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