Green Building and Sustainable Design Resource Library

The green building resource library is organized by course and is intended to be available to our students and faculty. Here you will find a variety of information on green building and sustainable design including: papers and projects developed by students in the green building program, special articles and newsletters, references and links to research materials and other useful tools. We hope you find this virtual library useful.

Sustainable Water Resources Management in Site Design and Development

• Woodland Map (1.7 MB)
  

Sustainabilty and the Built Environment

• Are Vinyl Windows Green? (17 KB)
  


• Autoclaved Aerated Concrete as a Green Building Material (40 KB)
  Stefan Schnitzler


• Bamboo Flooring (26 KB)
  


• Building Better Homes (20 KB)
  Cole Butler


• Building Deconstruction (68 KB)
  Patsy Byers


• Case Studies of Green Building and Sustainable Design in Indian Country (163 KB)
  Shelley McGinnis


• The Characteristics and Benefits of Green Roofs in Urban Environments (281 KB)
  Jan Voelz


• Cohousing Communities: A Sustainable Approach to Housing Development (453 KB)
  Charles L. Belk


• Composting Toilets as a Sustainable Design (23 KB)
  Thomas A.Canitia


• Earthship Biotectures: Experimental Subdivision in Taos, New Mexico: The Greater World Earthship Community (143 KB)
  Slides (979 KB)
  Ann Schmidt


• Ethanol and Flex-Fuel Vehicles (498 KB)
  Christopher Taylor


• Evaluation of Production Home Builders Marketing Green in the Sacramento Region (32 KB)
  Carla Bissell


• The Financing of Solar Power (13 KB)
  


• Green Roofs: A Sustainable Technology (183 KB)
  Jamie Cutlip


• Green Streets: An Innovative Street Design (692 KB)
  Nibedita Das


• Greywater Systems: Benefits, Drawbacks and Uses of Greywater (21 KB)
  Erin Reschke


• How Green Is It? Composite Lumber for Consumer and Residential Applications (88 KB)
  Andrea J. Chenu


• LEED for Neighborhood Developments Rating System (41 KB)
  Steve Kokotas


• "Living Smart": Portland, Oregon's Apporach to Infill Housing Development (26 KB)
  Adam Taylor


• Low Impact Development: Permeable Surfaces (34 KB)
  Kelli Felker


• Measuring Building Performance: Energy Efficiency Software Tools (82 KB)
  Niki Zai


• Photovoltaic Roofing Systems (742 KB)
  Micheal Sheehan


• Rain Barrel: A Low Impact Improvement (62 KB)
  Jennifer Hargrove


• Resident Ownership Within Transit Oriented Developments (58 KB)
  Peter Song


• Survey of Urban Wind Energy Technology (231 KB)
  Charles Miles


• Sustainable Structures (199 KB)
  Micah Baginski


• Title 24 Energy Efficiency Standards (102 KB)
  Solomon Wong


• Walkability: Elements for Creating a Walkable Downtown (19 KB)
  Kristen Salinas


• The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Headquarters Building (132 KB)
  Jennifer Donovan