Green Building Directory lists Architects, Home Builders, Construction companies, Home Improvement Contractors, Green Builders, General Contractors and Remodeling companies offering green home improvements, and earth friendly building products and services.
Green Building:
www.designandbuildwithmetal.com - Offers educational articles on advantages of metal construction, providing real life examples of numerous construction projects involving the use of metal. Contains directory of metal supply and manufacturers. Contractors working with metal can submit their projects to be published on www.designandbuildwithmetal.com.
www.SBiCouncil.org - Sustainable Building Industry Council provides educational outreach opportunities for the building industry, facilitates exchange of ideas for sustainable building and pushes for higher standards of sustainable building performance.
Building Green - Provides accurate, unbiased, and timely green building information designed to help building-industry professionals. Provides a comprehensive report of the product features needed in order for a product to be considered green.
Build It Green - Offers Certified Green Building Professional (CGBP) training program for CA home Builders and promotes green building practices in state California. Also, Contains Ask an Expert Section where you can get answers to your Green Building Questions.
Metal Construction and Green Building:
www.metalconstruction.org - Metal Construction Association promotes the use of metal and sustainable design through marketing and education programs. Provides metal construction industry news and publications. Lists companies specializing in metal wall and roof construction and includes list of premium metal fabricators.
www.mbma.com - Metal Building Manufacturers Association promotes the use of steel commercial and industrial construction, and low slope roofing applications. The significance of using steel is commercial and industrial building is that steel is a fully recyclable metal material; it qualifies for sustainable building material, it can be reused, and it can offer energy savings by keeping metal buildings and industrial roofs cooler thereby resulting in significant energy savings.
www.coolroofs.org - Cool Roof Rating Council assigns ratings of solar reflectivity to roofing products such as metal roofing and solar reflective membranes. It provides accurate and credible methods for evaluating and labeling the solar reflectance and thermal emittance of roofing products. Thus, it promotes awareness of energy efficiency concept for metal roofing and rolled membrane products. It recognizes manufacturers as Cool Roof Certified, which in turn helps them gain competitive edge in energy efficient and sustainable roofing products market.
www.MetalConstructionNews.com - Metal construction industry’s original – and most widely read – news magazine. It helps educate contractors, fabricators, installers, suppliers and distributors about the use of metal in building systems, new and retrofit roofs, wall panels, interiors and decorative applications.
Solar and Renewable Energy:
www.ASES.org - American Solar Energy Society promotes energy efficiency strategies and methods by hosting solar events, educating homeowners and organizations. Contains business directory of Solar Contractors.
www.ConsumerEnergyCenter.Org - California Energy Commission offers latest information on energy savings for homeowners, provides energy saving tips, information about alternative energy rebates and incentives, and general guide about benefits of renewable energy and why it is important. Features wide selection of educational videos on energy saving for consumers.
Home Improvement Construction Directories:
Construction Companies - Browse general contractors, builders, home decorators, commercial construction, and construction management companies.
Home Improvement Contractors - Directory of Construction Trades and Home Improvement Contractors, Home Builders, and green home products and services.
Home & Garden Directory - Find doors, home security products, and garden supplies.
