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Green Infrastructure Websites

Green Infrastructure & Health Guide
A guide to help local government, communities, and health care organizations connect green infrastructure and public health in new ways. Created by the Willamette Partnership and Oregon Public Health Institute.
Green Infrastructure: How to Manage Water in a Sustainable Way
A webpage from the NRDC including an overview of why green infrastructure is important, the benefits of green infrastructure, and types of green infrastructure.
Rainwater Harvesting Regulations Map
A map tool that compiles state-level information on rainwater harvesting regulations. From the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy.
Sustainable Development Code (SDC)
The SDC is organized into 32 subject areas (called subchapters), such as parking, climate change, and low-impact development and stormwater management. For each subchapter, the SDC lists policy actions local governments can take to become more sustainable in that specific area.

Green Roofs

ASLAGreen Roof Data, tours, history, practical information and a study guide, from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
EPA Green Infrastructure Collaborative The Green Infrastructure Collaborative is a network-based learning alliance created to help communities more easily implement green infrastructure.
European Federation Green Roofs & Walls A group of fifteen associations that promote and encourage the uptake of green roofs and green walls in their countries to help address issues related to climate change, ecosystem services, green infrastructure and lack of green space in the built environment.
Green Building Alliance Green Building Alliance (GBA) advances innovation in the built environment by empowering people to create environmentally, economically, and socially vibrant places. Founded in 1993, GBA is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization — and one of the oldest regional green building organizations in the United States. GBA proudly serves Pittsburgh and the 26 counties of Western Pennsylvania, with stakeholders across the Mid-Atlantic, United States, and the world.
Green Roofs - Soil Science Society of America An overview of green roofs, including green roof standards, rainfall management, and the benefits of green roofs, from the Soil Science Society of America.
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) develops and protects the market by increasing the awareness of the economic, social and environmental benefits of green roofs, green walls, and other forms of living architecture through education, advocacy, professional development and celebrations of excellence (description from LOC).
Living Roofs Livingroofs.org is an independent organisation set up by Dusty Gedge in 2002 to promote green roofs and living walls in urban areas in the UK and around the world. The organisation has been a member of the European Federation of Green Roof and Wall Associations (EFB) since 2006 as the UK representative. Dusty Gedge is the current president of the EFB, an office he has held since 2008. (From website)

ENV 110 - Green Infrastructure: Websites

Green Infrastructure Websites

Green Roofs