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
  • re-HOME
    re-HOME provides various green building services including webinars, workshops, in-home energy assessments, decision support, etc. Patricia Ewanski
  • 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 - National

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

  • Put it on the map!
    Dear Community Friends and Partners: The first print edition of the Green Pueblo Map showcasing our community’s favorite “green” places and spaces will be available later this year.  If you haven’t already done so, we encourage you to “make your mark” on the map by nominating your favorite...
  • The Water Project
    Celebrate our most precious and endangered resource -WATER -with the The Water Project: Tucson’s Synergistic Water Festival on March 26-28, 2010. This event combines the energy of Tucson’s sustainability community with the vibrant arts community to provide an opportunity for the public to experience...
  • Comprehensive Quincha Workshop
    COMPREHENSIVE QUINCHA WORKSHOP (bamboo, mud and straw {cob}) School of Krofting Educational Series Date: March 19, 20 and 21 2010 Cost: $180 per person ($50 non-refundable deposit to reserve a space) Instructor: Kyle Young Location: School of Krofting Erda Kroft Farm Arivaca, Arizona Online at: http://www...
  • Earth Day Festival and Parade
    Tucson\'s 16th Annual Earth Day Festival and Parade will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Reid Park. The theme for the 2010 Festival is “All Species Deserve a Place on Earth!”  All species great and small - insects, plants and animals - the Earth needs them all! Exhibits related to the environment...
  • Green Your Business Workshop and Expo
    SAVE THE DATE  for the Green Your Business Workshop and Expo! Doubletree Hotel at Reid Park, 445 S. Alvernon Way Business owners; property managers; engineers; architects; designers; maintenance, facilities and operations professionals BECOME a Green Business with the City’s Green Business Certification...
  • Sustainable Tucson General Meeting
    The focus of the Sustainable Tucson General Meeting will be Food Sustainability. On February 8, your view of food sustainability in Tucson ’s future may change forever. The Sustainable Tucson Working Group on Food & Agriculture will engage your mind and your tastebuds in thinking about the sources...
  • Green Streets and Neighborhoods Festival
    Tucson-based nonprofit Watershed Management Group and the Rincon Heights Neighborhood Association are hosting a block party and cookout to celebrate and share their successful model program installing \"green infrastructure\" in the neighborhood. Green infrastructure is vegetated infrastructure that...
  • Premiere of WaveLengths:Sustainability
    What kind of innovative approaches are scientists taking to help mankind protect the planet and live more sustainably? WaveLengths: Sustainability -- the season premiere of the science program from Arizona Public Media – explores some of the cutting edge research scientists are using to look for solutions...
  • Van Jones’s Ousting: A Wake-Up Call for Green Economy Advocates
    Van Jones’s Ousting: A Wake-Up Call for Green Economy Advocates Published 09/07/2009 on Energy Bulletin (http://www.energybulletin.net) by Aaron G. Lehmer A dear friend of the earth, a staunch defender of justice, and a bold champion for a solar-powered America has just been forced out of the Obama...
  • 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,...

Meetings and Events

  • Put it on the map!
    Dear Community Friends and Partners: The first print edition of the Green Pueblo Map showcasing our community’s favorite “green” places and spaces will be available later this year.  If you haven’t already done so, we encourage you to “make your mark” on the map by nominating your favorite...
  • The Water Project
    Celebrate our most precious and endangered resource -WATER -with the The Water Project: Tucson’s Synergistic Water Festival on March 26-28, 2010. This event combines the energy of Tucson’s sustainability community with the vibrant arts community to provide an opportunity for the public to experience...
  • Comprehensive Quincha Workshop
    COMPREHENSIVE QUINCHA WORKSHOP (bamboo, mud and straw {cob}) School of Krofting Educational Series Date: March 19, 20 and 21 2010 Cost: $180 per person ($50 non-refundable deposit to reserve a space) Instructor: Kyle Young Location: School of Krofting Erda Kroft Farm Arivaca, Arizona Online at: http://www...
  • Earth Day Festival and Parade
    Tucson\'s 16th Annual Earth Day Festival and Parade will be held on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at Reid Park. The theme for the 2010 Festival is “All Species Deserve a Place on Earth!”  All species great and small - insects, plants and animals - the Earth needs them all! Exhibits related to the environment...
  • Green Your Business Workshop and Expo
    SAVE THE DATE  for the Green Your Business Workshop and Expo! Doubletree Hotel at Reid Park, 445 S. Alvernon Way Business owners; property managers; engineers; architects; designers; maintenance, facilities and operations professionals BECOME a Green Business with the City’s Green Business Certification...
  • Sustainable Tucson General Meeting
    The focus of the Sustainable Tucson General Meeting will be Food Sustainability. On February 8, your view of food sustainability in Tucson ’s future may change forever. The Sustainable Tucson Working Group on Food & Agriculture will engage your mind and your tastebuds in thinking about the sources...
  • Green Streets and Neighborhoods Festival
    Tucson-based nonprofit Watershed Management Group and the Rincon Heights Neighborhood Association are hosting a block party and cookout to celebrate and share their successful model program installing \"green infrastructure\" in the neighborhood. Green infrastructure is vegetated infrastructure that...
  • Premiere of WaveLengths:Sustainability
    What kind of innovative approaches are scientists taking to help mankind protect the planet and live more sustainably? WaveLengths: Sustainability -- the season premiere of the science program from Arizona Public Media – explores some of the cutting edge research scientists are using to look for solutions...
  • Van Jones’s Ousting: A Wake-Up Call for Green Economy Advocates
    Van Jones’s Ousting: A Wake-Up Call for Green Economy Advocates Published 09/07/2009 on Energy Bulletin (http://www.energybulletin.net) by Aaron G. Lehmer A dear friend of the earth, a staunch defender of justice, and a bold champion for a solar-powered America has just been forced out of the Obama...
  • 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,...