Wind turbines on buildings could produce electricity where it's needed and catch high winds above ground level. However, wind turbulence, safety, cost, and poor performance all make building-integrated wind a limited strategy, according to this article from Environmental Building News.
Contact USGBC to obtain a final project scorecard if project team cannot locate it.
Search for green power and carbon offset providers. Also, Includes information on all types of renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency.
Search for green power or carbon offset providers by location. Understand Green-e standards to demonstrate equivalency.
A fascinating study of how buildings evolve or disintegrate after they're "finished," and how to design for their ongoing evolution. Great photos and anecdotes throughout illustrate Stewart Brand's theories, which are a compelling and easy read. A great book for lovers of old buildings, but also for those building new buildings that they wish to have a long, rich life.
This Audubon chapter takes a leadership role in reducing bird collisions with buildings. The chapter publishes Bird-Safe Building Guidelines, conducts monitoring, and, through its Project Safe Flight, promotes bird-friendly design.
Initiated the Bird-Friendly Building Development Program for the City of Toronto, FLAP monitors and promotes bird-friendly design.
This site offers free daylighting simulation software from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
This Environmental Design + Construction article provides a solid introduction to daylighting.
This website details Innovative Design researchers Michael Nicklas and Gary Bailey’s 1996 study of 3 daylight schools in North Carolina.