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Architectural Record/Green
Architectural Record contains a Green Architect section including products, articles, & continuing education opportunities

Architecture 2030
A non-profit think tank transforming climate change problems into solutions through the design of the built environment

BRE Environmental Assessment Method
The British version of LEED.  From Britain's Building Research Establishment, a tool to improve building performance. 
Site has entries by building type

CDC Healthy Places (Archived content)

EPA
United States Environmental Protection Agency

Garden City, Blue Lake
Website for sustainability issues in Cleveland, Ohio

Green Building Council
The US Green Building Council is the building industry's only balanced nonprofit consensus coalition promoting the understanding, development and accelerated implementation of "Green Building" policies.  Includes programs, resources(case studies), & quarterly reports from the council.

Green Building Information Gateway
Connecting people to data and insights for a more sustainable built environment

Green Pages - the Global Directory for Environmental Technology

Indoor Air Quality (EPA)
To improve residential & building occupant health & productivity by increasing the number of public & commercial buildings actively employing indoor air quality best practices consistent with EPA guidance.

International Living Future Institute
The Living Community Challenge is a framework for master planning, design, and construction. It is a tool to create a symbiotic relationship between people and all aspects of the built environment.

LEED:  Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
 Developed by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) in 2000,  LEED provides building owners and operators with a framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions. 

Natural Building
Information on straw-bale construction, cob, adobe, bamboo and other techniques; bibliography, photos identified with house name, place and sometimes date built.
Sustainable Building Sourcebook
Includes a variety of categories such as earth sheltered design, xeriscape, lighting, landscaping for energy conservation, photovoltaic systems.