BIBLIOGRAPHY Green Building Policy and Context Process Land Use and Community Site and Water Energy Resources and Materials Indoor Environmental Quality

Bibliography Items Related to Resources and Materials

Items of general interest

Software

• BEES 4.0: Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), publisher (2007)

   

Books

• Green Building Handbook, Volume 2: A Companion Guide to Building Products and Their Impact on the Environment Tom Woolley et al., editor (2000)

   
• The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes by Daniel D. Chiras (2000)

   
• Green Building Handbook, Volume 1: A guide to building products and their impact on the environment Tom Woolley et al., editor (1999)

   
• Handbook of Sustainable Building: An Environmental Preference Method for Selection of Materials for Use in Construction and Refurbishment by David Anink et al. (1996)

   

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Other items

Websites

• GreenSpec Directory: Product Directory with Guideline Specifications, 6th Edition BuildingGreen, Inc., publisher (2006)

   
• California Integrated Waste Management Board California Integrated Waste Management Board, publisher

   
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, publisher

   
• Forest Certification Resource Center Metafore/CWPA, publisher

   
• Forest Stewardship Council

   
• GreenPro Green Building Press, publisher

   
• King County Construction Recycling and Green Building Program

   
• PRe Consultants

   
• Rainforest Alliance

   
• Smart Wood

   
• Sustainable Sources

   
• WasteSpec: Model Specifications for Construction Waste Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling Triangle J Council of Governments, publisher

   

Videos

• Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid Home Syncronos Design, Inc., publisher (2005)

   
• Blue Vinyl: A Toxic Comedy Picture (2002)

   

Software

• ATHENA Environmental Impact Estimator, Version 3.0.3 ATHENA‘ Sustainable Materials Institute, publisher

   

Periodicals

• Choose Green Reports Green Seal, publisher

   
• The Last Straw: The Grassroots Journal of Straw-Bale and Natural Building The Green Prairie Foundation for Sustainability, publisher

   

Books

• 2007-2008 Guide to Architectural Salvage and Antique Lumber Companies by Rich Ellis, Jr. (2007)

   
• The Rammed Earth House by David Easton (2007)

   
• Building with Cob: A Step-by-step Guide by Adam Weismann et al. (2006)

   
• Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable Underground Home by Rob Roy (2006)

   
• Environmental Impacts of Treated Wood Timothy Townsend et al., editor (2006)

   
• Green Building Materials, Second Edition: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification by Ross Spiegel et al. (2006)

   
• Natural Building: A Guide to Materials and Techniques by Tom Woolley (2006)

   
• Building Green: A complete how-to guide to alternative building methods; earth, plaster, straw bale, cordwood, cob, living roofs by Clarke Snell et al. (2005)

   
• Green Dollhouse: Creating a Doll's Eye View of a Healthier World Fred McLennan et al., editor (2005)

   
• Home Enlightenment: Practical, Earth-Friendly Advice for Creating a Nurturing, Healthy, and Toxic-Free Home and Lifestyle by Annie B. Bond (2005)

   
• In Search of Natural Architecture by David Pearson (2005)

   
• Making Better Concrete: Guidelines to Using Fly Ash for Higher Quality, Eco-Friendly Structures by Bruce King (2005)

   
• More Straw Bale Building: How to plan, design & build with straw by Chris Magwood et al. (2005)

   
• Small Strawbale: Natural Homes, Projects, and Designs by Bill Steen et al. (2005)

   
• Building Without Borders: Sustainable Construction for the Global Village Joseph F. Kennedy, editor (2004)

   
• Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks, and Techniques by Kaki Hunter et al. (2004)

   
• Wonderful Houses Around the World by Yoshio Komatsu et al. (2004)

   
• Cordwood Building: The State of the Art Rob Roy, editor (2003)

   
• Creating a New Old House by Russell Versaci (2003)

   
• Straw Bale Details: A Manual for Designers and Builders by Chris Magwood et al. (2003)

   
• The Natural Plaster Book: Earth, Lime, and Gypsum Plasters for Natural Homes by Cedar Rose Guelberth et al. (2003)

   
• A House of Straw: A Natural Building Odyssey by Carolyn Roberts (2002)

   
• The Art of Natural Building: Design, Construction, Resources Joseph F. Kennedy et al., editor (2002)

   
• The Green Guide to Specification, 3rd Edition: An Environmental Profiling System for Building Materials by Jane Anderson et al. (2002)

   
• The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage by Ianto Evans et al. (2002)

   
• Building with Earth: A Guide to Flexible-Form Earthbag Construction by Paulina Wojciechowska (2001)

   
• Building with Vision: Optimizing and Finding Alternatives to Wood by Dan Imhoff (2001)

   
• Ecology of Building Materials by Bjørn Berge et al. (2001)

   
• Green Plastics: An Introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable Plastics by E. S. Stevens (2001)

   
• Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods Lynne Elizabeth et al., editor (2000)

   
• Earth Construction Handbook: The Building Material Earth in Modern Architecture by Gernot Minke (2000)

   
• Grow Your Own House: Simon Velez and Bamboo Architecture by Simon Velez et al. (2000)

   
• Old to New Design Guide: Salvaged Building Materials in New Construction by Paul Kernan et al. (2000)

   
• Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates by Paul Lacinski et al. (2000)

   
• The Resourceful Renovator: A Gallery of Ideas for Reusing Building Materials by Jennifer Corson (2000)

   
• Efficient Wood Use in Residential Construction: A Practical Guide to Saving Wood, Money, and Forests Ann Edminster et al., editor (1998)

   
• Build It with Bales: A Step-by-Step Guide to Straw-bale Construction, Version 2 by S. O. MacDonald et al. (1997)

   
• Buildings of Earth and Straw: Structural Design for Rammed Earth and Straw-Bale Architecture by Bruce King (1997)

   
• Ecoforestry: The Art and Science of Sustainable Forest Use Alan Drengson et al., editor (1997)

   
• Residential Construction Waste Management: A Builder’s Field Guide by Peter Yost et al. (1997)

   
• The Cob Builders Handbook: You Can Hand-Sculpt Your Own Home by Becky Bee (1997)

   
• Environmental Resource Guide Joseph Demkin, editor (1996)

   
• The Straw Bale House: A Real Goods Independent Living Book by Bill Steen et al. (1994)

   
• Building with Junk and Other Good Stuff: A Guide to Home Building and Remodeling Using Recycled Materials by Jim Broadstreet (1990)

   

Articles and Reports

• Recycling Construction and Demolition Wastes: A guide for architects and contractors by Mark Lennon (2005)

   
• Directory of Wood-Framed Building Deconstruction and Reused Building Materials Companies, 2004 by USDA (2004)