Additional Tribal Green Building Resources
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- Federal Resources
- Building Code and Building Design Resources
- Other Green Building Resources and References
- National Summit to Advance Tribal Green Building Codes
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Note: All federal grant funding opportunities are online at Grants.gov
Federal Resources
- EPA Tribal Portal
- ENERGY STAR
- Housing and Urban Development (HUD): Office of Native American Programs (ONAP)
- ONAP Program Guidance
- Sustainable Construction in Indian Country
- Continuity and Change: Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Housing Conditions of American Indians and Alaska Natives (PDF)(102 pp, 3MB, About PDF)
- 2010-2011 Native Housing Needs Outreach Sessions
- Southwest Housing Traditions: Design Materials Performance
- Bureau of Indian Affairs: School Facilities Design Handbook (PDF)(574 pp, 6 MB, About PDF)
- Indian Health Service, Indian Health Manual - Environmental Compliance
- Native American Housing and Self-Determination Act
- U.S. Departmant of Energy and U.S. Department of Housing and Rural Development: Buildings of the Land: Energy Efficiency Design Guide for Indian Housing
- U.S. Department of Energy: Building Energy Codes Program
- U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Native American Housing: Tribes Generally View Block Grant Program as Effective, but Tracking of Infrastructure Plans and Investments Needs Improvement (PDF)(71 pp, 2.4 MB, About PDF)
Building Code and Building Design Resources
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- Building Codes Assistance Project
- Development Center for Appropriate Technology
- Columbia Law School: Center for Climate Change Law Model Ordinances
- Ecological Building Network
- First Nations National Building Officers Association (FNNBOA)
- Intertribal Council On Utility Policy (ICOUP)
- National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Housing and Infrastructure
- National American Indian Housing Council (NAIHC) and Regional Indian Housing Associations
- National Indian Law Library, Tribal Law Gateway (Search "Building" for Tribal Building Code information)
- Native Learning Center Training on Green Building, Energy Efficiency, and Affordable Housing
- Rural Housing Assistance Council
- Sustainable Nations Development Project
- Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative (SNCC)
- Tribal Law and Policy Institute: Tribal Legal Code Project: Tribal Building Codes
Other Green Building Resources and References
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Affordable Green Building in Rural Communities (PDF)(59 pp, 89K, About PDF)
This guide provides a green building framework to build healthier, more efficient and enviornmentally sustainable communities.
Building and Buying Green in Indian Country: A Practical Guide for California Tribes(157 pp, 8.7MB, About PDF)
This comprehensive guide provides tribal project decision-makers and planners an overview of "green" building practices to help them evaluate and choose sustainable options as they develop projects with tribes, architects, contractors, suppliers, and others.