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Associations that provide support related to the building industry.

• Building Designer's Association of Victoria www.bdav.org.au www.bdav.org.au An industry association that provides support and continuing professional development for its members.

• Alternative Technology Association www.ata.org.au/ www.ata.org.au/ The ATA (Alternative Technology Association) is Australia's leading not-for-profit organisation, promoting sustainable technology and practice.

A selection of useful building product links.

• Accel www.accel.com.au www.accel.com.au Interactive product selection site for James Hardie products.

• Steel Select www.steelselect.com www.steelselect.com Interactive site for selection of steel products.

• CHH Wood Products www.chhwoodproducts.com.au/index.cfm www.chhwoodproducts.com.au/index.cfm Manufacturer of timber building products.

Organisations that are related to environmentally sustainable building.

• Eco-Specifier www.ecospecifier.org/ www.ecospecifier.org/ Eco-Specifier is a knowledge base of over 6000 eco-products, eco-materials, technologies and resources, the leading global source of sustainable development & life-cycle assessed green product information

• The Good Wood Guide www.goodwoodguide.org.au/ www.goodwoodguide.org.au/ An online guide that aims to help you make an informed, environmentally responsible decision when buying wood and wood products.

• Your Home www.yourhome.gov.au/ www.yourhome.gov.au/ Your Home is a suite of consumer and technical guide materials and tools developed to encourage the design, construction or renovation of homes to be comfortable, healthy and more environmentally sustainable.

• FSC Australia www.fscaustralia.org/ www.fscaustralia.org/ The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) promotes environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.

• Make Your Home Green www.makeyourhomegreen.vic.gov.au www.makeyourhomegreen.vic.gov.au A Victorian Government initiative to encourage green living.

• Window Energy Rating Scheme www.wers.net/ www.wers.net/ WERS rates the energy impact of windows in housing anywhere in Australia

• HIA Greensmart hia.com.au/hia/channel/Builder/region/National/classification/Greensmart.aspx hia.com.au/hia/channel/Builder/region/National/classification/Greensmart.aspx HIA provides leadership in the recognition of environmentally responsible residential building and land development through its GreenSmart program.

• See Beyond Windows www.seebeyondwindows.com.au/home/ www.seebeyondwindows.com.au/home/ An informative website by Viridian Glass about how glass can be used to improve the energy efficiency of a building.

Organisations that are related to environmentally sustainable living.

• Shmeco www.shmeco.com www.shmeco.com A site dedicated to promoting sustainability. shmeco.com invites people to exchange their ideas, stories and experience on sustainable living choices.

• ACF Greenhome www2.acfonline.org.au/ www2.acfonline.org.au/ The Australian Conservation Foundation's GreenHome program is a pioneering environmental education program that works with communities to find individual and collective solutions to environmental issues.

• Ballarat Renewable Energy And Zero Emmissions www.breaze.org.au/ www.breaze.org.au/ BREAZE is a locally formed group of energetic, forward thinking people who believe that there are more sustainable ways of living on our patch of the planet.

• Australian Government - DAFF www.daff.gov.au/forestry/international/illegal-logging www.daff.gov.au/forestry/international/illegal-logging Illegally and unsustainably sourced timbers often find there way into our homes. This page describes what the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry (DAFF) are doing about illegal logging imports.

Local Builders & Trades

• Twomey Building www.twomeybuilding.com.au www.twomeybuilding.com.au Ballarat builders with a keen interest in environmentally sustainable construction methods and products.

• AAA Earthmoving www.yellowpages.com.au/search/listings?clue=ian+stocker&locationClue=ballarat%2C+vic&x=60&y=11 www.yellowpages.com.au/search/listings?clue=ian+stocker&locationClue=ballarat%2C+vic&x=60&y=11 Post hole digging, trenching, 4 in 1 bucket, Site clearing, landscaping, Driveways Call Ian on 0409 336 231

Local councils & regulators..

• Lighthouse Building Permits www.lhbp.com.au/ www.lhbp.com.au/

• Widdison Building Services www.widdison.com.au www.widdison.com.au Private building permit service in Ballarat.

• City of Ballarat - building & planning www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/building-and-planning.aspx www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/building-and-planning.aspx Building and planning departments at the city of Ballarat.

• Golden Plains Shire Council www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au Golden Plains Shire Council website.

• Northern Grampians Shire Council www.ngshire.vic.gov.au/Home www.ngshire.vic.gov.au/Home