Design:Environmental Homes and Buildings

• Association for Environment Conscious Building - The AECB promotes ecological and energy efficient design and construction
• Backlund Home Page - Energy efficient house design, construction, renovation and retrofit. Small scale forestry. Woodlot association.
• Biospaces - Sustainable home design using renewable and recyclable materials. Solar heated greenhouses for year round growing. Building a sustainable future is our goal.
• Build It Naturally - Alternative residential house building site promoting environmentally responsible construction styles and techniques
• Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems - A non-profit education, demonstration, and research organization for appropriate technology and sustainable design
• The Centre For Sustainable Design - Research and teaching department at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design
• Community Eco-Design Network (CEN) - Nonprofit organization providing access to materials, expertise and labor for affordable, ecological building projects. Conducts straw bale construction workshops.
• Community Enrichment Center and Adobe Canda Ltd. - A Toronto based umbrella organization of numerous eco-tecnology community based companies i.e. Adobe Canada Ltd., doing cold climate earthen architecture.
• Davis Caves Home page - Worldwide developers/builders/consultants for all types of Earth Sheltered homes,commercial buildings. Join us for EarthFest!.
• Design Your Own Natural Home - Design Build firm of natural homes
• EcoDesign HomePage - Provides the means to make healthy and environmentally sensitive choices.
• Energy Efficient Building Association - North American building science and applications consortia; provides training, criteria, and research coordination for building industry.
• Enermodal Engineering - Visit our web site to see examples of our energy and resource efficient buildings and to download design software. Denver, Colorado.
• Enertia Building Systems are designers and manufacturers of Do-It-Yourself Solar Home Kits made of renewable and recycled materials.
• Environmental Building News - Green building resources with extensive product reviews and news on environmentally sustainable design and construction. Independently published -- no ads!
• Florida Design Initiative - The Florida Design Initiative is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting energy efficiency in building design, construction, and management.
• Gemini inhabited solar power plant - What would be the greatest possible single strike against the CO2 problem? A house producing much energy instead of using much energy!
• The Green Building Information Council - A non-profit organization created to advance the energy and environmental performance of buildings through the creation, exchange and application of appropriate information.
• GreenSpirit Design/Build Co-operation - Designs and builds homes neighborhoods and communities that are ecologically sound, environmentally kind, socially responsive and sustainable.
• Hanna Shapira - earth sheltered structures - Consultant: Research and design experience in passive solar energy, energy conservation, and earth sheltered structures.Description of my papers, desings, and patent.
• Howard Associates / Building Environmental Science & Technology - Recognized energy efficiency and green building consulting group; builder services, internet support, training and technical evaluations.
• Inveresk Architect Builders - Architect led design/build company specialising in sustainable design and construction.
• Meritt Signature Development Alliance - Providing green building services with our alliance to deliver the world's most energy-efficient commercial and office work environments.
• Natural by Design - Environmentally sustainable residential and commercial design utilizing permaculture principles and appropriate technology
• The Northwest EcoBuilding Guild - An organization of contractors, design professionals, tradespeople, suppliers, and homeowners dedicated to sustainable building practices.
• Powermat Solar Heating Systems - Powermat manufactures solar heating systems for swimming pools and hot water supplies.
• Sinan Company - Natural wallpaints, woodfinishes, artist products and other good natural products for your home.
• Sunlight Homes - Custom residential design for your lifestyle, land and building budget in US and Canada. Specializing in day lighting, modified passive solar design and super-insulated, stress-skin panelized construction.
• Sunway Homes - Manufacturers of Sunway Homes, a Sound Ecological Response in Home Construction.
• Sustainable Design Resource Guide:3rd ED. - Searchable database of over 600 green building materials developed by Committee on the Environment, AIA Denver.
• Sustainable Sources - Alternative Building Techniques and related environmental information
• Tsui Design & Research Inc. - Creating strikingly original architecture & environments by harmonizing technology, ecology, economy and nature.
• Urban Options Demonstration House - Urban Options demonstrates practical solutions to our energy, economic, and environmental challenges.