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Bird-Friendly Building Design | American Bird Conservancy
Read this book (approx. 60 pages) in full, for free, online. It focuses on glass and lighting options that can minimize the danger of birds flying into buildings at high speed.
building-envelopes  buildings  architecture  sustainability  green  birds  environment  research  books  ebooks 
january 2012 by dilibrary
Energy Map | CSTS/Ayll
Around the world, social entrepreneurs are pioneering methods to bring affordable renewable energy to these underserved customers. While they currently serve only a fraction of the existing market, the technologies and business models they are developing have the potential, if successfully scaled and replicated, to serve almost everyone.
This site is designed to help you better understand energy delivery for customers underserved by traditional markets, and the technologies and business models being used to help empower the bottom billions.
environment  environmental-studies  environmentalism  energy  sustainability  green  activism 
december 2011 by dilibrary
Health Product Declaration Forum
"The Health Product Declaration (HPD) Forum is the home of the of the HPD Open Standard Working Group, a voluntary association of expert participants from the community of building designers, specifiers, owners and users." "The HPD Open Standard is a format for the reporting of product content and associated health information for individual building products and materials."
products  materials  green  sustainability  air-quality  healthy-buildings 
november 2011 by dilibrary
The Living Principles | Home
"The Living Principles for Design framework is a catalyst for driving positive cultural change. It distills the four streams of sustainability – environment, people, economy, and culture – into a roadmap that is understandable, integrated, and most import
design  sustainability  inspiration  green  environment  environmental-studies  environmentalism 
october 2011 by dilibrary
Attainable Utopias : Articles
"Planned Obsolescence" focuses on cradle-to-cradle design (rather than cradle-to-grave).
sustainability  green  product-design  industrial-design  design 
august 2011 by dilibrary
Greener Gardens | Gardens & parks | National Trust
The National Trust maintains over 350 historic sites in England. This section of their website focuses on sustainable landscaping and gardening.
green  gardening  landscape  gardens  sustainability  english 
august 2011 by dilibrary
Building design guides | Architecture | National Trust
The National Trust maintains over 350 historic sites in England. "From visitor facilities and holiday cottages to bird hides and breweries, these case studies provide a comprehensive guide to how a building has been refurbished, adapted or a new structure
case-studies  architecture  construction  sustainability  green  energy  solar  historic-sites  renovation  conservation  preservation  buildings  english  history-of-interiors 
august 2011 by dilibrary
Center for the Built Environment
CBE's research focuses on indoor air quality, HVAC systems, building envelopes, and technology that can be used to control the environment
research  architecture  design  sustainability  green  accessibility  air-quality  hvac  building-systems 
august 2011 by dilibrary
GreenFILE
This online collection of articles focuses on all aspects of environmentalism and sustainability. The articles are drawn from newspapers, magazines and academic journals; there are also articles written especially for this collection. It is free to use an
research  sustainability  green  environmental-studies  environment  energy 
july 2011 by dilibrary
NRDC: Smarter Living
This website from the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) gives tips for "smarter living", covering everything from eating local to controlling energy costs to environmentally friendly flea and tick treatments for pets. Check the "Chemical Index" se
food  environment  health  conservation  sustainability  green  science 
may 2011 by dilibrary
Design for Reuse Primer (PDF file)
Full-text book from the non-profit group Public Architecture, highlighting 15 "successful reuse projects". The projects include housing, offices, retail stores, civic buildings, schools, a synagogue, a performing arts center, and interpretive centers.
ebooks  sustainability  architecture  buildings  green  housing  offices  retail  stores  corporate  commercial  schools  universities  colleges  education  religious  synagogues  performing-arts  theaters  filetype:pdf  media:document 
april 2011 by dilibrary
Make It Right
Started by Brad Pitt after Hurricane Katrina, "Make It Right builds safe, sustainable and affordable homes for working families. We aim to be a catalyst for change in the building industry in New Orleans and beyond."
architecture  sustainability  green  design  housing  activism 
april 2011 by dilibrary
Sustainable Home
Sustainable Home : a special section in Environmental Design + Construction magazine.
construction  green  sustainability  housing  houses  residential  architecture 
march 2011 by dilibrary
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