Solar Architecture links:
- NM
Solar Rights Act
- file for yours today if you have a solar building or collectors
- Energy -10 solar savings computer program: http://www.nrel.gov/buildings/energy10/
- Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology: http://crest.org
- The American Solar Energy Society: http://www.ases.org
- Solar Building Design Primer online and more: http://www.nmsea.org
- Solar architecture software download: http://www.kahl.net/solarch/solarch.htm
- Mark Chalom, Santa Fe architect: http://www.markchalom.com
- Ed Mazria, Santa Fe architect and Passive Solar Energy Book author: http://www.mazria.com
- Bob Maze, Albuquerque architect: http://www.desert-sky-designs.com
- Other architects and designers in New Mexico can be found in the NMSEA professional directory
- Google Earth Map of Solar Sites (primarily NM): http://www.solarutopia.com
<<< overall concepts >>>
- Committee on the Environment,
AIA: http://www.aia.org/cote/
- Whole Building Design Guide: http://www.wbdg.org/design/index.php
- Narional Center for Appropiate Technology assistance: http://www.homeasta.org/whatis.htm
- Green building sites: http://www.greenbuilder.com/
- Earthship self sufficient homes: http://www.earthship.org
- Living experiment house: http://www.humboldt.edu/~ccat/
- Whole Building Design Guide: http://www.wbdg.org/design/index.php
<<< rainwater harvesting >>>
- Texas rainwater catchment
guide: http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/publications/reports/RainHarv.pdf
- http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/assistance/conservation/Rain.htm
Xeriscaping Regional Contact: Waterwise Landscapes,Inc., Albuquerque
<<< human waste and wastewater >>>
- Aquaculture as treatment: http://www.livingmachines.com
- http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_SS293
- http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/construc/content.html
- http://www.swg-inc.com
- http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/construc/content.html
- Composting toilets: http://www.ecologicalengineering.com/ctbook.html
- Pumice wick treatment "Watson Wick": http://www.networkearth.org/naturalbuilding/wick.html
- http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_SS293
<<< resources and guides >>>
- Environmental Building
News: http://www.BuildingGreen.com
- - a monthly publication, either print or downloadable
- - technical reviews of materials, industry improvements, broad spectrum of sustainability issues are covered
- Whole Building Design Guide: http://www.wbdg.org/
- Sustainable Buildings Industries Council: http://www.sbicouncil.org
- US Green Building Council: http://www.usgbc.org
- LEED 2.0: http://www.usgbc.org/Docs/LEEDdocs/3.4xLEEDRatingSystemJune01.pdf
- - criteria for use by commercial building project stakeholders and project teams as a guide for green
- and sustainable design [there have been updates but this is a great reference!]
- BEES 3.0: http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees/model.html
- - a monthly publication, either print or downloadable
<<< building materials >>>
- Wall systems
---->
- FASWALL: http://www.faswall.com
- GRIDWALL: http://www.Amazongridwall.com
- PERFORMWALL: http://www.performwall.com
- RASTRA: http://www.rastra.com
- STRAWBALE: http://solstice.crest.org:80/efficiency/straw_insulation/index.html
- http://www.strawhomes.com
- http://mha-net.org/html/sblinks.htm
- http://www.moxvox.com/resource.html
- http://www.sustainableabc.com/strawbale.html
- http://mha-net.org/html/sblinks.htm
- Sheet goods ---->
- MDF Board: http://www.allgreenmdf.com/
- Straw based Board: http://www.isobordenterprises.com/
- Bamboo: http://www.bamboodirect.com/
- Cork: http://www.naturalcork.com/
- Insulation ---->
- Cotton batts: http://www.bondedlogic.com/insula.htm
- Wood ---->
- sustainable harvesting: http://www.certifiedwood.org/
- Wood substitute for decks: http://www.trex.com
- Finishes ---->
- Cork flooring: http://www.naturalcork.com/
- Carpet tile Flooring: Interface Corp. http://www.interfaceinc.com/us/
- http://www.portfolio21.com/profiles/profiles-interface.html
- Collins & Aikman Floor Coverings: http://www.powerbond.com
- FASWALL: http://www.faswall.com
Site Planning links
- Permaculture:
http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/perma.html
- Appropriate land use development recommendations: http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/landuse/luintro.shtml
Sustainable Community Planning links
- Urban Ecology publication: http://www.urbanecology.org/
- Sustainable communities network: http://www.sustainable.org/
- Center for Neighborhood Technology: http://www.cnt.org
- Natural Resources Defense Council cities site: http://www.nrdc.org/cities/default.asp
- An example EcoVillage: http://www.twinoaks.org
- 2002 Global Summit results: http://www.johannesburgsummit.org/
- Sustainable communities network: http://www.sustainable.org/
Just for FUN:
- World's most powerful solar radio station: http://www.ktao.com
- Annual Solar Music Festival and Solar Village: http://www.solarmusicfest.com
What is YOUR impact?
- Recent articles on Green / Solar Architecture: Metropolis
magazine, October 2001
- Our Ecological Footprint: http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/intro.htm
- Carbon and air pollution, my share is: http://www.airhead.org
- What is a Watt, How much energy did I use for.....? http://chuck-wright.com
- Our Ecological Footprint: http://www.lead.org/leadnet/footprint/intro.htm