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Sustainable Design

• Brown, G.Z. and Mark DeKay. Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies. 2nd. ed. New York: Wiley, 2001.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2542.3 .B76 2001
  "How to design buildings that head with the sun, cool with the wind, light with the sky, and move into the future using on-site renewable resources." With lots of data and charts.
  

• BuildingGreen Suite (full access for Carnegie Mellon users only)
  The BuildingGreen Suite provides full access to BuildingGreen.com, a key source of information about improving the environmental performance, and reducing the adverse impacts, of buildings. The BuildingGreen Suite brings together articles, reviews, and news from Environmental Building News (EBN) since 1992, product listings from the GreenSpec products directory, and project case studies from the High-Performance Buildings Database.

• EI Compendex (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  1884 - present. (Updated weekly.)
  A omprehensive interdisciplinary engineering database with access to articles, conference papers and technical reports. Includes coverage of green building.

• The Environment: A Multidisciplinary Research Guide (Carnegie Mellon University)
  A research guide to a wide variety of resources on the environment at Carnegie Mellon and beyond.
  

• Environmental Resource Guide on CD-ROM: Includes 1997 and 1998 Updates. New York, N.Y.: John Wiley, 1999.
  MUS-OFC-4 720.47 A288A 1999
• Environmental Resource Guide. New York: Wiley, 1996-.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 NA2542.35 .E73 1996
  Collected information on environmental issues for architects and the construction industry. Includes topical articles, materials analyses, special reports, case studies, and bibliographies. Current topics include energy, waste management, and building ecology, including the environmental and health effects of building materials.

• Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management (Carnegie Mellon users only)
  A suite of databases provideing multidisciplinary coverage in the environmental sciences. Citations and abstracts are drawn from over 1500 scientific journals and thousands of other sources including conference proceedings, reports, monographs, books and government publications.

• Green Building Alliance
  Pittsburgh's green building solutions center. Web site includes regional green building case studies.

• Green Building Handbook: A Guide to Building Products and Their Impact on the Environment. London: E & FN Spon, 1997-2000.
  HUNT FA-REF-4 TA403.6 .G74 1997

• Green Design / Sustainable Architecture: Resources (University of California)
  Extensive links and resources for green building.

• GreenerBuildings: The Resource Center for Environmentally Responsible Building Development
  Lots of articles, case studies, etc.

• GreenSource
  McGraw-Hill Construction's on-line directory of information on sustainable design, practice and products. Includes access to GreenSource: The Magazine of Sustainable Design.
  

• Rocky Mountain Institute
  Web site Library page includes downloadable publications.

• Sustainable Buildings Industry Council
  • Whole Building Design Guide

• Sustainable By Design: Design Tools (Christopher Granbeck)
  Collection of shareware design and analysis tools for sustainable design. Includes SunAngle, Overhang Design, and Window Heat Gain tools.

• U.S. Department of Energy
  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
    See especially the Energy Information Portal and the Building Technologies Program's Information Resources pages.
  • Buildings Research (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

• U.S. Green Building Council
  Includes information about the LEED Green Building Rating System.
  • LEED-NC for New Construction: Reference Guide, Version 2.2. Washington, DC: U.S. Green Building Council, 2005.
    HUNT FA-REF-4 TH880 .L442 2005