Selected Links

Below are some selected links relating to green construction and sustainability (please note: each link will open in a new window).

Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB)
UK association that seeks to encourage greater environmental awareness within the UK construction industry.
http://www.aecb.net/|

Builders Without Borders
Builders Without Borders is an international network of ecological builders working to ensure a sustainable future. Includes details of projects, publications, and resources.
http://www.builderswithoutborders.org/|

Centre For Alternative Technology (CAT)
CAT are an educational charity aiming for cooperation between the natural, technological and human worlds; key areas of work are renewable energy, environmental building, energy efficiency, organic growing and alternative sewage systems. Includes information and a virtual tour of the centre.
http://www.cat.org.uk/index.tmpl|

Construction Resources
Britain's first ecological builders' merchant and building centre, which promotes energy saving and sustainable building products. The site gives product details, and details of their courses and seminars.
http://www.constructionresources.com/|

EcoConstruction.org
Searchable database of recycled and reclaimed materials for construction in the UK. Also includes information on the need to recycle and the environmental impact of construction.
http://www.ecoconstruction.org/|

EcoMarket International
The European platform for green products, services and information. It includes construction products, but does not concentrate on them exclusively.
http://www.ecomarket.net/|

Engineering for a Sustainable Future
An IEE Professional Network for engineers of all disciples with an interest in environmental and social issues.
http://www2.theiet.org/OnComms/PN/sustainability/index.cfm|

European DataBank Sustainable Development
Lists institutions, associations, societies and experts throughout Europe involved theoretically and/or practically in the achievement of sustainable development on an international, national and regional level. Includes a search engine leading to comprehensive details on the organisations included, plus articles, events and links.
http://www.sd-eudb.net/|

Green Building Concepts
Green Building Concepts supplies information on resources and energy efficient home building.
http://greenconcepts.com/|

Green Providers DirectoryThe Green Providers Directory is a resource for finding green, organic and fair trade goods and services. It provides links to a range of renewable energy suppliers, recycled and natural products, fair trade clothing, gifts and gadgets. It also provides news, blogs and updates on the environment, recycling, energy efficiency and related topics.
http://www.search-for-me.co.uk/|

Green Seal
Green Seal is an independent, nonprofit organisation dedicated to protecting the environment by promoting the manufacture and sale of environmentally responsible consumer products. It includes construction products, but not exclusively.
http://www.greenseal.org/|

International Ecological Engineering Society (IEES)
The IEES provides a common forum for anyone involved in ecological engineering projects. These include traditional engineers, marine biologists, ecological economists, development workers, and many others.
http://www.iees.ch/|

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
IISD promotes the transition toward a sustainable future. They seek to demonstrate how human ingenuity can be applied to improve the well-being of the environment, economy and society. Has a searchable archive of articles.
http://www.iisd.org/default.aspx|

Low Carbon Buildings Programme
Site supporting the UK government's Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) Phase 1. This programme provides grants for the installation of microgeneration technologies in a range of buildings to include households, community organisations, public, private and the non-profit sectors. Inlucdes details on microgeneration technologies, how to apply, information and resources, and news.
http://www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk/home/|

Natural Building Resources
Natural Building Resources is an umbrella organization created to disseminate and coordinate information and activities regarding natural building, sustainable architecture, and ecological living. Includes links to other resources and details of their publications, plus an overview of natural building techniques.
http://www.strawbalecentral.com/|

Oikos
Oikos is devoted to serving construction professionals whose work promotes sustainable design and construction. It's an American site, but has some information on green products and methods that is applicable elsewhere.
http://www.oikos.com/|

Showcase
Provided by the Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC), Showcase is the ASC's library of case studies, giving practical insight into developing sustainable communities.
http://showcase.ascskills.org.uk/|

Sustainable Architecture, Building and Culture
A collection of links and other resources on ecological and natural building.
http://www.sustainableabc.com/|

SUST.
Developed by The Lighthouse in collaboration with the Architecture Policy Unit at the Scottish Executive, SUST. gives free access to a wide variety of information, resources and guidance on sustainability. The site includes, links, downloads, and a My Sust. House game to design your own sustainable house.
http://www.sust.org/index.php|

Sustainability Web Ring
An extensive list of resources on sustainable development and green building.
http://n.webring.com/hub?ring=sustainability&list|

Sustainable Development Commission
The Sustainable Development Commission is the UK Government's independent advisory body on sustainable development.
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/|

Sustainable Environment
Encyclopaedia which is a one-stop source of brief information on sustainable development topics.
http://www.sustainable-environment.org.uk/|

UK carbon map
Provided by the Carbon Trust, the map shows how much carbon dioxide is emitted across the UK, illustrating carbon dioxide density per square kilometre and with detailed information on the tonnes of source emissions by various towns and cities throughout the country.
http://www.carbonmap.co.uk/|

UK Green Building Council
The UK Green Building Council's mission is to dramatically improve the sustainability of the built environment by radically transforming the way it is planned, designed, constructed, maintained and operated. The site includes news and reports.
http://www.ukgbc.org/site/home|

Zedstandards
Contains a set of downloadable draft documents describing a sustainable building code, suitable for mixed use developments in most climatic conditions approximating those in the UK. The standards are based on the development and occupation of the BedZED mixed use development in South London.
http://www.zedstandards.com/|

 

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Green Construction Abstracts would also like to acknowledge regular use of the following services and commercial websites, as well as any other websites and hardcopy products not mentioned here, without which the newsletter could not be produced:

• The Daily Telegraph
• The Financial Times
• The Guardian
• The Independent
• The Irish Times
• The Scotsman
• The Times
• aecportico
• Building
• Construction Plus
• Department for The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
• Department for Communities and Local Government
• Department for Transport
• Environment Agency
• Green Building Press

Some online services are paid subscriber-only access or have session log-in parameters. For this reason, certain articles and news items in the newsletter may not have links to the full text, even though this is available on the web. In these cases a search on the relevant website using the article title will often retrieve the text. 

 

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