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Green Building Advice, Standards, and Canadian Resources
Building Green
Directory of green/sustainable building links, resources, organizations, jobs, courses and events.
Green Building Links
About Green Building / Sustainable Building:
What is Green Building? (more)
Green Building Councils/Networks/Organizations
Canadian Green Building Council (CaGBC)
Ontario Centre for Green Building Design and Development
Cascadia Green Building Council
Green Building Education, Training, Workshops, Courses & Events in Canada:
Green Building Events, Workshops, Courses
Green Building Jobs:
Canada: Green Building Jobs at GoodWork Canada | CaGBC | Light House (BC)
USA: USGBC | USA Jobs in Green Building
More: Canadian green job sites
Green Buildings For Sale or Rent
EcoProperty Canada – eco-houses/homes, buildings, property, real estate for sale or rent in Canada
Specific Approaches and Standards
Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)
What is LEED?
Passive House / Passivhaus / Passive Building (Editor’s note: encompasses much more than “passive solar“)
What is a Passive House?
Canadian Passive House Institute
Net Zero / Zero-energy Building
Zero-energy building
Net-zero Energy Home Coalition (Canada)
Natural Resources Canada (article)
Active House / Aktivhaus — generates more heat and power than it needs
Natural Building
Wikipedia | Google Directory | Search
Strawbale Ontario Strawbale Building Coalition (more) (more)
Earth Construction – includes Adobe, Cob, Wattle and daub, Earth bag, Rammed earth, Stone
Timber Framing
Green Roofs | Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (more)
Self-sufficient Homes / Autonomous Building
Autonomous Building (more)
Renewable Energy (either grid-connected or off-the-grid)
Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA) |
Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA)
http://www.windenergyevent.ca/
British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association
Ecovillages
Ecovillages are frequently built with green and/or natural techniques and extend the concept to the design of the whole community. What is an Ecovillage? (2) | Ecovillage Network of Canada | What is Cohousing? | Cohousing in Canada
Lists of Ecovillages & Eco-Communities:
Worldwide: Global Ecovillage Network (source) | FIC (Communities Directory)
Google Directory | Wikipedia's List of Ecovillages
Canada: Intentional communities in Canada | More (click "directory") | Cohousing
Google Search | Ecovillages listed on EcoProperty Canada
Europe: GEN-Europe | Diggers and Dreamers | Eurotopia | Wikipedia
USA: Ecovillage Network of the Americas | Communities Directory
Ecovillage News: USA | Canada
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