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…)

Green Building Handbook: A Companion Guide to Building Products and Their Impact on the Environment (Paperback)

Review
“An impressive collection.” — Architects’ Journal.An impressive collection – Architects Journal.From reviews of the Green Building Handbook: The Publisher is to be congratulated on this book – Building.Winner of Gold Medal, 2001 CIOB literary awards (Building Process category)`…a great book. – SEDA`…an ingenious and I think effective way of providing information in such a way that specifiers will be drawn to consider more fundamentally benign solutions. – Scottish Ecolo (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…)

Green Building Materials: A Guide to Product Selection and Specification (Hardcover)

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…)

Contractors Guide to Green Building Construction: Management, Project Delivery, Documentation, and Risk Reduction (Hardcover)

Written for contractors and endorsed by the Associated General Contractors of America Written specifically for contractors, this “how-to” book enables you to meet the challenges of green building construction. You’ll discover how constructing environmentally friendly, sustainable buildings influences project management, delivery, documentation, and risk. Moreover, the book guides you through these important considerations at all phases of a green construction project, including (more…)

The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability (Sustainable Design) (Hardcover)

“The members of 7group and Bill Reed are examples writ large of the kind of leadership that is taking this idea of green building and forming it into reality, by helping change minds, building practice, and design process.” —from the Foreword by S. Rick Fedrizzi President, CEO, and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council A whole-building approach to sustainability The integrative design process offers a new path to making better green building decisions and addressin (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…)

Green Building Products, 3rd Edition: The GreenSpec Guide to Residential Building Materials-3rd Edition (Paperback)

Interest in sustainable, green building practices is greater than ever. Whether concerned about allergies, energy costs, old-growth forests, or durability and long-term value, homeowners and builders are looking for ways to ensure that their homes are healthy, safe, beautiful, and efficient. In these pages are descriptions and manufacturer contact information for more than 1,400 environmentally preferable products and materials. All phases of residential construction, from sitework (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…)

Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction (Builder’s Guide) (Paperback)

Review
“David Johnston and Scott Gibson offer guidance on environmentally sensitive home building in Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction (Taunton Press, paperback). The book is packed with information, tips, illustrations and case studies that offer wisdom earned from experience.” — Detroit Free Press (Michigan)”David Johnston and Scott Gibson offer guidance on environmentally sensitive home building in Green from the Ground Up: Su (more…)