Publications
Green Design
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Alexander, Christopher, Murry Silverstein, Shlomo Angel, Sara Ishikawa, Denny Abrams, The Oregon Experiment, Oxford University Press, New York, 1975.

Alexander, Christopher, Sara Ishikawa, Murry Silverstein et al, A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction , Oxford University Press, New York, 1977.

Alexander, Christopher, The Timeless Way of Building, Oxford University Press, New York, 1979.

Alexander, Christopher, with Howard Davis, Julio Martinez and Don Corner, The Production of Houses, Oxford University Press, New York, 1985.

Bender, Tom, Building with the Breath of Life: Working with Chi Energy in Our Homes and Communities, Fire River Press, Manzanita, OR, 2000.

Bender, Tom, Environmental Design Primer: A Book of Meditations on Ecological Consciousness, Schocken Books, New York, 1976.

Bender, Tom, The Heart of Place, Fire River Press, Manzanita, OR, 1993.

Bender, Tom, Silence, Song and Shadow, Fire River Press, Manzanita, OR, 2000.

Benyus, Janine M., Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, Quill William Morrow, New York, 1997.

Berliner, Helen, Enlightened by Design, Shambhala, 1999.

City of New York Department of Design and Construction. High Performance Building Guidelines. New York, NY. April 1999.

 

Cousineau, Phil, Design Outlaws on the Ecological Frontier, Knossus/Chelsea Green, Cape May, N.J., 1997.

Cowan, S. and S. Van der Ryn, Ecological Design, Island Press, Covelo, CA, 1996.

Herbert. Lynden, A New Language for Environmental Design, New York University Press, New York, 1972.

Mollison, Bill, Permaculture: A Designers Manual, Targari Publications, Tyalgum, Austrailia, 1988.

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Governor's Green Government Council. Guidelines for Creating High-Performance Green Buildings. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 1999.

 

Pilatowicz, G, Eco-interiors, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York., 1995.

Roodman, David Malin, and Nicholas Lenssen. A Building Revolution: How Ecology and Health Concerns Are Transforming Construction. Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, March 1995.

St. John, Andrew, ed., The Sourcebook for Sustainable Design, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, 1992.

US Green Building Council, LEED Green Building Rating System, US Green Building Council, San Francisco, CA, 1999.

William McDonough Architects, The Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability, William McDonough Architects, Charlottesville, VA, 1992.

WRITAR, LHB Engineers & Architects, and Center for Resourceful Building Technology, Resource Efficient Building: Reducing Materials Use, Toxicity and Waste in Design and Construction, Waste Reduction Institute for Training & Applications Research (WRITAR), St. Paul, MN, 1995.

Yarwood, Jeremy, and Patrick D. Eagan, Design for Environment Toolkit, Minnesota Technical Assistance Program, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, Minnesota.