- Alameda County Waste Management Authority (http://www.stopwaste.org/fsbuild.html) offers Green Building Guidelines for New Home Construction and Home Remodeling.
- Austin Energy's Green Building Program (www.ci.austin.tx.us/greenbuilder) The nation's first green building program for residential, multifamily, affordable, and commercial buildings.
- Boulder, Colorado - Green Points Program (www.ci.boulder.co.us/environmentalaffairs/green_points) required for all residential construction within the city.
- BREEAM (www.bre.co.uk/service.jsp?id=51) is the British green building rating system family for commercial and residential buildings.
- Built Green Colorado (www.builtgreen.org) is the largest and oldest homebuilder association green building certification program.
- BUILT GREEN (www.builtgreen.net) is an environmental building program of the Master Builders Association of King and Snohomish Counties, that covers new homes, remodeling, multi-family and developments.
- EarthCraft HouseTM (www.southface.org/home/ech/ech_guidelines.htm) from Southface and the Greater Atlanta Homebuilders Association
- Scottsdale, Arizona, Green Building Program (www.ci.scottsdale.az.us/greenbuilding) program and rating system for new homes
- U.S. Army SPiRiT Green Building Rating System (www.cecer.army.mil/SustDesign/SPiRiT.cfm)
- U.S. Green Building Council and LEEDTM (www.usgbc.org/LEED/publications.asp)