Design Resources

Select a topic below for a link to more information

Sustainability and Environmental Design

LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

WELL – Well Building Institute 

Roof Top Garden Guide

Evidence Based Design

The Future of Evidence Based Design – IIDA

Evidence Based Design Journal

Accreditation and Certification – EDAC

Historic Preservation/Adaptive Reuse

What is Historic Preservation? NPS National Park Service

Secretary’s Standards for Rehabilitation – Criteria for Certified Rehabilitation for Tax Incentives

Historic American Building Survey-HABS UNESCO World Heritage

ICOMOS International Committee on Monuments and Sites

Resilient Design

Resilient Design Institute

Resilient Design Principles

Inhabitat – Is Resilience the New Sustainability?

Resilience Guides

RELi – Resilience Design Action List and Credit Catalog

NIST Community Planning Guide

Universal Design

Why Designers Should Use the Principles for Universal Design

Center for Excellence in Universal Design CEUD

CEUD 7 Principles for Universal Design

Proxemics

Proxemic Articles

Ergonomics

Ergonomics – Workplace Safety

Ergonomics Resources

IEA International Ergonomics Association

Office Ergonomics Guide to avoid Fatigue

Anthropometrics

Measurement of Man and Woman

Human Dimension and Interior Space

Mixed Use Development

MRSC – Mixed Use Development