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Creating Sustainable Federal Buildings Resource List

Building Green/Environmental Building News
Includes material from EBN, bibliography and other resources, calendar of events, ordering information for GreenSpec, Green Building Advisor, and other resources. You can subscribe to the "BuildingGreen Suite" which would give you all the current and back issues of Environmental Building News (EBN), the most up-to-date Green Spec directory, and the high performance case study database – all 3 items are now wonderfully linked – i.e. products used linked to case studies. In addition, you can order print copies.

NREL
Includes case studies and information on energy efficient strategies

U.S. Department of Energy
Software tools, case studies, other resources

• High performance buildings initiative and case studies
  Excellent collection of High Performance Case Studies!
• Charrette Manual (direct link to manual and charrette sample reports)
  Manual on implementing a green charrette with example reports from federal sector, public, and private greening charrettes.

Federal Energy Management Program, U.S. Department of Energy
Information on alternative financing, case studies, training opportunities, resources; includes Greening of Grand Canyon and other Greening reports and Greening Federal Facilities Guide

• Sustainability Training Web Site
  Materials from the webcast plus follow-up of Q&A and Resource List

U.S. Green Building Council
Information on the Council and the LEED® Rating System, including reference materials and training on the LEED® Rating System

Whole Building Design Guide
Good overall site for sustainable building information especially in the federal sector. Energy issues are covered extensively; it is quickly being updated for materials and other sustainable considerations. The site also has information on productivity, security, and operations & maintenance.

U.S. Air Force

• The Sustainable Development Guide
• The LEED Application Guide for Lodging
• The Air Force Policy Letter for Sustainable Development

U.S. Army
Contact: Veijo Panu, 912-652-5584 for updates on the SPiRiT Rating Tool

U.S. Navy
Contact: Dennis Talton for updates on Navy Sustainability efforts "Talton, Dennis O CIV Eng Innovation & Criteria Off"

Green Building Challenge
Information on the international effort developing a method for assessing "green-ness" of buildings.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Includes information on statutes and regulations, indoor air quality, environmental databases (see, for example, Surf Your Watershed)

U.S. EPA New Building Design Guidance and Target Finder
Search: New Building Design
Energy Star tools and resources. Target Finder and New Building Design Guidance assist users with setting energy targets, enhancing the conventional design process, and moving toward energy performance goals. Use Target Finder and Portfolio Manager to obtain an Energy Star rated project.

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program/EPA
Includes "how to" information and resources, including EPP guidelines

Forest Stewardship Council
Information on responsible forest management and certified forest products that meet a rigorous forest management standard.

Forest Certification Resource Center
Comprehensive source on forest management and product certification.

Smartwood
SmartWood is a non-profit forestry certifier.

Green Seal
Information on environmentally preferable products. Good listings of top products as well as background information on the environmental issues associated with products.

General Services Administration/Planet GSA
Another government agency resource, includes case studies, resources

REDI Database
A searchable database with up-to-date information on products/materials

Sustainable Sources
Includes materials from the Austin, Texas, Green Builder Program and other resources (Check out residential rating system for those interested in residential projects.)

White House Publications/Executive Orders
Contains downloadable versions of all executive orders

Rocky Mountain Institute
Includes resources and information, ordering information for publications

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania/Building Green
Includes information on Pennsylvania's green building activities, an extensive list of library holdings (bibliography), Guidelines for Creating High-Performance Green Buildings, and an order form for the free video of the Department of Environmental Protection office building.

City of New York, Department of Design and Construction
Contains downloadable High Performance Building Guidelines including useful appendices

Triangle J Council of Governments
WasteSpec can be downloaded from this website. WasteSpec: Model Specifications for Construction Waste Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling contains model specifications, plus a sample waste mgmt plan, checklists, and information for contractors on waste reduction and recycling.

AIA Committee on the Environment
Includes top green projects for the last approximately five years

Other websites with good information for the federal sector:

• Sustainable Federal Facilities
• GSA's Project Planning Tools
• Greening Federal Facilities
• Operation & Maintenance Best Practices
• Sustainable Federal Buildings Database
• Office of Federal Environmental Executive's Federal Green Building Report
• Low Energy Building Design Guidelines
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Sustainable Design Guide
• ASHRAE Green Guide

Videos:

1. Greening the Red, White, and Blue Video and DOD Energy 10 Video:
   Contact: Sandy Cannon-Brown
   VideoTakes, Inc.
   1521 N. Danville St.
   Arlington, VA 22201
   Phone: (703) 276-7077
   Fax: (703) 276-7079
   E-mail: Sandy Cannon-Brown
   http://www.videotakes.com/
   Good video on Department of Defense projects. Also, Energy 10 video gives a good overview of the Energy 10 energy modeling tool.
2. Pennsylvania's "Lessons Learned", "Making the Case", and "The Story of Pennsylvania's First Green Building: DEP South Central Office Building" Video
   Contact: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
   P.O. Box 2063
   Harrisburg, PA 17105
   Call: (717) 787-4190 or go to the Website
   Great videos. "Making the Case" shows construction costs and LEED ratings attained by several diverse building types in Pennsylvania.
3. Chesapeake Bay Foundation "Growing Smart" Video
   Contact: Chesapeake Bay Foundation
   Philip Merrill Environmental Center
   6 Herndon Avenue
   Annapolis, MD
   Call: (410) 268-8816 or go to the Website
   Good video to see a LEED Platinum project and one that uses 90% less water than an average office building in the US.
4. US EPA campus at Research Triangle Park
   For information on how to obtain a 24 minute video case study on the US EPA campus at Research Triangle Park, which includes a section on its construction waste recycling program, contact Jack Morgan, Administrative Assistant, Facility Development Staff, EPA New Campus Project, phone: 919-541-1869.