Green+Building

=**Green Building **= = = Info about [|Willets Point] in Queens, NY

have a question about Green Building? go to [|www.HowStuffWorks.com]

[|Elements of a Green Building]

[|Green Roof Research] = = = = Green Building and Technology Pathfinder

Take a look at Renzo Piano's spectacularly green [|California Academy of Sciences]

[|Smart Growth] Brownfields

What are [|GREEN JOBS]?

Green Building Statistics from the [|US Green Business Council] (USGBC) here are all kinds of statistics and links that give clues as to what kinds of jobs there Local NYC organization [| http://www.urbangreencouncil.org/] [] Green Operator []

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[|Teens build a Green House]
Watch Video from NOVA: hour long program broken in to 10 minute segments [|THE BIG ENERGY GAMBLE]

Go to video explaining why to[| BUILD GREEN]

Construction Categories that will give you ideas for what sort of career opportunities there are in Green Building http://www.advancedbuildings.org/

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[|Career Pathways in Architecture and Construction] Jobs in the architecture and construction career cluster involve designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment

[|Green Building Initiatives] The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is a not for profit organization whose mission is to accelerate the adoption of building practices that result in energy-efficient, healthier and environmentally sustainable buildings by promoting credible and practical green building approaches for residential and commercial construction.

GREEN JOBS for AMERICA, a national campaign made up of labor unions, environmental groups and others, to educate the public about the need for investments in good, green jobs. http://www.kintera.org/htmlcontent.asp?cid=81548 Go to the web site and find the report on Green job opportunities [|http://www.bluegreenalliance.org/site/c.enKIITNpEiG/b.3227091/k.E4AB/Blue_Green_Alliance.htm]

[|GREEN SCHOOLS TOOL KIT] From Southface [|GREEN BUILDING TOOL KIT] answering questions such as Why green? What does it cost? How to plan and manage a Green Project. What is LEED? case studies and articles.

Great [|Interviews] with people who rappel down buildings, design bridges, protect water supplies, designs stadiums and more!

[|www.HowStuffWorks.com] for specific information about building green [|Green Roofs] - advantages, costs, how to

[|www.Treehugger.com] calling themselves a "one-stop shop for green news," Tree Hugger has all kinds of good and sometimes fun articles about going green!

take a [|GREEN QUIZ] How good is your green vocabulary?

[|Design for the Other 90%]

=Articles= Building a [|New Industrial Revolution], an article about visionary environmental architect and designer William McDonough more on [|William McDonough]

Cruikshank, Douglas. "Van Jones: Creating a Green-Collar Workforce." Edutopia. April 2008. http://www.edutopia.org/van-jones

[|The Power of Green] an article from __Fast Company__ about all the different ways that the Green REvolution is impacting areas as diverse as music, construction, fashion, investing,

Tischler, Linda. "The Green HOusing Boom." __Fast Company__. 11 Sept, 2008. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/127/the-eco-home-of-tomorrow.html

Kamenetz, Anya. "Top Ten Green Jobs for the Next Decade." __Fast Company__. 26 Jan. 2009. <http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2009/01/best-green-jobs.html

Finfrock, Jessie "Wind Employs more Americans than Coal." __Mother Jones, Blue Marble Blog__. 30 January, 2009 http://www.motherjones.com/blue_marble_blog/

AIA Top Green Projects http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/index.cfm

How to measure your [|CARBON FOOTPRINT]

The Construction Carbon Calculator helps developers, builders, architects and land planners approximate the net embodied carbon of a project's structures and site. [|ESTIMATE] the embodied CO2 of a whole construction project