Sustainable
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a guideline for residential building produced by the city of Austin Texas' green building program |
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a consulting firm whose website offers suggestions for designing for energy efficiency and high indoor air quality, includes a Green Building Primer |
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comprehensively covers sustainable issues relating to everything from interiors to land use, providing further links to organization, case studies and relevant articles |
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provides a guide for sustainable design and product recommendations categorized by CSI division with links to other entities promoting green design |
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the Sage Learning Center provides overview information on a variety of topics and a product directory recommends green manufacturers |
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a design tool developed by the University of Minnesota, this guide provides tactics and goals for building sustainably |
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Northwest EcoBuilding Guild *local! |
offers a variety of articles, fact sheets and links to further information regarding a range of green building issues, as well as the Green Pages Directory to Northwest manufacturers, designers, distributors and educators |
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contains links to sustainable news, product manufacturers information, and a library of links to articles regarding a variety of green building topics |
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includes a product directory, various articles, and links to further internet resources |
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offers Sustainable Building Objectives which promote six fundamentals of green design for whole buildings and encourages an integrative and holistic approach to design |
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Green Product Certification
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Built Green *local! |
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Cradle to Cradle Certification McDounagh Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) |
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CRI Green Label |
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Energy Star |
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'Environmentally Preferable Product' |
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Floor Score |
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Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) |
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Green Guard |
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Green Seal |
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'GreenSpec Listed' |
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ISO 14001 |
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Oeko-Tex Standard 100 |
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Scientific Certification Systems (SCS) |
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SmartWood |
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United States Green Building Council (USGBC) |
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Distributors
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Eco Depot *local! |
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Eco Friendly Flooring |
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Environmental Building Supply |
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Environmental Home Center |
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Green Fusion Design Center |
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To Market *free samples! |
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Innovative products
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appliances |
Equaris Corporation |
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casework products |
Environ Biocomposites *free samples! Kirei Board *free samples! |
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carpet/carpet tile |
Bentley Prince Street |
www.bentleyprincestreet.com |
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furniture |
Baltix |
www.baltix.com |
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lighting |
Eleek, Inc. *within 500 mi. LEED credit 5.1 |
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polymers |
3 Form |
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solid surfacing |
IceStone |
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textiles |
Climatex Lifecycle |
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| wall finishes |
Armourcoat Inc. |
www.armourcoatusa.com |
| wood products | Bamboo Hardwoods EcoTimber Wicanders Natural Cork |
www.bamboohardwoods.com www.ecotimber.com www.wicanders.com |
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Reclaimed/salvaged products
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building materials |
Brown Building Materials *local! |
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furniture |
Scrapile Urban Hardwoods |
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Terra Mai |
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| re-manufactured office furniture | Open Plan Systems | www.openplan.com |
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Magazines
| Architecture Week | www.architectureweek.com |
| Eco Structure | www.eco-structure.com |
| Environmental Design + Construction | www.edcmag.com |
| Green Futures | www.greenfutures.org.uk |
| GRIST | www.grist.org |
| Interior Design Green Zone | www.interiordesign.net |
| Land and Water | www.landandwater.com |
| Sustainable Industries | www.sijournal.com |
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Additional resources