Sustainability

General

Articles and Presentations

General

• California State Parks, Office of Historic Preservation
  Sustainability Program
• Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) 
  Promoting walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development, sustainable communities, and healthier living conditions
• Green Building Alliance
• Green Building Initiative
  Dedicated to reducing climate impacts by improving the built environment | Provider of the Green Globes and federal Guiding Principles Compliance certification and assessment programs
• The Greenest Living: alternate energy and green living (previously The Greenest Building)
• Illinois Historic Preservation Division
          Preservation and Green Design
• Kansas State Historical Society, Office of Historic Preservation 
          Window Repair Videos
• National Park Service (NPS)
          Cultural Landscapes: Sustainability
          Pocantico Proclamation, Sustainability, and You
          Technical Preservation Services: Sustainability
• National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP)
          Green Stories
• UNESCO
          Sustainable Development
• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
          Glossary of terms
          LEED Rating System The most widely used green building rating system
          LEED v4 A more streamlined user experience and more goal-oriented credits
• Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG)
          Sustainable Historic Preservation 
          An introduction to sustainable historic preservation, description of issues, lists relevant codes, and suggestions of additional resources

Articles and presentations

• "Ahwahnee Principles for Resource Efficient Communities," Local Government Commission
• "Green Design and the Economy of Sustainability," NPS Podcast 012
• "The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Reuse," A Report by: Preservation Green Lab, NTHP
• "The Greening of Historic Properties: National Summit White Paper"
• "Historic Districts for All: A Social and Human Approach for Sustainable Revitalization," UNESCO
• "Implemeting Solar PV Projects on Historic Buildings and in Historic Districts," NREL
• "Pocantico Proclamation on Sustainability and Historic Preservation,"  NTHP
• Preservation Brief 3, "Improving Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings," NPS
• The Secretary of the Iinterior's Standards for Rehabilitation & Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
• "Sustainability and Historic Federal Buildings," Whole Building Design Guide
• "Sustainable Stewardship: Historic Preservation's Essential Role in Fighting Climate Change," Richard Moe, University of California-Berkley
• "Why Do Old Places Matter? Sustainability," NTHP