Resources

www.ecobuilding.org The Northwest Ecobuilding Guild, for information about the organization, their projects and meeting info.

www.buildinggreen.com Environmental Building News web site.  Contains a wide range of both free and subscription info, and options to order the newsletter as well as other products.

www.greenbuildingadvisor.com The blog has much free info on it, but the main site requires a subscription.

www.buildingscience.com Building Science Corp website, includes much practical building info as well as experience from the Building America program.

www.energystar.gov For info on energy star rated appliances.

www.cee1.org Consortium for Energy Efficiency, a non-profit.  Has alternative rating for energy efficient appliances although they've gotten increasingly hard to find.

www.notsobighouse.com For some info on the "not so big house" ideas.

www.savingwater.org Ideas on water conservation

www.eere.energy.gov  US Dept of Energy

www.ases.org American Solar Energy Society

http://www.epa.gov/iaq/hbhp/index.html  EPA's healthy buildings site

http://www.healthybuilding.net/ The healthy building network.  Look up specific bad materials here.

http://www.healthhouse.org The American Lung Association's site, especially their builder guidelines section.