Additional Resources
- UC Berkeley's Green Building Research Center and case studies of best practice award winners
- Harvard Green Campus Initiative's Green Building Resource
- "The Cost of Green Revisited"
Lisa Fay Matthiessen and Peter Morris of the firm Davis Langdon.
This study revisits the subject of 2004's "Costing Green: A Comprehensive Cost Database and Budget Methodology" (pdf). Both these studies found there were no significant differences in average costs for green buildings as compared to non-green buildings. - AASHE Green Building Resource Center
- National Wildlife Federation's Campus Ecology Program – Building Design
- U.S. Green Building Council
- Emerging Green Builders
– for students and young professionals interested in green building - StopWaste.org headquarters
– case study and complete LEED-NC documentation of a LEED Platinum major renovation project in downtown Oakland - UC Green Building Working Group site (password required)
The Green Building Working Group (GBWG) site provides a location where GBWG members can post items of interest relative to all aspects of green building design and construction. Items that are posted are for information, interest and to encourage discussion only and should not be looked upon as being endorsed or approved by the University. Members may submit items by email to .