''Strategies to Meet the Housing Needs of Older Adults," March 2010
by Keith Wardrip
http://www.aarp.org/research/ppi/liv-com/housing/articles/i38-strategies.html

       "New Financing Strategies for Next Generation Green Homes," February 2010
        by Robert Bornn (Builder/Architect magazine)
 

"New Spin on Small-Home Trend Creates Big Design/Build Opportunities," April 2010
 by Robert Bornn (Builder/Architect magazine)

      February 2009:  ''Quiet Crisis: Age Wave Maxes Out Affordable Housing, King County 2008-2025"
      created through the collaboration of six public agencies, Cedar River Group, LLC, and others 
      (http://www.agingkingcounty.org/housing.htm
        (Senior Housing Report, Appendix, and more)
 
 
 

       "UN-Habitat" is the United Nations agency for human settlements.  It is mandated by the General Assembly 
        to "promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities with the goal of providing 
        adequate shelter for all."  (www.unhabitat.org)
 
 
 

Earth Houses by Peter Vetsch
(http://www.erdhaus.ch/web/index.php?lang=en)

The New Alchemy Institute (1971-1991)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Alchemy_Institute)

"New Alchemy Institute Bio-Shelters" by New Alchemy Institute 
(naibiosh.pdf - download a 65 MB .pdf) 

Malcolm Wells - 
underground buildings, earth sheltered architecture, energy efficient houses, passive solar 
(http://www.malcolmwells.com)

Rocky Mountain Institute
(http://www.rmi.org)

Island Quarterly Archive: 1970's alternative community founded by Robert Bornn on an island in Maine
(http://www.buildingcircles.org/IslandQuarterly.htm)

Hockerton Housing Project, United Kingdom
(http://www.hockertonhousingproject.org.uk/)

"Living Buildings," The World and I magazine, October 1999
LivingBuilding-World_and_I.pdf (1.1 MB)

Ocean Arks International - (1981-2009) founded by Dr. John Todd, a visionary in ecological water purification
(http://www.oceanarks.org)

About Ocean Arks International
(http://www.oceanarks.org/About_Us.php)

"Thirsty Puruvians Harvesing Fog with Nets," Reuters, March 22, 2010
(http://fastflip.googlelabs.com/view?q=view%3Apopular?a=ipDW2k4zl1eFrM?source=news?type=embed)
 
 
 

AARP Public Policy Institute
''Strategies to Meet the Housing Needs of Older Adults" (March 2010)
(http://www.aarp.org/research/ppi/liv-com/housing/articles/i38-strategies.html)

RL Mace Universal Design Institute
(http://www.udinstitute.org)

The Center for Universal Design
(http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/)

"The Principles and Guidelines of Universal Design," Northwest Universal Design Council
(http://www.environmentsforall.org/)

Age-in-Place Initiative
is an initiative of Partners for Livable Communities and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a) 
(http://www.aginginplaceinitiative.org/index.php?option=com_content?task=view?id=13?Itemid=78)

"Sustainable Design Begins with Universal Design"
By Drue Lawlor, FASID and chair of the ASID Aging in Place Council, American Society of Interior Designers
(http://www.asid.org/designknowledge/aa/inplace/active/sustainableuniversal.htm)

Pattern Language (Christopher Alexander, Founder and Chairman)
(http://patternlanguage.com)

Center for Environmental Structure (Christopher Alexander, et.al.)
"Building Living Neighborhoods"
(http://www.livingneighborhoods.org)

A Grass Roots Effort to Grow Old at Home  by Jane Gross
The New York Times describes NORCs (Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities)
(http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/health/14aging.html?ex=1187841600?en=88f4c9cec8c43181?ei=5070?emc=eta1)

Age-in-Place Planning 
(described in an interview with Ms. Taylor, a specialist in aging and long-term care)
"A Final Nesting Place" by Rebecca TeaGarden, Seattle Times, Pacific NorthWest Magazine
(http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw09032006/2003238041_pacificpnwl03.html)

"The Other Health Care Crisis -- America's Elderly" by Martha Stewart in the Huffington Post
"We're utterly unprepared for the coming 'silver tsunami'."
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martha-stewart/the-other-health-care-cri_b_429968.html)

The Small House Movement
(http://www.lime.com/planet/story/4091/small_house_movement_takes_on_mcmansion?utm_source
=adwords?utm_medium=plm?utm_campaign=additions?utm_term=sustainable+housing)

On Architecture: Living in a Dream World
They're billed as eco-friendly, but Street of Dreams homes are really about lavish luxury
By Lawrence Cheek, Special to the Seattle Post Intelligencer
(http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/325650_architecture31.html)
 

International Energy Agency- Energy Conservation through Energy Storage (IEA-ECES)

Drake's Landing Solar Community (Canada)

Alternative Energy Information

Index to Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage Newsletters (Archive 1978-1993)

ASME: Journal of Solar Energy Engineering

Trends in Japan: Novel Energy Storage Systems

Solar Engineering Savings Calculations

University of Wisconsin, Madison, College of Engineering, Information re Concentrating Solar Collector

University of Ontario, Engineering and Applied Sciences, "Thermal Energy Background"

Solar District Heating with a Combined Pit and Duct Storage in the Underground

The LED Light, Inc. 
(http://www.TheLedLight.com)
Select #1 on their catalog for information about the technology. 

LED Lighting Fixtures, Inc.
(http://www.ledlightingfixtures.com)

EcoBusiness Links
(http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/lighting_led_light_solar.htm)

The "Living Building Challenge" from the Cascadia Region Green Building Council
(http://www.cascadiagbc.org/lbc)

The U.S. Green Building Council - LEED Certification
(http://www.usgbc.org)

Natural Resources Defense Council (LEED description)
(http://www.nrdc.org/buildinggreen/leed.asp)

Nucor Steel - Large Scale Recycler
(http://www.nucor.com)

American Shotcrete Association (ASA)
(http://www.shotcrete.org/)

Ferrocement Educational Network
(http://www.ferrocement.net/)

Amercian Concrete Institute (ACI)
(http://www.aci-int.org)

Washington Aggregates and Concrete Association (WACA)
(http://www.washingtonconcrete.org)

Hemp Technologies LLC
(http://www.hemtecusa.com/Hemcrete.php
 
 

Federal Government
National Renewable Energy Labs
(http://www.nrel.gov)

Washington State
Washington State Housing Finance Commission, 17th Annual Housing Washington Conference (2010)
Tuesday, October 19 and Wednesday, October 20
(http://www.wshfc.org/conf/)

Access Washington - official site of Washington State
(http://access.wa.gov/)

Revised Code of Washington (RCW)

Accessory Dwelling Units, per RCW Title 21A.08.030.7.a, Permitted Uses
(ADUs25-Title 21A08.pdf)

Department of Health (DOH), Washington

Waste Water Management Program - List of Registered On-site Treatment and Distribution Products - DOH, Washington
(http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/WW/registered-list.pdf)

Water System Design Manual - DOH, Washington
(http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/dw/publications/design.htm)
Includes 7.2.6 Rainwater Collection Systems (Cisterns)

King County, Washington
Department of Development and Environmental Services (DDES)
(http://www.metrokc.gov/ddes/)

DDES Green Building Program
(http://www.metrokc.gov/dnrp/swd/greenbuilding)

Department of Natural Resources and Parks (DNRP)
(http://dnr.metrokc.gov/)

Aging and Disability Services, King County, WA
http://www.agingkingcounty.org

    "Quiet Crisis: Age Wave Maxes Out Affordable Housing, King County 2008-2025"
     (http://www.agingkingcounty.org/housing.htm
      (Senior Housing Report and Appendix)
 

LifeSense Institute
BuildingCircles Organization works with LifeSense Institute to provide environmental education with a focus on affordable and sustainable, contemporary building technologies that use universal design.  These technologies will support the building of AdvancedGreen, nature-integrated, living homes for independent living.   LifeSense Institute is a nonprofit corporation on Vashon-Maury Island founded in 2006 by Robert Bornn and Laura Worth. 

Vashon Island Earthfair
Project Solar Harvest Goes to Island Earthfair 2006