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Part of MIT's innovative OpenCourseWare Project that provides materials from MIT classes to the public on the web, this site describes the course Architectural Design, Level II: Material Essesnce: The Glass House.  Focusing on the topic of compensation for the energy transfer characteristics of...

The Association for Environment Conscious Building is a nonprofit trade organization that promotes green building in Great Britain. Their web site includes news, information on conferences, answers to common questions, expert advice, and an online database to locate members and green building...

Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, a nonprofit organization that provides information on the environmental impact of buildings and building products using life cycle analysis, authors this website. Information on the organization, resources, research reports, educational publications, and links...

This page is a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 4.42, Fundamentals of Energy in Buildings.  Topics covered include heating and cooling systems, heat transfer of building materials, air and water vapor effects, and design strategies. The site provides a...

This web site contains  free information on green building, especially natural building. Viewers can send questions to green building experts through this site. The site is maintained by Kelly and Rosana Hart, with their primary focus being sustainable architecture. Details on vernacular...

In this video from the WGBH Educational Foundation, an architectural design class uses the Problem-Based Case Learning (PBCL) approach. Students have been asked to design a wellness center for their college. The college’s building committee is the business partner. In response to feedback from the...

This page is a course overview for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) course 11.943, Special Studies in Urban Studies and Planning - The Cardener River Corridor Workshop.  It is designed to serve as an introductory course in urban design, providing a general survey of urban planning...

This paper, from Robert W. Tango of Southern Polytechnic State University, covers green building technology integration into architecture building systems. The author explores "two energy saving green strategies of green roofs and solar collection as examples to reveal the importance of...