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• - Disseminating information and technology for energy efficient, environmentally responsible buildings and communities.
  
• - Manufacture precision diagnostic equipment used to solve comfort, energy use, durability and air quality problems in buildings.
  
• - Research and development of technologies to improve the energy efficiency and environmental compatibility of residential and commercial buildings. Facilities are available to manufacturers, universities, and others for proprietary and nonproprietary rese
  
• - Provides the information and resources necessary to implement and enforce the ICC's International Energy Conservation Code.
  
• - How to build homes that use less than half the energy of conventional homes yet will fit into a typical suburban neighborhood.
  
• - Research and dissemination of information about energy-saving appliance technologies (washers, and refrigerators), energy-efficient building construction, and related topics such as indoor air quality.
  
• - Online resource for the design and construction of sustainable building envelope and environmental control systems. Contains resources, web simulation tool, project database, and discussion forum.
  
• - Energy study by Florida Light and Power confirms that using whiter, and therefore, more reflective roofing materials, decreases air conditioning costs.
  
• - Free software for download. M&V is highly recommended for resource efficiency in large capacity facilities. Developed in cooperation with the US Army Corp of Engineers Construction Research Laboratories.
  
• - Provides architectural designs to reduce effects from solar radiation and improve energy efficiency, building energy conservation fact sheets, tips, building code information, and other resources.
  
• - Assists with the selection of roofing materials which reflect, or otherwise reject, the sun's radiant energy, before it penetrates into the interior of the building. From the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory .
  
• - Features technologies for energy savings in building a new home in hot and humid Myrtle Beach, SC. Solution to the problems of hurricanes, tornadoes, termites, fire, allergies, and low maintenance. Constructed using Insulated Concrete Forms and steel trus
  
• - Interactive site provides information for industrial and commercial facilities to help them understand the cost and savings of operating various pieces of equipment.
  
• - A large and well organised collection of information, guidance and research findings on the "virtual circle" of good procurement, design, construction and management of buildings to make them pleasant to occupy and manage, energy efficienct in u
  
• - Proposes to use a sea water cooling system to replace air conditioners used by office buildings. Site is a result of a UBC Mechanical Engineering undergraduate project.
  
• - Magazine covering all aspects of environmentally sound building design and construction.
  
• - A team of designers, home builders, and product manufacturers that has joined the Department of Energy's Building America Program on a cost-shared basis. All CARB projects are Energy-Star homes.
  
• - Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) information to control operating costs and to preserve profitability and maintain a competitive edge. Information to eliminate inefficient energy use through the implementation of energy efficiency measures.
  
• - Publications provide info on green buildings and the growing emphasis on building performance and occupant health. Produce Better Buildings Interactive computer based training products designed to improve building performance.
  
• - Performing research on improving the energy efficiency of building assemblies, materials, heating and energy producing equipment and components.