Resources
Please contact the City Green Team for assistance with City of Los Angeles green building projects. For other resources, the following links offer much useful information:
NON-CITY UTILITY REBATE PROGRAMS
Metropolitan Water District
www.bewaterwise.com
Southern California Gas Company
www.socalgas.com/energyefficiency
GREEN BUILDING BASICS
Eco-Home Network
www.ecohome.org
Environmental Building Nnews
www.buildinggreen.com
Environmental & Construction Magazine
www.edcmag.com
Global Green USA
Green Building Resource Center
www.globalgreen.org/gbrc/index.htm
Green Home Guide
www.greenhomeguide.com
Greener Buildings
www.greenerbuildings.com
Healthy Building Network
www.healthybuilding.net
Home Eenergy Saver
www.homeenergysaver.lbl.gov
LACOMAX
www.ladpw.org/epd/lacomax
Natural Rresources Ddefense Council
www.nrdc.org/cities
Rocky Mountain Institute
www.rmi.org
US Department of Energy
Energy Eefficiency & Renewable
www.eere.energy.gov/buildings
TOOLS FOR BUILDING GREEN
BEES (Building for Environmental
& Economic Sustainability)
www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees.html
California Integrated Waste Management Board
Sustainable Building Tool Kit
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/
Construction Wwaste Calculator
www.wastematch.org/reuse/calculator.htm
Southface Eenergy Institute
www.southface.org
Low Impact Lliving
www.lowimpactliving.com
Sustainable Wworks
www.sustainableworks.org
Whole Building Design Guide
www.wbdg.org
MATERIALS & PRODUCTS
Environmental Hhome Center
www.environmentalhomecenter.com
GreenSpec Ddirectory
Building Greens Product
www.buildinggreen.com
Oikos-Green Building Products & Nnews
www.oikos.com
GREEN BUILDING PROGRAMS
Leadership in Energy &
Environmental Design (LEED)
www.usgbc.org/LEED
Build It Green
www.builditgreen.org
California Green Builder Program
www.cagreenbuilder.org
Collaborative for High-
Performance Schools (CHPS)
www.chps.net
Energy Star
www.energystar.gov
Green Communities Initiative
www.enterprisefoundation.org/resources/green
INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS
American Institute of Architects
www.aia.org
American Planning Association
www.planning.org
The American Society of Landscape Architects
www.asla.org
California Building Industry Association
www.cbia.org
Los Angeles Business Council
http://www.labusinesscouncil.org/
THIRD PARTY CERTIFIED
MATERIALS & PRODUCTS
California Integrated Waste Management Board Recycled-Content
www.ciwmb.ca.gov/rcp
Carpet & Rug Institute
www.carpet-rug.com
Forest Stewardship Council
www.fscus.org
GreenGuard
www.greenguard.org
Green Seal
www.greenseal.org
Scientific Certification Systems
www.scscertified.com
US Environmentally Preferable Products Database
www.epa.gov/oppintintr/epp
LANDSCAPING & HABITAT
California Native Plant Society
www.cnps.org
Hollywood Beautification Team
www.hbteam.org
Korean Youth Community Center
www.kyccla.org
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
www.lacorps.org
Los Angeles County Landscaping Guidelines
http://ladpw.org/wmd/watershed/la/larmp_construction_gdlns.cfm
North East Trees
www.northeasttrees.org
TreePeople
www.treepeople.org
Theodore Payne Foundation
www.theodorepayne.org "