Standards and Codes

Professional Associations

Career

Competitions

Open Source/free Software

Sustainability

Systems & Materials

Online Libraries

Historic Preservation

Direct Downloads

Standards and Codes

• ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)  http://www.access-board.gov/adaag/html/adaag.htm
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)  http://www.ansi.org
• American Society for Testing and Materials  http://www.astm.org
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  http://www.ieee.org
• International code council  http://www.iccsafe.org/
• ISO International Organization for Standardization  http://www.iso.ch/
• National Building Code of India  http://www.bis.org.in/sf/nbc.htm
• National Fire Protection Association Research Foundation (NFPA)  http://www.nfpa.org/
• Underwriters Laboratories  http://www.ul.com/

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Professional Associations

• ACADIA - Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture  http://www.acadia.org
• Accredited Programs in Landscape Architecture  http://www.asla.org/Schools.aspx
• AIAS (American Institute of Architects Students)  http://www.aias.org/
• American Institute of Architects  http://www.aia.org/
• American Institute of Graphic Arts  http://www.aiga.org
• American Iron & Steel Institute  http://www.steel.org
• American Planning Association  http://www.planning.org
• American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI)  http://www.asai.org/
• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers  http://www.ashrae.org/
• American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) [ http://www.asid.org]
• American Solar Energy Society  http://www.ases.org/
• American wind energy association  http://www.awea.org/
• Council of Architecture (India)  http://www.coa.gov.in/
• Illuminating Engineering Society of North America  http://www.iesna.org
• Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers  http://www.ishrae.in/
• NASA (National Association of Students of Architecture - India)  http://www.nasaindia.co.in/
• National Architecture Accrediting Board (NAAB) [ http://www.naab.org/]
• RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects)  www.architecture.com/
• Society of Architectural Historians  http://www.sah.org
• Solar Energy Industries Association Members Database  http://www.seia.org/

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Career

• AEC JobBank http://www.aecjobbank.com/
• American Institute of Architects career center http://careercenter.aia.org/jobs
• American Planning Association Jobs Online http://www.planning.org/jobs/
• ARCHCareers http://www.archcareers.org
• Archinect Jobs http://archinect.com/jobs
• Boston Society of Architects  http://www.architects.org/jobs
• Intute  http://www.intute.ac.uk/architecture/
• Preserve/Net: The Preservationist's Resource Employment Listings http://www.preservenet.cornell.edu/employ/index.cfm

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Competitions

• ArchitectureRoom  http://www.theArchitectureRoom.com/
• Architype Review  http://www.architypereview.com
• Death by Architecture: Competitions  http://www.deathbyarch.com

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Open Source/free Software

• blender  http://www.blender.org/
• gimp  http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
• open office  http://www.openoffice.org/
• picasa  http://picasa.google.com/
• sketchup  http://sketchup.google.com/download/gsu.html

Search archisage for 'open source' http://www.archisage.net/main/search/search?q=open+source

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Sustainability

• Solar Action Alliance, are a group of environmentalists who want to spread the word about the most clean, reliable, and abundant source of renewable energy: the sun. http://solaractionalliance.org/
• California Energy Commission http://www.energy.ca.gov/
• efficient lighting  http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/lighting_daylighting/index.cfm/mytopic=12030
• efficient windows  http://www.efficientwindows.org/
• evaporative cooling http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/home/heating_cooling/evaporative.html
• geothermal http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/home/heating_cooling/geothermal.html
• Green Building Certification Institute  www.gbci.org/
• IGBC  http://www.igbc.in/
• light shelves  http://www.energybooks.com/pdf/10001005.pdf
• photovoltaics  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaics
• renewable energy systems  http://www1.eere.energy.gov/calculators/renewable_energy_systems.html
• Tata Energy Research Institure http://www.teriin.org/index.php
• USGBC  http://www.usgbc.org/
• wind power  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power
• Home solar panels: pros, cons and hidden costs http://www.expertise.com/home-and-garden/home-solar-panels-pros-cons-and-hidden-costs

Search archisage for sustainability http://www.archisage.net/main/search/search?q=sustainability

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Systems & Materials

• Photovoltaic
  • http://www.firstsolar.com/en/index.php
  • http://www.sharpusa.com/SolarElectricity.aspx
• Wind Power
  • GE Wind Power http://www.gepower.com/businesses/ge_wind_energy/en/index.htm
• Daylighting
  • solatube  http://www.solatube.com/
• Green Products
  • http://oikos.com/green_products/index.php
• Building materials Directory
• • http://products.construction.com/
  • http://www.arcat.com/

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Online Libraries

• Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library (Columbia University) http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/avery.html
• UCLA Arts Library  http://eresources.library.ucla.edu/art/browse.cfm?su=9

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Historic Preservation

• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation  http://www.achp.gov/
• American Cultural Resources Association  http://www.acra-crm.org

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Direct Downloads

• ADA http://www.access-board.gov/adaag/ADAAG.pdf
• LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations Rating System »  http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=5546
• LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations Checklist » http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=5719
• Major Changes from LEED-NC v2.2 to LEED 2009 NC » http://www.usgbc.org/ShowFile.aspx?DocumentID=6700

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