Green Building Guide

(106KB) cover illustration by A.J. Garces

Welcome to the Austin Chronicle's Green Building web page, a republication of the Chronicle's Green Building issue of April 27, 1994.

NEW STUFF includes R.U. Steinberg's guide to Environmental BBS's and a few updates, corrrections, and additional material that didn't make it into the original issue.

THE ARTICLES are split into four major areas, having to do with alternative building materials, water conservation and reuse, energy efficiency, and organizations that can help.

The original RESOURCE LISTINGS are included with each article and also are combined together for convenient downloading.

THE INFO was all accurate as of April, 1994. We have not rechecked phone numbers and such since that time. Things change. If you have information regarding phone number and address changes or new resources, please send e-mail to xephyr@auschron.com.

All materials are copyright (C) 1995 by the Austin Chronicle and the individual authors.

Building Materials

Material World

Suzy Banks' overview guide to green building materials

Are We Running Out of Wood

Robert Bryce on timber and sustainability

The Last Straw

Robert Bryce looks at straw bale construction

Earthy Solutions

Suzy Banks on earth-sheltered homes

Resources

Water Conservation

Wet Harvest

Suzy Banks on rainwater catchment systems

Greywater

Some water can be reused... or can it? by Suzy Banks

Problems of Elimination

Marshall Frech on alternatives to sewage

Resources

Energy Efficiency

Plugging into "Negawatts"

Steps to energy efficiency by Robert Bryce

Energy Star Ratings

Jeanine Sih on a City of Austin incentive program

UT and Others Think Green

Organizational conservation, by Jeanine Sih

Resources

Organizations

Green Builder Program

Jeanine Sih on a City of Austin pilot program

Sustainable Building Coalition

Grassroots green, by Jeanine Sih

From Fringe to Center

The world of Pliny Fisk, by Robert Bryce

Environmental BBS

an annotated guide by R.U. Steinberg

InfiNet

Austin's homegrown environmental BBS, by Chris Burton

Resources

Complete Resource List