Green Building / Housing


Affiliated Organizations

Other Local Organizations

  • Ecosa Institute
    "Unique sustainable design programs for architecture and design undergraduates, graduates, AND sustainable career explorers" (Prescott, AZ)
  • Rammed Earth Development, Inc
    Tucson region green builder
  • Solar Grants for Nonprofits
    Technicians For Sustainability is glad to be able to offer a grant program for non-profits who are interested in adding solar systems to their buildings. We offer both matching solar grants and full solar grants. Due dates for applications are March 21 an

Local Businesses

  • Desert Green Builders
    "With a focus on custom homebuilding, light commercial projects and tenant improvements, Desert Green offers a range of sustainable construction and management solutions to meet any budget."
  • Double space bed systems
    "The 'space creating bed' for convenient everyday use"
  • GeoInnovation
    "We offer businesses and homeowners in Southeast Arizona a sustainable energy alternative giving you control of your own electricity production."
  • Lanning Architecture
    practicle design for modern southwest living
  • Originate Natural Building Materials
    "A natural building materials showroom that specializes in interior finishes that are environmentally friendly, non-toxic, durable, and made from natural and renewable resources."
  • Progressive Solar
    "...an Arizona based alternative energy company. We design, sell and install complete systems for various applications. We pride ourselves in our ability to take complex, intricate challenges and bring them to reality in the form of working systems."
  • Rammed Earth Development, Inc
    Tucson region green builder
  • Solar Store
    "dedicated to providing renewable energy resources, products, and services while addressing the needs of our customers with the highest level of technical and professional competence."
  • Technicians For Sustainability
    "a locally owned, mission-driven company specializing in renewable energy and sustainable technologies for residential and commercial settings."

Other Resources

  • Green Drinks Tucson
    Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions around the world known as Green Drinks.
  • Learn to fix a house
  • Solar Grants for Nonprofits
    Technicians For Sustainability is glad to be able to offer a grant program for non-profits who are interested in adding solar systems to their buildings. We offer both matching solar grants and full solar grants. Due dates for applications are March 21 an
  • Sonoran Permaculture Guild
    An excellent resource for all people wanting to design systems guided by ecology, including building, food production and water harvesting. The site also features workshops taught by Tucson's experts in the field.

Global Organizations

  • Builders Without Borders
  • City Repair.org
    "helping people reclaim their urban spaces to create community-oriented places."
  • Community Solution
    Community Service, Inc. (CSI), founded in 1940, is a non-profit organization that educates on the benefits and values of small local community living. We envision a world where people live sustainably and cooperatively in local communities which are diver
  • Inhabitat.com
    A weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.
  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • US Green Building Council
    Green building certification, professional training & accreditation, educational resources...

Local Discussion Groups

  • Green Drinks Tucson
    Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions around the world known as Green Drinks.
  • Tucson Permaculture discussion group
    Getting started with projects like growing food, harvesting rainwater, harnessing solar energy? This email discussion group is a good place to post questions, share knowledge, and make connections.

Publications/Media Resources

  • Inhabitat.com
    A weblog devoted to the future of design, tracking the innovations in technology, practices and materials that are pushing architecture and home design towards a smarter and more sustainable future.

Government Relations

Articles

  • High Performance Building Science Workshop
    Special event at the Village of Civano, Tucson Colors are names, each given to a specific spectrum of visible light. Visible wavelengths are measured in nanometers (nm). Green just so happens to live in the spectrum between approximately 520 and 565 nm. Building performance is also measured using specific,...
  • International IONS Conference ( Larry Dossey)
    13th International IONS Conference June 17 - 21, 2009 Marriott Star Pass Resort Join mind-body pioneer Larry Dossey, MD; Bruce Lipton, author of Biology of Belief, and other inspiring, thoughtful, and visionary people to explore insights in science, social innovation, and the world's wisdom traditions...
  • Armory Park Del Sol Solar Home Tour
    >online casinoh 25, 2009, Armory Park Del Sol Home Tour, 15th Street and 3rd Avenue, Tucson, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Tour homes with solar electric panels, solar water heaters, high-efficiency windows and appliances, ceiling fans, and thermal mass construction. John Wesley Miller, the builder of Armory Park...
  • "Neighborhood Water Harvesting Workshop"
    Time: Saturday, March 14, 12-5pm Location: Rincon Heights Neighborhood (6th street & Campbell Ave. area) Watershed Management Group (WMG) is hosting a free, public workshop in Rincon Heights neighborhood on Saturday, March 14. At this workshop, we'll use simple techniques to repair a badly eroding...
  • Saving the Suburbs. Walkable Urbanism. Green Redevelopment.
    Tucson's problems are increasing. After two years, we continue to have a glut of approximately 8,000 to 10,000 empty, unsold houses. Home prices are plummeting. Families are abandoning their foreclosed houses, especially in the suburbs. Builders are going bankrupt. Skilled workers are losing their jobs...
  • PAG Sustainability and Energy Expo Speakers
  • ST Support Statement for Economic Stimulus, Redevelopment, and Green Jobs
    February 10, 2009 Honorable Tucson Mayor and Council Members, Sustainable Tucson acknowledges the dire economic conditions facing the City of Tucson as well as the people and organizations in our community. While we hope for the best, we also recognize that this emerging situation is unprecedented and...
  • Tucson is ideal locale for a 'Green New Deal'
    Tucson is ideal locale for a 'Green New Deal' By David Schaller, published November 6, 2008 SPECIAL TO THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR Tucson has not been immune to the great economic turmoil of the past year. In recent weeks, the crisis hit home as retail and home sales plunged, financial institutions were...
  • Greening the Desert (video)
    "You can solve all your pollution problems and supply-line needs through a garden." Permaculture turns Middle East salt flat into sustaining harvest. [Longer version: Making of interview before and after]
  • Green Building Seminars (w/Desert Green Builders)
    Free "Green building" seminars! Currently two are scheduled: June 24th, 6:30 PM, at Councilmember Nina Trasoff's ward 6 office on East First Avenue. ???????? August 13th, 6:30 PM, at Councilmember Rodney Glassman's ward 2 office on East Speedway. The seminars are open to anyone, but seating is...

Meetings and Events

  • High Performance Building Science Workshop
    Special event at the Village of Civano, Tucson Colors are names, each given to a specific spectrum of visible light. Visible wavelengths are measured in nanometers (nm). Green just so happens to live in the spectrum between approximately 520 and 565 nm. Building performance is also measured using specific,...
  • International IONS Conference ( Larry Dossey)
    13th International IONS Conference June 17 - 21, 2009 Marriott Star Pass Resort Join mind-body pioneer Larry Dossey, MD; Bruce Lipton, author of Biology of Belief, and other inspiring, thoughtful, and visionary people to explore insights in science, social innovation, and the world's wisdom traditions...
  • Armory Park Del Sol Solar Home Tour
    >online casinoh 25, 2009, Armory Park Del Sol Home Tour, 15th Street and 3rd Avenue, Tucson, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Tour homes with solar electric panels, solar water heaters, high-efficiency windows and appliances, ceiling fans, and thermal mass construction. John Wesley Miller, the builder of Armory Park...
  • "Neighborhood Water Harvesting Workshop"
    Time: Saturday, March 14, 12-5pm Location: Rincon Heights Neighborhood (6th street & Campbell Ave. area) Watershed Management Group (WMG) is hosting a free, public workshop in Rincon Heights neighborhood on Saturday, March 14. At this workshop, we'll use simple techniques to repair a badly eroding...
  • Saving the Suburbs. Walkable Urbanism. Green Redevelopment.
    Tucson's problems are increasing. After two years, we continue to have a glut of approximately 8,000 to 10,000 empty, unsold houses. Home prices are plummeting. Families are abandoning their foreclosed houses, especially in the suburbs. Builders are going bankrupt. Skilled workers are losing their jobs...
  • PAG Sustainability and Energy Expo Speakers
  • ST Support Statement for Economic Stimulus, Redevelopment, and Green Jobs
    February 10, 2009 Honorable Tucson Mayor and Council Members, Sustainable Tucson acknowledges the dire economic conditions facing the City of Tucson as well as the people and organizations in our community. While we hope for the best, we also recognize that this emerging situation is unprecedented and...
  • Tucson is ideal locale for a 'Green New Deal'
    Tucson is ideal locale for a 'Green New Deal' By David Schaller, published November 6, 2008 SPECIAL TO THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR Tucson has not been immune to the great economic turmoil of the past year. In recent weeks, the crisis hit home as retail and home sales plunged, financial institutions were...
  • Greening the Desert (video)
    "You can solve all your pollution problems and supply-line needs through a garden." Permaculture turns Middle East salt flat into sustaining harvest. [Longer version: Making of interview before and after]
  • Green Building Seminars (w/Desert Green Builders)
    Free "Green building" seminars! Currently two are scheduled: June 24th, 6:30 PM, at Councilmember Nina Trasoff's ward 6 office on East First Avenue. ???????? August 13th, 6:30 PM, at Councilmember Rodney Glassman's ward 2 office on East Speedway. The seminars are open to anyone, but seating is...