Please
visit some of our favorite links:
A) Building
Materials, Methods and Vendors
AAC!-
Everything
you need to know about Autoclaved Aerated Concrete- Safecrete AAC
Metal
Roofing Resource Site
Eco-Shake
recycled content shake roofing
Bio-based
sprayfoam insulation
Durisol
Insulated Concrete Forms
Solar
hot water and solar electric
Platinum
Panel Wall/Insulation systems
The
Geo-Thermal Heat Pump Consortium
Green
Roofs for Healthy Cities
ECO:
Eco-Friendly Flooring
Safe
Building Solutions (Waukesha)
Get
an Energy Star audit
B) Green Organizations (Wisconsin-regional, few nationals)
Urban
Ecology Center (Milwaukee)
Focus
on Energy - WI
Keep
Greater Milwaukee Beautiful
Midwest
Renewable Energy Association
Wisconsin
Green Building Alliance
Wisconsin
Green Built Home
Wisconsin
Wastecap
Michael
Fields Agricultural Institute (MFAI)

Pieter Godfrey (Reclaimed Materials/Salvage)
.
NAHB National Green Building Certification Program
Native Plant Landscaping- Rich Lambert
C) Other
Read
a narrative by Pragmatic principal Steve Servais: A
Few Thoughts on the History of Home Construction
Learn about
the Urban Ecology Center's Library of Sustainability
D) Literature: a few good books to get you thinking on Green building and design
Your
Green Home by Alex Wilson Amazon
link (excellent intro to the spectrum of green
considerations)
The
Solar House by Dan Chiras Amazon
link (great resource on passive solar design)
The Long
Emergency by James Howard Kunstler Amazon
link (should be required reading for all humans)
Here is a link to a non-exhaustive, but pretty solid .pdf listing of good Green reading
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