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Environmentally Conscious =
Design, Construction,
and Manufacturing/Sustainable Development
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LBNL Master F=
acility Specifications: Revised for Waste Minimization and
Environmental Considerations - 1998 Has been moved to the D=
OE Menu. If
you do not have DOE access, contact Ms. Shelley Worsham at (510)486-6123 =
for a copy.
U.S. DOE sponsored Links:=
- Center for Excellence
for Sustainable Development helps communities design and implemen=
t innovative
strategies that enhance the local economy as well as the local enviro=
nment and quality of
life. Created by the U.S. DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renew=
able Energy, the new
Center of Excellence offers the many services to urban and rural comm=
unities, and the
Federal, State and local agencies that assist them in community devel=
opment. Communities
are broadly defined to include cities, villages, towns and neighborho=
ods, as well as
national parks, industrial parks and other "communities of inter=
est."
- Buildings
for the 21st Century by EREN and links to other DOE building sites,=
such as Greening Fede=
ral Facilities
- =
Kansas
City Plant Online Catalog of Manufacturing Technologies
- NREL's Links to Energy Efficient
Design and Construction Information
- Pacif=
ic Northwest National
Laboratory "P2 by Design" Project This DOE EM-334 proje=
ct offers an
integrated set of tools to help engineers and designers incorporate p=
ollution prevention
strategies during the design of new products, processes, and faciliti=
es in order to reduce
life cycle costs and increase materials and energy efficiency.
Other sources:
- AFCEE's Environmental
Quality Protection Planning Bulletin/Manual, 1989, provides the i=
nstallation planner
with a framework for defining and then incorporating environmental qu=
ality considerations
into the development and implementation of planning, design and const=
ruction programs.
Look under "Air Force Documents"
- Air Force
Environmentally Responsible Facilities Guide written by a team of=
engineers,
architects, and environmental specialists. Other Helpful Sustainable =
Development Resources
can be found at this location.
- BuildingREsources
sponsored by San Fransico, CA.
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Built Green Web site
is the Green Building Program of Colorado. A helpful checklist is pro=
vided.
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- Center for
Sustainable Technology (Georgia Tech School of Civil and Environmenta=
l Engineering)
was created in 1993 in collaboration with World Engineering Partnersh=
ips for Sustainable
Development. CST works for sustainable development by developing part=
nerships, creating
programs at all levels (local, state, etc.), developing measures of s=
ustainability, and
promoting cultural change among engineers and other professionals who=
create the built
environment.
- City of Austin TX:
- Consortium
on Green Design and Manufacturing, University of California (Berkeley=
)
Industry/government/university partnership to study and integrate env=
ironmental
considerations into product design through engineering, management pr=
actices, and
policy-making. Considerations include analysis of risk in various pro=
cesses. Developing
software to analyze impacts of various manufacturing processes.
- DesignEARTHSynergy
is a Worldwide Sustainable Communities Network.
- EPA=
Design for Environment
- Energy
Efficieny & Environmental Newsletter: "Sustainability: The C=
oncept"
issue is sponsored by the Florida Cooperative Extension Service.
- Frugal Corner
has links to sustainable living and culture.
- Global Research
Network on Sustainable Development (GRNSD) An independent interna=
tional network
focusing on issues related to sustainable development. GRNSD has a nu=
mber of Discipline
and Theme Groups that examine specific aspects of problems.
- Green Building
Information Council (GBIC)
- Green Design
Initiative, Carnegie Mellon University Campus-wide program to enc=
ourage
environmentally conscious product design, packaging, engineering, and=
architecture.
Private companies may join a consortium that will allow them to benef=
it from the results
of research projects and to provide input for future research.=
- Hennepin
County Minnesota Sustainable Design Guide and Rating System DRAFT=
11
- Inter=
national Institute for
Sustainable Development (IISD) is a Canadian non-profit promoting=
and spreading
information on sustainable development. Mostly planning, resource con=
siderations,
negotiation, international conferences/meetings.
- Interna=
tional Development
Research Centre (IDRC) is a public corporation which invests in s=
cience and technology
to improve the quality of life in five areas: environment and natural=
resources; social
sciences; health sciences; information sciences and systems; and corp=
orate affairs and
initiatives. Many of its projects are targeted toward alleviating pov=
erty and optimizing
use of natural resources in the developing world.
- The Whole Building Design Guide
(WBDG) is a Navy-sponsored web site that seeks to: Replace outdat=
ed, redundant,
paper-based criteria documents, Move the Federal building procurement=
process in-line with
the private sector, Simplify access to building design information us=
ing a single
point-of-entry information resource, Guide A&E's and project mana=
gers through a Whole
Building Approach to design. Provide guidance for designing environme=
ntally sound
buildings.
- National Key Centre
for Design, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Academ=
ic group focusing on
green design and sustainability. Emphasis on architecture, industrial=
ecology, efficiency.
Project descriptions on environmental redesign of commercial products=
=2E Several good
publications/conference papers available on-line. Information sources=
on design and built
environment available. Link to gopher server (daedalus.edc.rmit.edu.a=
u).
- National Park
Service's Sustainable Design and Construction Database-- New Rele=
ase Version 2.0 now
available for download. The Database now has product listings from ma=
nufacturers, and
recyclers of construction debris; books, periodicals, organizations, =
and on-line
(Internet) sources of sustainable information.
- Office of
Industrial Productivity and Energy Assessment (OIPEA), Rutgers Univer=
sity The U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) has been funding energy and industrial ass=
essments for small
and medium sized manufacturing firms under the auspices of the Energy=
Analysis and
Diagnostic Center/Industrial Assessment Center (EADC/IAC) program sin=
ce 1976. Data from
the Industrial Assessments performed under the DOE's EADC/IAC program=
are contained in two
separate databases available at this web site.
- REDI Guide to
Building Materials helps locate building materials, mechanical eq=
uipment, and other
products to build more environmentally-friendly buildings with an emp=
hasis on energy
efficiency.
- Reusabl=
e Building Materials
Exchange enables local governments to set up exchange sites for a=
fee allowing items
to be posted and sought for exchange. The site is sponsored by the En=
ergy Outreach Center,
a nonprofit organization in Washington State.
- Rocky Mountain Institute's Links to resource-efficient and sustain=
able
communities.
- Sustainable
Development links by the Communications for Sustainable Future We=
b site.
- Technology,
Business, and Environment Program (MIT Center for Technology Policy a=
nd Industrial
Development) conducts research in product policy, loop-closing in=
frastructure, and the
life-cycle impacts of manufacturing and use. Topics of research inclu=
de industrial
ecology, durables recycling, life-cycle environmental impacts of mili=
tary aircraft
manufacturing and deployment, and the role of ECM and DFE design tool=
s on organizational
behavior and change. There is a significant list of available TBE pub=
lications. Also a
lengthy discussion of LCA as applied to the automobile industry in th=
e Materials=
Systems Laboratory
section.
- Triangle
J Council of Governments' Solid Waste program is to promote waste=
reduction; Model Waste Specifications
for Construction Waste Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling are a=
vailable.
- U.S. =
Green Building Council
(USGBC) is the building industry's only balanced nonprofit consensus =
coalition promoting
the understanding, development and accelerated implementation of &quo=
t;Green
Building" policies, programs, technologies, standards and design=
practices.
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