Water Efficiency: Bibliography

Altman, Robert The Complete Book to Home Environmental Hazards.  New York:  Facts on File, 1990. 

Building Green, Inc.  “BuildingGreen.com.”  2003.

            <http://www.buildinggreen.com> (10 March 2004).

California Urban Water Conservation Council.  “H2ouse.org.”  2002.

            < http://www.h2ouse.org > (10 March 2004). 

Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems.  “Home Page.”

            <http://www.cmpbs.org> (24 March 2004).

Chiras, Daniel D. The Natural House.  White River Junction, Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2000

Department of Sustainability  and Environment .  “Our Water Our Future.” 

            <http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/ourwater/rebates.htm>

Energy Star .  “Home Page.” 

            <http://www.energystar.gov>  (01 April 2004).

Enertia Building Systems, Inc.  “Science, Innovation, and Common Sense.” 2002.

            <http://enertia.com/science.htm> (12 April 2004). 

Environmental Protection Agency. “Water efficiency  measures for residences.”  2004.  (10 March 2004).

            <http://www.epa.gov/owm/water-efficiency/resitips.htm >

Environmental Agency.  “Home Page.”  2004.  (24 March 2004).  

            <http://www.environment -agency.gov.uk>

EPCOR.  “EPCOR: Tools for Your Home.”  2004.  (24 March 2004).    <http://www.epcor.com/residential/efficiency+tools+and+tips/default.htm>

Hendel, Erin and Alyssa Hawkins. “Life in a Watershed.” The Twin Cities Green Guide: Wake up Twin Cities: to the First and Only Comprehensive Guide Book on Sustainability in Minnesota. Minneapolis: The Twin Cities Green Guide, 2001.

Hermannsson, John. Green Building  Resource Guide.  Newton, CT.  Taunton Press, 1997.

 

McDonough, William and Michael Braungart. Cradle  to Cradle.  New York.  North Point Press, 2002.

 

Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance.

            “Greener Building: Minnesota Examples.”  2003.   (15 February 2004).

            <http://www.moea.state.mn.us/greenbuilding/examples-mn.cfm>

 

Oasis Design.  “Grey  water systems .”  2002.

            < www.greywater.net > (15 February 2004).

 

Postel, Sandra. “Dividing the Waters.” MIT’s Technology Review. 100. (1997): 54-63.

 

Rasmussen, Jenny.  “Rainwater Collection and Gray Water.”  2002.

            <http://www.birdcrossstitch.com/Family_Focus/Rainwater_Collection.html>

            (30 March 2004). 

 

Simon, Paul. Tapped Out.  New York, NY:  Welcome Rain Publishers, 1998.

 

Smith, April A. Campus Ecology: A Guide to Assessing Environmental Quality and Creating Strategies for Change.  Los Angeles: Living Planet Press, 1993.

Thompson, William J. and Kim Sorvig. Sustainable  Landscape  Construction : A Guide to Green Building  Outdoors. Washington D.C.: Island Press, 2000.

United States Environmental Protection Agency. Browse EPA Topics: Water. 8 March 2004. Online Source: < http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/water.html>.

United States Green Building  Council. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Rating System, Version 2.0. June 2001.

Online Source: < http://www.usgbc.org/leed/leed_main.asp>.

University of Minnesota, College of Architecture and Landscape  Architecture.

Minnesota Sustainable  Design Guide , Version 2.1.

Online Source: <http://www.sustainabledesignguide.umn.edu/>.

 

University of Minnesota: Extension Service.  “Conserving Water.”

            <http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/components/DD694          6r.html> (01 April 2004).

 

U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency  and Renewable  Energy. 

            “Energy Efficient Water Heating.”  1995.  (10 April 2004).

            <http://www.eere.energy.gov/erec/factsheets/eewtrhtr.html>

Vickers, Amy.  Handbook of Water Use and Conservation: Homes, Landscapes, Industries, Businesses, Farms.  WaterPlow Press, 2000.

 

Waterless Co.  “Waterless – How They Work.”  2004.

            <http://www.waterless.com/how.php> (18 March 2004). 

Wolley, Tom. Green Building  Handbook: A Companion Guide to Building Products and Their Impact on the Environment .  Routledge Press, June 2000.

YourCompleteHome.com. “Water Efficiency  Landscaping .”

            <http://www.yourcompletehome.com/landwater.htm> (18 March 2004).