Green Building Materials: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification (Hardcover)
September 29, 2009 by admin
Filed under Green Building Products
This excellent hands-on guide to designing environmentally friendly buildings — those made from materials that preserve the earth’s natural legacy for future generations — is written by two nationally known experts on the subject. You’ll find practical information on green product selection, product specification, and construction processes. You’ll also learn just what green building materials are, where you can find them, and how you can use them effectively. This edition includ (more…)
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High Praises to Amazon!!!!
I love this book. If you are interested in Green Building, I would highly recommend purchasing it. Also, when I found this book on Amazon, I did a lot of searching on the web to…
Green materials are definitely an important aspect of green building; however, I think we need to be careful not to fall into the trap of thinking green materials *are* green building. We need to think more holistically – for example, asphalt roofing may not be “green,” but it will last 40 years and save me significant money over a sterotypically “green” recycled-tile or slate roof. I can use this money towards green-ing other features of my home. Most of us need to spend our money wisely, so we need to pick and choose green features for homes as best we can. I highly recommend the book “Green Remodeling” as a companion guide to this book that will offer much needed practical remodeling advice and whole-systems thinking.
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costs of green buildings
This text was quite basic for what I needed. Although it had a green material selection, no costings of materials were available.