LEED Green Building certification is one of several green building certification programs. The links below will
- provide an overview of the green building movement
- provide information about LEED and other certification programs
- provide links to green building news and information resources
- help you to get started on your LEED Green Building class project.
In addition, visit the Study Skills page for help with
- conducting research
- citing your sources
- developing your presentation
Also, check out the "green" video library -- including Green Building Jobs of the Future -- on the Construction Center of Excellence web site. Green Videos.
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- ----------INTRODUCTION to Green Building Concepts---------
- “Introduction to Green Building” [City of Kirkland, Washington]
- “Green Buildings Introduction” [Smart Communities Network, National Center for Appropriate Technology]
- “Green Building” [US Environmental Protection Agency]
- “Green building in the United States” [Wikipedia]
- "Sustainability in the Building Trades: A Curriculum for Green Building Concepts and Practices [Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County]
- ----------LEED Green Certification----------
- LEED Certification [USGBC]
- US Green Building Council (home page) [USGBC]
- LEED Rating System [USGBC]
- "Candidate Handbooks" [USGBC]
- "Leed Certification Information" [NRDC]
- "Building Green: From Principle to Practice" [NRDC: Natural Resources Defense Council]
- Case Studies in Green Building Strategies [NRDC]
- "Indoor Environmental Quality" [NRDC]
- ----------OTHER GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS (not LEED)
- “The ENERGY STAR for Buildings & Manufacturing Plants” [US EPA & DOE]
- Living Building Challenge [International Living Future Institute]
- Built Smart [City of Seattle]
- Energy Star; Qualified New Homes [US EPA & DOE]
- National Green Building Program [National Association of Home Builders]
- ----------GREEN BUILDING NEWS & INFORMATION RESOURCES---------
- Construction Center of Excellence at Renton Technical College (See "Sustainability")
- EDC Magazine (Environmental Design + Construction)
- Emerald Cities Collaborative—Media page
- Environmental Building News
- Green Building News: Design + Construction + Operations
- Honest Buildings
- -----------GREEN BUILDING NEWS (Articles)------
- "Rain, even urine, would help make Bullitt HQ city's 'greenest building ever'" [Seattle Times, March 15, 2010]
- "LEED green-building standards must not be diluted" [Denis Hayes, guest editorial, Seattle Times, April 12, 2010]
- "US Green Building Council Idaho Chapter receives $35k grant from the Bullitt Foundation to promote green building in Boise & Missoula" [USBGC, Idaho Chapter, March 15, 2011]
- "Northwest Developers Vie To Construct "World's Greenest" Buildings" [National Public Radio, May 4, 2011]
- "Green Wars: Two 'Living Buildings' Battle for Sustainable Supremacy" [Time News Feed, May 17, 2011]
- "Green" Video Library, including "Green Building Jobs of the Future" [Construction Center of Excellence / RTC]
- "Living Building" [Deborah Wang, KUOW, Feb. 8, 2011]
- "New Gates Foundation Headquarters Move-in Underway" [Sameea Kamal, Green Building News, June 2, 2011]
- "How to Motivate People Toward Sustainability" [Maya Fischhoff, Network for Business Sustainability, May 22, 2012]
- "Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings Program in Seattle" [Emerald Cities Collaborative, News, September 14, 2012]
- "New Certification Helps Small Commercial Buildings Go Green" [Green Building News, Nov. 14, 2012]
- ----------ORGANIZATIONS Promoting Green Building Practices---------
- US Green Building Council [USGBC]
- Center for Green Schools (established by USGBC)
- Green Building Certification Institute [GBCI]
- Natural Resources Defense Council [NRDC]
- The Bullitt Foundation
- International Living Future Institute
- Emerald City Collaborative
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- US Department of Energy
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