The New Ecological Home: A Complete Guide to Green Building Options (Chelsea Green Guides for Homeowners) (Paperback)

In this new comprehensive volume, Chiras includes chapters on green building materials, earth-sheltered architecture, passive solar heating and cooling, sustainable approaches to water and waste, energy efficiency, and environmental landscaping. He sets the record strait on the vast potential for passive heating and cooling and provides a resource guide, recommendations, and a green-building checklist.

From the Publisher
As homeowners become more environmentally savvy and dema (more…)

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Green Building and Remodeling (Paperback)

It’s easy building green! This guide helps environmentally conscious people make real-world decisions about building or remodeling a home. Readers will find information on how to save money by going green when building or remodeling, how to find the right green integrated system design, how to choose heating and cooling equipment, and how to save money on water. ·Focuses on the design integration of green materials ·Residential and commercial green building will grow from 2% (more…)

Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs (Paperback)

From Publishers Weekly
This large, generously illustrated manual is an excellent primer on owner-designed and site-inspired building. Snell, who wrote the eco-friendly The Good House Book, and Callahan, a more conventional but highly experienced builder and contractor, take readers step-by-step through the creation of a charming little guesthouse, demonstrating a variety of “green” techniques along the way. They start with an introduction to building fundamentals and how alternative (more…)

Building Green, New Edition: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs (Paperback)

ReviewPraise for Building Green:”Building Green chronicles the project from start to finish, combining the gorgeous photography of an architecture coffee-table book with the detailed instructions of a building manual.” ­ ReadyMade ”This large, generously illustrated manual is an excellent primer on owner-designed and site-inspired building.” ­ Publishers Weekly ”The most comprehensive and reader-friendly green building book…It’s great for both the green building novice and exper (more…)