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| created on 2/15/99 by Andrew Pascale | redesign 7/1/03 | last updated 1/30/08 by Anthea Craven |
| Manuals | |
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| Alaska Housing Manual, HCM-00051 New Jan. 2007 | A construction guide for complying with the Alaska Building Energy Efficiency Standard (BEES). |
| Housing Links | |
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| ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers) | The ASHRAE green engineering site contains general engineering guidelines for green building and primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. |
| Alaska Building Science Network | |
| Alaska Housing Finance Corporation | |
| Cold Climate Housing Research Center | |
| The Weatherization Pages | A page detailing the practical and scientific aspects of Building Science. |
| Code Check | A great site for general code information (mostly residential) and includes ADA guidelines |
| Lighting Resource Center | Information on energy efficient lighting. |
| Efficient Windows Collaborative | Everything you wanted to know about windows and more. |
| Interior Alaska Building Association | Web home of the Interior Alaska Building Association. |
| Energy Links | |
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| Home: ENERGY STAR | A great source of energy efficient applicance and housing materials information. |
| Energy End Use Forecasting | |
| The Residential Energy Services Network's (RESNET) | Includes Alaska listing of home energy raters and lenders familiar with home energy mortgages. |
| Home Energy | Provides objective and practical information on residential energy conservation. |
| Advanced Building Technologies | |
| International Network for Sustainable Energy | |
| Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy network and its Building Energy Tools Directory | |
| Resources for Environmental Design Index (REDI) | Database of green building materials and products. |
| Guiding Principles of Sustainable Design | 1993 publication from the National Park Service. |
| WaterWise | The water efficiency web site containing water conservation strategies. |
| Micro Hydropower | A very nice page on small scale hydropower. |
| Wind Power Monthly | This is a great windpower newsletter from New Zealand. |
| CES Rural Development Wood Energy | Sustainable Rural Communities Program. |
| Indoor Air Quality/Moisture Problems | |
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| American Lung Association | A good page for IAQ awareness. |
| Health House (ALA) | A truly modern, healthy house. |
| Indoor Air Quality: Infography | Online and print resources recommended by a professor who specializes in research about indor air pollution. |
| North Dakota State University Extension Service | Great site for educational material on home moisture and related topics. |
| "Flooding, Mold, & Your Health | A publication of the New Jersey-Rutgers Cooperative Extension. "Flooding, Mold, & Your Health - Flood Clean-up Series #12" -pdf format |
| Mold Remediation in Schools | U.S. EPA - Mold Remediation in Schools & Commercial Buildings |
| Contolling Mold Growth | Kansas State Research and Extension publication on "Controlling Mold Growth in the Home" |
| Mycotoxins and Indoor Molds | An excellent overview of molds and their known health effects |
| Healthy Indoor Air for America's Homes | Nuff Said |
| Indoor Air Quality Resource Center | Objective is increasing public awareness of poor indoor air quality. Topics include mold, radon, asbestos, lead, bioaerosols, and more. |
| Radon | |
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| Do-It-Yourself Radon Site | |
| RadonFixit.org | |
| EPA Radon Site | |
| Polar Living | |
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| State of Alaska Government | |
| Selected Polar Websites | Compliments of the UAF Geophysical Institute. |
| International Dark-Sky Association | Tired of light pollution? |