Related Links and Information

Louisiana Resources | Resource-Efficient or Green Building
Hazard-Resistant Construction | Healthy Homes (Indoor Air, Universal Design)
Books & Periodicals | Similar Centers

• LSU AgCenter, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
• www.lsuagcenter.com
• www.LouisianaFloods.org
  
  
• Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
• Energy Section - Technology Assessment Div
  www.dnr.state.la.us/SEC/EXECDIV/TECHASMT/division/index.html
• Energy Rated Homes of Louisiana
  www.dnr.state.la.us/HERO
  
  
• Louisiana Energy and Environmental Resource Information Center
  www.leeric.lsu.edu/energy
  
  
• LSU Hurricane Center
  www.hurricane.lsu.edu
  
  
• Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
  www.loep.state.la.us

Resource Efficient or Green Building 

• Advanced Energy - Applied Building Science Center
  www.advancedenergy.org
  
  
• The Alliance to Save Energy
  www.ase.org
  
  
• Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Products Assn.
  www.aacpa.org
  
  
• Building Energy Codes (BEC)
  www.energycode.gov
  
  

• Building Science Corporation
  www.buildingscience.com

• Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development
  www.sustainable.doe.gov

• Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST)
  www.crest.org
  
  
• Center for Resourceful Building Technology
  www.crbt.org
  
  
• City of Austin’s Sustainable Building Sourcebook
  www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook
  
  
• ConSol
  www.consol.com
  
  
• Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB)
  www.carbswa.com
  
  
• Davis Energy Group
  www.davisenergy.com
  
  
• DOE's Building America 
  www.buildingamerica.gov
  
  

• DOE’s Efficient Windows Collaborative
  www.efficientwindows.org

• DOE’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program
  www.buildings.gov

• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREC
  www.eren.doe.gov

• Energy and Environmental Building Association
  www.eeba.org

• Environmental Building News                                             www.buildinggreen.com

• Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star
  www.energystar.gov

• Florida Solar EnergyCenter
  www.fsec.ucf.edu

• Gas Research Institute
  www.gri.org
  
  
• Green Building Advisor
  www.greenbuildingadvisor.com
  
  
• Green Building Guidelines - Sustainable Building Industry Council
  www.sbicouncil.org
  
  

• HUD’s Partnership for Advancing Housing Technology
  www.pathnet.org

• Home Energy Magazine
  www.homeenergy.org

• Incentive Insulation Database
  www.simplyinsulate.com

• Industrialized Housing Partnership (IHP)
  www.fsec.ucf.edu

• Insulating Concrete Form Association
  www.forms.org

• Integrated Building Construction Solutions
  www.ibacosba.com

• Iris Communications, Inc.
  www.oikos.com

• National Association of Homebuilders Research Center (NAHBRC)
  www.nahbrc.com
  

• National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) – window labeling
  www.nfrc.org
   
• National Renewable Energy Lab  
  www.nahbrc.com
  
  
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) - Energy Division
  www.ornl.gov
  
  
• Oikos Green Building Source
  www.oikos.com
  
  
• PATH (U.S. Dept. of HUD Partnership for Advancing Technolohy in Housing)
  www.pathnet.org
  
  
• Residential Energy Services Network
  www.natresnet.org
  
  
• Rocky Mountain Institute
  www.rmi.org
  
  
• Solar Energy Industries Association
  www.seia.org
  
  
• Southface Institute
  www.southface.org 
  
  
• Structural Insulated Panel Association
  www.sips.org
  
  

• Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC)
  www.sbicouncil.org

• U.S. Department of Energy
  www.energy.gov

• Building Energy Cod
  www.energycodes.gov
  
  
• Center of Excellence for Sustainable Developmen
  www.sustainable.doe.gov
  
  
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREC)www.eren.doe.gov

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  www.asce.org
  
  
• APA – The Engineered Wood Association
  www.apawood.org
  
  
• Building America Program (U.S. Dept. of Energy)
  http://www.buildamerica.gov
  
  
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  www.fema.gov
  
  
• FEMA's Buildign Performance Assessment Team
  www.fema.gov/mit/bpat
  
• Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)                                http://www.flash.org

• Hurricane-Resistant Construction Network        http://www.hurricaneconstruction.net
  
• Internatinal Code Council
  www.iccsafe.org
  
  
• Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS)
  www.ibhs.org
  
• National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
  www.nahb.com
  
  
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
  www.nfpa.org
  
  
• National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA)
  www.roofonline.org
  
  
• Wind Science and Engineering Research Center - Texas Tech University
  www.wind.ttu.edu

• Access Information Bulletins - Paralyzed Veterans of America
  www.pva.org
  
  
• Accessibility Reference Guide - International Conference of Building Officials (ICBO)
  www.icbo.org
  
  
• ACEEE
  www.aceee.org
  

• Adaptable Housing - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  www.huduser.org
  
  
• Adaptive Environments Center, Inc.
  www.adaptiveenvironments.org
  
  
• American Lung Association
  www.lungusa.org
  
  
• American Assn. of Retired Persons (AARP)
  www.aarp.org
  
  
• The Center for Universal Design - NC State University College of Design
  www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/
  
  
• Health House
  www.healthhouse.org
  
  
• The Healthy House Institute
  www.hhinst.com
  
  
• Low Vision Information
  www.lighthouse.org
  
  
• NAHB Research Center
  www.nahbrc.org
  
  
• National Kitchen and Bath Association
  www.nkba.org
  
  
• U.S. EPA Indoor Air Quality Clearinghouse
  www.epa.gov/ebtpages/airindoorairpollution.html

Books & Periodicals

Building Guides

• Builder's Guide to Energy Efficient Homes in Louisiana
  Louisiana Dept. of Natural Resources
  www.dnr.state.la.us/HERO
  
  
• Builder’s Guide – Hot-Humid Climates
  Builder’s Guide – Mixed-Humid Climates
  By Joseph Lstiburek, PhD, PE
  http://www.buildingscience.com

Other Publications and Publishers

• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
  E-mail: ace3pubs@ix.netcom.com
  A non-profit organization with catalog of books, proceedings, consumer guides, research reports, etc.
  
  
• Aspen Publishers, Inc.
  www.aspenpublishers.com/environment
  Publishes Energy Design Update, Indoor Environmental Quality and others.
  
  
• Home Energy magazine by Energy Auditor and Retrofitter, Inc.
  www.homeenergy.org
  
  
• Environmental Building News (newsletter)
  www.BuildingGreen.com
  
  
• Environmental Design & Construction magazines
  www.edcmag.com

• Florida House, a learning center of the Sarasota County Extension Service
  
• Southface Energy & Environmental Resource Center in Atlanta, Georgia
  
• 113 Calhoun Street , a historic restoration project in Charleston, South Carolina
  
• Utah House, by Utah State University Extension