USEFUL
GREEN LINKS
AECB
http://www.aecb.net
The Association of Environmentally Conscious Builders-UK
Big Green
http://www.biggreen.org/
The Big Green Discussion Group
EASCA.
http://www.easca.ie
The Irish association for ecological construction companies
BRE
Building Research Establishment
http://www.bre.co.uk/
UKs leading research organisation on sustainable building and building
generally.
Construct Ireland Magazine
Irelands premier sustainable construction periodical
http://www.constructireland.ie/
Breeam
http://products.bre.co.uk/breeam/default.html
BRE's assessment method.
Centre For
Alternative Technology.
http://www.cat.org.uk
The legendary CAT in Wales, 25 years of inspiration and on the job learning in
green building.
Chartered
Institution Of Building Services Engineers.
UK CIBSE
http://www.cibse.org/
Useful source of many types of information on the technology of green (and
other) buildings
City of
Dublin Energy Management Agency.
http://www.codema.ie/
CODEMA provide invaluable information on energy efficiency and water saving
appliances
Terre
http://terre.grenoble.archi.fr/accueil.php
Frances innovative earth building centre.
In Situ
Rammed Earth Co
www.rammed-earth.info
A new UK company specialising in this most pleasing form of earth friendly
building.
Ecological
Design Collaborative
http://www.ecodesign.org
Sim
van Der Ryn’s ecological design collaborative based in California. Sim Van Der
Ryn is the founder of the discipline of ecological design.
Energy
Research Group:
University College Dublin
http://erg.ucd.ie/
00 353 1 269 2750
Cultivate
Centre
http://www.cultivate.ie/
Irelands fantastic sustainability education centre in Dublin.
Environmental
Building News.
http://www.buildinggreen.com/
Site of the US publication Environmental Building News.
Feilden
Clegg Bradley Architects
http://www.feildenclegg.com
Feilden Clegg Bradley, prominent UK design architects for large scale energy
efficient and ecologically designed buildings
Forestry
Stewardship Council FSC
http://www.fsc.org/en/
Website of The Forestry Stewardship Council, the worlds leading network for
sustainable forestry accreditation group
GAIA Group
http://www.gaiagroup.org/
The Gaia Group of ecological Architects across Europe
Green
Builder Programme
Austin, Texas. USA
http://www.greenbuilder.com/general/BuildingSources.html
The City of Austin Texas's innovative Green Builder Programme.
Greenmaps
http://www.greenmap.org
Home of the worlds green maps for cities
Green
Roofs
http://www.greenroofs.com/
The homepage of Linda S. Velazquez with comprehensive studies of green and
grass
International
Dark Sky Association
http://www.darksky.org/
Web page containing the International Dark Sky Association's guidelines on
reducing light pollution.
Living
Machines
http://www.worrellwater.com/products_lm.html
Website of Living Machines Inc one of two companies who hold patents on the
Living Machine water treatment systems of Dr John Todd.
John T
Lyle Centre For Regenerative Studies
http://www.csupomona.edu/~crs/
The excellent demonstration and education centre in southern California.
Oberlin
University
http://www.oberlin.edu/ajlc/ajlcHome.html
The remarkable Lewis Centre for Environmental Studies, Ohio.
With a new building designed by William MacDonough and Partners
Perma-culture
http://www.permaculture.co.uk/
The Magazine dedicated to the other way of being an ecological designer.
Real Goods
http://www.realgoods.com/
Real Good’s Solar living Centre and shop, a holistic passive solar landscape
and retail building hewn from a disused rail yard in Northern California,
designed by Sim Van der Ryn Architect.
Sustainble
Energy Ireland
http://www.sei.ie
Comprehensive information on energy consumption, conservation and renewables
across all sectors in Ireland. Grants too !
Rocky
Mountain Institute.
RMI
http://www.rmi.org/
Website of the Rocky Mountain Institute, A constant source of facts and data as
well as inspiration by Hunter and Amory Lovins' group in the US.
Source
Guide
http://energy.sourceguides.com/businesses/index.shtml
Database of renewable energy products and professionals across the world
Healthy
Buildings Consultancy
Email: ecohouse@iol.ie
Natural
Step
http://www.naturalstep.org/com/nyStart
The Natural Step (TNS) offers a sustainability blueprint for society become
more sustainable.
Van Der
Ryn Architects
http://www.vanderryn.com/
Website of Van Der Ryn Architects in California. Sim Van Der Ryn's group
practise ecological design and sustainable planning based on their proprietary
'Eco-Logic' methodology.
Yestermorrow
http://www.yestermorrow.org
Vermont's Yestermorrow, school of green construction and design
Waste
Management
http://www.wastechange.com/
recycling, waste exchange, waste management
Repak
Ireland
http://www.repak.ie/
Investigate whether a retail business has its packaging recycling system in
place. Co2 calculator also.
Bioregional
/ Bedzed
The UK based (in BEDZED) environmental consultancy that makes BEDzed work!
http://www.bioregional.co.uk/
Passive
House institute
(Germany – in English) http://www.passiv.de/07_eng/haupt_e.html
Mosart
Design
Wicklow
based architects and designers specialising in passive houses
www.mosart.ie
O2 –
International
network for sustainable design
http://www.o2.org/
Ecobuild
Network.
The US based ecological building network.
www.ecobuildnetwork.org
vBill
MacDonough And Partners
http://www.mcdonough.com
One of the US's leading Green Thinkers
CIRIA
The UK Construction Industry’s Research and Information Agency
www.ciria.org.uk
Feasta
Irish
Foundation for a sustainable economy.
www.feasta.org
The Low
Carbon Trust UK
UK based not for profit company raising awareness of the links between
buildings, the working and living patterns they support, and global warming.
http://www.lowcarbon.co.uk
Bill
Dunster Architects
Founder
of the Zero Emission Developments approach and designers of Bedzed.
http://www.zedfactory.com
Ecotect
Software
Excellent
early design stage software for low energy analysis -now owned by Autodesk
http://ecotect.com/
Bioneers
Amazing
US organisation dedicated to inspiring and connecting all who work on
sustainable solutions. The fantastic Bioneers conference is held every October
in the Bay Area
http://www.bioneers.org/
PLEA
Passive
and Low energy Building design. This top organization hosts a high level
conference every year in a different country. The 2008 conference was in Dublin
http://www.plea-arch.net/PLEA/Home.aspx
The
Living Building Institute
Initiators
of the Living Building Challenge –an initiative to move sustainable building on
form being less bad to being truly helpful to nature
http://www.ilbi.org/
TED
The
highly influential forum for ‘ideas worth spreading’
http://www.ted.com/
Biomimicry
The
approach to design (of all kinds) that sees nature as model, measure and mentor
http://www.biomimicry.net/
Code
for Sustainable Homes
The
UKs new sustainability in homes design system
http://www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/professionals/en/1115314116927.html
LEED
US
leadership in energy and environment design scheme
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1988
Car
Sharing
Irelands
premier car sharing club
http://www.gocar.ie/
Cradle
to Cradle Thinking
This
ground breaking protocol (from the famous book of the same name) for how to
categorise materials so that they are used in a way that is truely in harmony
with nature - and prove it - is the future of material selection.
http://www.c2ccertified.com/
Eco-minimalism.
Howard
Liddell of Gaia Architects Scotland gives his take on doing more with less,
choosing simple green design strategies over eco fix technologies and reviews
what has worked and failed over 4 decades of building greenly. He has recently
published a book on the same subject that’s a must read.
http://www.seda2.org/articles/Ecominimalism.html
SOLEARTH CLIENTS AND PROJECT LINKS
Emerald
Project -
Announcement on go ahead to construction
http://www.brl.ie/pdf/nletter_81.pdf
Spiritual
Care Centre
(Dechen Shying) Dzogchen Beara
http://www.spcare.org/
Solais
Bhride
http://www.solasbhride.ie/ (see
Development Page)
The
Village
http://www.thevillage.ie
Irelands first and most exciting Eco Village project designed by Solearth.
Under construction, sites available (July 2009). Get in now !
Wildfowl
and Wetland Trust
http://www.wwt.org.uk/
