Reimagining Alternative Technology for Design in the 21st Century by Díaz Alonso, Hernán, et al., Environment[al] exhibition discussion, Southern California Institute of Architecture, June 15, 2018 (streaming video via YouTube). 71 minute duration.
2030 PALETTE, a database of sustainable design tools and resources (a project of Architecture 2030)
Advanced Building Construction Initiative (Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy)
AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE)
Building Green (formerly Environmental Building News)
Energy Design Resources Design Briefs
Green Building Standards, County of Los Angeles, 2022
Green Building Standards, State of California, 2019 (via MADCAD with your SCI-Arc username & password)
Green Spec (over 2,200 environmentally preferable products selected by editors at BuildingGreen)
Guidelines for Equitable Community Involvement in Building & Development Projects and Policies (NAACP)
Livable Communities Initiative (Los Angeles-based urbanists, architects, and activists addressing the housing, mobility and climate crisis)
Material Connexion (access with your SCI-Arc username & password)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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"Special Energy Insert," L.A. Architect, December 1977
Whole Earth Epilog: access to tools, Point (Foundation), Oversize-TS199.W49 1974
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"The Architecture of Ecology," Architectural Design, January/February 1997 (Theme issue)
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"Green Architecture," Architectural Review, September 1990 (Theme issue)
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Walker, Stuart, The environment, product aesthetics and surface, Design Issues , Autumn 1995, p.15-27
Watson, Donald, “Architecture, technology, and environment,” Journal of Architectural Education, November 1997, p.119-126
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Gissen, David, Big & Green: toward sustainable architecture in the 21st century, Princeton Architectural Press, NA2542.36 B54 2002
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Mendler, Sandra, et al., The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design, Wiley, NA2542.36 M46 2006
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Costa Duran, Sergi & Julio Fajardo Herrero, The Sourcebook of Contemporary Green Architecture, NA2542.36 C68 2010
Hiroaki, Suzuki, Transforming cities with transit: transit and land-use integration for sustainable urban development, World Bank Publications, 2013 (via Ebook Central)
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Aubel, Marjan van, Solar futures : how to design a post-fossil world with the sun, JAP SAM Books, NK1590.S65 A93 2022
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Material Cultures, Material reform : building for a post-carbon future, Mack, NA2542.35 .M375 2024
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Ching, Francis D. K., Green building illustrated, Wiley, TH880 .C48 2014
California Green Buildings Standards, 2019 (Title 24, Part 11)
County of Los Angeles Green Building Standards, 2022
ELAW (Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide), e-digest featuring pivotal cases related to climate change and the environment
ICC, International Energy Conservation Code, 2021
McDonough, William, "Principles, practices and sustainable design: Toward a new context for building codes," Perspecta, 2004, #35 (Building Codes theme issue) (via JSTOR)
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Sammartino, Annemarie, Freedomland : Co-op City and the story of New York, Cornell University Press, 2022 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
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Advanced Building Construction Initiative (Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy)
Asensio Quesada, Sergio, Down to earth : rammed earth architecture, booq publishing, NA4145.P5 A84 2023
Association for Environment-Conscious Building (UK-based professional organization)
Becher, Brooke & Matthew Urwin, "12 examples of 3D-printed houses," Built In, updated October 14, 2024
Building Services Research and Information Association (BSRIA)
Ching, Francis D. K. & Ian Shapiro, Green building illustrated, Wiley, TH880 .C48 2014 (also via Ebook Central)
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Dunn, Caroline & Wilfredo Paz, Hemp lime illustrated : architectural details & specifications for residential hand cast applications, BIOBUILD, Office-TA664 .D86 2024
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Minke, Gernot, Building with bamboo : design and technology of a sustainable architecture, Birkhäuser, NA4145.B35 M56 2023
Powell Center for Construction & Environment
Stanwix, William & Alex Sparrow, The hempcrete book : designing and building with hemp-lime, Green Books, TA664 .S73 2014
Thompson, Boyce, Innovations in mass timber : sequestering carbon with style in commercial buildings, Schiffer, TH1111 .T46 2024
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ZHAW School of Architecture, Design and Civil Enigineering, et al (editors), Reuse in construction : a compendium of circular architecture, Park Books, NA2542.36 .R487 2022
Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling
Falk, Robert H., Unbuilding : salvaging the architectural treasures of unwanted houses, Taunton, TH449 .F35 2007
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Li, Ang, “Taking Stock,” Journal of Architectural Education (1984-), Vol.73, #2, 2019, p.218–29 (PDF via JSTOR)
Torgal, Fernando Pacheco (editor), Handbook of recycled concrete and demolition waste, Elsevier Science & Technology, 2013 (via Ebook Central)
Anani, Nader, Renewable energy technologies and resources, Artech House, 2020 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Aubel, Marjan van, Solar futures : how to design a post-fossil world with the sun, JAP SAM Books, NK1590.S65 A93 2022
Benjamin, David (editor), Embodied energy and design : making architecture between metrics and narratives, Lars Müller Publishers, NA2542.36 .E47 2017
California Public Utilities Commission
Ching, Francis D. K. & Steven R. Winkel, "Energy Efficiency (International Energy Conservation Code)", in Building codes illustrated : a guide to understanding the 2021 international building code, Wiley, TH420 .C49 2022
Custom Builder (formerly Solar Builder. Bound volumes in the stacks.)
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Energy Design Resources Design Briefs
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN) (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands
Ford, Alan, et al., Creating the regenerative school, ORO Editions, LB3241.2 .F67 2024
Garcia-German, Javier, Thermodynamic interactions: an exploration into material, physiological and territorial atmospheres, ActarD, NA2542.35 .G37 2017
H2 International: the e-journal on hydrogen and fuel cells
Hemsath, Timothy & Kaveh Alagheh Bandhosseini, Energy modeling in architectural design, Routledge, NA2542.3 .H46 2018
Hinson, David & Justin Miller, Designed for Habitat : collaborations with Habitat for Humanity, Routledge, NA2543.S6 H56 2023
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Robertson, Margaret, Sustainability principles and practice, Routledge, HC79.E5 R6243 2017
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Gardetti, Miguel Angel & Senthilkannan Muthu (editors), Handbook of sustainable luxury textiles and fashion, Volume 1, Springer Singapore, 2015, and Volume 2, (2016) (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Goldsworthy, Kate, et al., "Circular speeds : a review of fast & slow sustainable design approaches for fashion & textile applications" (2019), The textile reader, edited by Jessica Hemmings, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, NK8804 .T49 2023
Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan & Miguel Angel Gardetti (editors), Sustainable fibres for fashion industry, Volume 1 & Volume 2, Springer Singapore, 2016 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Pandit, Pintu, et al. (editors), Recycling from waste in fashion and textiles : a sustainable and circular economic approach, John Wiley & Sons, 2020 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
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Mudgirls Natural Building Collective, Mudgirls manifesto : handbuilt homes, handcrafted lives, New Society Publishers, 2018 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
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Arsenault, Peter J., “Designing green: the seen and the unseen: integrating components to achieve holistic performance,” Architectural Record, October 2017, p.134-146
Arizona Solar Center, Passive Solar Heating and Cooling Design
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Kreider, Jan F., The Solar Heating Design Process: active and passive systems, McGraw-Hill, TH7413.K74
Lechner, Norbert, Heating, Cooling, Lighting: sustainable design methods for architects, John Wiley & Sons, 2015 (via Ebook Central)
Rojas, Gabriel, et al, “Efficient and low-cost design of comfort ventilation systems,” Detail green, 2016, #1, p.52-59
Stryi-Hipp, Gerhard (editor), Renewable heating and cooling : technologies and applications, Elsevier Science & Technology, 2016 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Elvin, George, Post-petroleum design, Routledge, TS171.4 .E48 2015
Franklin, Kate & Caroline Till, Radical matter : rethinking materials for a sustainable future, Thames & Hudson, TS171.4 .F72 2018
Harper, Kristine H., Aesthetic sustainability : product design and sustainable usage, Taylor & Francis, 2018 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Kääriäinen, Pirjo, et al., The Chemarts cookbook, Aalto University, School of Art and Design, NK1520 .C44 2020
Lucas, Dorian, Green design, Volumes 1& 2, Braun, TS171.4 .L825 2013
"Products," Metropolis, Vol.44, #3, June 2024 (Theme issue)
Resnick, Elizabeth (editor), The social design reader, Bloomsbury, TS171 .R47 2019
Solanki, Seetal, Why materials matter : responsible design for a better world, Prestel, NK1520 .S65 2018
Walker, Stuart, et al. (editors), Design roots : culturally significant designs, products and practices, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Bélanger, Pierre, Landscape as infrastructure : a base primer, Routledge, SB472 .B3585 2017
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Harris, Charles W. et al. (editors), Time-saver standards for landscape architecture : design and construction data, McGraw-Hill, SB475.9.S72 T55 1998
Jodidio, Philip, Rooftops : islands in the sky, Taschen, SB419.5 .J64 2016
Mell, Ian, Green infrastructure planning: reintergrating landscape in urban planning, Lund Humphries, HT166 .M45 2019
National Priorities List (NPL) documents known hazardous waste sites and provides site descriptions. Sites can also be searched by state (via U.S. EPA)
Nghia, Vo Trong & Takashi Niwa, Going green with vertical landscapes, Images Publishing, NA2542.36 .G65 2017
Reed, Chris & Nina-Marie Lister (editors), Projective ecologies, Actar, SB472.45 .P76 2020
Slaney, Scott (editor), Stormwater management for sustainable urban environments, Images Publishing, TD657 .S52 2016
Soil & Water Conservation Society
Superfund Site Assessment Process explains hazardous site assessment and designations (via U.S. EPA)
Wilkinson, Sara & Tim Dixon (editors), Green roof retrofit : building urban resilience, John Wiley & Sons, 2016 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Wilson, Alex, “Natural landscaping: native plants and planting strategies for green development,” July 2005, (via Building Green)
What LEED Is (US Green Building Council)
Auer, Thomas, et al, “Sustainability beyond LEED: integrating performative delight in the built environment,” Perspecta, 2012, v.45, p.177-184 (via JSTOR)
Koralturk, A. Togay, LEED Green Associate V4 exam, [self published], TH880 .K672 2016
Meisel, Ari, LEED Materials: a resource guide, Princeton Architectural Press, 2010 (via Ebook Central)
Yudelson, Jerry, Reinventing green building : why certification systems aren't working and what we can do about it, New Society Publishers, Limited, 2016 (via Ebook Central)
The Centre for Sustainable Design (“research on eco-design and broader sustainability considerations in product and service development”)
Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing (via Internet Archive)
Davim, J. Paulo, Sustainable manufacturing, John Wiley & Sons, 2010 (via Ebook Central)
McDonough, William, Cradle to Cradle: remaking the way we make things, North Point Press, Office-TD794.5.M395 2002
Boettger, Till & Ulrike Knauer (editors), Mono-Material : monolithic, homogeneous and circular construction, Birkhäuser, TD196.B85 M65 2023
Carbon Smart Materials Palette (Architecture 2030 project)
Dent, Andrew, "Recycled, reclaimed, waste, and rapidly renewable materials," in Embodied energy and design : making architecture between metrics and narratives, edited by David Benjamin, Lars Müller Publishers, NA2542.36 .E47 2017
Eekhout, Mick, et al (editors), Cardboard in architecture, IOS Press, 2008 (via Ebook Central)
Ferrer, Carla, et al., (editors), Touch wood : material, architecture, future, Lars Müller Publishers, TH1101 .T68 2023
Golden, Elizabeth, Building from tradition : local materials and methods in contemporary architecture, Routledge, NA687 .G65 2018
Green Spec (over 2,200 environmentally preferable products selected by editors at BuildingGreen)
Grinwald, Mikhail & Chelsea Spencer, “A conversation on mushrooms,” Log, Fall 2014, #32, p.149-152 (via JSTOR)
Hebel, Dirk E. & Felix Heisel, Cultivated Building Materials, Birkhäuser, TA683.C92 2017
Hillebrandt, Annette, et al., Manual of recycling : buildings as sources of materials, Detail Business Information, TD794.5 .H5513 2019
Material Connexion - Global platform for material solutions and innovations
Plastics: Material - Specific Data - Facts and figures about materials, waste and recycling (via epa.gov)
Ruby, Ilka & Andreas Ruby (editors), The materials book, Ruby Press, NA2542.36 .M38 2020
Schoof, Jakob, “Vintage design or conservation of resources?” Detail green, 2015, #1, p.6-11
Smartwood (Rainforest Alliance)
Solanki, Seetal, Why materials matter : responsible design for a better world, Prestel, NK1520 .S65 2018
Supplementary Cementitious Materials (via nahb.org)
Taylor, Glenda, "The best low-VOC paints for the chemical-conscious painter," May 31, 2024 (via bobvila.com)
Whole Building Design Guide: Sustainable
Wilton, Oliver & Matthew Barnett Howland, “Cork: An Historical Overview of Its Use in Building Construction,” Construction History, Vol.35, #1, 2020, p.1–22 (PDF via JSTOR)
REUSE = Reusing a building or its components with the intent of extending a building or component's lifespan - i.e. reusing wood floor planks, doors, or other architectural elements.
Andreu Bach, David, Container architecture : prefab, affordable, movable, sustainable and modular living, Loft Publications / Monsa Publications, NA8480 .A53 2023
Clifford, Brandon, et al., The cannibal's cookbook : mining myths of cyclopean constructions, ORO Editions, NA4119 .C55 2021
Craswell, Penny, Reclaimed : new homes from old materials, Thames & Hudson, TH4860 .C73 2023
Cummer, Katie & Lynne D. DiStefano (editors), Asian revitalization: adaptive reuse in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore, Hong Kong University Press, NA2793 .A87 2021
Dwyer, Daron, Shipping container homes : building a home using containers, [Place of publication not identified], NA2542.36 D89 2020
Gorgolewski, Mark, Resource salvation : the architecture of reuse, John Wiley & Sons, 2018 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
IBO-Austrian Institute for Building and Ecology, Details for passive houses: renovation: a catalogue of ecologically rated constructions, Birkhäuser, NA2542.36 .D48 2017
Klanten, Robert, et al (editors), Building for change : the architecture of creative reuse, Gestalten, NA2793 .B855 2022
L'Heureux, Erik G. & Giovanni Cossu (editors), Renovating carbon, Oro Editions, NA2542.36 .R46 2022
Plevoets, Bie & Koenraad Van Cleempoel, Adaptive reuse of the built heritage : concepts and cases of an emerging discipline, Routledge, TH3401 .P59 2019
Stockhammer, Daniel (editor), Upcycling : reuse and repurposing as a design principle in architecture, Universität Liechtenstein; Triest, NA2542.36 .U6313 2021
Stone, Sally, UnDoing buildings : adaptive reuse and cultural memory, Routledge, NA105 .S75 2020
Stricker, Eva, et al. (editors), Reuse in construction : a compendium of circular architecture, Park Books, NA2542.36 .R487 2022
Sullivan, C. C., “Disruptive – and green,” Architectural Record, November 2015, p.192-199 (includes recycled flooring)
REPURPOSE = Remodeling for other use without significant alteration - i.e., converting a train depot into a school.
Arnaud, Michel, Cool is everywhere : new and adaptive design across America, Abrams, NA2542.36 .A76 2020
Barasch, Daniel, Ruin and redemption in architecture, Phaidon Press, NA2793 .B365 2019
Roorda, Ruurd & Bas Kegge, Vital architecture : tools for durability, nai010 publishers, NA687 .V58 2016
RETROFIT = Typically refers to the installation of new, more efficient building systems.
Agar, Betsy, and Rajeev Kotha, Reframed Initiative: Outcomes and Analysis: A Study of Six Best-in-Class Deep Retrofit Schematic Designs, Pembina Institute, 2024 (PDF via JSTOR)
Fallast, Marie-Therese, et al., “Systematically Retrofitting City Streets: Meeting the Demands of Climate Change through Multifunctional Climate-Responsive Street Gardens,” Urbani Izziv, Vol.32, #1, 2021, p.111–22 (PDF via JSTOR)
Talen, Emily (editor), Retrofitting sprawl : addressing seventy years of failed urban form, University of Georgia Press, 2015 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Wilkinson, Sara & Tim Dixon (editors), Green roof retrofit : building urban resilience, John Wiley & Sons, 2016 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Christensen, Thomas, Solid Waste Technology & Management, John Wiley & Sons, 2011 (via Ebook Central)
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre (“for improved, low-cost water supply, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries”)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Using graywater and stormwater to enhance local water supplies : an assessment of risks, costs, and benefits, National Academies Press, 2016 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Trabold, Thomas & Callie W. Babbitt (editors), Sustainable food waste-to-energy systems, Elsevier Science & Technology, 2018 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Waste360 Magazine, formerly Waste Age
Arndt, Wulf-Holger (editor), Mobility and transportation : concepts for sustainable transportation in future megacities, Jovis, HE305 .M635 2014
Bragança, Luís, Sustainable Urban Development : Topics, Trends and Solutions, Institute of Physics Publishing, 2022 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Cervero, Robert, et al., Beyond mobility : planning cities for people and places, Island Press, 2017 (via Proquest Ebook Central)
Cummer, Katie & Lynne D. DiStefano (editors), Asian revitalization : adaptive reuse in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore, Hong Kong University Press, NA2793 .A87 2021
Friedman, Avi, Smart homes and communities : fostering sustainable architecture, Images, NA2542.36 .F75 2018
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