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» Building Performance Directive Implementation Advisory Group (DIAG) - Organization with purpose of advising the UK Government upon directive implementation. Includes publications and regulations.

» Buildings Technology Center of Excellence - 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 research and development. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

» City of Chicago: City Hall's Roof Top Garden - An experiment to cut energy costs and reduce pollution. Page includes information about the design and construction, as well as the method of testing its benefits.

» Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings - 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.

» Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) - Focuses on research activities of the CERL. Research goals are to provide coordination with communities in regard to military operations in adjacent areas. Also includes information on cultural resources research, land management, seismic engineering, endangered species and environmental restoration.

» Constructive Technologies Group, Inc. - Publications provide information 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.

» Cool Roofing Materials Database - 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 .

» DOE's Building Technologies Program - 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.

» The Energy Conservatory - Manufacture precision diagnostic equipment used to solve comfort, energy use, durability and air quality problems in buildings.

» Energy Efficiency in Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Buildings - 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.

» Energy Efficient Building Association (EEBA) - Disseminating information and technology for energy efficient, environmentally responsible buildings and communities.

» Energy Office - Offers suggestions for campaigns for more energy consciousness in offices. Includes catalogue of cost-free measures and checklists.

» Environmental Design and Construction - Magazine covering all aspects of environmentally sound building design and construction.

» Guide to the International Energy Conservation Code - Provides the information and resources necessary to implement and enforce the ICC's International Energy Conservation Code.

» Pakistan Energy and Environment Management Center - 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.

» Passive Solar Housing - How to build homes that use less than half the energy of conventional homes yet will fit into a typical suburban neighborhood.

» PNL: Building Systems Program (BSP) - Research program of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL) to optimize the combined performance of building systems. Includes mission statement and publication.

» Productive Energy Solutions - Interactive site provides information for industrial and commercial facilities to help them understand the cost and savings of operating various pieces of equipment.

» Sea Water Cooling System for Downtown Vancouver - 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.

» Stork Energy Efficient Home Technology - 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 trusses and steel interior walls.

» University of Massachusetts Building Energy Research Laboratory - Performing research on improving the energy efficiency of building assemblies, materials, heating and energy producing equipment and components.

» Usable Buildings - 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 use, and productive for occupants.

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