Facilities Green Buildings

Why & How

• "What Makes a Building Green" [Santa Monica Green Building Program]
  • "Why Green Design"
• GreenLibraries.org
• "Building a Sustainable Library" [Fayetteville Public Library (AZ)]
• "The Journey Toward a "Green" Library" [Rosemary Garfoot Public Library (WI)]

Energy Efficiencies

• Energy Savings Strategy for Libraries, Ed Smyth, RLW Analytics (9.26.06 Presentation @MHLS)
• Hudson Valley Clean Energy, Lloyd Hamilton, HVCE (9.26.06 Presentation @MHLS)
• New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
  • Energy Audit Program
  • New York Energy $mart Program
• ENERGY STAR (EPA)
• "High-Performance HVAC" by Carl Ian Graham, PE of Steven Winter Associates

Renewable Energy

• Renewable Energy Applications, John Calhoun, PE (9.26.06 Presentation @MHLS)
• Geothermal Heat Pumps, Greg Lampman, NYSERDA (9.26.06 Presentation @MHLS)
• Approaching Zero Net Energy, Manna Jo Green, Clearwater / Town of Rosendale (9.26.06 Presentation @MHLS)
• Power Naturally (NYSERDA)
• Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)
• GeoExchange: Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium
• International Ground Source Heat Pump Association
• "Passive Solar Comeback Ahead," by J. Douglas Balcomb, Ph.D.
• U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  • Photovoltaics: How it works; Why it is important
  • Solar Heating Basics
  • Solar Lighting Basics
  • Geothermal Basics

Facility Maintenance

• Building Air Quality: A Guide for Building Owners and Facility Managers (EPA)
• NYS Office of General Services Environmental Services Unit (OGS)
• "Enhance Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ)" by the WBDG Committee
• The Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guide (Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board, MN))
  • "Buying Wisely to Reduce Waste"
• Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPA)
  • Green Cleaning Resources
• Choose Green Reports (GreenSeal.org)
• National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (CDC)
  
• National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine - Household Products Database
• Hudson Valley Materials Exchange Community Warehouse
• Recycling Resources by County:
  • Columbia County Solid Waste Department
  • Dutchess County Resource Recovery Agency
  • Greene County Solid Waste Management Department
  • Putnam County Recycling
  • Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency

Sustainable Design & Building Components

• What is Green Building? [Wikipedia]
• U.S. Green Building Council
  • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
    • LEED for existing buildings
  • USGCB Case Studies
• International Code Council - Green Buildings
• Recommendations for Incorporating High Performance Building Criteria Into Project Development (PDF)
• American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE)
  • Basic, No Cost Green Design Strategies (AIA)
  • AIA COTE Top Ten Green Projects
  • Green Roof Design (AIA)
• Tompkins County Library 2020, QPK Designs (9.26.06 Presentation @MHLS)

Funding Green Initiatives

• NYSERDA’s ProgramsFinancial and Technical Assistance, Jessica Barry, Mid-Hudson Energy $mart Communities (9.26.06 Presentation @MHLS)
• NYSERDA: Current Funding Opportunities
• Kresge Foundation's Green Building Initiative
• For general construction funding sources go to Construction Projects

Case Studies

• Clifton Park - Halfmoon Public Library (NY)
• Tompkins County Library 2020, QPK Designs (9.26.06 Presentation @MHLS)
• Bronx Library Center (NYPL) (LEED)
• Malletts Creek Branch, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Going Green: Building a Sustainable Library (Ann Arbor, MI), Steve Posner, Hudsonia (9.26.06 Presentation @MHLS)
• Rosemary Garfoot Public Library (WI) (LEED)
  • Real-Time Energy Report
• Santa Monica Public Library (CA) (LEED)
• Fayetteville Public Library (AZ) (LEED)
• Hillsdale Library, Mutnomah County Library (OR) (LEED)
• North Adams Public Library (MA)
• Lakeview Terrace Branck Library (CA)

Questions? Contact Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, MHLS Coordinator of Member Information (rsmith@midhudson.org or x239)

Updated: February 2009

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