'Green' Resources
osch Appliance Energy Saving Calculator
Bosch's Energy Savings Calculator shows you the potential energy savings Bosch appliances can deliver.
BuildingGreen
BuildingGreen is an independent company, committed to providing accurate, unbiased and timely information designed to help building-industry professionals reduce adverse impacts and improve the environmental performance of buildings.
Earthcraft House
Earthcraft House is a green building program that serves as a blueprint for healthy, comfortable homes, which reduce utility bills and protect the environment.
ENERGY STAR Rebate Finder
This application will help you find any special offers or rebates currently available on Bosch ENERGY STAR qualified products in your area.
Global Green Building Resource Center
A partnership between Global Green USA and the City of Santa Monica, the Green Building Resource is stocked with samples of the most popular environmentally-friendly building materials, and provides free design advice and information about green building strategies.
the groovy mind
thegroovymind furthers the movements of environmental sustainability and social and economic justice through buying, promoting and selling organic, fair trade and eco-friendly products that break the cycle of poverty in developing nations, while protecting our natural resources.
inhabitat
Inhabitat.com is a weblog, devoted to the future of design, tracking innovations in technology, practices and materials that push architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.
LEED® for Homes
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. LEED gives building owners and operators the tools they need to have an immediate and measurable impact on their buildings' performance.
National Association of Home Builders
NAHB designed the voluntary Model Green Home Building Guidelines to move environmentally friendly home building concepts further into the mainstream marketplace.
NRDC Green Building Resources
Resources, news, and tips for designing and building green from one of the nation's most effective environmental-action organizations.
Green Communities™
Created by Enterprise in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Green Communities is a five-year, $555 million initiative to build more than 8,500 environmentally healthy homes for low-income families.
ecofabulous
Sustainable products Blog, written by the green editor of House and Garden magazine.
The Ideal Bite
The Ideal Bite provides insight and inspiration, level-headed advice, and cool tools to take sustainable action for people who aspire to align their everyday actions with their personal values.
TreeHugger
TreeHugger is a web magazine, dedicated to everything that has a modern aesthetic and is environmentally responsible – with a goal of making sustainability mainstream.
EPA – An Introduction to Indoor Air Quality
A description of sources, contributing causes and health effects of indoor air quality problems in homes.
EPA – Indoor Air Pollution
An EPA list of links for more information about indoor air pollution, including air pollutants, research, control, effects, legal aspects, monitoring, quality models, atmospheric effects, and mobile sources.
National Resources Defense Council – Health and Environment
Links to information about harmful chemicals that infiltrate the places we live, work and play, including recommendations for the creation of health standards that protect against chemical threats.
Carbon Mitigation Initiative at Princeton
The Carbon Mitigation Initiative is a joint project of Princeton University, BP and the Ford Motor Company to find solutions to the greenhouse and global warming problem. Together our researchers are developing strategies to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions that will be safe, effective, and affordable.
Conservation International CO2 Emissions Calculator
Conservation International believes that Earth's natural heritage must be maintained if future generations are to thrive spiritually, culturally and economically. CI's new carbon calculator empowers you to calculate and offset your personal carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Energy Information Administration – Renewable and Alternative Fuels
Official Energy Statistics from the US Government. A site that includes information about renewables, biomass, geothermal, hydro, wind, alternative fueled vehicles, ethanol and international data.
Energy Information Administration – US Emissions Data
Official Energy Statistics from the US Government. A site with up-to-date energy-related emissions data and environmental analyses, including data on greenhouse gas emissions, electric power plant emissions, environmental equipment, carbon emission factors, state carbon dioxide emissions, international emissions data, greenhouse gas reporting, and emissions forecasts.
ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, with a goal to help consumers save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.
EPA – National Plan for Energy Efficiency Report
To create a sustainable, aggressive national commitment to energy efficiency through gas and electric utilities, utility regulators, and partner organizations, more than 50 leading organizations joined together to develop the National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency.
StopGlobalWarming.org – Action Items
The Stop Global Warming calculator shows you how much carbon dioxide you can prevent from being released into the atmosphere and how much money you can save by making some small changes in your daily life. It's our hope that the calculator will promote action, awareness and empowerment by showing you that one person can make a difference and help stop global warming.
Archinect
Archinect is designed to make architecture more connected and open-minded, bringing together designers from around the world to introduce new ideas from all disciplines.
Cool Hunting
Cool Hunting offers daily updates on ideas and products in the intersection of art, design, culture and technology, and features weekly videos that give an inside look at the people who create them.
Curbed Los Angeles
A site devoted to the myriad flourishings of culture in Southern California, including developments in real estate and food.
Land + Living
Land + Living is a Blog about design and lifestyle in the modern world.
MoCo Loco
MoCo Loco is a web magazine, featuring modern contemporary design news and views.
a weekly dose of architecture
A weekly dose of architecture looks at contemporary architectural works with architectural and/or cultural significance.
fabprefab
fabprefab is an information resource, dedicated to investigating the market for affordable, modernist, factory-built residential architecture.
Live Modern
LiveModern is a free and open community for modern home buyers, architects, builders, developers, furnishers, lenders, realtors—anyone interested in modern and sustainable design in housing products and services.
National Modular Housing Council
The National Modular Housing Council was created to provide modular manufacturers, suppliers, and builders a national voice, facilitating policies and programs beneficial to both the industry and consumers of modular homes.