The Green Community
Some examples of social enterprises and supporters of social entrepreneurs
We are thankful to the following people who have supported Seed Housing as advisors, investors, and cheerleaders
- The William James Foundation
- Peter Baker and Elevated Works
- Mary Ann Jennings
- Mark Haslam AIA
- The staff at Young People For
- Becker and Becker
- Sean Timmons
- Kelly Weger
- Gregory True AIA
Links to other projects and efforts we like, home ownership resources, resources for people who aren’t buying a home but renovating or greening their lifestyle.
Commissioning and Post-Occupancy Evaluation
Design and Simulation Tools
- Building Design Advisor
- Building Energy Simulation Tools
- Energy Design Tools
- Environmental Support Solutions
- EQUER (France)
- Green Building Advisor
- Green Buildings [Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development]
- Interactive Tools Survey [University of Weimar, Germany]
- International Association for Impact Assessments (IAIA)
- Introduction to OTTV and Simulation Tools
- U.S. DOE Building Energy Software: Tools Directory
Design Resources
- Architecture and Building
- Earthship Architecture
- EBN
- Environmental Resource Guide – American Institute of Architects
- Environmental Sustainable Architecture
- Field Guide to Sustainable Construction
- Green Building Pages, Inc.
- Green Building Primer
- Green Design Sustainable Architecture
- The Hannover Principles
- LISA (LCA in Sustainable Architecture)
- Natural Ventilation – A strategy for sustainability [MIT]
- Sustainable Architecture
- Sustainable Architecture Building and Culture
- Sustainable Architecture Resource
- Sustainable Building Resource
- Sustainable Building Sourcebook
Economics
Energy
- Alliance to Save Energy
- Better Bricks (productivity)
- Center for Renewable Energy & Sustainable Technology (CREST)
- The Energy Foundation
- State Energy Offices (U.S.)
- Sustainable Energy Coalition
- U.S. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- U.S. DOE and U.S. EPA — Energy Star program
- U.S. Department of Energy Library
- U.S. Department of Energy – EnergyFiles
- U.S. National Energy Policy
- U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory