A Website for Information about Green and Sustainable Libraries
Green Libraries
monika
Welcome to Green Libraries, a website dedicated to documenting the greening of libraries in North America. This site contains a growing list of libraries that are constructing green buildings. It also contains a list of resources to help people make their libraries more green and sustainable. There are currently 37 green libraries listed in the directory web pages.
For information about why libraries should go green, see Why Build Green? from the Rocky Mountain Institute and also Why Build Green? from the U.S.
Enivornmental Protection Agency.
Under the US Green Building Council's LEED performance system, a green building is one that is built incorporating the following design elements.
Builders choose those items that are appropriate for their project.
To learn more about the Green Library Movement check out the online article, The Green Library Movement: An Overview and Beyond in the Electronic Green Journal, 1(27) at http://escholarship.org/uc/item/39d3v236

Green Libraries
monika