Links to Dovetail Reports and Commentaries related to Green Building. Click here for the full, searchable list of Dovetail Reports.

Green Building Programs

• Minnesota GreenStar Program and National Green Building Standard Comparison Report
• Green Building Programs in the U.S.: A Review of Recent Changes Related to Designation of Environmentally Preferable Materials
• What's New in Eco-Affordable Housing?: Combining green building innovations with affordable housing needs
• Designation of Environmentally Preferable Building Materials - Fundamental Change Needed Within LEED
• Innovations in Design & Construction: Opportunities for the Wood Industry
• To be green or not to be green; Its a pretty complex question...sort of
• What Green Building has to do with Ants at a Picnic and a Billion Chinese
• A Beginner's Guide to Green Building: What the Forest Sector Needs to Know About USGBC & LEED

Green Building Materials

• Green Building Materials: Made in Minnesota
• Vinyl Siding: A Number of Human Health and Environmental Concerns, But At Least It's Maintenance Free, Isn't It?
• Solid Wood Products: Green Materials or the Bane of Environmental Sustainability?
• What is a Responsible Material Anyway?
• Materials Selection in Framing: Is Steel Framing a Good Environmental Choice?
• Bamboo Flooring: Environmental Silver Bullet or Faux Savior?
• Some Do's and Don'ts in Picking Green Products
• Green Building Blues: Is Wood Getting A Raw Deal?
• In Choosing Windows for Green Building, Old News is Good News!
• Keeping Wood Green: Wood as an environmentally-friendly product