Resources for Environmentally Responsible Design

Compiled by the AIBC Energy and Environment Committee

Section 1 - General

A Primer on Sustainable Building
Rocky Mountain Institute, Green Development Services
D.L. Lopez & W.D. Browning, ISBN 1-881071-05-7

Advanced Buildings Newsletter, RAIC / CANMET / PERD
Nils Larsson, Ed., ISSN 1199-4363

BEPAC
Building Environmental Performance Assessment Criteria, Office Buildings
R.J. Cole, D. Rousseau, I.G. Theaker (Available from The BEPAC Foundation
P.O. Box 33892, Stn. D, Vancouver, BC, V6J 4L6)

Bioclimatic Skyscrapers
Ken Yeang, ISBN 1-874056-56-0

Building Green: A Guide to Using Plants on Roofs, Walls and Pavements
J. Johnson & J. Newton, London Ecology Unit, ISBN 1-871045 18 5

Building of Earth and Straw: Structural Design
for Rammed Earth and Straw-Bale Architecture
B. King, Ecological Design Press 1996, Distributed by Chelsea Green Publishing Company

Buying Green, Reference Manual
Green Procurement Institute

C-2000 Program Requirements
CANMET, Natural Resources Canada, 1993

City of Austin Sustainable Guidelines
City of Austin Dept. of Public Works (Available from D.L. Setter (512) 499-3506)

Construction and the Environment
CMHC

Covering the Environment (NRTEE)

Designing with Nature: The Ecological basis for Architectural Design
K. Yeang, ISBN 0-07-072317-6

Designing with Vision: Public Building Guidelines for the 21st Century
C.B. Stafford, et al., Stafford Architects, Seattle WA.

Design with Nature
I.L. McHarg, Library of Congress Card No. 76-77344

Earth to Spirit: In Search of Natural Architecture
David Pearson, ISBN 0-8118-0731-2

Ecological Design
S. Vander Rijn & S. Cowan, ISBN 1-55963-308-3

Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability
R. Costanza, Ed., ISBN 0-231-07563-4

Environmental by Design (Professional Edition)
Kim Leclair & David Rousseau, ISBN 0-88179-085-0

Environmental Building News,
A monthly newsletter on Environmentally Responsible Design and Construction
RR 1 Box 161, Brattleboro, VT 05301, ISSN 1062-3957
website: http://www.ebuild.com

Environmental Guidelines: BC University, College & Institute Facilities
R. Cole & Environmental Research Group, UBC, ISBN 0-7718-9431-7

Environmental Resource Guide
AIA (American Institute of Architects), J. A. Demkin Ed., ISBN 0-471-14043-0

From Eco-Cities to Living machines: Principles of Ecological Design
N.D. Todd & J.Todd, ISBN 1-55643-150-3

Green Architecture, Design for an Energy-Conscious Future
Brenda and Robert Vale, ISBN 0-8212-1866-2

Green Architecture: A Guide to Sustainable Design
M.J. Crosbie, AIA Press, ISBN 1-55835-127-2

GreenClips Newsletter: (Hardcopy and electronic versions)
Published by Chris Hammer / Sustainable Design Resources
website: http://solstice.crest.org/sustainable/greenclips/info.html

Green Guide: A User's Guide to Sustainable Development for Canadian Colleges
National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, ISBN 1-895643-16-3

Green Spec: Guideline Specifications for Environmentally Considered Building Materials & Construction Methods (print or diskette format)
Siegel & Strain Architects Alameda County Recycling Board - Phone (510) 614-1699

Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design
US Department of the Interior, National Parks Service, Denver Service Centre, 1993

Handbook of Sustainable Building: An Environmental Preference method for Selection of Materials for Use in Construction and Refurbishment
(English translation of a Dutch book)
D. Anink, C. Boonstra, J. Mak, James & James Science Publishers Ltd. 1996

Housing and the Environment: A New Agenda
Chartered Institute of Housing (UK)
Ed., M. Bhatti, J. Brooke, M. Gibson, ISBN 0-901607-73-8

Living in the Environment: Principles, Connections, and Solutions
G.T. Miller, Jr., ISBN 0-534-23898

Micro, Metro, Global: Architecture and the Environment
RAIC, ISBN 0-919424-30-9

Our Common Future (The Brundtland Report)
UN World Commission on Environment and Development

Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing human Impact on the Earth
M. Wackernagel & W. Rees, ISBN 1-55092-251-3

Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development
J.T. Lyle, ISBN 0-471-55582-7

State of the World, A Worldwatch Institute Report on Progress Towards a Sustainable Society
(Published Annually), Lester R. Brown, Ed., ISBN 0-393-30834-0

Sustainable Building Sourcebook: Supplement to the Green Buildier Program
City of Austin, Texas

Sustainable Building Technical Manual: Green Building Design, Construction, and Operations
A. Osso & D.A. Gottfried, Ed., Public Technology Inc., US Green Building Council

The Canadian Environmental Directory, 6th Edition
ISBN 1-895021-08-1

The Green Imperative - Natural Design for the Real World
V. Papanek, ISBN 0-500-27846-6

The Natural House Book: Creating a Healthy, Harmonious, and Ecologically-Sound Home Environment
David Pearson, ISBN 0-671-66634-7

The Natural House Catalogue
David Pearson

The Rammed Earth House
David Easton

The Sourcebook for Sustainable Design
Architects for Social Responsibility / Boston Society of Architects
Ed., Andrew St. John

The Straw Bale House
Steen, Steen & Bainbridge, ISBN 0-930031-71-7

The Urban Ecologist: The Journal of Urban Ecology
Ed., S. Wheeler

Visions for a New American Dream
Neelesen