Green By Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living - Softcover

Angela M. Dean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586851721 ISBN 13: 9781586851729

Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 2003

Synopsis

There is no "one-size-fits-all" plan for so-called "green" homes; rather, there are universal principles of design that can be applied to individual tastes and needs. Architect Angela Dean offers a variety of ways to incorporate green building into your home, including using healthy building materials such as straw bales and natural flooring, taking advantage of local materials and resources, reusing gray water for landscaping, and incorporating passive solar design. Her goal is to teach people how to think about building sustainable homes. Green by Design provides a thorough analysis of what it means to build green and offers advice on what to consider when designing a sustainable home. Green by Design features full-color photographs and line drawings of floor plans show different examples of successful sustainable homes. It also includes in-depth case studies of more than a dozen homes so readers planning a green home can see what worked for others. By providing people with knowledge, inspiration, and the ability to ask the right questions (and understand the answers) Green by Design puts home builders and owners on a path to creating beautiful, environmentally responsible homes that they can be proud to live in. Angela Dean, AIA, is principal architect of AMD Architecture in Salt Lake City. She specializes in environmentally responsible designs to create healthy, comfortable buildings that are in harmony with the environment

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Author and architect Angela M. Dean offers specific, hands-on advice for creating your sustainable home. Inside you'll find a wealth of information on: o Reasons for building green o Choosing a design team o Hiring an architect o Managing your budget o Meeting building codes o Siting to take advantage of natural resources o Incorporating healthy building materials o Using energy-efficient systems With floor plans and full-color photographs of over a dozen successful green homes, this book will inspire you and give you the information you need to create a home for sustainable living.

From the Inside Flap:

Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Design Intent Chapter 2: Design Process Chapter 3: Building Green Chapter 4: Design Strategies Chapter 5: Case Studies Resources

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1586851721
• ISBN 13: 9781586851729
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 134