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:

 

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.

 

Haverford
Haverford has taken an inventory of its greenhouse gas emissions and is creating its own Climate Action Plan.

 

Chester County Citizens for Climate Change

National/Global Links

 
 

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


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