The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings accessible to everyone within a generation. This is the place to Certify your green building, Join USGBC as an organization, Join a chapter as an individual, Sign up for courses and workshops, Purchase LEED Reference Guides, Sign up for e-newsletters, Become a LEED AP, Learn about green building and more.
For more information, visit www.usgbc.org
This Green Building Environmental Certification program that brings consumers together with certified building practitioners who have proven knowledge about green building techniques and approaches.
Mission: To deliver Certification programs for building-related practitioners – primarily contractors, subcontractors and trades people.
Established with grant funding from the United States Environmental Protection Agency and, The Nature Conservancy, Green Advantage® was developed in collaboration with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and the University of Florida.
For more information, visit www.greenadvantage.org
The BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) software brings to your fingertips a powerful technique for selecting cost-effective, environmentally-preferable building products. Developed by the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Building and Fire Research Laboratory the tool is based on consensus standards and designed to be practical, flexible, and transparent. Version 4.0 of the Windows-based decision support software, aimed at designers, builders, and product manufacturers, includes actual environmental and economic performance data for 230 building products.
For more information, visit www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees
Green Building Resource Guide
The Green Building Resource Guide is a database of over 600 green building materials and products selected specifically for their usefulness to the design and building professions, rather than merely their green material content. For more information, visit www.greenguide.com/about.html