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Jim LaRue is the client for the Spring 2001 Advanced Web course at Cuyahoga Community College. Mr. LaRue's passion is thoroughly engaged with issues of sustainable/green building in Cleveland's urban neighborhoods.
The following list was compiled and edited to provided and contrast additional Web based sustainable building material prior to undertaking the Greenbuilt Homes site.
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Green
Building Links
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well organized Canadian site with with extensive listings and resources.
This site is a good reference for design and site organization.**** |
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encompass Web site is highly informative with "two integrated components:
a virtual tour of 33 building projects using recycled-content materials;
and useful information about these materials." This site is a lovely example of effective and efficient design (translate: usability). **** |
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| Great
database of building related, environmentally appropriate technologies.
Extensive descriptive contact information for products in several categories,
including indoor air quality, nontoxic materials, waste management, energy
efficiency, and recycled materials. *** |
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| Green Home is a nonprofit offshoot from Habitat for Humanity. This groups mission is all about environmently-friendly low-income housing. This site has an efficient structure, but is not great looking.** | |
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Department of Energy information on green buildings. This is actually a nice looking government website. ** |
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| Information regarding federal agencies efforts to assist communities sustainable growth. Links to specific programs and resources. Looks as if designed by committee.** | |
| Well organized resources related to green building, with numerous links. Good organization of information. Visually nothing exceptional.** | |
| The USGBC was formed in 1993 and is a coalition of building-related organizations promoting green building practices. Why do so many .gov sites look and feel just like you expect government sites to feel? (all info and little regard for design*) | |
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is one of the Austin Texas sites, with a great deal of resources related
to green building. This however is one of those site with a wealth of information yet no design,(*). |
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| Well, what can I say---the information looks good with a nice interface. This site offers users the opportunity to locate and shop for green homes. Ultimately I just couldn't venture past the swastika on the splash page. :( | |
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