Your Green Home: A Guide to Planning a Healthy, Environmentally Friendly, New Home (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series, 1)
Wilson, Alex
ISBN 10: 0865715556 ISBN 13: 9780865715554
Published by New Society Publishers, 2006
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More and more homeowners today want houses that are healthy to live in and cause minimal damage to the environment. That's what green building is all about.
Your Green Home is written for homeowners planning a new home-whether you are working with an architect or builder, or serving as your own general contractor. Intended to improve the overall environmental performance of new houses being built, the book sets out to answer some of the big-picture questions relating to having a home designed and built-and getting what you want.
Your Green Home covers:
- Home location and its relationship to the community
- Site design
- Construction systems
- Building design to optimize energy performance
- Renewable energy systems
- Material selection
- Indoor environmental quality
- Water efficiency
- Material selection
Written by the founder of BuildingGreen-North America's premier green building authority-this book will prove useful not only to future homeowners, but also to designers and builders seeking to meet this demand. Building professionals well-versed in green building may find this a useful book to give to potential clients to convey the scope and principles of green building.
Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series
About the Author: Alex Wilson is President of Building-Green, an authoritative source for information on environmentally responsible design and construction, which also publishes Environmental Building News. Co-editor Mark Piepkorn has extensive experience with natural and traditional building methods.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Your Green Home: A Guide to Planning a ...
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good