Recommended Reading
Online Resources
- LEEDLEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a voluntary, consensus-based, market-driven program that provides third-party verification of green buildings.
- Planning and Designing the Physically Active CommunityReport from the American Planning Association that "encourage changes to the built environment that will promote physical activity as a means of improving the health of Americans"
- Ask NatureAskNature is the world’s most comprehensive catalog of nature’s solutions to human design challenges. This curated online library features free information on more than 1,800 (and growing!) natural phenomena and hundreds of bio-inspired applications.
- 14 Patterns of Biophilic DesignThis book articulates the relationships between nature, human biology and the design of the built environment so that we may experience the human benefits of biophilia in our design applications.
- International WELL Building InstituteExplore WELL projects + their resource library.
- Green InteriorsRead articles on green interior design.
- 2030 PaletteA database of sustainable design principles, strategies, tools and resources