GREEN BUILDING BIBLIOGRAPHY

California Academy of Sciences Library

WORLD WIDE WEB

ArchitectureWeek Online Library & Archive – Green Architecture

http://www.architectureweek.com/topics/green.html

Aspects of green architecture are featured in this page from Architecture week.

Building Environmental Science and Technology

http://www.nrg-builder.com/greenhome-basics.htm

Special report simplifying green building objectives.

California Academy of Sciences -- Press Release for New Academy Building

http://www.calacademy.org/geninfo/newsroom/releases/NewAcademy_0702.html

Did you know that we’re planning a new building?  New Facility to be an environmentally-sensitive “green” building that will blend with Golden Gate Park

Environmentally Responsible Design

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Brown_Is_Green/greenarch/

“Environmentally responsible design has the objective of designing, constructing and retrofitting buildings to minimize the environmental impacts of the construction process and over the life of the building.”  Brown University’s page on ERD contains information on their projects as well as resource pages on green architecture.

Green Architecture

http://www.green-architecture.com/links.htm

Links, links, and more links.

Green Architecture and Sustainable Living

http://outreach.missouri.edu/edninfo/sustain.htm

Environmental design directory of links from the College of Human Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Design, University of Missouri-Columbia.

Green Building Concepts

http://architecture.about.com/msubgreen.htm

What is Green Architecture? What is Arcology? These resources provide an overview of ideas and philosophies related to sustainable development and the relationship between architecture and ecology.

Green Engineering Program

http://www.epa.gov/oppt/greenengineering/whats_ge.html

The Environmental Protection Agency’s site on green engineering, its programs and concepts.

Green Roofs.com

http://www.greenroofs.com/north_american_cases.htm

North American case studies for buildings and designs with green roofs.

Renzo Piano Bibliography

http://www.calacademy.org/research/library/biodiv/biblio/piano.htm

Link to information about Piano’s projects and find information on books and articles available in the Academy library.

Solar Energy International

http://www.solarenergy.org/sites.html

Numerous links to related web sites.

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BOOKS

Baggs, S. The Healthy House. Sydney, Australia; San Francisco, CA: HarperCollins, 1996. Pub TH6057 .A6 B34 1996.

Buchanan, Peter. The Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Complete Works. London: Phaidon Press, c1993-. Main NA1123 .P47 A4 1993 v1-4.

Flavin, Christopher. Energy and Architecture: The Solar and Conservation Potential. Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute, 1980. Main TJ163.5 .B84 F52.

Imhoff, Dan. Building with Vision: Optimizing and Finding Alternatives to Wood. Healdsburg, CA: Watershed Media, c2001. Pub TA403.6 .I44 2001.

Present Value: Constructing a Sustainable Future. Sacramento: Office of Appropriate Technology, 1979. Main TJ163.4 .U6 C34 1979.

Renzo Piano: Logbook. New York: Monacelli Press, 1997. Main NA1123 .P47 R4513 1997.

Schaefer, Valentin and Sulek, Marty. Green Links: Connecting Ecosystem Fragments in the City. New Westminster, B.C.: Douglas College, Institute of Urban Ecology, c1997. Biodiv QH106.2 .B7 S32 1997.

Todd, Nancy J. and John. Bioshelters, Ocean Arks, City Farming: Ecology as the Basis of Design. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, c1984. Main GF50 .T66 1984.

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Brown, Laurie Krasny and Marc Brown. Dinosaurs to the Rescue!: A Guide to Protecting our Planet. Boston: Little, Brown, c1992. Biodiv Juv TD171.7 .B76 1992.

Gershon, David. Journey for the Planet: A Kid's Five Week Adventure to Create an Earth-Friendly Life. Woodstock, N.Y.: Global Action Plan for the Earth, c1994. Biodiv QH541.5 .G47 1994.

Laden, Nina. Roberto, The Insect Architect. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, c2000. Pub Juv QL467.2 .L32 2000.

Wilkinson, Philip. Super Structures. New York: DK Pub., Inc.; Boston: Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co., c1996. Pub Juv TA634 .W54 1996.

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VIDEOS

Co-Dependent Ecology. Ventura, CA: Midway Productions, c1991. Biodiv Media TJ163.5 .D86 C6 1991.

Green Means. [San Francisco: KQED]. Chapel Hill, NC: Environmental Media, c1994. Biodiv GE80 .G74 1994.

Sustainable Environments. Los Osos, CA: San Luis Video Publishing, c1994. Biodiv HC79 .E5 S93 1994.

Tomorrow's Energy Today, the Energy Efficiency Option. [National Renewable Energy Laboratory]. Arlington, VA: VideoTakes, Inc., [1993] Biodiv TJ808 .T65 1993.

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Materials with call numbers Pub, Pub Juv, Biodiv, and Biodiv Juv are available for loan to Academy members.

updated: June 2003 -- url updates June 2003