HELPFUL LINKS
Here are some great links from various Local, State and National organizations that help to explain the benefits and virtues of green building and remodeling.
Benefits of Owning a Green Home
How Homes Become Green
National Association of Home Builders
Energy Star Homes
Energy Star Home Improvement
GreenBuildingTalk
Catawba County's Green Initiatives
Greater Hickory Green Building and Solar Tour
Case study: Zero-energy home
North Carolina Green Building Technology Database
Advanced Energy Corporation
Carolina Recycling Association
North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association
North Carolina Solar Center’s
State Energy Office, NC Department of Administration’s
NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program checklist, residential high performance guidelines coordinated by the NC Solar Center
US Green Building Council’s website link to LEEDTM
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems (CMPBS)
National Energy Foundation
National Recycling Coaliton
EPA Green Power Partnership
Million Solar Roof Initiative
International Energy Agency
International Ground Source Heat Pump Association
Fact Sheet from Cooperative Extension
North Carolina Daylighting Consortium Lighting fixture search engine
Website sponsored by Phillips Lighting, provides fixture search engine for LEDs and florescents.
CSI format based green building product search engine
Environmental Building News CSI Buy Recycled Business Alliance
NC Dept. of Administration procurement site.
Find some typical latitudes and longitudes in the US.
Provide the lattitude and longitude and other factors and this calculator will help you with sun angles.
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