Online References & Resources

Government & Regulatory

• Department of Education (DOE).
  • School Facilities.
  • Education Codes (list of all); Title 6A, Chapter 26: Educational Facilities.
  • LRFP Sites: 2005 & 2000.
• Department of Health & Senior Services (DOH).
• Department of Community Affairs (DCA).
  • NJ-edition of International Codes.
  • Construction Codes Adopted in NJ.
  • DCA Division of Codes & Standards.
  • Office of Local Code Enforcement (no web site).
• State Board of Architects (also regulates Certified Interior Designers).
• Treasury: Division of Property Maintenance & Construction (DPMC).
• Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
  • Historic Preservation Office.
• Economic Development Authority (EDA).
  • Schools Development Authority (SDA, successor to the Schools Construction Corp.).

• National Council of Architecture Review Boards (NCARB).
  • Internship Development Program (IDP).
  • Architect Registration Exam (ARE).
• International Code Council (ICC).
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
• Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).
• National Park Service Heritage Documentation Programs (including HABS, HAER, HALS, & CRGIS).
• US Access(ibility) Board.

Professional Associations

• American Institute of Architects (AIA).
  • New Jersey Society of Architects (AIA-NJ).
  • AIA Central New Jersey Section (AIA-CNJ).
  • AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE).
  • AIA Sustainable Design Policy Resource Center
  • AIA Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE).
  • AIA Continuing Education Transcript.
• National Council for Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ).
• American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).
• International Interior Design Association (IIDA).
• International Code Council (ICC).
• Construction Specifications Institute (CSI).
• Project Management Institute.
• United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
  • USGBC New Jersey Chapter.
• Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).
• Green Building Initiative (GBI), rival to USGBC.
• NJ Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability (NJHEPS).
• Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE).
• Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC).
• Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).

Periodicals

• Architectural Digest.
• Architectural Record.
• Architecture.
• Building Safety Journal (ICC members only, must log in).
• Contract.
• Environmental Building News (by paid subscription only).
• Environmental Design+ Construction.
  • ED+C Webinars.
• GreenSource.
• Journal of Green Building (by paid subscription only).
• Interior Design.
• McGraw Hill Construction Continuing Education.
• Hanley Wood University.

General Product Indices & Specification Information

• 4specs.com.
• Arcat.
• First Source.
• MasterFormat.
• Sweets.
• Sweets CAD Library.
• See High-Performance Design References for specialized indices.

Testing / Material Standards

• See also Government & Regulatory.
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
• Underwriters Laboratories (UL).
• Warnock-Hersey (WHI).
• R-value Table for common, generic building materials.

High-Performance Design References

• See also Professional Associations.
• Sustainability Dictionary (good for novices).
• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) by USGBC.
• Green Globes Int'l., Green Globes-US rating system by GBI, competing with LEED.
• AIA: Sustainable Design Policy Resource Center & Committee on the Environment.
• Education:
  • USGBC Green School Buildings.
  • Collaborative for High-Performance Schools.
  • Daylighting in Schools Online Training.
  • Healthy Schools Network.
  • High-Performance Schools New Jersey by NJIT's CABSR.
  • High-Performance School Design Online Training.
  • NJDOHSS Healthy Schools.
• Healthcare:
  • Center for Health Design.
  • Green Guide for Health Care.
  • Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
• Residential:
  • NJDCA Div. of Housing Green Homes Office.
• UC Berkeley's Center for the Built Environment.
• Building Green Suite.
• NRDC: Building Green.
• Greenbuild365.
• Rocky Mountain Institute, concerned with sustainability.
• Green California.
• Indices & more:
  • GREEN Book (follow links).
  • Green Building Product News.
  • Green Seal.
  • Green Spec (subscription only).
  • Greenguard.
  • NJDEP Environmentally-Friendly Recycled Content Building Products.
  • Oikos.
• US Dept. of Energy Building America program.
• US Dept. of Energy Rebuild America program.
• US Dept. of Energy Building Energy Software Tools Directory.
• Potential solar & daylight modeling software: Sketch-Up; AGI32; Radiance; Spot; Lightscape.
• NIST's Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) Software.
• Energy Star.
• NJ SmartStart Buildings.
• USNO Solar Altitude/Azimuth Tables.
• US Army Corps of Engineers' Engineering Knowledge Online memoranda and technical notes on various technologies (search for "waterless urinals" or other).
• Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) & Finding FSC Wood.

Miscellaneous References

• National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities.
• NJIT Center for Architecture & Building Science Research (CABSR).