Sustainability in Civil Engineering

This organization seeks to eliminate embodied carbon in built structures by the year 2050. See its Carbon Smart Materials Palette and its EPD Quicksheet for guidance on sustainable materials.

This is BuildingGreen's online product guide of environmentally preferable products, with "key insights on the green attributes of each product and the most critical green issues for each product category. GreenSpec conducts its own independent research in assessing manufacturer claims, ensuring that the guide contains unbiased, quality information."

This ASCE forum works to reduce the amount of embodied carbon in construction projects.

This U.S. Dept. of Energy website offers consumer guidance for the purchase of certified energy-saving home and office appliances, lighting, heaters, boilers, and commercial food service equipment.

This Swiss engineering research lab uses digital technologies and 3-D printing to devise innovative building materials and processes.

Lists more than 4000 products whose claims to sustainability ave been verified by third-party testing organizations.

This laboratory at the University of Colorado, Boulder, "integrates biology with polymer and cement chemistry to create responsive, biomimetic, and/or living materials for the built environment."

Established by Google in 2015, Quartz is an open database of composition, health hazard and environmental impact data for building products.

This Underwriters Labs website provides information on certified green building products, specifications, green credits, and MasterFormat numbering. Also see the SPOT Library for papers and reports that are available with free registration.

Comprehensive series of manufacturer's catalogs offering product overviews,specs and other information for selecting, comparing and specifying building products.

An online catalog of new, mostly architectural, products made of renewable or recycled materials.

"Statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment."