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Adobe Bamboo Cob Construction Waste Guides Deconstruction Green Building Healthy Building/Living/Working Rammed Earth & PISE Recycled Content Straw Bale Thatch Waste Water Treatment Wood		Green building materials and methods have some environmental or health benefit. Their production and use mean less energy consumption, less natural resource depletion, and less mining and processing with their associated pollution problems. They contain fewer toxic components which will effect the health of the producers, builders and occupants. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the use of green building materials and methods requires us to consider the impacts our "civilization" has on the local and global environment. We begin to appreciate those cultures currently or recently dependent upon less industrial building materials and methods. We have much to teach each other.
Green Building		Builders Booksource http://www.buildersbooksite.com Building Environmental Science & Technology The Green Building Primer http://www.nrg-builder.com Building Science Corporation http://www.buildingscience.com Climate Neutral Network http://www.climateneutral.com. DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy http://www.eere.energy.gov Environmental Building News http://www.ebuild.com Environmental Design & Construction http://www.edcmag.com Environmental Energy Technologies http://eetd.lbl.gov Greening Canadian Goverenment Facilities http://www.greeninggovernment.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&nav5999C10F-11 A Guide to Developing Green Builder Programs http://www.nahb.com High Performance Building Guidelines http://www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/html/ddcgreen/highperf.html International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment http://www.greenbuilding.ca National Institute of Building Sciences NIBS) http://www.nibs.org Partnership for Advanced Technology in Housing (PATH) http://www.pathnet.org/ U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) http://www.usgbc.org/
Green Building Materials Directories		The Harris Directory: A database of Recycled & Pollution Preventing Materials for Home Office & Garden http://www.harrisdirectory.com Okios: Green Building Source http:www.oikos.com PRe Consultants: Life Cycle Cost Guide http://www.pre.nl/ REDI Guide: Resources for Environmental Design Index http://www.oikos.com/redi/ StrawSticksSandBricks http://www.strawsticksandbricks.com Sustainable Building Sources http:www.greenbuilder.com Vermont SIRI Material Safety Data Sheets http://www.hazard.com/msds
Adobe		Adobe Builder http://www.adobebuilder.com/ New Mexico Alternative Codes http://www.lv-cote.org/Cities%20revised%20codes.htm
Bamboo "Bamboo is just grass, but it varies in height from dwarf, one foot (30 cm) plants to giant timber bamboos that can grow to over 100 feet (40 m). It grows in a lot of different climates, from jungles to high on mountainsides. Bamboos are further classified by the types of roots they have. Some, called runners, spread exuberantly, and others are classified as clumpers, which slowly expands from the original planting. There are also varieties of root systems that are a mixture of these types. Generally, the tropical bamboos tend to be clumpers and the temperate bamboos tend to be runners." American Bamboo Society		American Bamboo Society (ABS) http://www.bamboo.org/abs/ The Austrailian Bamboo Network (ABN) http://www.ctl.com.au/abn/abn.htm The Bamboo Society of Austrailia (BSA) http://www.bamboo.org.au/ Bamboo Web http://www.kauai.net/bambooweb/bamboo.html The European Bamboo Society (EBS) http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/users/djh/ebs/ebsindex.htm The International Network for Bamboo and Rataan (INBAR) http://www.inbar.int Supplies for Bamboo Construction http://www.bamboogardenswa.com World Bamboo Organization http://www.worldbamboo.org
Cob "The word cob comes from an old English root meaning a lump or rounded mass. Cob building uses hands and feet to form lumps of earth mixed with sand and straw, a sensory and aesthetic experience similar to sculpting with clay. Cob is easy to learn and inexpensive to build. Because there are no forms, ramming, cement or rectilinear bricks, cob lends itself to organic shapes: curved walls, arches and niches." Cob Cottage Company		The Cob Cottage Company http://www.deatech.com/cobcottage/ Cob Crew http://home.sprynet.com/~cobcrew/ Cobworks http://www.cobworks.com/ Down to Earth Building Bee http://www.alternatives.com/cob-building/ Groundworks http://www.cpros.com/~sequoia/
Construction Waste "In cities around the country, construction and demolition (C&D) debris--the waste produced in the course of constructing, renovating, and demolishing buildings--accounts for 10 percent to as much as 30 percent of the total municipal waste stream." Building for the Future		Strategies for Reducing Wastes http://www.informinc.org CIWMB Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/condemo/default.htm
Deconstruction		Community Woodworks is a custom mill house specializing in reclaimed and salvaged urban lumber. The mill is located on the Oakland Army Base, Building 823 in Oakland, CA. In addition to dimensional lumber, we also offer custom milling, custom molding and trim, mill blanks and solid wood component parts custom milled to spec. Community Woodworks was founded by a group of Bay Area organizations to be a leader not only in protecting our natural resources but also in helping to rebuild economically disadvantaged communities. CW works closely with and provides support for businesses and programs that train and employ low-income individuals in the salvage, deconstruction and wood reuse industries. Community Woodworks offers a customized line of 100% reclaimed wood products with: Quick turnaround on orders; Large production capacity. Contact: Dave Hanchett, Community Woodworks Develpment Coordinator, 510-835-7690 The Whole House Building Supply Yard and Warehouse at 1955 Pulgas in East Palo Alto. Mon.-Sat 1-6pm, 650-328-8731. We are available at other times by appointment: call Ted or Cindy at 650-473-9876 or Paul at 650-856-0634. Take the Embarcadero exit off 101 and head East towards the Bay. Take your first left on East Bayshore. Pulgas is the first Right pass the Palo Alto Post Office. Call our hotline at 650 852-9460 or check our website at http://www.driftwoodsalvage.com every week for new dates, times, directions & pictures of items.
Healthy Building/ Living/Working		The California Indoor Air Quality Program http://www.cal-iaq.org/iaqsheet.htm Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CCHW ) http://www.essential.org/cchw/ Communities for a Better Environment http://www.igc.apc.org/cbe/cbe Endocrine Disrupter Resource Center http://www.iatp.org/edrc/ Environmental Health Coalition http://www.environmentalhealth.org Healthy House Institute http://www.hhinst.com/ Natural Home http://www.naturalhomemag.com Natural Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org Rachel's Environmental Health Weekly http://www.rachel.org/home_eng.htm Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition http://www.svtc.org The Vital Signs Project http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/vitalsigns/
Rammed Earth & Pnuematically Impacted Stabilized Earth (PISE)		The Green Building Source Book - Earth Building http://www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/EarthGuidelines.html Rammed Earth Development http://www.rammedearth.com/ Rammed Earth - The Austrailian Connection http://www.hahaha.com.au/rammed.earth/default.asp Rammed Earth Works http://www.rammedearthworks.com/
Recycled Content Products		Association of New Jersey Recyclers Links http://www.anjr.com CIWMB Recycled Content Manufacturers Database http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/ConDemo/Products/ CIWMB Recycled Content Products Database http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/rcp/ Community Woodworks is a custom mill house specializing in reclaimed and salvaged urban lumber. The mill is located on the Oakland Army Base, Building 823 in Oakland, CA. In addition to dimensional lumber, we also offer custom milling, custom molding and trim, mill blanks and solid wood component parts custom milled to spec. Community Woodworks was founded by a group of Bay Area organizations to be a leader not only in protecting our natural resources but also in helping to rebuild economically disadvantaged communities. CW works closely with and provides support for businesses and programs that train and employ low-income individuals in the salvage, deconstruction and wood reuse industries. Community Woodworks offers a customized line of 100% reclaimed wood products with: Quick turnaround on orders; Large production capacity. Contact: Dave Hanchett, Community Woodworks Develpment Coordinator, 510-835-7690 Jefferson Recycled Woodworks http://www.ecowood.com a pioneer in the business of recycling West Coast softwood species, is a full-service recycled lumber millworks producing a line of beautiful, high quality products made exclusively from reclaimed wood. We offer a full spectrum of lumber products, finish lumber, beams and timbers, flooring and architectural millwork, as well as quaility retail display systems, all re-manufactured from salvaged lumber and timbers. State of New Jersey Recycled Content Building Products http://www.state.nj.us/dep/dshw/recyclenj/material.htm Urban Ore Household Goods: 1333 Sixth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 510) 559-4460 Building Materials: 7th St. Near Ashby, Berkeley, CA Tel: (510) 559-4454 Fax: (510) 235-0198. Recycling: 6th St at Gilman St , Berkeley (510) 559-4461 Conceptual Design of Zero Waste Disposal Facilities Daily 8:30am- 5:00pm, Weekends 10:00am - 6:00pm Contact: Dan Knapp, President, at 510-559-4454, Fax: 510-528-1540. http://urbanore.citysearch.com/?cslink=
Strawbale		Black Range Films http://www.strawbalecentral.com California Alternative Codes http://www.lv-cote.org/Cities%20revised%20codes.htm The Canelo Project http://www.caneloproject.com/pages/what.html Crest http://solstice.crest.org/efficiency/straw_insulation/ The El Paso Solar Energy Association (EPSEA) http://epsea.org/straw.html Strawbale Home Construction http://www.txses.org/epsea/straw.html Strawbale Regional Assistance Project (STRAP) http://www2.whidbey.net/lighthook/strap.htm Surfin Strawbale http://www.moxvox.com/index1.html Sustainable Building Sourcebook http://www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook/strawbale.html The Last Straw Up -to-Date Information and Resources for Straw-Bale Construction http://www.strawhomes.com Tucson Pima County Straw-bale Code http://www.dcat.net/resources/Tucson_Pima_Co_SB_Code.pdf
Thatch		McGhee & Company http://www.thatching.com/ Royal Thatch Roofs http://www.royalthatch.com.au/ Safari Thatch & Bamboo http://www.greenbuilder.com/thatch/
Waste Water Treatment "Living Machines� accelerate nature's own water purification process. Unlike chemically based systems, Living Machines� incorporate helpful bacteria, plants, snails and fish that thrive by breaking down and digesting organic pollutants. Wastewater treatment takes place through a series of differently managed environments, a diversity of organisms that eat the waste in the water."		Living Machines http://www.livingmachines.com Schuylkill Maid http://www.wired.com/news/topstories/0,1287,6908,00.html
Wood See also Sustainable Forests		Certified Forest Products Council http://certifiedwood.org Forest World http://www.forestworld.com

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