Comments on: The New Ecological Home: A Complete Guide to Green Building Options

By: J. Van Wagner

J. Van Wagner — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:30:10 +0000

This book could very easily serve as a textbook for a green building course. It’s not a coffee table book – the photos are small, and black and white – but very useful in supporting the text. This is a serious book about alternative building written by and about a group of people who have been creatively, responsibly, thoughtfully building for a very long time. It’s a good choice for builders who want to learn more about sustainability, students who want to go into the field, or homeowners who are looking to build. It’s not so much glitzy and inspirational as it is informative and useful: comprehensive from site selection and design through building options and techniques, to landscaping, it also contains a great resource guide.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: Daryn R. Straley

Daryn R. Straley — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:04:09 +0000

Having been the first of it’s kind I have read, this book is well-organized and readable. It seems good for the person brainstorming on what steps to take in the design of their eco-home. For more specific information to carry out the tasks, I would suggest other resources.
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Luis Gómez González

Luis Gómez González — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:41:22 +0000

I was expecting a more practical book, like “green from the ground up”, with more design guidelines. Although the nice cover does not reflect the quality of the contents, it’s worth reading it.
Rating: 3 / 5