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Civil and Environmental Engineering: Building and Construction
Guide content supports the teaching and research goals of multiple departments on campus. Content represents a non-exhaustive selection of essential resources and tools for engaging a wide range of backgrounds and viewpoints.
Building and Construction
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CompendexCompendex is the most comprehensive bibliographic database of scientific and technical engineering research available, covering all engineering disciplines. It includes millions of bibliographic citations and abstracts from thousands of engineering journals and conference proceedings. When combined with the Engineering Index Backfile (1884-1969), Compendex covers well over 120 years of core engineering literature.
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IEEE XploreProvides full-text access to IEEE transactions, IEEE and IEE journals, magazines, and conference proceedings published since 1988, all current IEEE standards, and all IEEE-Wiley eBooks titles copyrighted in the year(s) 1974-2015.
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A to Z of MaterialsMaterials information source for the engineering and design community.
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Materials Lab UT AustinThis is a web directory of materials and building products websites created by a student at UT-Austin School of Architecture.
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Building Materials (by McGraw-Hill Sweets)The Sweets directory of building product information can be searched by manufacturer, product, or product type
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Thomas Register of American ManufacturersA searchable online catalog of industrial products and services
Green Design
Key terms to search: energy efficiency, LCA, sustainable construction, energy management or sustainable development
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LEED Certification (US Green Building Council)Learn more about the different types of LEED certification
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U.S. Green Building CouncilThe 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that issues LEED certification.
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EPA's Green Building GuideCovers components of green building and their applications to different building types.
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GBA Green Building MethodsAn excellent collection of resources on sustainable building technologies. Topics include Exterior Solutions, Energy Solutions, Processes, Site Solutions, Interior Solutions.