce energy loss. Includes thermodynamic conservation equations.
- Airtight Building - Provides information on the steps required to make buildings airtight in order to save energy.
- Building Links : project managment, energy audits , BER, commercial & residential - Building Links is a dynamic, small scale building consultancy which provides a comprehensive range of building related services in the residential and commercial sectors. Our clients are home or building owners, designers, builders, developers or property managers.
- Building Performance Directive Implementation Advisory Group (DIAG) - Organization with purpose of advising the UK Government upon directive implementation. Includes publications and regulations.
- Buildings Technology Center of Excellence - Research and development of technologies to improve the energy efficiency and environmental compatibility of residential and commercial buildings. Facilities are available to manufacturers, universities, and others for proprietary and nonproprietary research and development. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
- Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings - A team of designers, home builders, and product manufacturers that has joined the Department of Energy's Building America Program on a cost-shared basis. All CARB projects are Energy-Star homes.
- Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) - Focuses on research activities of the CERL. Research goals are to provide coordination with communities in regard to military operations in adjacent areas. Also includes information on cultural resources research, land management, seismic engineering, endangered species and environmental restoration.
- Constructive Technologies Group, Inc. - Publications provide information on green buildings and the growing emphasis on building performance and occupant health. Produce Better Buildings Interactive computer based training products designed to improve building performance.
- Cool Roof Calculator - An online calculator of energy savings, comfort and payback analysis. Offers documentation.
- DOE's Building Technologies Program - Research and dissemination of information about energy-saving appliance technologies (washers, and refrigerators), energy-efficient building construction, and related topics such as indoor air quality.
- Duct Leakage - Features several online articles about residential HVAC duct leakage.
- Energy Conservation Policy - Clarion University's policy to reduce energy consumption whenever possible through the active efforts of its faculty, staff, and students.
- Energy Efficiency in Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Buildings - Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) information to control operating costs and to preserve profitability and maintain a competitive edge. Information to eliminate inefficient energy use through the implementation of energy efficiency measures.
- Energy Efficient Building Association (EEBA) - Disseminating information and technology for energy efficient, environmentally responsible buildings and communities.
- Energy Efficient Smart Windows - Illustrated tutorial shows how this developing window technology can block either all light or just some by simply turning a knob making smart windows a smart choice for energy efficiency.
- Energy Efficient Windows - Information on the benefits of energy-efficient windows, descriptions of how they work, and recommendations for their selection and use. Sponsored by the Efficient Windows Collaborative (EWC), U.S. Department of Energy Windows and Glazings Program, and industry members.
- Energy Office - Offers suggestions for campaigns for more energy consciousness in offices. Includes catalogue of cost-free measures and checklists.
- EnergyMap - Provides an interactive map of Denmark with profiles of companies using energy efficient technologies and the projects in which they are involved.
- Environmental Design and Construction - Magazine covering all aspects of environmentally sound building design and construction.
- Greenhouse Energy Conservation - Discusses solar greenhouses, sunrooms and solar heating greenhouses. Provides advises for improving elements of the building envelope.
- Low Energy House - Provides information on energy efficiency for new and existing houses.
- PNL: Building Systems Program (BSP) - Research program of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL) to optimize the combined performance of building systems. Includes mission statement and publication.
- Perfect Lighting Solutions - Promotes the discussion of Energy Saving Lighting Solutions for all applications from domestic to industrial. Offers information and articles on current trends.
- Productive Energy Solutions - Interactive site provides information for industrial and commercial facilities to help them understand the cost and savings of operating various pieces of equipment.
- Revival - Project supported by the European Commission in which six buildings have been refurbished using sustainable solutions.
- Sea Water Cooling System for Downtown Vancouver - Proposes to use a sea water cooling system to replace air conditioners used by office buildings. Site is a result of a UBC Mechanical Engineering undergraduate project.
- Stork Energy Efficient Home Technology - Features technologies for energy savings in building a new home in hot and humid Myrtle Beach, SC. Solution to the problems of hurricanes, tornadoes, termites, fire, allergies, and low maintenance. Constructed using Insulated Concrete Forms and steel trusses and steel interior walls.
- The Energy Conservatory - Manufacture precision diagnostic equipment used to solve comfort, energy use, durability and air quality problems in buildings.
- The Modern History Of Energy Conservation - An overview of conservation methods for information professionals.
- Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) - Provides mandatory efficiency criteria for department of Defense buildings. [PDF]
- Universities and Students for Energy Efficiency - Project involving 10 EU countries aiming to improve energy efficiency in university buildings and to establish training programs for students.
- University of Massachusetts Building Energy Research Laboratory - Performing research on improving the energy efficiency of building assemblies, materials, heating and energy producing equipment and components.
- Usable Buildings - A large and well organised collection of information, guidance and research findings on the "virtual circle" of good procurement, design, construction and management of buildings to make them pleasant to occupy and manage, energy efficiency in use, and productive for occupants.
- Zero Energy Buildings - Provides information on the advantages and disadvantages, design and construction of green buildings, low energy buildings, passive buildings and zero energy buildings and the technologies used.