Here are some online resources that might be helpful to read as you’re starting your project:
2030 Challenge, Architecture 2030
Built Green Online Resources
DSIRE, Datagase of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiencies
Energy Star
Environmental Building News
King County’s Green Tools
Living Building Challenge
Northwest Ecobuilding Guild
US Department of Energy
US EPA’s WaterSense Program
These are some publications we recommend:
The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live by Sarah Susanka & Kira Obelensky. The Taunton Press: 1998
Prescriptions for a Healthy House: A Practical Guide for Architects, Builders & Homeowners by Paula Baker-Laport, Eri Elliot & John Banta. New Society: 2001
Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House by Kelly Lerner & Carol Venolia. Lark:2006
Your Green Home by Alex Wilson. New Society Publishers: 2006
A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander. The best book about understanding and using space.
House by Tracy Kidder. How the owner, architect and contractor see the building process.