• Zero Energy Buildings: Stable Returns in an Unstable World - White Paper
• Four Steps to Greening Your Business - Frameworks, Volume 2, Issue 2
• Massachusetts Schools - Indoor Air Quality
• Producing Value in the Workplace through Green Building Design
• Sustainable Design - Frameworks, Volume 1, Issue 2
• The Healthy Workplace - Frameworks, Volume 1, Issue 1
• Three Different Families - Three Different Homes - Frameworks, Volume 2, Issue 4
• Toxicity in Standard Building Products & Furnishings - EPA Article
• Zealous by Design - Business People Vermont, Oct. 2005

With every decision WMAP makes in architecture and everyday life we think about how it will effect the world we live in and encourage others to do so as well. Therefore, we have gathered a few resources that provide excellent information on our current global situation and products/methods that will help all of us make educated decisions.

Articles:

• "Getting Real About Energy Efficiency,"
  Paul Eldrenkamp, The Journal of Light Construction
• "The Energy Challenge: No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in 'Passive Houses',"
  Elisabeth Rosenthal, The New York Times
• "Building Rating Systems,"
  by Henry Gifford. "The best way to rate the energy efficiency of a building is by how much energy it actually uses." (excerpt from article)
• www.dieoff.org/page140.pdf
  "The end of Cheap Oil", by Colin J. Campbell and Jean H. Laherrere
• www.energybulletin.net/primer
  Energy Bulletin - Peak Oil Primer
• "From Steam to Hot Water and CHP: University of Rochester Converts,"
  by Morris A Pierce, PhD. Subject: District Energy
• "The Opportunity (and Necessity) For New District Energy Systems in the Northeast United States,"
  by Morris A. Pierce, PhD.

Websites:

• www.chrismartenson.com - This web site offers an excellent synthesis of the global challenges in the economy, energy and environment.

Video Clips:

• www.chrismartenson.com/crash-course/chapter-17a-peak-oil - This brief video provides an excellent overview of Peak Oil and why Peak Oil is so important now. to watch video

WMAP strives to conserve energy and reduce or eliminate the use of fossil fuels in every project we are involved with but we know that sometimes the up front costs are more than our clients can afford. Therefore WMAP has consistently sought out and identified funding sources for our clients. We have assisted clients by contributing design elements for grant applications and have written grants for energy improvements at our own office. There are a lot of organizations and other funding sources that want to help like minded individuals and/or companies. It is just a matter of finding the one that matches your need. Therefore we have assembled the following links which are excellent resources for energy efficient funding, grants and incentives:

• www.dsireusa.org - an excellent resource for both state and federal grants and tax Incentives

WMAP Ecological House Design Bibliography

Making the Case for High Performance Building: NRG Systems
Produced by Efficiency Vermont (Case Study)

Wattstopper/Legrand Helps NRG Systems Realize Big Savings
Produced by Wattstopper (Case Study)