Architecture 2030
– a campaign calling for the global architecture and building
community to drastically reduce green house gas emission, fossil
fuel consumption by 2025
World Green Building
Council - a coalition of eight countries' building councils,
aim to accelerate the transformation of the built environment
toward sustainability
Architecture for Humanity - nonprofit network of professionals willing to lend aid as needed for sustainable green building practices to community groups, design support for disaster mitigation
Open
Architecture Network - online community dedicated to
improving living conditions through innovative and sustainable
design, by Architecture for Humanity
Ask Nature - free
database of bio-inspired solutions, offers biomimicry
strategies, user interaction via discussion forums,
competitions, networking, by Biomimicry Institute
Biomimicry Guild
- consultancy providing bio-inspired designs, solving design,
sustainability problems, support for biomimicked end product
Biomimicry
Institute - encourages best practices in designing emulating
bio-adaptation in ecosystems, offers trainings, programs,
newsletters promoting the cause
Passive
House Institute - based in Darmstadt, Germany; founded in
1996 by Dr. Wolfgang Feist, an independent research institution
offering consulting on highly energy-efficient building systems
Design-Build-Live
- an online learning center for those who want to share,
practice, promote, and nurture natural building and sustainable
living
Sustainable Communities
Network - promotes a network of sustainable
communities across America, with numerous resources and a section on
sustainable building
Energy Design Resources
- software, articles, design briefs for architects, developers, lighting
designers facilitating energy-efficient commercial buildings in California
American College
and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment – a movement by education
leaders to express their concern for global warming and its adverse health,
social, economic, ecological effects; signatories commit to taking concrete
action to reduce greenhouse gas
Green Building Concepts -
green-living promoting firm involved in consulting, with electronic, print
media publications related developments
EarthBlips - for
popular, latest news feeds, videos, blogs on green living, environmental
issues, technological innovations, reviews, more
