Green Building Legislation: Local

• Boulder Green Points Program
  http://www.bouldergreenpoints.com
  Contact Elizabeth Vasatka | E-mail: vasatkae@bouldercolorado.gov | Phone: 303-441-1964

• Boulder County Green Building Program
  Contact: Michelle Krezek | E-mail: mkrezek@co.boulder.co.us | Phone: 720-564-2623

• Longmont Green Building Program
  Contact: Chris Allison | E-mail: chris.allison@ci.longmont.co.us | Phone: 303-651-8332

Green Building Legislation: Regional

• City of Aspen Efficient Building Program:
  http://www.aspenpitkin.com

• Telluride Green Building Code:
  http://www.town.telluride.co.us/

• Eagle County Ecobuild Regulations:
  http://www.eaglecounty.us/commDev/ecobuild.cfm

Green Building Legislation: State

• Governor’s Office of Energy Management and Conservation
  http://www.colorado.gov/oemc/
  Contact: Linda Smith | E-mail: Linda.smith2@state.co.us | Phone: 303-866-2264

• Building Colorado Coalition
  http://www.buildingcolorado.org/
  Contact: Melanie Smith | Phone: 303-325-6188

Green Building Legislation: Take Action!

• Petitions:
  http://www.thepetitionsite.com

• Contact Your Legislator:
  http://votesmart.org/index.htm

Green Building Legislation: Rebates

• Utility Incentives for Energy Efficiency Improvements + Renewable Energy http://www.colorado.gov/rebuildco/utility.htm

• DSIRE (Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency) http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/map2.cfm?CurrentPageID=1&State=CO&RE=1&EE=1

Local Organizations: Green Building

• Built Green Colorado:
  http://www.builtgreen.org

• ReSource:
  http://www.resourceyard.org

• US Green Building Council Colorado Chapter:
  http://chapters.usgbc.org/colorado/

Local Organizations: Energy

• Colorado Energy Science Center
  http://www.energyscience.org

• CU Energy Initiative
  http://ei.colorado.edu/

Local Organizations: Water

• Water Action Network
  http://www.ourcolorado.org/action/

Local Organizations: Climate Change

• Colorado Climate Project
  http://www.coloradoclimate.org

• Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
  http://www.rockymountainclimate.org

Local Organizations: General

• Colorado Environmental Coalition
  http://www.ourcolorado.org

• Colorado Sierra Club
  http://rmc.sierraclub.org/field/

• CoPIRG
  http://www.copirg.org

• Environmental Defense Colorado Office
  http://environmentaldefense.org/aboutus.cfm?tagID=143&menu=370&sub=361

• Partners for a Clean Environment
  http://www.ci.boulder.co.us/www/pace/print_resource.htm

• The Nature Conservancy Colorado Chapter
  http://www.nature.org/landmarks/namerica/colorado.html

• Western Resource Advocates
  http://www.westernresourceadvocates.org/

Local Organizations: Local

• BGBG e-news
  http://boulderenergy.org

• USGBC CO Chapter Newsletter
  Contact: Amy Jiron | E-mail: amy@usgbccolorado.org

• Water Report from CEC
  http://www.ourcolorado.org/waterfuture.htm

Green Newsletters: National

• Building Green Suite Bulletin
  http://www.buildinggreen.com

• Care2 Newsletters
  http://www.care2.com/newsletters/

• Energy Ace
  http://www.energyace.com

• Environmental News Network
  http://www.enn.com/

• Flex Your Power
  http://www.fypower.org

• Greenbiz
  http://www.greenbiz.com

• Ideal Bite
  http://www.idealbite.com

• Natural Resource Defense Council Action Network
  http://www.nrdcaction.org/subscribe.html

• Sierra Club’s “The Planet” newsletter
  http://www.sierraclub.org/planet/

• Solar Buzz
  http://www.solarbuzz.com

Recommended Reading

• BGBG Member Authors

  • A Primer on Sustainable Building by Dianna Lopez Barnett & William D. Browning
  • Building Green in a Black and White World by David Johnston
  • Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate by Alex Wilson, Jenifer L. Seal, Lisa A. McManigal, L. Hunter Lovins, Maureen Cureton, & William D. Browning
  • Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time by David Johnston and Kim Master
  • Greening the Building and the Bottom Line: Increasing Productivity Through Energy-Efficient Design by Joseph Romm and William D. Browning
  • Sustainable Residential Interiors by Associates III
  • The Natural House by Daniel Chiras
  • The New Ecological Home by Daniel Chiras
  • The Solar House by Daniel Chiras
     
• BGBG Book Club Choices
  • Mid-Course Correction by Ray AndersonBiophilia by E.O. Wilson