# Green Building - webcentive

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Green home certifications (LEED, Passive House, ENERGY STAR, DOE Efficient New Homes, NGBS), building codes and energy ratings, building science, green products and systems, green builders, domes and alternative homes, and incentive and efficiency programs. A tight, well-insulated, well-ventilated house is the core of any green home.  

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Links last checked Oct 11, 2026.  

- **Green building certifications**
- [energy.gov/doe-efficient-new-homes](https://www.energy.gov/cmei/buildings/doe-efficient-new-homes-program) - DOE Efficient New Homes (formerly Zero Energy Ready Home)
- [energystar.gov/newhomes](https://www.energystar.gov/newhomes) - ENERGY STAR certified new homes
- [epa.gov/indoorairplus](https://www.epa.gov/indoorairplus) - EPA Indoor airPLUS (healthy indoor air)
- [living-future.org](https://living-future.org/) - International Living Future Institute (Living Building Challenge)
- [ngbs.com](https://www.ngbs.com/) - NGBS Green (ICC/ASHRAE 700 National Green Building Standard, Home Innovation Research Labs)
- [passivehouse.com](https://passivehouse.com/) - Passive House Institute (PHI, Germany)
- [passivehousenetwork.org](https://passivehousenetwork.org/) - Passive House Network (training)
- [phius.org](https://www.phius.org/) - Phius (Passive House Institute US)
- [usgbc.org/leed](https://www.usgbc.org/leed) - USGBC LEED rating system
- [usgbc.org/leed-residential](https://www.usgbc.org/leed/rating-systems/residential) - LEED for homes and residential
- **Building codes and energy standards**
- [energycodes.gov](https://www.energycodes.gov/) - DOE Building Energy Codes Program
- [iccsafe.org](https://www.iccsafe.org/) - International Code Council (IECC energy code, IgCC green code)
- [nahb.org/green-building](https://www.nahb.org/advocacy/industry-issues/sustainability-and-green-building) - NAHB: sustainability and green building
- [resnet.us](https://www.resnet.us/) - RESNET (HERS Index home energy ratings)
- **Building science and research**
- [buildinggreen.com](https://www.buildinggreen.com/) - BuildingGreen (Environmental Building News)
- [buildingscience.com](https://buildingscience.com/) - Building Science Corporation (Joe Lstiburek)
- [finehomebuilding.com](https://www.finehomebuilding.com/) - Fine Homebuilding
- [greenbuildingadvisor.com](https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/) - Green Building Advisor
- [greenconcepts.com](https://greenconcepts.com/) - Green Building Concepts (articles)
- [jlconline.com](https://www.jlconline.com/) - Journal of Light Construction
- [motherearthnews.com](https://www.motherearthnews.com/) - Mother Earth News (owner-built and natural homes)
- **Green building products and systems**
- [caragreen.com](https://www.caragreen.com/) - Caragreen (sustainable building materials)
- [cleanburn.com](https://www.cleanburn.com/) - Clean Burn (waste oil furnaces and boilers)
- [dorken.com](https://www.dorken.com/en/) - Dörken (DELTA air and moisture barriers; formerly Cosella-Dörken)
- [ecovative.com](https://ecovative.com/) - Ecovative (mycelium materials)
- [epa.gov/watersense](https://www.epa.gov/watersense) - EPA WaterSense (water-saving fixtures)
- [sips.org](https://www.sips.org/) - Structural Insulated Panel Association
- **Green builders and home designs**
- [builditgreen.org](https://www.builditgreen.org/) - Build It Green (California)
- [chandlerdesignbuild.com](https://www.chandlerdesignbuild.com/) - Chandler Design-Build (Asheville, NC)
- [enertiahomes.com](https://www.enertiahomes.com/) - Enertia Homes (passive solar wood homes)
- [sunlighthomes.com](https://www.sunlighthomes.com/) - Sunlight Homes (passive solar SIP homes)
- **Domes and alternative homes**
- [goodkarmadomes.com](https://www.goodkarmadomes.com/) - Good Karma Domes (geodesic dome homes)
- [monolithic.com](https://www.monolithic.com/) - Monolithic Dome Institute
- **Incentives and efficiency programs**
- [dsireusa.org](https://dsireusa.org/) - DSIRE (state incentives for renewables and efficiency)
- [energystar.gov](https://www.energystar.gov/) - ENERGY STAR
- [epa.gov](https://www.epa.gov/) - U.S. EPA

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