Manuals and Guidebooks
- Best Practices Manual
www.CHPS.net
By the Collaborative for High Performance Schools - High-Performance School Buildings
www.sbicouncil.org/highperformanceschoolbuildings.htm
By the Sustainable Building Industry Council - Low-Energy Sustainable Building Design for Federal Managers
www.sbicouncil.org/prog_fedbuild.htm
by the Sustainable Building Industry Council
Organizations and Information
- Sustainable Building Industry Council
www.SBICouncil.org - American Institute of Architects - Committee on the Environment
www.aia.org. - American Institute of Architects Los Angeles
www.aialosangeles.org - American Institute of Architects Orange County
www.aiaoc.org - American Solar Energy Society
www.ases.org - Collaborative for High Performance Schools
www.CHPS.net - Schools Going Solar
www.solarelectricpower.org/going_solar/schools.cfm - Schools Going Solar
www.irecusa.org/schools - Solar Schools
www.need.org/pgesolarschools - Sustainable Building Industry Council
www.sbicouncil.org/highperformanceschoolbuildings.htm - U.S. Green Building Council
www.usgbc.org - Whole Building Design
www.wbdg.org
Assistance Programs for High Performance Schools
- Bright Schools Program (California Energy Commission)
www.energy.ca.gov/efficiency/brightschools - Energy Smart School Program and the Rebuild America Program (Department of Energy)
www.rebuild.org/index.asp - Green Schools Program
www.ase.org/section/program/greenschl - Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
www.ladwp.com - Sacramento Municipal Utilities District
www.smud.com - San Diego Gas and Electric
www.sdge.com - Southern California Edison
www.sce.com