GREEN LIVING & BUILDING RESOURCES
Climate Action
Project Drawdown2020
Provides 100 top solutions to lower our carbon footprint. It has become a key resource for climate action
https://drawdown.org
350.org
There are many groups working on Climate Action organizations. This is one of the original groups.
https://350.org/
Ready for 100 – Sierra Club
Find a Ready For 100 campaign or city that is committed to—or powered by—100% clean energy near you. Learn more or take action now!
https://www.sierraclub.org/ready-for-100
Certification/Educational Programs
US Green Building Council
This is aey organization with the goal to improve the health and efficiency of our buildings. Sponsor of LEED building certification programs:
https://www.usgbc.org
Living Future
Focus on regenerative buildings that create a positive impact on human and natural systems. Sponsor of Living Building Challenge:
https://living-future.org/lbc/
Passive House
Provides super high-performance building standards.
https://www.phius.org/home-page
Pretty Good House
A no nonsense, get it done low carbon building resource:
https://www.prettygoodhouse.org/pgh-20
Green Building Resources and How-To
Green Building Advisor
A building science resource with great technical resources to build smarter and keep buildings durable and healthy.
https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com
Zero Energy Project
Shows ways to design and build affordable net-zero energy homes.
https://zeroenergyproject.org
Team Zero
The mission is to to make the built environment a positive asset on the carbon balance sheet of the planet. Great webinar links:
https://teamzero.org/
Carbon Leadership Forum
Provides resources, research, networks and various initiatives. http://carbonleadershipforum.org
475 High Performance Supply
This site is a provider of high performance building products, including knowledge resources.
https://foursevenfive.com/blog
Energy & Environmental Building Alliance
Provides great tools for high performance building professionals.
https://www.eeba.org
Emu
These are the passive solar house implementation experts.
https://emu.systems
High Performance Building in Cold Climates with Beyond Efficiency
Jackson building energy conservation experts of Beyond Efficiency discuss High Performance Building in Cold Climates as part of the 2020 “Building the Future We Want” series.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=el0A-_x2MzQ
Passive House Rocky Mountains
Making low carbon, high quality building the standard.
https://www.phrockymountains.com/