A professional non-profit membership organization whose stated mission is to promote healthy, energy and resource efficient buildings in California. Build It Green developed the Green Point Rating system to evaluate and certify green homes in California. Its Web site is one-stop shopping for extensive information on its own and other certification systems, incentives for green building, case studies and marketing reports on residential green building and information on an assortment of green building products. The Web site also hosts a database of green building professionals including everything from architects to green home stagers.
The USGBC is the non-profit organization that created the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Green Building Rating System. LEED currently exists only for new, large residential buildings bus is useful to understand the LEED criteria
A non-profit organization serving all of California, The ReUse People provides environmentally responsible demolition services and sells reusable building materials to homeowners and contractors
A collection of groups of people usually by city who exchange items for free on the internet. Think of CraigsList, but for free items. Giving what might be your junk to someone who can use it locally helps reduce landfill and give people who otherwise might not be able to afford the items assistance.
