Resources for Environmentally Responsible Design

Compiled by the AIBC Energy and Environment Committee

Section 6- Computer Resources and Electronic Databases

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E-HOUSE, Indoor Air Quality Product Guide
Database of construction materials. Search by Company name, Topic, Product type, CSI division, Brand name, Keyword, State. Mostly US sources.
Environmental Building Consultants and Designers
Ed., Ted Swanson
312A Jefferson Ave., Cheltenham, PA 190-2021
tel. (215) 663-1611

Energy Scheming 2.0
G.Z. Brown & Tomoko Sekiguchi
Program for Apple Macintosh computers which provides quick preliminary confirmation about the energy performance of schematic design ideas.
(Available from Dept. of Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403)

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Buildings Group, EAETB / CANMET, Energy Mines and Resources Canada
Program for DOS and Macintosh computers designed to assist architects engineers and builders in simulating and design of buildings for comfort, thermal effectiveness, passive solar heating and the operation and performance of heating and cooling systems.
(Available from Canadian Home Builders' Association)

Energy 10
Program for DOS computers for analyzing energy use in small commercial buildings.
Forms part of the "Designing Low-Energy Buildings" package byPassive Solar Industries Council.
Developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Berkeley Solar Group. Available from Passive Solar Industries Council, tel. (202) 628-7400

Environmental Choice Program Certified Products and Services
List of manufacturers and products which comply with Environment Canada's Ecologo requirements. List is currently dominated by paints but is expected to be expanded as more products become certified.
Available from TerraChoice Environmental Services
tel. (613) 952-0264 fax (613) 952-9465

REDI Guide, Resources for Environmental Design Index
Database of construction materials (Natural, Low-toxicity, Recycled content and Sustainably harvested wood) organized by CSI Division, Region (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific) Search by Company name, Product name, Keyword, CSI Division.
Mostly US sources.
Iris Communications Inc. Ed., Andy Johnson
258 East 10th Ave., Suite E, Eugene, OR 97401
tel. (503) 484-9353

Green Renovations Guide
Green Procurement Institute
website: http://www.buygreen.com

CMHC
website: http://cmhc-schl.gc.ca

EcoDesign Resource Society
website: http://www.ecodesign.bc.ca

City of Austin Green Builder Program
The Sustainable Design and Construction Database
Information provided by manufacturers and other secondary sources. Has sections on Product Information, Construction sit recycling as well as lists of hardcopy and electronic resources, on-line information and organizations.
U.S. National Parks Service, Denver, tel. (303) 969-2466
website: http://greenbuilder.com

Woods of the World, Version 2.0 (Compact disk or Diskette)
Tree Talk Inc., PO Box 426, Burlington Vermont 05402
Tel. (802) 863-6789 Fax (802) 863-4344
e-mail wow@together.net

IAQ-TOOLS
Practical analysis tool to assist in evaluation and design: calculation of steady-state concentrations of various indoor air contaminants, generation rates and ventilation needed to achieve a certain air quality. Professional version also covers bioaerosols and tracer gases and offers screen-graph capability.
Basic version (DOS) and Professional version (Windows 3.1 and Windows 95)
Tiatem Engineering, Available from Cutter Information Corp., 37 Broadway, Suite 1,
Arlington, MA 02174-5552, Fax (617) 648-1950