BIRD-SAFE DESIGN GUIDELINES
-Written by and for
design professionals --- Easy to understand by all
ABC Bird Friendly Design Guide - updated Nov. 2011 (.PDF - 4MB)
City and County of San Francisco guide for Bird-Safe Building Standards
City
of Chicago Bird-Safe Building Design Guide (.PDF
- 45KB)
Bird-Friendly
Development Guidelines (City of Toronto Lights Out
Program) [46 pages] (.PDF
- 8.2MB)
Bird-Safe
Building Guidelines (NYC
Audubon Program) [59 pg.] (.PDF
- 39MB)
San Francisco Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings - Oct. 2011
Audubon Minnesota Bird-Safe Building Guidelines (.PDF - 4MB)
GENERAL INFORMATION
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ABC Bird Collision Solutions for Home Windows
American Bird Conservancy's Collision website - ABC is the lead organization in the US collision prevention efforts
United
States Green Building Council LEED Pilot Credit applies to:
New Construction
Core & Shell
Schools
Retail: New Construction
Healthcare
Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance
Chicago
Park District includes bird-safe design practices in
their RFP process, January 2009 (.PDF
format - 907KB)
Cook
County, IL, (Chicago) adopts bird-safe ordinance,
August 2008
City
of Toronto announces Bird-Friendly Rating System and
Acknowledgement Program
European
Website with window collisions examples
City
of Toronto Resolution to prevent bird collisions with buildings
(.PDF
format - 27KB)
Toronto
City Council Action - Preventing Migratory Bird Deaths
Resulting from Collisions with Buildings.(.PDF
format - 73KB)
"No More Birds" - What would
happen if there are no more birds in North America? (.PDF
format - 21KB)
ORNILUX
(r) Bird Protection Glass manufactured by ISOLAR. (.PDF
- 1.4MB)
Ferro: S1de ONE Lead-Free product offers patented glass system improvements in outside weathering and chemical durability.
Frequently Asked Questions -
common questions regarding buildings and bird
collisions.
BIRD-SAFE DESIGN TUTORIALS
- This five-part presentation was created for Chicago
architecture students; it is equally applicable to practitioners and
building owners. Download
the Presentation (.PDF -
7.0 MB)
- Training presentation given to Indianapolis USGBC members; very understandable even without the commentary from Lights Out Indy program director Don Gorney. (.PPT - 4.0 MB)
INFORMATION
ABOUT BIRD-SAFE DESIGNS:
Bird-safe
design recommendations submitted for Chicago
skyscraper. |
For birds flying down the Chicago River, this is
what
they see when it is time to leave the area.
Birds fly toward clouds and over building tops.
While
people recognize the difference between reflections and
reality, birds do
not.
And
remember
that birds are not rocket ships. They have to
flap
their way out of an area - horizontally. Thus, they will fly
into
the faux sky and hit the buildings.
This same situation applies in urban areas
everywhere
there are birds and buildings.
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