GREEN HOME BUILDING RESOURCES

Green Building Advisor is a great website for information on designing, building and remodeling better, greener homes. The website includes basic information about green building, a green building encyclopedia and construction details from real green houses. It also includes a strategies and details section that allows visitors to develop and customize design plans, a GreenSpec Product Directory, resources for learning about green building news and a forum for asking questions to experienced green building professionals.

Southface has also jointly developed a series of technical fact sheets with the U.S. Department of Energy on energy and building science topics:

Building Design

Building Envelope Components

Insulation

Ventilation and Mechanical Systems

Indoor Air Quality

Lighting and Appliances

General Knowledge