Construction and Demolition Waste Management Guide
by 3D/International

This Guide provides a quick reference to and summary of highlights in the "Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Management Guide." The purpose of both documents is to assist readers with tracking and diverting the C&D portion of the total solid waste stream. Managing C&D waste will help installations meet Air Force solid waste diversion goals. . . more

Air force Environmentally Responsible Facilities Guide
by 3D/International

This Guide provides easy-to-follow procedures and strategies for implementing environmentally sustainable construction. The overall goal is not merely to produce environmental demonstration projects, but to become environmentally responsible in the delivery of all Air Force facilities. . . more

Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine M. Benyus

This book tells the story of the fascinating men and women who are studying life's best ideas and then imitating these designs and processes to solve human problems. Already, biomimics are learning to grow food like a prairie, harness energy like a leaf, weave fibers like a spider, compute like a cell, find cures like a chimp, and run a business like a redwood forest. These and other new ideas will surprise you, and help you brainstorm about ways to not just tweak old paradigms, but to overturn them completely. . . more

Environmental Overkill
by Dixie Lee Ray

Illustrates how good stewardship of the environment, scientific honesty, and constitutional liberties and property rights are being endangered by scare-mongering environmental extremists.

Green Neighborhoods - Planning and Design Guidelines for Air, Water, and Urban Forest Quality
by the Center for Housing Innovation, University of Oregon

This book was written to inform those in a position to initiate, regulate or influence neighborhood scale planning and design about air and water quality implications and opportunities in decisions they will be called upon to make in those roles. . . more

Green Developments
by the Rocky Mountian Institute

Green Developments describes an exciting new field in which environmental considerations are viewed as opportunities to create fundamentally better buildings and communities- more comfortable, more efficient, more appealing, and ultimately more profitable. The 100 case-study projects on Green Developments demonstrate that environmentally-responsible real-estate development makes dollars and sense. . . more

Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution
by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins

In this groundbreaking blueprint for a new economy, three leading business visionaries explain how the world is on the verge of a new industrial revolution—one that promises to transform our fundamental notions about commerce and its role in shaping our future. Natural Capitalism describes a future in which business and environmental interests increasingly overlap, and in which businesses can better satisfy their customers' needs, increase profits, and help solve environmental problems all at the same time. . . more

Retrofitting for Energy Conservation
by william h. clark ii, PE

Turn to this nuts-and-bolts resource and get the latest on... weather considerations...glass exposures...roof and wall colors...fixture modifications...attic insulation and ventilation...landscape feature enhancements... motion sensors...high-efficiency lights...humidity control... thermostat controls...glass tinting...interior planning... and much more.

Application Guide for Lodging - September 24, 2000

This is the most recent draft of the LEED™ Application Guide for Lodging (7/24/01) based on the USAF Dormitory Guide for design and construction. . . download

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