LEED & Green Building Resources

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LEED Resources

Green Building Certification Institute  (GBCI) Recognizes green building practice and performance globally through its third-party certification services and professional credentials supporting marketing transformation

Green Source  Magazine of sustainable design and LEED certified buildings

LEEDuser  Resource provided from LEED accredited professionals offering advice, tips and discussion forums for LEED building certification and professional accrediation.

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)  Recognized standard of measuring building sustainability

USGBC LEED  Resource for LEED certification and accreditation

USGBC LEED Exam Prep  Source for LEED and green building education

USGBC LEED-Online  Resource for online data collection for LEED certification

USGBC LEED Professional Directory  Database of LEED APs and LEED AP specialties’

USGBC LEED Project and Case Studies  Database of certified projects and case studies

USGBC LEED System Ratings  Resource of past and present LEED certification rating systems

USGBC News and Events  Resource for recent articles written about LEED certified buildings, changes in the USGBC LEED accreditation and certification, events for credential maintenance

USGBC Knowledge Exchange  Collection of resources for professionals to increase their LEED and green building knowledge

NC Green Building Industry Chapters and Divisions

AIA NC  American Institute of Architects North Carolina Chapter

AEE NC  Association of Energy Engineers North Carolina Chapter

ASHRAE N. Piedmont  American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers North Piedmont Chapter

ASHREA S. Piedmont  American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers Southern Piedmont Chapter

ASHRAE Triangle  American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers Triangle Chapter

ASID Carolinas  American Society of Interior Designers Carolinas Chapter

CNU  Congress for the New Urbanism Carolinas Chapter

CSI Charlotte  Construction Specifications Institute Charlotte Chapter

CSI RDU Construction Specifications Institute Raleigh-Durham Chapter

ISE-Raleigh  lluminating Engineering Society Raleigh Section

Other USGBC NC Chapters

USGBC Charlotte

USGBC Triad

Green Energy and Building Organizations

Advanced Energy  Advanced Energy is a nonprofit corporation governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the governor of North Carolina and the member utilities; it focuses on energy efficiency for commercial and industrial markets, electric motors and drives, plug-in transportation and applied building science

ASE  The Alliance to Save Energy promotes the adoption of energy efficiency policies

ASES  The American Solar Energy Society is a non-profit organization that serves as a leader in the advancement of solar energy, energy efficiency and other sustainable technologies

CMPBS  The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems is non-profit education, research, and demonstration organization specializing in life cycle planning and design.

CMRA  The Construction Materials Recycling Association offers safe recycling of recoverable construction and demolition materials generated in the United States.

EDC  The Ecological Design Collaborative is a design team that provides integrated consulting and design services for projects varying in size and function from single-family homes to entire communities built around resilience and living buildings.

EEBA  The Energy and Environmental Building Association provides education and resources in residential design and construction for energy efficient and environmentally responsible buildings and communities.

GBI  Green Building Institute is a non-profit organization focused on fostering sustainable building practices through education and example.

Global Green  Global Green is a nonprofit organization that works internationally to solve environmental challenges through advocacy and green community and city based projects.

NCGP  NC GreenPower is a nonprofit organization established to improve North Carolina’s environment through voluntary contributions toward renewable energy and the mitigation of greenhouse gases

NCSEA  The North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association is a non-profit organization promoting renewable energy and energy efficiency in North Carolina through education, public policy and economic development.

NREL  The National Renewable Energy Laboratory offers building research in renewable energy and technologies that reduce energy consumption in buildings.

NRDC Building Green  Natural Resources Defense Council’s “Building Green: from Principle to Practice”

RMI's BET  Rocky Mountain Institute’s Built Environment Team is an international consultant in the built environment, facilitating implementation of sustainable high-performance solutions through integrated design.

SBIC  The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council is a non-profit organization that advocates the whole-building approach and long-term building performance.

ULI  The Urban Land Institute is a nonprofit research and education organization that provides leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide.

WNCBC  Western North Carolina Green Building Council is a non-profit organization that promotes environmentally sustainable and health conscious building practices through community education.

Local Government Programs

NC Clean Water  NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund makes grants to local governments, state agencies and conservation non-profits to help finance projects that specifically address water pollution problems.

NCDCEO  North Carolina Department of Commerce’s State Energy Office

NCDENR  NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources

NC Project Green  NC Project Green is North Carolina’s government program for all state and local governments to practice environmental stewardship in their operations and facilities by adopting sustainability policies and green building requirements.

NCRecovery.gov  The State of North Carolina Office of Economic Recovery & Investment’s NCRecovery.gov is a website that informs NC citizens of investments involving the federal recovery funds including infrastructure, economic development, jobs, and stabilization of the state budget.

Resources for Green Building

Advanced Building Technologies  Advanced Building Technologies is community resource for green residential or commercial construction information.

Autodesk Green Building Studio  Autodesk® Green Building Studio® is a web-based energy analysis service that performs whole building analysis, optimization of energy efficiency, and carbon neutrality.

Asheville Green Build  Asheville Green Build is network of green building professionals and resources

BEES software  The Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability software is a tool for selecting cost-effective, environmentally-preferable building products.

BuildingGreen  BuildingGreen is an independent company providing accurate, unbiased information for the building industry and policy makers to improve the environmental performance and reduce the adverse impacts of buildings.

Building Green TV  Building Green is a media that provides viewers and readers resources on affordable green building.

EPA  The US Environmental Protection Agency’s provides information about the practice of creating and using healthier and more resource-efficient models of construction, renovation, operation, maintenance and demolition.

Go Green Triad  News & Record and Landmark Media Enterprises offer GoGreenTriad.com, a website serving as a green resource guide for the triad area.

Green Building Pages  Green Building Pages, Inc. is an on-line, sustainable design and decision-making tool for building industry professionals and environmentally responsible consumers.

Green Building Sherpa  Green Building Sherpa is a source for environmentally friendly products, services, and information in building design, construction, management, & operation

Green PlayBook  The Playbook for Green Buildings and Neighborhoods provides local governments with guidance and resources on green buildings, neighborhoods and infrastructure as well as strategic action plans on economic development, healthier communities, energy independence, and climate protection.

HHI  Healthy House Institute provides information on making indoor environments safer and healthier.

Oikos  Oikos directory provides resources in energy efficient building and environmentally conscious construction.

Realty Store-Sustainable and Green Guide to Realty  Skip the navigation headers focusing on foreclosure. This page offers many useful links in sections covering sustainable design, architecture, gardening, building systems such as HVAC, and green products.

Save Water NC  Save Water NC is a website designed to help North Carolinians learn to use water more efficiently at work, at home, at school and in their communities.

Sierra Club Green Home  Sierra Club Green Home offers education to consumers and professionals on energy use, green building providers and materials.

USGBC Green Home Guide  The United States Green Building Council’s Green Home Guide offering a directory of professionals, and database of programs and green building advice.

WBDG  The National Institute of Building Science’s Whole Building Design Guide provides up-to-date information on building-related guidance, criteria and technology from a 'whole buildings' perspective.

Green Standards

EPA DfE  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Design for the Environment evaluates products, manufacturing processes, and industries to reduce risk to people and the environment through the prevention of pollution.

ENERGY STAR  A joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, ENERGY STAR offers affordable, energy efficient products and practices to protect the environment.

FSC  Forest Stewardship Council is a non-profit organization established to promote responsible management of the world’s forests.

GEI  GreenGuard Environmental Institute is a nonprofit organization that establishes indoor air standards for indoor products, environments, and buildings.

Green Seal  Green Seal is a nonprofit that provides environmental certification product standards.

ICC  The International Code Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing a single set of comprehensive and coordinated national model construction codes.

Scientific Certification Systems  SCS is a leading third-party provider of environmental,
sustainability and food quality certification, auditing, testing and standards development.

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