- abatement
- advanced framing
- Affordable Comfort Incorporated (ACI)
- aggregate (in building materials)
- aluminum
- American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (ASRAE)
- American Clay
- anaerobic decay
- Andries, Darrill, CKD
- appliances
- Appraisal Institute (AI)
- Arciform
- asbestos
- Athena Sustainable Materials Institute (ASMI)
- backdrafting
- backerboard
- bathrooms
- baths
- batt insulation
- best practices
- bike transport
- blackwater
- blower door test
- blown-in insulation
- Boetzel, Alex
- British thermal unit (Btu)
- Building America “Houses that Work” program (US Department of Energy)
- building science
- business practices
- business practices, four P's
- cabinetry
- Caesarstone
- CalGreen
- California Air Resources Board
- carbon dioxide
- carbon footprint
- carbon monoxide
- cast iron
- Clark, Suzanne, Realtor
- clay (ceramics)
- clay (wall finish, plasters)
- clean site management
- climate change
- climate, indoor management of
- cement,
- cementitous backerboard
- cementitous grout
- ceramic metal halide lamps
- ceramic tile
- codisposal
- combustible pollutants
- composting
- centralized, municipality coordinated
- versus garbage disposals
- concrete—sustainable mix
- construction waste
- copper
- copper mining
- cork
- countertops,
- concrete
- copper
- laminate
- paper composite
- quartz
- recycled aluminum
- recycled content
- stone
- solid surface
- stainless steel
- terrazzo
- wood
- Cradle to Cradle (C2C)
- Cradle to Gate
- Cradle to Grave
- Cradle to Site
- cubic feet per minute (cfm)
- David Suzuki Foundation
- daylighting (passive lighting)
- deconstruction
- depressurization
- design for benefit
- DeWolfe, Anna
- DeWolfe, Richard
- direct vent
- dishwasher
- drain heat recovery (DHR)
- Earth Advantage
- Eco—by Cosentino
- Efficient Window Collaborative
- Electronic Signatures and Records Commerce Act (ESRA)
- Eleek (manufacturing and fabricators )
- embodied energy
- in food waste
- in water bottles
- impact on material choices
- energy
- Energy and Environmental Alliance (EEBA)
- energy conservation
- energy factor
- energy recovery ventilator (ERV)
- Energy Star
- engineered openings
- Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- equitable use—universal design
- eutrophication
- event-oriented thinking
- faucets
- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and water testing
- fixtures and fittings
- flexibility in use
- fluorescent lamp
- fly ash
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- formaldehyde
- fossil fuels
- four Rs of sustainable design (reduce, reuse, recycle, recover)
- friable (defined)
- garbage disposal
- gas cooktop
- glazing
- global warming
- green client
- green construction—economic impact
- Green Guard
- Green Hammer Design Build
- green planning
- green processes
- green product
- green promotion
- greenhouse effect
- greenhouse gas (GHG)
- greenwashing
- graywater
- grout
- gypsum wallboard
- Health Product Declaration (HPD)
- heat recovery ventilator (HRV)
- Heating Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC)
- Herro, C. R.
- HOGs (heat, odors, grease, smoke)
- Home Builders Association (HBA)
- Home Energy Rating System (HERS)
- Home Ventilation Institute (HVI)
- humidity buffering
- humidity
- In-sink Erator (ISE) (garbage disposal)
- Indoor airPLUS Program
- indoor air quality (IAQ)
- induction cooktops
- insulated concrete panels (ICP)
- insulation
- International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)
- International Residential Code (IRC)
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
- lead
- Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design (LEED)
- laminate
- laundry
- Life-cycle assessment (LCA)
- Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS)
- life versus lifestyle
- light-emitting diode (LED)
- lighting
- linoleum
- makeup air
- manometer
- Material Safety and Data Sheet (MSDS)
- mega joule
- Meritage Homes
- metals
- methane
- mineral oil
- mold
- municipal solid waste landfill (MSWLF)
- National Homebuilders Association (NAHB)
- National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC)
- Native Trails
- Natural Marketing Institute (NMI)
- neutral pressure plane (NFP)
- net zero
- nitrogen oxide
- Native Trails
- Neilson Howard, Naomi
- non-urea added formaldehyde (NUAF)
- on-demand water heater
- off gassing
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
- Paperstone
- particulate matter
- Passivehouse
- payback period
- PEX tubing
- Pharos (material rating system)
- phenolic resin
- phosphorus
- plastic water bottles
- point of use water heater
- polymers
- power venting
- R-value
- radiant heat
- radon
- real estate—sustainable design
- recycling center—space planning
- recycled content—in materials
- recycling
- recycled aluminum
- relative humidity
- renewable energy
- renewable resource
- Residential Green and Energy Efficient Addendum
- rigid insulation
- Rio Charter on Universal Design and Sustainability
- Robin Rigby Fisher, CMKBD, CAPS
- salvage (building materials)
- sealers
- penetrating
- topical
- wax
- use of
- Sensible Accounting to Value Energy Act (SAVE)
- showers
- Sick Building Syndrome
- sinks
- soapstone
- solar energy
- solar heat gain coefficient (SHCG)
- solid surface
- sone
- spillage alarm
- spray foam insulation
- stainless steel
- Stephens, Tracey
- strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT)
- structural insulated panel (SIP)
- sustainability mission statement
- Suzuki, David
- systems thinking
- toilets
- triple bottom line
- U-value
- Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- universal design
- United States Green Building Council (USGBC)
- United States Energy Information Administration
- ventilation
- volatile organic compound (VOC)
- wall outlet insulation
- warming drawers
- water filters
- Watersense
- water use
- white water
- wine storage
- wood (countertop material). See countertops, wood
- Wood—Forest Stewardship Council Certified. See Forest Stewardship Council
- wood products, composite
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Resource Institute