USEFUL LINKS
There are several web sites dedicated to Green architecture and technology (see our links tab for examples). Some are dedicated to encouraging the construction of sustainable building, while others are dedicated to selling a specific technology, process, equipment or material. We must caution you that many manufacturers have jumped on the green band wagon in the recent years and are promoting their products as green, whether they are or not. For the most part, the products are 'greener' than in the past, but are not likely to be green enough to be sustainable.
GREEN NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATIONS
Sustainability Now
www.sustainability.ca
Green Building Initiative
(Green Globes US)
www.thegbi.org
GREEN GLOBES Canada
www.greenglobes.com
LEED Canada
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
www.enermodal.com
LEED US
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
www.usgbc.org
BREEAM UK
(British Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)
www.breeam.org
BREEAM Canada
(Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)
USGBC
(United States Green Building Council)
www.usgbc.org
CaGBC
(Canadian Green Building Council)
www.cagbc.org
GBIC
(The Green Building Information Council of Canada)
greenbuilding.ca
Sustainable Buildings Canada
www.sbcanada.org
GOVERNMENT, FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT FUNDING SOURCES
BIP (Industrial Building Incentive Program
oee.nrcan.gc.ca/industrial/
CBIP (Commercial Building Incentive Program)
oee.nrcan.gc.ca/commercial/
Zero Footprint
www.zerofootprint.net
Village Technologies
villagetechnologies.ca
City of Toronto: Energy Efficiency Office
www.toronto.ca/energy/
City of Toronto: WaterSaver rebate programs
www.toronto.ca/watereff/
GREEN PRODUCTS / SERVICES FOR CONSUMERS
Building Green.com - Homebuilder's List (fee charged)
www.buildinggreen.com
Green Enterprise Toronto
greenenterprise.net
TreeHugger (web magazine)
www.treehugger.com
Balle Network
www.livingeconomies.org
Bullfrog Power
www.bullfrogpower.com