IBC – International Building Code, current edition
(Check with your local building department for applicable building codes.)
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Standards for Accessible Design:
http://www.ada.gov/
Universal Design Principles:
http://www.humancentereddesign.org/index.php?option=Content&Itemid=3
Institute for Human Centered Design:
http://www.humancentereddesign.org/
The American Institute for Architects [AIA]:
http://www.aia.org/
The Materials Red List is intended to identify and eliminate the worst in class chemicals and materials from the built environment from a human and ecological health standpoint:
http://standards.build-laccd.org/projects/dcs/pub/Sustain%20Design%20Standards/released/SDS-079.html
The architecture firm Perkins and Will has created a list of substances that have been classified by multiple regulatory entities as being detrimental to the health of humans and the environment:
http://transparency.perkinswill.com/
US Green Building Council (USGBC):
http://www.usgbc.org
USGBC’s Green Home Guide:
http://greenhomeguide.com/
AIA Committee on the Environment:
http://www.aia.org/practicing/groups/kc/AIAS074686
Architecture 2030:
http://www.architecture2030.org/
EPA Water Sense:
http://epa.gov/watersense/
WSCADV’s Domestic Violence Housing First project publishes regular updates and reports describing the work of local programs and evaluation outcomes:
http://wscadv.org/projects/domestic-violence-housing-first/
An general overview of housing first approaches to homelessness:
http://www.beyondshelter.org/aaa_initiatives/ending_homelessness.shtml
WSCADV’s Disability Project has generated many helpful resources:
Accessibility: Ramps, ADA Bathrooms and a Whole Lot More!:
http://wscadv.org/resources/?fwp_projects=disability-advocacy-project
Increasing Agency Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Domestic Violence Agency Self-Assessment Guide:
http://wscadv.org/resources/increasing-agency-accessibility-for-people-with-disabilities-domestic-violence-agency-self-assessment-guide/
Model Protocol on Service Animals in DV shelters:
http://wscadv.org/resources/service-animals-in-domestic-violence-shelters/
The Coalition Ending Gender-Based Violence has developed substantial expertise on making shelters accessible to survivors with mental health issues:
http://endgv.org/projects/domestic-violence-mental-health-collaboration-project/
WSCADV has a series of articles on shelter rules and how to minimize them, as well as a online learning course called Thinking Shelter:
http://wscadv.org/resources/running-a-shelter/
How the Earth Didn’t Fly into the Sun: Missouri’s Project to Reduce Rules in Battered Women’s Shelters:
http://www.vawnet.org/Assoc_Files_VAWnet/NRCDV_ShelterRules.pdf
Supporting Parenting in shelter Checklist for DV shelter programs:
Webinar on Supporting Parenting in Shelter:
http://video.wscadv.org/SupportingParentingMay2011/
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.wscadv.org/
King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.kccadv.org/
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.thehotline.org/
Rebuilding Together:
http://www.rebuildingtogether.org/
Bright Horizons:
http://www.brighthorizonsfoundation.org/
Public Architecture’s The 1% program:
http://www.theonepercent.org/
Nature Explore Classrooms for domestic violence shelters:
http://www.marykay.com/content/company/enddomesticviolence.aspx?opencont=true#natureSect