• National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Ecology website is easy to search and has a “greening projects” section, with a subsection called “New Construction”; click on this subsection to read about model schools and get contact information: www.nwf.org/campusEcology/dspGreening.cfm• EPA's Sector Strategies Program seeks industry-wide environmental gains through innovative actions taken with a number of manufacturing and service sectors. The Sector Strategies point-of-contact is working with College and University Sector Partners to develop sector-specific approaches to assist in advancing the use of environmental management systems, reduce regulatory performance barriers, and measure environmental progress.
• The Connecticut Green Building Council (CTGBC) is the CT chapter of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The goal of the CTGBC is to help educate about the design and construction of high performance energy efficient buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable, and provide a safer and healthier place to work and live. The CTGBC site provides information about the organization, links to other green building resources, information about energy efficient buildings in CT, and general information on green buildings and the LEED rating system. The USGBC site provides similar information with more description of the LEED rating system.
• The CT DEP also has Green Building Site. This site provides a general description of what a green building is, ways to design and build one, and links for more details.
