Sustainable Resources

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LINKS TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

The mother of all sustainable community Web Sites. Geo has the most comprehensive collection of links arranged in the most useful way. Start here! http://www.geonetwork.org/

Austin Texas has a remarkable Green Builder program. Their site has a wonderful book you can download called The Sustainable Building Technical Manual. You can buy the book for $60 or you can download it here for FREE! http://www.greenbuilder.com/general/BuildingSources.html

The Center for Resourceful Building Technology Home Web Page. They have an excellent directory of recycled building materials. http://www.montana.com/crbt/

U.S. Department of Energy's Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development. This is another great place to start if you want to understand what sustainable development means and how other communities are pursuing it. http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/

If you are looking for an architecture school that teaches Sustainable Design, try Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. http://www.bsu.edu/cap/arch/arch.html

The U.S. Department of Energy has a large collection of computer programs in their Building Energy Tools Directory. Check it out. http://www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/tools_directory/

The Center for Livable Communities helps local governments and community leaders be proactive in their land use and transportation planning, and adopt programs and policies that lead to more livable and resource-efficient land use patterns. http://www.lgc.org/clc/

Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (Max’s Pot) has a wealth of information on the cutting edge of sustainable design. http://www2.maxpot.com/maxpot/

Chattanooga is a city about the same size as Evansville. Once known as the most polluted city in America, they have become an internationally recognized sustainable city. http://bertha.chattanooga.net/SUSTAIN/

Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST) home page is another great directory of information. http://crest.org/

See what the Department of Energy has in the way of energy efficiency programs, grants, publications, and case studies. http://www.eren.doe.gov/