RESOURCES
SUSTAINABILITY LINKS
Indoor airPLUS is a voluntary partnership and labeling program that helps new home builders improve the quality of indoor air by requiring construction practices and product specifications that minimize exposure to airborne pollutants and contaminants. Clean air is good for everyone’s health, but it can be especially important to those that have chronic respiratory conditions.
Their vision is to make the built environment a positive asset on the carbon balance sheet of the planet.
Providing sustainable housing in Yakima and Kittitas Counties. Built Green® homes are designed to provide homeowners with durable, environmentally friendly, comfortable homes that are affordable to own. and operate.
The Central Washington Home Builders Association (CWHBA) is a not for profit professional trade association focused on promoting, preserving and protecting the home building industry.
Website devoted to information about Northwest Energy Star homes with links to benefits of Energy Star homes and more.
Solaripedia
Solaripedia is an huge database for green building, green architecture and green development using wind, solar, passive and other sustainable strategies.
The Northwest EcoBuilding Guild is a 501(c)(3) community of builders, designers, suppliers, homeowners, and partners concerned with ecological building in the Pacific Northwest. The Guild empowers people through education to transform the built environment for long term sustainability.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is committed to transforming the way our buildings are designed, constructed and operated through LEED — the top third-party verification system for sustainable structures around the world.
Every day USGBC is helping advance spaces that are better for the environment and healthier for us to live, work and play in. Through our community network, continuous collaboration with industry experts, market research publications and LEED professional credentials, USGBC remains a key driving force in the green building sector.
