The Design Team
- Ancon Construction
- Atelier Ten
- Conservation Design Forum
- de la fleur LLC
- Eta Engineers, Inc.
- Hamilton Hunter Builders, Inc. (Ft. Wayne, IN 260-423-3577)
- Morrison Kattman Menze, Inc.
- Natural Systems International
- Rocky Mountain Institute
- Terrapin Bright Green
- Todd Ecological
Building Materials Used
- Adhesives
- Adhesives (Parabond)
- Carpet Squares
- Energy Star Appliances
- Flooring Tiles
- Insulation
- Lifemaster No VOC Paint
- Photovoltaic Panels
- Solar Water Heater
- Synthetic Decking
- Recycled Concrete (Keystone Concrete, Churubusco, IN 260-693-2163)
- Sunflower Seed Shell Cabinetry
- Wind Turbine
- Wind Turbine Brochure
- Wind Turbine Animation
- Windows
USGBC & LEED
- Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
- LEED Rating Systems
- LEED Version 2.1 Rating System
- Rieth Village LEED certification checklist
- United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
- USGBC Directory of LEED certified building projects
- Associated Mennonite Bible Seminary (AMBS)
- Sweetwater Sound, Inc
Teacher Resources
- Alliance to Save Energy’s PowerSave Schools Program
- Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
- Earthday Network
- Energy Education Group
- Energy Teachers
- Environmental Education Association of Indiana
- EPA Teaching Center
- Green Teacher
- National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project
- Nature Smart
- North American Association for Environmental Education
- Project Learning Tree
- Project WET: Worldwide Water Education
- Teaching Green
- United States Green Building Council: Center for Green School
- U.S. Department of Energy: Energy Education
- U.S. Energy Information Administration
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