Resources - Building: Codes, Natural, and Green

United States Green Building Council has created a certification process called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for a variety building types.
www.usgbc.org
Development Center for Appropriate Technology. DCAT is actively involved in rethinking the nature of the building codes. There is a wealth of useful info and links available on this site.
Building Codes and Natural Building by Coenraad Rogmans
Some thoughts on “Adobe Codes” by Dr. Fred Webster, a seismic engineer in California.
Sustainability and the Building Codes by David Eisenberg. This article was published in the Last Straw journal, and is from a paper presented at a national conference on building codes.
California Health and Safety Code guidelines for Strawbale structures. This code is being revised and must be adopted by each county in the State to be official.
The green home building website has some info and perspectives on using natural materials and dealing with building codes.
The Cob Code Project is a work in progress to develop recognized codes for building with Cob, which has its own complications related to the variability that is inherent in every batch.

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