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Arch 510 Graduate Seminar
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Supplemental Materials
Web Sites
Three sites for calculating your impact on the environment:
- The Global Footprint Network site for ecological footprints <https://www.footprintcalculator.org/>
- American Forests' climate change calculator <carbon-calculator.climatehero.me>
- And National Geographic's water footprint calculator Water Footprint
Several sites for information about sustainable design and planning:
Living Building Challenge <https://living-future.org/lbc/>,
Architecture2030 <http://architecture2030.com>,
AIA Framework for Design Excellence <https://www.aia.org/resources/6077668-framework-for-design-excellence>,
U.S. Green Building Council's homepage <http://www.usgbc.org/>,
American Solar Energy Society's homepage <http://www.ases.org/> [solar energy in America],
Environmental Building News' homepage <http://www.buildinggreen.com/> [a wide range of issues and resources on sustainable building],
Better Bricks' homepage <https://betterbricks.com/>,
Agents of Change <http://aoc.uoregon.edu> homepage [many resources including numerous case study buildings compiled by architecture students].
Lastly, but not leastly, Ove Arup & Partners vast website <http://www.arup.com> and their premier sustainable housing project with Bill Dunster Architects, Bed ZED <https://www.bioregional.com/resources/bedzed-the-story-of-a-pioneering-eco-village> and <http://www.zedfactory.com/>.
No doubt you will discover many more.