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Green Building Resources
- American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE)
- United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
- Architecture 2030.org
- CASA-Center.org
- National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
- The Collaborative for High Performance School (CHPS)
- Oikos Green Building Source
- Global Green
- New Mexico Solar Energy Association
- U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficient and Renewable Energy
- Savings by Design
- Energy Design Resources
- ArchitectureWeek, Environment
- Energy and Environmental Building Association
- Energy Star
- Building Green
- NREL, Center for Buildings and Thermal Systems
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Environmental Energy Technologies
- Sustainable Metropolis
- StudioBio Architectures
- Sustainable Building Sourcebook
- Athena Sustainable Materials Institute
- Green Seal
- Minnesota Sustainable Building Products and Material
- GreenSpec (subscription)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development
- UK Sustainable Development
- Sustainable Cities Research Institute
- International Centre for sustainable Cities
- UN Division on Sustainable Development
- US DOE, Creating Energy Smart Communities
- Sustainable Communities Network
- Congress for the New Urbanism
- Urban land Institute
CASA develops the CASA Code Initiative
- CASA develops the CASA Code Initiative – a two year program to facilitate the adoption of a progressive Green Building Code in New Mexico. A response to the challenge of raising greenhouse gases and industry consensus.
- This long-term project will use Governor Bill Richardson’s Executive Order (05-033), to reduce current GHG emissions to 2000 levels 2012, increase to10% by 2020, and increase to 75% by 2050.
- A three-pronged strategy will include: State Agency Involvement, A Code Development Program, and a Political Action-Plan.
- This initiative will establish a task force that creates a partnership with the NM State Construction Industries Division; the agency responsible for proposing of all building codes for adoption.
- This effort is based on the evidence from actual energy
consumption drawn from a recent survey of USGBC LEED For
Building Program of significant reduction in, CO2 by 35%-50%,
as well as an average of 35%-90% reduction of water use
in surveyed buildings.
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