Professional Organizations & Licenses

California State License Board

http://www.cslb.ca.gov/

American Institute of Building Design:

http://www.aibd.org/

American Institute of Building Design (California Chapter):

http://www.aibdca.org/

U.S. Green Building Council

http://www.usgbc.org/

Resources

Building Permits:

Santa Cruz County Planning and Building Department

http://www.sccoplanning.com/

Santa Cruz City Planning and Building Department

http://www.ci.santa-cruz.ca.us/

Monterey County Planning Department

http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/planning/

Santa Clara County Planning Department

http://www.sccplanning.org/portal/site/planning/

Sustainable Design:

Citizen’s Environmental Coalition

Building Green without Going in the Red

http://www.cectoxic.org/pdf/BuildingGreen.pdf

West Coast Green

http://www.westcoastgreen.com/about/advisory-board.php

BuildingGreen.com

http://www.buildinggreen.com/

Australia’s Guide to Sustainable Homes

http://www.yourhome.gov.au/technical/fs31.html

Fire Protection:

Firewise Communities: part of the National Wildland/Urban Interface Fire Program

http://www.firewise.org/

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

http://www.fire.ca.gov/

Santa Cruz County Planning Department

Information on Urban Wildland Intermix Code (UWIC) requirements

for building permits in Santa Cruz County

http://www.sccoplanning.com/html/bldg/uwic.htm

Boulder Creek Fire Department

http://www1.bcfd.com/site/

Aptos/La Selva Fire Department

http://www.aptosfire.com/

Corralitos Fire Department

http://www.corralitosfire.com/links.html

BonnyDoon Fire Department

http://www.bonnydoonfire.com/