Links Related to Recent Articles

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Here we provide links to Web sites and other resources relating to articles in recent issues of Environmental Building News. Starting with Volume 7, those links are also printed directly in the newsletter. For on-line articles from past issues of EBN, click on the linked volume headings below, or see the Back Issue Contents pages.

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Volume 8

Volume 8, No. 11

Feature Article - Structural Engineered Wood

• APA - The Engineered Wood Association
• The Certified Forest Products Council
• Engineered Wood Manufacturers:

  Collins Company www.CollinsWood.com	Standard Structures, Inc. www.standardstructures.com
  J.M. Huber Wood Products www.huberwood.com	Trus Joist MacMillan www.tjm.com
  Huntsman Polyurethanes rubinate.huntsman.com

What's Happening

• Phase II Storm Water Rule
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Newsbriefs
  • New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is accepting proposals for PV installation grants.
  • Trex has a new plant.

Product News and Reviews:

• Paving Without Asphalt or Concrete
  • Soil Stabilization Products Company, Inc.

Projects

• World Resources Institute showcase office.

Volume 8, No. 10

Feature Article - Bringing Daylight Deeper into Buildings

• Natural Lighting Company, Inc.
• So-Luminaire Daylighting Systems Corp.
• Innovative Design, Inc.
• PG&E Daylighting Initiative Reports
• Tubular Skylight Manufacturers:

  DAYLITE™ Series HUVCO	SunPipe The Sun Pipe Co., Inc.	Sun-Tek Tube® Sun-Tek Industries	Tru-Lite Tubular Skylights™ Tru-Lite Skylights, Inc.
  Solar Bright™ Tubular Skylights Solar Bright Corp.	SunScope™ Sky-Tech Industries, Inc.	Sun-Tube™ Daylighting Concepts, Inc.	Tubular Skylight Tubular Skylight, Inc.
  Solatube® The Miracle Skylight® Solatube International, Inc.	Sun Tunnel™ Sun Tunnel Skylights, Inc.	Vista Tubular Skylight ODL, Inc.

What's Happening

• Little Building Code Victories
  • Development Center for Appropriate Technology
• Integrated Design in California
  • San Diego Gas and Electric
• Earth Craft House Project
  • Southface Energy Institute
• Urban Development in Atlanta
  • CRB Realty Associates
  • EPA, Region IV
• Newsbriefs
  • UN Population Statistics
  • National Conference on Building Commissioning

Product News and Reviews:

• Pin Foundations Require No Excavation
  • Pin Foundations, Inc
  • A.B. Chance Company, makers of the Helical Pier® system.

Volume 8, No. 9

Feature Article on the Benefits of Daylighting

• Windows and Daylighting Group of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Skylighting Guidelines from Energy Design Resources
• Heschong Mahone Group
• PG&E Daylighting Initiative Reports

What's Happening

• Rep. Knollenberg's attempt to repeal national water conservation standards
  • Plumbing Manufacturers Institute
• New and Improved LEED on the Way
  • U.S. Green Building Council
• The Gradual Greening of Materspec
  • Arcom Master Systems
• Newsbriefs
  • US EPA ENERGY STAR programs
  • Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (formerly Passive Solar Industries Council)

Product News and Reviews:

• GFX Wastewater heat reclamation system.
  • Vaughn Manufacturing Corporation, distributors.
• Ledalite Architectural Products, Inc.; makers of the Ergolight lighting fixture.
• Rastra of the Americas
• USDA Forest Service, for information on Gridcore

From the Library

• NAHB Resource Center, for information on A Guide to Developing Green Builder Programs.

Volume 8, No. 7/8

Feature Article on Solar Thermal

• American Solar Energy Association
• Florida Solar Energy Center
• Solar Rating and Certification Corporation
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Solar Thermal Design Assistance Center
• Solar Thermal Equipment Manufacturers
  • American Energy Technologies
  • Aquatherm Industries
  • Conserval Engineering
  • Fafco
  • Heliocol
  • Heliotrope General
  • Solahart
  • Sun Trapper Solar Systems
  • Sun Utility Network
  • Thermo Dynamics

What's Happening

• San Francisco Promotes Green Buildings
  • San Francisco Department of the Environment
• Tropical Wood Causes Rift
  • Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn Architects
• Conflicting Reports on Phthalates
  • American Council On Health and Science
  • Health Care Without Harm

Product News and Reviews:

• Montgomery Kone, Inc., makers of the EcoSystem Elevator.

From the Library

• The Center for Ecological Pollution Prevention, for information on The Composting Toilet System Book.
• High Performance Building Guidlines - online

Volume 8, No. 6

Feature Article on Flyash

• Concrete, Flyash, and the Environment - Conference Proceedings
• American Coal Ash Association
• Civil Engineering Research Foundation

What's Happening

• Executive Order on Greening Federal Facilities
• South Coast Air Quality Management District

Newsbriefs

• Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology/Renewable Energy Policy Project
• Commercial Buildings Incentive Program

Product News and Reviews:

• Air Quality Sciences, Inc., makers of the IAQ Test Kit.
• Pedal Valves, Inc., makers of the Pedalworks and Footworks faucet controllers.
• Isobord Enterprises, Inc., makers of Isobord straw particleboard.

From the Library

• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, for information on The Story of Pennsylvania's First Green Building video.

Volume 8, No.5

What's Happening

• Darker Skies Over New Mexico
  • Link to EBN Article on Light Pollution
  • Text of New Mexico's Night Sky Protection Act
• Canadian Government Warns Against Use of Ozone Generators
  • Text of Health Canada's Warning
  • CSA International
• BP Solarex
• Green Buildings Tax Credit Proposed for New York
  • Assembly Bill - A06277
  • Senate Bill - S5549

Newsbriefs

• Sustainable Facilites and Infrastrucure course series at Georgia Tech

Projects

• Bunty Coady Architects - designers of the British Columbia Sun Life Building

Product News and Reviews:

• Solenium - An Interface Company
• Firesstone Building Products
• Decorative Fluorescent Light Fixtures
  • Machine Arts, Inc.
  • David Bergman Architects - Fire & Water Lighting

From the Library

• Worldwatch Institute
• EnCompass

Volume 8, No.4

Feature Article on hydrogen fuel cells:

• American Hydrogen Association
• The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Newsletter
• Fuel Cells 2000
• U.S. Fuel Cell Council
• NRDC's Choosing Clean Power report
• INFORM's Gearing Up for Hydrogen report
• DOD Fuel Cell Demonstration Program
• Fuel Cell Developers/Manufacturers
  • Analytic Power Corporation
  • Ballard Generation Systems
  • Energy Research Corporation
  • H-Power Corporation
  • Northwest Power Systems, LLC
  • ONSI Corporation
  • Plug Power, LLC
  • Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation

What's Happening

• ENERGY STAR for Buildings Program
• ENERGY STAR Roof Products Program
• Austin Green Building Program
• U.S. Green Building Council

Newsbriefs

• National Environmental Education and Training Foundation report on environmental attitudes
• Yestermorrow Design/Build School

Product News and Reviews:

• Ingenuity Wood, Inc. Makers of the No Stress Panel System™

From the Library

• International Society of Arboriculture

Volume 8, No.3

Feature Article on brownfield redevelopment:

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Northeast-Midwest Institute
• The Brownfields Report
• Risks and Rewards of Brownfield Redevelopment

What's Happening

• Pacific Lumber Company
• Center for Resourceful Building Technology
• National Center for Appropriate Technology

Newsbriefs

• Northwest EcoBuilding Guild

Product News and Reviews:

• Aquasaver
• Memorial Ecosystems

Volume 8, No.2

Feature Article on paint:

• National Paint and Coatings Association
• Green Seal

Newsbriefs

• ASHRAE, for information on Standard 90.1-1989R
• NAHB Research Center, for information on Energy Value Housing Awards
  • Listing of 1999 Winners

Product News and Reviews:

• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, for information on new CFLs.
• Certified Wood Products:
  • Scientific Certification Systems, certifier of wood products.
  • Smart Wood, certifier of wood products.
  • Standard Structures, Inc, makers of certified engineered wood products.
  • Columbia Forest Products, makers of certified plywood.
  • PermaGrain, Inc, makers of certified hardwood flooring.

Volume 8, No.1

Feature Article on small houses:

• Additional Data and Resources
• Mulfinger, Susanka, Mahady & Partners, designers of small houses
• The Not So Big House, web site for the book of the same name

What's Happening:

• 1998 Warmest Year on Record
  • World Meteorological Organization
  • NOAA National Climatic Data Center
• Goodwin Heart Pine, miller of sinker logs.
• American Solar Energy Society, for information on their "Empowering the States" program.

Product News and Reviews:

• Owens Corning Fiberglas, makers of Miraflex insulation