ABSN, like many organizations in our field was swamped with work stemming from the Alaska Legislature's appropriation of $360 million towards energy efficiency in Alaska.  Subsequently, the ARRA stimulus bill has several million more coming into the state in 2010 thru 2012 which is keeping ABSN exstremely busy with energy upgrades and training in 48 communities throughout Alaska.  Thus ABSN's green Building Products Guide has been postponed due to other time sensitive priorities.  ABSN will be formulating a plan, partnerships, and will seek funding to develop this guide in the near future. 

ABSN seeks to increase the use of more environmentally friendly building products that do not harm human health, which minimize overall environmental impact through the creation of an Alaska Green Building Products Guide (GBPG).

ABSN has contacted more than 580 distributors and manufacturers through-out the state of Alaska.  Over 800 products have been nominated for the guide. Standards for 21 product categories have been established through an advisory committee of local building experts.  The GBPG will be available in print form as well as on the ABSN website.

For a product nomination packet please contact:

Office: 907-562-9927
Fax: 907- 770-5412

We would like to send our sincere thanks to the Municipality of Anchorage and our advisory committee, consisting of:

Ginny Moore - Flattop Technical Services
Geoff Feiler - Heat Loss Analysis
Jeanne Carlson - Green Star

Community Need:

As Alaska continues to grow, new homes are built, old homes are remodeled and new businesses are constructed. This new construction comes at a time when green building design, energy efficiency and locally-made products are gaining popularity and importance. Illustrating this fact, there are currently 2 LEED certified and 18 LEED (*1) registered projects in Alaska, the majority of which were registered in the past two years. The National Association of Home Builders just released their Green Building standard and government contracts are requiring ISO 14001 certification (*2) and environmentally preferable purchasing policies. Consumers and businesses alike are recognizing the value of “going green.” While guides such as GreenSpec by Building Green support consumers in their search for green building products nation-wide, the time and resources required to track down products available in Alaska can sway the consumers from purchasing locally available green building products. There are currently no local guides promoting green building products in Alaska.

1. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is a nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.

2. ISO 14001 was first published in 1996 and specifies the requirements for an environmental management system. It applies to those environmental aspects which the organization has control and over which it can be expected to have an influence.