Helpful Links & Tips
- Helpful Links
- Tips for Employees and Residents (printable in Bookmark size)
- Other Resources
Helpful Links
Here are numerous sites relevant to AOBA members. If you find additional helpful sites related to "going green," please email Marie Tibor at mtibor@aoba-metro.org.
Green Building
GREEN-related WebsitesA list of websites compiled by BOMA that address energy efficiency and other related issues.
USGBC National Capitol Region Chapter
The website for the DC-MD-VA Chapter of the US Green Building Council features events, resources and news from the area between the Shenandoah and the Chesapeake.
EPA Green Building Site
Focuses on specific areas such as air quality, water efficiency and waste management. Explains the importance of each and gives advice and EPA programs that address these issues.
Whole Building Design Group
The Gateway to Up-to-date Information on Integrated 'Whole Building' Design Techniques and Technologies.
Green Depot: Environmental Living and Building
A comprehensive website featuring LEED certification information, green building data, green building products, resources and training programs.
Maryland Department of the Environment: "Green Your Facility"
Tips and informational resources for helping to put a business or building on the path to sustainability. Look for recycling resources, cost accounting and environmental impact calculators.
American institute of Architects
Sustainability resource center that spotlights sustainable design from an architectural standpoint. Includes "find-an-architect" links, resources, and green-design case studies
Sustainable Facility
Encompasses integrated high performance building, optimal energy and resource management in commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities for facility managers, engineers, service providers and jobs alike. Issues contain information on energy conservation, water conservation techniques, indoor air quality, green-focused repair/replace/remodeling and more.
Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments
The Alliance for Sustainable Built Environments is a group of leaders from the international building industry who practice and are recognized for leadership in sustainability. The site features case studies and white papers on green buildings as well as news, green tools, and an "Ask an Expert" feature.
Energy Efficiency
LEED-EB websiteAddress operations and maintenance efficiency issues for existing facilities by using the USBGC's LEED standards for Existing Buildings.
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
DSIRE is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and federal incentives and regulations regarding renewable energy and energy efficiency.
EPA Energy Star Site for Buildings
Search for Energy Star service providers, read guidelines for energy management and learn about environmental building design.
United States Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Provides information on buying green power, alternative fuels, energy programs and state programs.
Clean Currents: Green Energy Solutions
Clean Currents is a clean energy aggregator and broker. The website has information on purchasing clean power and renewably energy credits, as well as resource links.
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Provides consumer resources as well as program and policy information.
Real Estate Roundtable: Energy & Climate Change Policy
Energy and Climate Change policy as it relates to the real estate and commercial building sector. Discussion of policy initiatives as well as incentives and opportunities.
Alliance to Save Energy: State Energy Efficiency Index
Learn how states are promoting energy efficiency through laws and regulations. Also includes information in incentives and available funds, with links to relevant state and local websites.
GreenFILE
A bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns. GreenFILE indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government documents and reports.
My Energy Planet
This energy efficiency website has ample information on energy alternatives, energy legislation, tax deductions, recycling, green buildings and more. You can also post or read classifieds, request bids or information and list your company.
Local Sustainable Business Organizations
Cool Capital Challenge
Washington DC consortium of area businesses, organizations and agencies committed to a reduction in greenhouse gases. Tools, tips, support and resources as well as events and media for reducing emissions and carbon footprint.
Sustainable Business Network of Washington (SBNOW)
SBNOW is an independent not-for-profit organization that works with the private sector, community groups, non-profits and government to promote corporate-social responsibility.
Clean Energy Partnership
CEP is a non-profit dedicated to the creation of a cleaner, better future. CEP works to support practical solutions to today's most pressing environmental challenges -global warming and air pollution.
William James Foundation
WJF aims to advance the evolution towards a more socially responsible economy by developing and supporting new entrepreneurs committed to establishing socially responsible businesses and policies that will more equitably benefit all stakeholders - consumers, employees and their families, and the public-at-large, in addition to investors.
Tips for Office Building Employees and Apartment Residents
By taking simple steps, office building employees and apartment residents can save energy used to make electricity, conserve precious fuel and water, and reduce waste. Please download the following brief Green Tips - in handy Bookmark size - and distribute them widely to co-workers, friends and neighbors!
Note to AOBA members: If you would like to receive art files so that you can adapt these Green Tips for corporate use, please email mtibor@aoba-metro.org.
- Green Tips for Office Employees (PDF Bookmark)
- Green Tips for Apartment Residents (PDF Bookmark)
Other Resources
BOMA’s Green Lease Guide
This new BOMA guide is the industry's foremost resource to "greening" a commercial real estate lease. It takes BOMA's highly-successful Guide to Writing a Commercial Real Estate Lease, written by Steven A. Teitelbaum, Esq., partner, Jones Day, and addresses the complex clauses in a commercial real estate lease so that you can execute a lease that will...
- Maintain a green building through energy efficient and sustainable operations and management practices.
- Educate brokers and prospective tenants on the benefits of occupying a high performance green building.
- Communicate the responsibilities of all parties in the ongoing management of a high-performance building.
To purchase the Green Lease Guide, go to www.boma.org.
Green Glossaries
This glossary defines the terminology associated with green building. Revised by its original author, engineer Ashok Raiji, P.E., a principal at ARUP, this glossary has been recycled from the book, Big & Green: Toward Sustainable Architecture in the 21st Century, published in 2002 by Princeton Architectural Press in connection with an exhibition at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC.
Green Building Encyclopedia
Key terms often used when discussing green construction, building, engineering or management.
Calculating Your Building's Carbon Footprint
Keep in mind that calculating a carbon footprint can vary greatly from source to source. Try doing several, and take into account that each one asks different questions! Some sites to try:
