Weblinks

Links to information from Search on sustainability
www.searchenvironment.com
www.sustainablenetherlands.com
www.annemarierakhorst.com

Links to information on Sustainable Building
www.earthbuilding.info site of the German Association of Building with Earth with useful links to international sites.
www.gtz.de/en site of the Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development.
www.howstuffworks.com/floating-city.htm site with information on floating cities. www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk site with information on the Low Carbon Buildings Programme. www.passive-on.org/en site with information on The Passive-On Project, a completed research and dissemination project funded within the Intelligent Energy for Europe SAVE programme.
www.sev-realisatie.nl/ifd site with information on Industrial, Flexible and Demountable Construction. www.smartcommunities.ncat.org site with information on smart building principles and programmes. www.sustainablebuild.co.uk a reference point on sustainable building, development and eco construction techniques.
www.sustainablebuilding.com site with information on sustainable building, regulations and green building technologies.
www.sustainablebuilding.info virtual information centre of sustainable building.
www.unep.or.jp site of the United Nations Environment Programme with information on the International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC).

Links to sites of Research and Educational Institutes
with information on RIBA validated architecture courses in the UK.
www.euchinabrc.com site of the Centre for Sino-European Sustainable Building Design and Construction, founded by the European Commission.
www.kema.com site of KEMA, energy consultant and specialist in the field of testing and certification. www.imsa.nl site of IMSA Amsterdam, an independent consultancy firm and think-tank committed to sustainability and innovation.
www.mecsd.com site of the Middle East Centre for Sustainable Development (MECSD).
www.nibs.org site of the National Institute of Building Sciences.
www.oneplanetliving.org site of One Planet Living, a global initiative based on ten guiding principles of sustainability.
www.sbse.org site of the Society of Building Science Educators (SBSE), an association of university educators and practitioners in architecture.
www.senternovem.nl site of SenterNovem, an agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, promoting sustainable development and innovation.
www.sustainablebuilding.info site of the Sustainable Building Support Centre, an intermediate organisation that promotes sustainable building.
www.tno.nl site of TNO, Dutch institute for scientific knowledge that aims to strengthen the innovative power of industry and government.
www.tudelft.nl site of the Delft University of Technology.
www.tue.nl site of the Eindhoven University of Technology.

Links to Environmental Accreditation Systems and Checklists
www.aecb.net site of the Association for Environment Conscious Building.
www.breeam.org site of the BRE Environmental Assessment Method.
www.bre.co.uk site of the BRE Group.
www.builtgreen.net site with checklists for sustainable building.
www.dgbc.nl site of the Dutch Green Building Council.
www.ukgbc.org site of the UK Green Building Council.
www.usgbc.org site of the US Green Building Council.