Relevant Organizations and Resources
Green Building Advisor
A growing compendium of building science, green building and best building practices.
Fine Homebuilding
The original magazine that we all know and love has a ton of information on high performance building including some great podcasts
Journal of Light Construction
Many years worth of good “how to” information written by the people out there doing it every day.
Pretty Good House
This grew out of a post on Green Building Advisor and has taken on a life of it’s own. What if you want to build a high quality home or renovation based on good BS and what makes financial sense? This informational site distills the myriad of confusion that exists.
Building Science Corporation
provides training, research and can provide a deep dive into building science.
ProTradCraft
a collection of best practices for trade contractors, built for a phone
NESEA
the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association is a resource for builders and homeowners - they put on symposiums in Boston and NYC, builder training, home tours etc.
E3 podcast
Energy and Efficiency with Emily
Emily Mottram interviews various people with a focus on Energy and Efficiency
Green Architect’s Lounge
A podcast covering many topics relevant to Green Building, high performance building and Pretty Good House info
the International Living Future Institute RED LIST
The Red List contains the worst in class materials prevalent in the building industry.
Building Green
Working at first out of a timber-framed barn in Vermont, Alex later brought on Nadav Malin and together they launched Environmental Building News.
Building Science Fight Club
Christine Williamson schools us all on Instagram