Below you will find a list of resources focusing on green library designs, green librarians, green
buildings and green library organizations.
DESIGNING GREEN LIBRARIES
Sustainable Library Design (Libris Design)
http://www.librisdesign.org/docs/SustainableLibDesign.pdf
GREEN LIBRARY ORGANIZATIONS
IRRT International Sustainable Library Development Interest Group
Serves as a clearinghouse of sustainable community-based library projects in
developing areas of the world.
http://www.ala.org/ala/irrt/irrtcommittees/isld/isld.htm
- SRRT Task Force on the Environment (TFOE)
Created in 1989 by the Social Responsibilities Round Table to promote awareness for
environmental issues within the American Library Association.
http://www.ala.org/ala/srrt/tfoe/taskforceenvironment.htm
GREEN LIBRARIANS
- Ecolibrarian (Jonathan Betz-Zall)
http://ecolibrarian.org/
GreenBuildIndiana (Carol Gulyas)
http://www.greenbuildindiana.com
- Maria A. Jankowska
General Editor of the Electronic Green Journal
http://egj.lib.uidaho.edu/index.php/egj/index
- Frederick W Stoss, Associate Librarian, University of Buffalo
http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/staff/index.asp?ID=35
GREEN LIBRARY BLOGS
- the green librarian: Earth and Library Advocacy from Bozeman, Montana
http://www.greenlibrarianbozeman.blogspot.com/
Building Green - Leed Certification Information (NRDC)
http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/leed.asp
- Green Building and Sustainable Design Resource Library (UC Davis Extension)
http://extension.ucdavis.edu/unit/green_building_and_sustainable_design/resources.
asp
Links to Other Green Building Sites (CIWMB)
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/GreenBuilding/Links/
Sustainable Building Sourcebook: Information on 50+ Green Building Topics
http://www.austinenergy.com/Energy%20Efficiency/Programs/Green%
20Building/Sourcebook/
- Sustainable Building Tool Kit (CIWMB)
http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/greenbuilding/toolkit.htm
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
http://www.usgbc.org/
- What Makes a Building Green. (Santa Monica Green Building Program)
http://greenbuildings.santa-monica.org/introduction/introwhatbuildingreen.html
Writing the Green RFP: Sustainable Design Language for Consultant Requests
http://www.aia.org/cote_rfps
The Texas Manual on Rain Harvesting (hosted by Tierra Designs)
http://www.tierradesign.org/files/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf
- The Solar Estimator (FindSolar.com)
http://findsolar.com/index.php?page=rightforme
Green Library Resources
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