Database with information to help building-industry professionals design and build construction projects that minimize ecological impact and maximize economic performance. Includes access to BuildingGreen report (formerly Environmental building news) articles, lists for GreenSpec products and specification guidelines, and detailed project case studies of high-performance buildings.

Gale In Context: Environmental Studies focuses on the physical and social aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, state and province portals form research centers around issues covering earth systems, global change, land and water use, populations, legislation, and more. Portal overviews provide essential information, supplemented by academic journals, news, case studies, conferences, statistics, and rich multimedia.

GreenFILE offers information covering human impacts on the environment. Its collection includes content on the environmental effects of individuals, corporations and local/national governments, and what can be done on each level to minimize negative impact. Topics covered include global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. GreenFILE is multidisciplinary by nature and draws on the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.

Contains over 1,400 materials and processes, including sustainable materials. The online materials database allows you to discover the latest and most exciting materials originating from a large spectrum of industries-typically unnoticed or difficult to reach by the design community.

Includes the Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Biological Science Database, and Earth, Atmospheric & Aquatic Science Database and provides full-text titles from around the world including scholarly journals, trade and industry journals, magazines, technical reports, conference proceedings, government publications and more.