Ventilation and Green Building Resources

• Home Ventilating Institute: www.hvi.org. Certified performance from HVI is the best way to ensure expected performance in the field. U.S. and Canadian building codes require HVI Certified Performance ratings when using prescriptive compliance methods to avoid field testing. The www.hvi.org website contains data on about 2,500 products.
• U.S. Green Building Council: www.usgbc.org
• Affordable Comfort, Inc. www.affordablecomfort.com. The ACI Home Performance Conference will be held April 27-May 1, 2009 in Kansas City, MO.
• National Association of Home Builders www.nahb.org
• National Association of State Energy Officials, State &Territory Energy Offices: www.naseo.org/members/states.htm
• U.S. Dept. of of Energy- Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, State Energy Office Contacts: www.eere.energy.ogov.state_energy_program/seo_contacts.cfm
• Energy Star: www.energystar.gov
• ASHRAE 62.2 Standard: www.ashare.org/publications/detail/16090
• Green Communities: www.greencommunitiesonline.org
• American Lung Association’s Health House: www.healthhouse.org
• Global Green: www.globalgreen.org.