Subject Guide for Architecture: Green Architecture

See Also Green Architecture Resources in print

Research Databases

BuildingGreen Features current issue of Environmental Building news and complete archives published since 1993. Includes GreenSpec database of over 1,800 green building products and a database of more than 100 high-performance building case studies. Information is searchable and cross-referenced by CSI MasterFormat division, LEED credit, or green topic. UT NetID & Password required

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Covers architecture and related disciplines -- archaeology, furniture and decoration, historic preservation, interior design, landscape design and urban planning. Compiled at Columbia University's Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, the database indexes over 2,000 periodicals published worldwide. Coverage is from the 1930's to the present with selective indexing dating back to the 1860's. UT NetID & Password required

LexisNexis Environmental provides access to a comprehensive collection of environmental sources and documents, including:

Environment Abstracts: Abstracts of journal articles and conference papers and links to selected full text.
News, Journals & Commentary: Full-text newspapers, journals, law reviews, and reference materials.
Codes & Regulations: Federal and state codes and federal agency regulations.
Case Law & Agency Actions: Federal and state case law and agency decisions.
Waste & Materials: Federal and state waste site data and hazardous materials information, including Superfund records.

Dictionaries & Glossaries

Federal Building Energy Codes

Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus A comprehensive controlled vocabulary of nearly 125,000 terms for describing objects, textural materials, images, architecture and material culture from antiquity to the present.

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names contains approximately 900,000 records for places, arranged in hierarchies representing all nations of the modern world, and including vernacular and historical names, coordinates, place types, and other relevant information.