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    • Books on Sustainability

Sustainable Architecture, Housing, Shelter, Construction, Materials


Green and Healthy Building
Methods, Materials, Standards

  • Eco Building Materials
  • High Performance Building Guidelines
  • Home Energy
  • House of Straw - Straw Bale Construction Comes of Age
  • Natural Building Technology  
  • Natural Habitat
  • Recycled Building Materials
  • The Athena Sustainable Materials Institute: membership-based non-profit research collaborative bringing life cycle assessment (LCA) to the construction sector.
  • Building Materials - A Closer Look at Different Types of Wood
  • A Guide to Sustainable Building - Alan's Factory Outlet Store

Related WiserEarth Portals

  • Sustainable Building
  • Sustainable Materials
  • Green Roofs
  • Biomimicry
  • EcoVillages
  • Sustainable Communities
  • Sustainable Urban and Regional Planning
  • Urban Ecology

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  • Green building 
  • Sustainable architecture
  • Natural building
  • Environmental design

Blogs

  • GreenBuilders Artisans
  • Helioterre
  • GardenARK: an annex to sustainable and peaceful garden

Natural Building Links from Builders Without Borders
  • American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment
  • Annotated Bibliography for Straw Bale Construction
  • Architects Without Borders
  • Austin Green Building Program
  • Bale Watch
  • BASIN - Building Advisory Service and Information Network
  • Building Energy Tools Directory
  • Building Environmental Science and Technology
  • Building Science Corporation
  • Burbophobia
  • CalEarth
  • Campus Environmental Stewardship Program
  • Canadian Association for Renewable Energies
  • Canelo Project
  • Center for Alternative Technology
  • Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
  • Center for Resourceful Building Technology
  • Center for Sustainable Systems
  • Certified Forest Products Council
  • Communications for a Sustainable Future
  • DAWN/Out on Bale by Mail
  • Development Center for Appropriate Technology (DCAT)
  • Earth Auroville
  • Ecotecture
  • e design Online
  • edesign: Resources
  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
  • Energy Star
  • Engineers Without Borders
  • Environmental Building News
  • Environmental Design and Construction
  • Environmental Design Library
  • Environmental Energy Technologies Division
  • Florida Solar Energy Center
  • Forestworld
  • Global Ecovillage Network
  • GreenBuilder.com
  • Green Building Information Council
  • GreenClips
  • GreenHomebuilding.com
  • Greening Federal Facilities
  • Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design
  • High Performance Building Guidelines
  • Home Energy
  • House of Straw - Straw Bale Construction Comes of Age
  • International Institute for Sustainable Development
  • Island Press EcoCompass
  • Karacadir Center for Sustainable Development
  • King County Green Building Program
  • The Last Straw Journal
  • Lighting Research Center
  • The Masonry Heating Information Site
  • Natural Building Resources
  • Natural Capitalism
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Northwest EcoBuilding Guild
  • Oikos
  • The Pacific Energy Center
  • Pakistan Straw Bale and Appropriate Building
  • Pathnet
  • Permaculture Institute of Northern California
  • Residential-Home Life Cycle Analysis
  • Rocky Mountain Institute
  • Smart Growth Network
  • Solar Radiation Resource Information
  • Southwest Solar Adobe School
  • The Source for Renewable Energy
  • Straw: The Next Great Building Material?
  • Surfin' Strawbale
  • Sustainable Architecture
  • SustainableBusiness.com
  • Sustainable Building Sources
  • Strawbale Building Resources
  • Strawbale Construction Discussion List at REPP.org
  • The Thermal Resistivity of Straw Bales for Construction
  • U.S. Department of Energy Office of Building Technology - State and Community Programs
  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • Village Earth
  • The Vital Signs Project
  • WaterWiser
  • Whole Building Design Guide

Organizations and Projects

  • Earthship Biotecture
  • Architecture for Humanity
  • Cal-Earth: The California Institute of Earth Art and Architecture
  • Open Architecture Network
  • Earthbag Building Blog
  • La Voute Nubienne: Trains and supports local builders (over 100 to date) in the construction of earth brick vaulted houses which are environmentally sound and economically feasible in Burkina Faso.
  • Abari
  • African Architecture and Design: A Hub for African Architecture, Design and Eco-friendly Development projects.
  • ArchiAfrika
    Goal is to put (modern) African architectural culture on the world map. It offers a platform for the exchange of news and expertise in this field. ArchiAfrika initiates and facilitates research and projects on the terrain of African architecture and architecture in Africa.
  • Builders Without Borders
  • GEN-Africa:  The African ecovillage association, promoting social resilience, environmental pro­tection and restoration of nature through the concept of ecovillages as models for sustainable human settlements. We actively support the de­vel­opment of ecovillages and networks in all parts of Africa.
  • Download: Community_Sustainability_Assessment

Osafa: "Sharing the Wisdom of African Building Practices"                    Osafa.org has just launched and will be a Wikipedia-like platform where the "source code" of construction projects, i.e. floor plans, building descriptions, drafts/photos and commercials calculations are being shared under an open licence, ready to be reused or adapted, without licence fees. We want to apply the success factors of Open Source Software to the intellectual wisdom of African architecture. Osafa is to be used by all stakeholders of construction projects in Africa, professionals and hobbyists, Africans and non-Africans, world changers and business people alike.

Open Source House:                                                         
Aims to create sustainable and affordable housing for all with locally embedded design using natural materials. Including the wishes and needs of the end user and an assessment of the local current housing industry. The solutions are generated in the design competitions, are open source and are encouraged to be used by anyone to improve housing anywhere in any situation.

Archifarm: 
We must create efficient, economical, ecologically responsible ways to address the issue of slums and improve the possibilities for 2 billion lives. Archifarm's goal is to improve the built environment one project at a time.

Ecological Building Network - The Art and Science of Building Well
Promotes, fosters and catalyzes the transformation of building to favor intelligent design, clean energy and healthy materials