Sustainability

Global Green
Global Green is working to address some of the greatest challenges facing humanity. In the United States our work is primarily focused on stemming global climate change by creating green buildings and cities.

Go Green Initiative
The Go Green Initiative is a simple, comprehensive program designed to create a culture of environmental responsibility on school campuses across the nation.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Sustainability
The Sustainability Program of EPA’s Office of Research and Development maintains one-stop access to EPA and related programs and the latest research and activities related to urban sustainability, water and ecosystem services, energy, biofuels, climate change, materials management and human health.

Sustainable Hospitals
Sustainable Hospitals provides technical support to the healthcare industry for selecting products and work practices that reduce occupational and environmental hazards, maintain quality patient care and contain costs.

Green Design and Building

Building Materials Reuse Association
The Building Materials Reuse Association is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to facilitate building deconstruction and the reuse/recycling of recovered building materials.

Energy and Environmental Building Association
The Energy and Environmental Building Association provides education and resources to transform the residential design, development and construction industries to profitably deliver energy efficient and environmentally responsible buildings and communities.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Green Building
This is the gateway to EPA’s related programs such as Energy Star, indoor air, smart growth, environmentally preferable building products, construction & demolition.

Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Institute is an independent, entrepreneurial, non-profit think-and-do tank. The mission is to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources.

The American Institute of Architects – Committee on the Environment
The Committee on the Environment (COTE) works to advance, disseminate and advocate—to the profession, the building industry, the academy and the public—design practices that integrate built and natural systems and enhance both the design quality and environmental performance of the built environment.

US Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a nonprofit composed of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.

U.S. Green Building Council – Building Green Schools
The Building Green Schools program facilitates LEED standards within K-12 schools and higher education buildings to improve children’s health, productivity and learning capacity while also helping school buildings to be more energy-efficient and resource- friendly.

World Green Building Council
The World Green Building Council is a union of national councils whose mission is to accelerate the transformation of the built environment towards sustainability.

Energy

Energy Star
Energy Star is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy-efficient products and practices.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Clean Energy
EPA’s Clean Energy program is working with state policy makers, electric and gas utilities, energy customers and other key stakeholders to identify, design and implement clean energy policy and technology solutions.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partnership
The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that supports the organizational procurement of green power by offering expert advice, technical support, tools and resources.

International Energy Agency
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an intergovernmental organization that acts as energy policy advisor to 28 member countries in their effort to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for their citizens.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is the nation’s primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.

Sustainable Energy Coalition
Sustainable Energy Coalition members advocate federal energy policies that will lead to a cleaner environment, safe reliable energy technologies, and a secure, prosperous future for all Americans.

Union of Concerned Scientists – Clean Energy
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is the leading science-based non-profit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. UCS combines independent scientific research and citizen action to develop innovative, practical solutions and to secure responsible changes in government policy, corporate practices and consumer choices.

US Department of Energy (DOE) – Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) works to strengthen the United States’ energy security, environmental quality and economic vitality in public-private partnerships.

US Department of Energy (DOE) – Federal Energy Management Program
The Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program’s (FEMP) mission is to facilitate the federal government’s implementation of sound, cost-effective energy management and investment practices to enhance the nation’s energy security and environmental stewardship.

Carbon

Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA)
Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) is a massive database containing information on the carbon emissions of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies in every country on Earth.

Carbonfund.org
Carbonfund.org is leading the fight against global warming, making it easy and affordable for any individual, business or organization to reduce and offset their climate impact and hastening the transformation to a clean energy future.

Chicago Climate Exchange
Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) operates North America’s only cap and trade system for all six greenhouse gases, with global affiliates and projects worldwide.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the leading body for the assessment of climate change, established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to provide the world with a clear scientific view on the current state of climate change and its potential environmental and socioeconomic consequences.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Carbon Management
NASA engages the nation’s science community, sponsors scientific research, and develops and deploys satellites and probes in collaboration with partners around the world to answer fundamental questions requiring the view from and into space.

US Department of Energy (DOE) – Energy Information Administration
The Energy Information Administration provides policy-neutral data, forecasts and analyses to promote sound policy making, efficient markets and public understanding regarding energy and its interaction with the economy and the environment.

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The EPA’s resource on greenhouse gas emissions, inventories, trends and projections.