Green Affordable Housing Coalition

AEC InfoCenter offers construction industry professionals an interactive information source with a wide variety of resources. User services include a comprehensive listing of energy efficient building websites, product specifications in three-part CSI Format, CAD details, feature articles, interactive discussions, classifieds, and event listings.
AIA Committee on the Environment provides an excellent guideline tool, sample RFPs, and lessons learned for professionals who are writing requests for proposals or qualifications from design and construction professionals.
Affordable Housing Design Advisor offers design ideas and checklists to those working in the affordable field.
Building Design Advisor
Building Codes and Standards Building Energy Software, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Residential code compliance, acoustics, thermal design and analysis, energy simulation, energy code compliance, thermal load calculation, energy program management, environmental design and analysis, whole building energy performance, compliance software, whole building simulation, lighting, energy code, etc.
California Urban Water Conservation Council information on water-efficient flush toilets.
Calflora a searchable database, provides extensive species reports on wild California plants for conservation, education, and appreciation
Energy Design Resources sponsored by the four California investor-owned utilities, provides publications, software tools, virtual workshops, and an energy charette for commercial and industrial buildings in California.
Energy Design Tools from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture
Energy Efficient Rehab Advisor provides design guidelines for energy efficiency based on Energy Star specifications. Enter in your building's profile and the Advisor will provide you with project recommendation tailored to your building's needs.
Environmental Sustainable Architecture
Green Building Advisor is a great CD-ROM that walks a designer through various design options and their consequences
Green Building Primer
Green Round Table: Sustainable Architecture and Design
Minnesota Sustainable Design Guidelines (www.sustainabledesignguide.umn.edu)
Native Plant Search Engine provided by Las Pilitas Nursery in Santa Margarita/Escondido. This software tool enables you to compile a list of native plants suitable for your area and landscape.
OTTV and Simulation Tools Basic principles of Overall Thermal Transfer Value (OTTV)
PLANTS Database allows you to search for invasive, noxious and endangered plants, also provides facts sheets and several other resources
Simulation Research Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) specializes in creating building energy simulation software.
Sun angle calculator allows you figure out your solar angles anywhere on the globe.
Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) offers ENERGY-10 software to analyze the energy and cost savings that can be achieved through more than a dozen sustainable design strategies, including daylighting, passive solar heating, natural ventilation, well-insulated envelopes, better windows, lighting systems, mechanical equipment, and more.
Sustainable Design Resource Guide, compiled by the Denver AIA Committee on the Environment, the SDRG lists a range of resources, including periodicals, books, databases, and energy software.
U.S. DOE Building Energy Software: Tools Directory Describes 263 energy-related software tools for buildings, with an emphasis on using renewable energy and achieving energy efficiency and sustainability in buildings.
Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) is a phenomenal portal for green building information assembled by numerous federal agencies.

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