Green Library Resources

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

erves 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/

GreenGeezer (Carol Gulyas)

http://www.greengeezer.com

Maria

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://

bweb.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/

GREEN BUILDING RESOURCES

uilding

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

ADDITIONAL GREEN RESOURCES

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