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Directory of green/sustainable
building
links,
resources, organizations, jobs, courses
and events.
A
great
starting
point
for healthy, affordable, low-energy construction and housing.
Green Building Links
About
Green Building / Sustainable Building:
What is
Green Building? (more)
|
Wikipedia
Category | Google
Directory (more)
|
Google
Search | Green
Building News |
Green Building in
Ottawa
Green
Building Councils/Networks/Organizations
Canadian Green Building Council
(CaGBC) | Ontario Centre
for Green Building Design and Development | Cascadia Green
Building Council | US Green
Building Council
Green Building Events, Workshops & Courses in
Canada:
Green
Building Events, Workshops, Courses | Green Building
Courses | Training | Green
Building Conferences
Green Building Jobs:
Canada: Green
Building
Jobs
at GoodWork Canada | CaGBC
| Light
House
(BC)
USA: USGBC | USA Jobs in Green Building
More: Canadian
green job sites
Green Buildings For Sale or Rent
EcoProperty Canada –
eco-houses/homes, buildings, property, real estate for sale or rent in
Canada
Specific Approaches and Standards
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)
What is LEED?
| Wikipedia
article (more)
|
Search
Passive House /
Passivhaus / Passive
Building (Editor's note:
encompasses much more than "passive solar")
What is a
Passive House? | Canadian
Passive House Institute | Passive
Buildings
Canada | USA
Passive House Institute | Google Search
| Passive
House
News | Training
Net Zero / Zero-energy Building
Zero-energy
building | Low-energy
building | Net-zero Energy
Home Coalition (Canada) | Google Search
| Net-zero
News | CanmetEnergy
/
Natural
Resources Canada (article)
Active House /
Aktivhaus — generates more heat and power than it needs
About
Aktivhaus | more
Natural
Building
Wikipedia
| Google
Directory | Search
Strawbale
Ontario Strawbale Building
Coalition (more)
(more)
Earth
Construction – includes Adobe, Cob, Wattle and daub,
Earth
bag, Rammed
earth, Stone
Timber
Framing
Green Roofs
| Green Roofs for
Healthy Cities (more)
Self-sufficient Homes / Autonomous Building
Autonomous Building (more) | Off-the-grid
Energy
Conservation
Energy
Conservation (more)
|
Google
Directory | Search
| News
Renewable Energy (either
grid-connected
or
off-the-grid)
Canadian Solar Industries Association
(CanSIA) | Canadian Wind Energy
Association (CanWEA) | British Columbia Sustainable Energy
Association | Ontario Solar Energy Association
| Solar Nova Scotia (2) | Renewable Energy
Organizations
in Canada | Google
Directory | Wikipedia
| USA
| Home-made
Power | Home Power
Magazine | Off-the-grid | Off grid | FiT (Feed-in
tariff)
Related Topics
Sustainable
Community | Sustainable
Living (2)
| Green
Business (2)
|
Green
Jobs | Sustainable
community
energy
system | Indoor
Air
Quality | Property
Stewardship | Ecological
Footprint | Sustainable
Urban
Planning | More
Ecovillages
Ecovillages
are frequently built with green and/or natural techniques, and extend
the concept to the design of the whole community. What is an Ecovillage?
(2)
|
Ecovillage
Network
of
Canada | What
is Cohousing? | Cohousing
in
Canada
Lists of Ecovillages &
Eco-Communities:
Worldwide: Global
Ecovillage Network (source) | FIC (Communities Directory)
Google
Directory | Wikipedia's List of
Ecovillages
Canada: Intentional
communities
in
Canada | More
(click
"directory") | Cohousing
Google
Search | Ecovillages
listed on EcoProperty Canada
Europe: GEN-Europe | Diggers and Dreamers
| Eurotopia | Wikipedia
USA: Ecovillage
Network
of
the Americas | Communities
Directory
Ecovillage News: USA
| Canada
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