NOTE: The inclusion of links and their content does not imply they reflect the views of the DOE Sustainable Design Program, nor does the use of trade names or commercial products necessarily constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.

This web page is intended to provide external links to sites that contain sustainable design concepts. It contains the following sections:

Building Design

Design for Environmental Resources

Ecological/Green Design

Energy Efficiency Resources

Environmental Information Technologies

Environmental Law

Environmental Publications

Green Plans

Industrial Ecology

Internet Resources and Citations

Life-Cycle Analysis

Pollution Prevention Resources

Resource Recovery

Sustainable Development

Building Design

• EPA's Green Buildings Site
• Whole Building Design Guide
• U.S. Green Building Council

Design for Environment Resources

Web sites with sustainable design information.

• Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing
• EcoIQ.com
• Environmental Building News
• Greenbuilder Sustainable Sources
• Green Design Initiative
• National Key Centre for Design at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia)
• Lawrence Berkley Lab's Center for Building Science
• Oikos
• Sustainable Business Insider

Ecological/Green Design

• e design Online
• Natural Logic
• Resources on Architecture & Community Design
• The Green Design Initiative
• The Scottish Ecological Design Association

Energy Efficiency Resources

A sampling of energy efficiency resources on the net.

• DOE Energy Effiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN)
• Electric Power Research Institute
• Energy Efficient Building Association
• Energy Facility Contractors Group
• Energy Ideas Clearing House
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• Softdesk Energy Software Demonstration

Environmental Information Technologies

• American Chemical Society Publications Division
• Biotechnology Companies
• Ecological Modeling
• Environmental Geotechnical Construction
• ESRI/GIS Company
• Software Tools for Ecological Simulation
• UW Biotechnology Center

Environmental Law

• Focal Points - Environmental Law
• Hyperlaw2: A Hypermedia System for Environmental Law

Environmental Publications

• Business Publishers Inc. Environmental Publications
• Environmental Expert
• Environmental News Network
• Greenwire
• New Scientist: Planet Science

Green Plans

• Resource Renewal Center

Industrial Ecology

• Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory
• Army Industiral Ecology Center
• Cornell Work & Environment Institute
• Doors of Perception
• Energy Efficient Product Development
• GBN Book Club Reviews (5/92) - Industrial Ecology
• IndEco: Links to other interesting places
• Indigo Development
• Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems
• Journal of Industrial Ecology
• MIT Industrial Ecology homepage
• Overview of Sustainable Production & Consumption
• Rockefeller U. Program for the Human Environment
• UM School of Natural Resources
• The Carbohydrate Economy: Making Chemicals & Industrial Materials from Plant Matter
• Zero Emissions Research Institute

Internet Resources and Citations

• DOE Smart Communities Network
• DOE Federal Energy Management Program
• Lessons learned
• National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
• P2/Finance Software
• Rocky Mountain Institute

Life-Cycle Analysis

• Civic Practices Network
• Environmentally Concious Manufacturing Program
• PRé

Pollution Prevention Resources

A sampling of pollution prevention resources on the net.

• Bionomics Institute
• Cascadia Planet
• Center for Sustainable Systems
• Computer-based P2 Training
• DOE Environmental Management P2 homepage
• Ecocycle Newsletter
• Ecomaterials
• Electronic Green Journal
• EnviroLink
• Greening of the White House
• GreenMap System
• Illinois P2 Research Center
• Japan's National Institute of Environmental Sciences
• National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
• P2GEM-Guide to Resources
• PNNL's P2 homepage
• Pro-Act
• Realia Group
• Software for Environmental Awareness
• Sustainable Communities Network
• The Environment, Safety and Health Information Portal
• The Sustainable Business Network
• UK Centre for Sustainable Design
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• World Resources Inc.
• Worldwatch Institute

Resource Recovery

• Alameda County Waste Management Authority
• Institute of Local Self-Reliance
• Investment Recovery Association

Sustainable Development

• Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Development Watch - Sustainable Development Indicators
• EcoNet's Sustainable Development Resources
• Habitat II
• IISD: Business and Sustainable Development
• Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research
• Social Indicators of Development
• Sustainable Development Indicators
• Sustainable Seattle
• UK Center for Environmental Sustainability
• Urban Land Institute