Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies (Kindle Edition)
October 17, 2009 by admin
Filed under Green Building Products
Want to build responsibly, reduce waste, and help preserve the environment? Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your friendly, step-by-step guide to every facet of this Earth-friendly method of construction. Building a home-even a green home-uses plenty of resources and energy. This practical, hands-on book shows you how to build or remodel conscientiously, whether your dream home is a simple remodel or a brand-new multimillion-dollar mansion. You-ll start by identifying gre (more…)
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Love the dummies
This was bought as a gift for my boyfriend and he read the whole book and said it was very good, great detail and easy to understand language.
I am truly a dummy when it comes to green building, I’ve never bought a dummies book before – but wanted to remodel my kitchen and needed some expert green advice. The book is broken down into these really helpful sections like finishes, water and energy. It even includes helpful checklists to remodel your kitchen in a green way. The advice I learned from this book will probably save me thousands in construction costs and will continue to save me $$$ on my water and energy bills. The author presents the info in a very fun and logical way. Anyone building or remodeling their home should do it green – and definitely needs this book to guide them every step of the way. The reason I bought this book is that I heard the author speak at a local green conference, and the way he presented the information just made sense to me.
Green architect Eric Corey Freed knows his stuff and it shows in Green Building and Remodeling for Dummies.
Freed makes green building and remodeling approachable and very doable.
I like the checklists throughout the book and the perfect green rooms, both of which make understanding the big picture easy.
Freed does an excellent job in explaining the advantages of building green for the health of the occupants and the environment.
If you’ve ever wondered what the true environmental cost of a particular product is, Freed does a great job of explaining it in “the life cycle of materials from cradle to grave.” If you didn’t “get” greeen before, this section will show you how important it is to look at the entire life cycle of a product to determine how green–or not–a particular product is.
I also liked the handy list of green material substitutes which make purchasing very easy.
The book was very readable and concise and even fun to read. I highly recommend it.
By the author of the award winning book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet
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great idea book!
We are planning to build a house sometime in the next 2 years and we just wantedto get a little info on how we could “green it up” a little.
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Excellent overall review of green building
A great book to have in your library if you are interested in sustainable building. Excellent overview of all of the different aspects to consider.
Green Building & Remodeling for DUMMIES is the right information at the right time. This book answers every specific question I have come up with. It dispells many old myths about green building, and teaches that green is not only accessible, but it’s enjoyable. You can’t calculate the $$ payback of a more comfortable home. You can’t put a $$ value on the improved respiuratory health that improved indoor air quality provides. But you can take those monthly energy and water savings to the bank every month. Thanks to Mr. Freed for his passion and his pragmatism.
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Green building for dummies
A comprehensive run over all the options when building new or remodelling a house and wanting to be “greener”.
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Pretty good book.
This book has a lot of great ideas, however it has a very strong bias in certain areas such as wind energy being very poor cost efficient method of energy production.
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A brief comment
I have a number of the Dummies books on various topics, and had an interest in how one might “green” an existing home, or build a new one.
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Well Organized and Very Helpful
This book gives a great overview of various green building options for homes. It has a lot of practical and useful information for the beginner or even the advanced green…
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Awesome book!
Great info. in an easy to read format. Really enjoyed learning about different products and solutions.