Green Building & Infrastructure

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The Library of Congress (LC) subject heading for "green buildings" is "Sustainable buildings." If you do a SUBJECT BEGINS WITH search in the Five Colleges catalog, you will find, among others, subject headings like

Sustainable buildings--

Sustainable buildings--Case studies

Sustainable buildings--Congresses

Sustainable buildings--Databases

Sustainable buildings--Design and construction

Sustainable buildings--Evaluation

Sustainable buildings--Government policy--United States

Sustainable buildings---Materials

Sustainable buildings---Performance

Sustainable buildings---Standards

Sustainable buildings--Terminology

You will also find allied subject headings such as: Sustainable construction, Sustainable architecture, Sustainable design, etc. There is also a host of subject headings like Architecture--Environmental aspects, Solar buildings, Ecological houses, Building materials--Environmental aspects, House construction--Environmental aspects, etc.

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