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BLUER has compiled links for the following Green Resources topics. This list is by no means exhaustive, but can provide a starting point for you to find out more information on topics of interest to you.

  • Local Emissions Reduction Programs and Policy
  • Recent Studies and Report
  • Climate Change Research
  • Buildings/Energy/Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics
  • High Performance Building Design
  • Green Building Materials
  • Renewable Energy Technologies
  • Water Conservation

    Local Links

    Doylestown Borough
    With its "Green Points" building permit program, Doylestown offers financial incentives to builders who make efforts to conserve fossil fuels, water and other natural resources; reuse and recycle construction materials; and reduce solid waste.
    Click on "Green Points Info" and "Green Points Worksheet" at the bottom of this page:
    http://www.marpletwp.com/index.html

    Media Borough
    Media has committed to becoming a "Clean Energy Community" by the year 2010, purchases clean electricity, and has installed at least 7 solar panels on municipal buildings.
    http://www.mediaborough.com/departments/pw_environmental.asp

    Haverford
    Haverford has taken an inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions and is creating its own Climate Action Plan.
    http://209.43.125.155/egov/docs/1208528514_638061.pdf

    Chester County Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Task Force

    Chester County Citizens for Climate Change

    Montgomery County GHG Task Force
    Governor Rendell’s Energy Independence Strategy

    National/Global Links

    Architecture 2030
    1Sky

    Recent Studies and Report


    May, 2008 - The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States. http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-3/final-report/default.htm
    May 2008 – Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States
    http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/scientific-assessment/

    Climate Change Research

    UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
    National Center for Atmospheric Research
    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    U.S. Global Change Research Information Office
    NASA Earth Observatory
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography
    Hadley Center for Climate Prediction and Research
    Pew Center on global Climate Change
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
    Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research
    UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP)
    Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
    A Near-Realtime Arctic Change Indicator Website

    Buildings/Energy/Greenhouse Gas Emissions Statistics

    U.S. Energy Information Administration
    International Energy Agency
    U.S. Department of Energy, 2005 Buildings Energy Data Book

    High Performance Building Design

    American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE)
    United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
    Delaware Valley Green Building Council (DVGBC)
    U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy
    Savings by Design
    Energy Design Resources
    ArchitectureWeek, Environment
    Energy and Environmental Building Association
    Energy Star
    Building Green
    NREL, Center for Buildings and Thermal Systems
    Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Environmental Energy Technologies
    Sustainable Metropolis

    Green Building Materials

    Green Depot – Philadelphia based green building supply store
    Environmental Home Store - Philadelphia based green building supply store
    Sustainable Building Sourcebook
    National Institute of Standards and Technology, BEES 3.0
    Athena Sustainable Materials Institute
    Green Seal
    Minnesota Sustainable Building Products and Material:
    Building Green - GreenSpec (subscription)

    Renewable Energy Technologies

    Department of Energy, Renewable Energy Technologies
    National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    American Solar Energy Society
    International Solar Energy Society

    Water Conservation

    WaterWiser – The water efficiency clearinghouse