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• Building America
  www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/building_america/about.html
  Building America is a private/public partnership sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy that conducts research to find energy-efficient solutions for new and existing housing that can be implemented on a production basis.
   
• Canada Green Building Council
  www.cagbc.org
  Organization aimed at accelerating the design and construction of green buildings in Canada representing the design and building industry.
   
• Cascadia Region Green Building Council
  www.cascadiagbc.org
  Green building events in the Pacific Northwest and information on the Living Building Challenge.
   
• Community Action on Energy Efficiency (CAEE)
  www.bcclimateexchange.ca/index.php?p=caee
  An initiative of the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources and Natural Resources Canada, the CAEE brings together local governments, utilities, federal and provincial agencies and other organizations to support local governments working toward energy efficiency initiatives related to new buildings.
   
• United States Green Building Council
  www.usgbc.org
  The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is the nation's foremost coalition of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work.
  
  The U.S. Green Building Council's core purpose is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.
   
• Light House Sustainable Building Centre
  www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com/about/what_is_light_house
  Light House Sustainable Building Centre is an enterprising non-profit society dedicated to advancing and catalyzing sustainability in British Columbia's built environment. We offer a range of free and fee-based programs and services out of our 1,300 square foot office, resource and display centre on Granville Island.
   
• Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
  www.greenroofs.org
  Green Roofs for Healthy Cities' mission is to increase the awareness of the economic, social, and environmental benefits of green roof infrastructure across North America and rapidly advance the development of the market for green roof products and services.

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