Research Guides: Building Science: Products and Standards

Standards and Rating Systems

Energy Star Program
The site to learn about Energy Star ratings for products, homes, and buildings. Includes lots of free tools for assessing energy performance.
Green Building Codes 101: Navigating the Standards, Codes, and Rating Systems
A webinar to provide background for green buildings.
Green Building Initiative
Home of the Green Globes rating system. You can register and download a trial version of the system.
LEED Green Rating System
LEED Green Rating System. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system was designed by the U.S. Green Building Council, which also certifies buildings as meeting the highest green building and performance measures.

National Green Building Standard (NGBS) Certification
The National Association of Home Builders represents the largest network of craftsmen, innovators and problem solvers dedicated to building and enriching communities.

BuildingGreen This link opens in a new window
Reliable content on sustainable design strategies, green building materials, and case studies of high performance buildings.

McGraw-Hill Construction: Sweets Network
Offeringcomprehensive product information, CAD details, BIM objects, specs, catalogs, galleries, green product information CEUs and more on over 100,000 products