Our Partners
University
of Alaska Fairbanks -
Cold
Climate Housing Research Center
The Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) is an
industry based, non-profit corporation created to
facilitate the development, use, and testing of energy
efficient, durable, healthy, and cost effective building
technologies for Alaska and the world's cold climate
regions. Alaska offers an excellent testing ground for
cold climate technologies and products. Alaska's
geography provides the full range of climatic conditions
a researcher would encounter across the northern U.S. -
from the windy, cool, wet weather on the northeastern
and northwestern states to the very cold, snowy
conditions across the northern plains and Rocky Mountain
regions. In addition, Alaska's cold season lasts for six
months or longer in any given year, allowing ample time
for researchers to conduct experiments and evaluations
of housing performance.
http://www.cchrc.org
University
of Florida -
Program for Resource Efficient Communities
The Program for Resource Efficient Communities
integrates and applies the University of Florida’s
educational and analytical assets to promote the
adoption of best design, construction, and management
practices that measurably reduce energy and water
consumption and environmental degradation in new
residential community developments. Their focus extends
from the individual home and lot level through site
development to surrounding lands and ecological systems.
The Program supports the implementation of resource
efficient community development practices and operates
on the fundamental premise that building and maintaining
an inclusive, multi-disciplinary collaborative team is
the key to the program’s success.
http://www.energy.ufl.edu/default.htm
The
University of California Riverside
University of California, Riverside is a research
university committed to the creation and transmission of
knowledge at the highest level, and to the translation
of that knowledge for the public good. Our comprehensive
programs and services, excellent faculty and staff, and
vibrant and attractive physical environment are designed
to: provide a high quality learning environment for
undergraduate and graduate students; advance human
knowledge and accomplishment through research and
scholarship; enhance the public good through community
service and initiatives; seek preeminence among U.S.
research universities, recognizing UCR's quality in
every area.
http://www.ucr.edu
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Siena
College
Siena, a Catholic and Franciscan
college, founded in 1937 by seven
Franciscan friars, is an independent
undergraduate liberal arts college
located in Loudonville, New York, a
suburban community just outside the
state's capital. The
College’s reputation as a
student-centered community of scholars
is primarily due to its accomplished and
attentive faculty, who balance the
demands of academic leadership,
publishing, and research with the
responsibility of providing
undergraduates with a challenging,
engaging, and inspiring education of the
highest quality.
http://www.siena.edu
Audubon Lifestyles
Audubon Lifestyles
operates with the main purpose of benefiting society,
while offering professional and sustainably based
products and services. Proceeds from their programs and
services are contributed to charitable organizations.
Audubon Lifestyles has partnered with the International
Sustainability Council to coproduce the quarterly
SustainAbility Newsletter and also provides the ISC a
Membership program through their website. Tools
available on the website for members include: the
Audubon Network, a network of communities, education
centers, businesses, communities and individuals that
share the common goal of living sustainably, Community
Groups, the Audubon Forum, the Green Review and a
searchable Native Plant Database.
http://www.audubonlifestyles.com