The Building Today’s Green Home: Practical, Cost-Effective and Eco-Responsible Homebuilding (Popular Woodworking) (Paperback)

More and more homebuyers and homebuilders are focusing on “right-sizing” their dream home instead of mortgaging their dreams away. Today’s Dream Home gives you instruction and avice on best practices for building a smaller, more cost effective house without compromising comfort or quality. Building a right-sized, energy-efficient home can free up your investment capital for the retirement years, and this book gives you the information you need to build to the right home for your (more…)

Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & Garden) (Paperback)

This absolutely indispensable and lavishly photographed guide will become a cornerstone work for years to come. It redefines the best way to “go green” and addresses a timely topic in a way designed to appeal to a growing and eager audience. Completely user-friendly and filled with motivational case studies and informative graphics. Every page leads would-be remodellers through the process of understanding their home and surroundings so they’ll arrive at the perfect design solution (more…)

The Northwest Green Home Primer (Paperback)

The essential, real-world, green home manual. Everyone can make green home decisions on a budget with this inspiring, informationpacked guide. Whether you are building, remodeling, buying, or just curious, here are real-world strategies for getting the greenest results from your budget, with hundreds of ideas for a home that is built to last, comfortable and healthy, money- and time-saving in the long term, and kind to the planet. From your home’s exterior to its operating systems (more…)

Green Your Home All in One For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden)) (Paperback)

Green Your Home All-in-One For Dummies empowers readers to make ecologically-friendly improvements to each and every area of their home. At $29.99 and 696 pages, this package is a real value and a true source book for readers looking for a substantial breadth of information and solutions yet unwilling to invest in four, five, or six books on the wide range of content that they seek.

From the Back CoverPractical, simple home solutions for reducing your impact on the planet Wan (more…)

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.

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As homeowners become more environmentally savvy and dema (more…)

The Building Today’s Green Home: Practical, Cost-Effective and Eco-Responsible Homebuilding (Popular Woodworking) (Paperback)

More and more homebuyers and homebuilders are focusing on “right-sizing” their dream home instead of mortgaging their dreams away. Today’s Dream Home gives you instruction and avice on best practices for building a smaller, more cost effective house without compromising comfort or quality. Building a right-sized, energy-efficient home can free up your investment capital for the retirement years, and this book gives you the information you need to build to the right home for your (more…)

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

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“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…)

Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden)) (Paperback)

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 id (more…)