Your Green Home: A Guide to Planning a Healthy, Environmentally Friendly New Home
- ISBN13: 9780865715554
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
More and more homeowners today want houses that are healthy to live in and cause minimal damage to the environment. That’s what green building is all about. Your Green Home is written for homeowners planning a new home—whether you are working with an architect or builder, or serving as your own general contractor. Intended to improve the overall environmental performance of new houses being built, the book sets out to answer some of the big-picture questions rel… More >>
#1 by TMF on February 13, 2010 - 3:58 pm
I am an interior designer and work for an architectural firm. Because of the information I have learned thru my education and professional experience, I found very little new information in this book. If you have no knowledge of green building practices, this book would be beneficial.
Rating: 3 / 5
#2 by libba green on February 13, 2010 - 5:24 pm
I thought this was a good primer on the subject and got several helpful tips. While I already knew a lot of the material, nevertheless It inspired me to make some changes in my own home.
I was also inspired by The House That Faux Built which showed how to give your home a facelift without ripping things out (and filling the landfills) It showed me how to paint and plaster over cabinets, tiles and floors for a complete update. the 2 books together made a big difference.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by D. Beideck on February 13, 2010 - 7:36 pm
This book was a overview/introduction to building a green home. Should be a must read for builders and anyone planning on building a new home. Not all strategies will work for every situation, but there’s lots here that would apply for any situation or budget.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by K A N on February 13, 2010 - 10:18 pm
The text is well-written and can appeal to a wide audience. It’s simple enough to understand for those without a great deal of knowledge in sustainable design, yet interesting and usefull enough for the professional who’s more trained in sustainability. The text covers sustainable homes in a logical order, first stressing the foundation concepts like siting, orientation, passive solar, and building envelope efficiency, BEFORE moving on to less critical (but more popular) topics such as green materials.
I am a professor of Environmental Design and am currently building a passive solar, zero-energy home, and if I were to write a text that comprises the whole of the process and goals in sustainable home building, the format and breadth of topics would be similar to this book.
One negative of the book is the absence of color images to illustrate some points. The simple line drawings get the point across, but photos might have a better impact – especailly in sections discussing more advanced systems such as renewable energy systems or rainwater catchment systems.
Rating: 4 / 5