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What does a "green" home look like? What are its characteristics, and how can you ensure that you meet the highest green standards within a given budget? The answers to these questions and more are found in The Green Home, a book dedicated to teaching builders and homeowners alike about environmentally friendly residential construction.
This highly practical resource explores the very latest construction techniques, materials, processes, and green practices that will reduce the environmental impact of the building itself. Coverage ranges from air sealing measures and energy efficient practices to water conservation and the usage of natural materials, with a special focus on complying with zoning ordinances and building codes. With thorough explanations of the many benefits of green building, this is the perfect "nuts and bolts" guide to environmentally sound homes.
- Written by an experienced code official who tactfully integrates the International Code Council (ICC) Codes and the National Green Building Standard (NAHB) with green home building.
- Checklists for both air sealing measures and ensuring building code compliance provide practical worksheets that readers can apply to real-world scenarios.
- Detailed color photographs illustrate key concepts and help readers to visualize various green building components.
- Valuable appendices delineate several "how to" references, offering additional resources that will supplement the information provided in the book.
- "Before You Decide . . . Reflections and Considerations" section at the end of each chapter provides a detailed review of the chapter, as well as assists readers with various building decisions.
- The latest in "green" methods and materials explain in detail the benefits of green building.
- Features latest in methods and materials.
From the Foreword
Not having a guide to understand and quantify the issues of sustainability, what constitutes a "green building," and how to achieve energy efficiency in our buildings has perplexed the building community for some time. For homeowners this has been a complex and confusing issue.
The Green Home: A Decision Making Guide for Owners and Builders responds to these questions and takes a fresh look at the issues of what makes a green building, how we can achieve energy efficiency in buildings and what it means to have sustainable construction. While the author is a noted code official, his qualifications in the field of construction provide a unique and unbiased perspective in understanding the dynamics of these issues and how they impact the built environment.
Whether you are a new homeowner or are seasoned in ownership, this book provides a knowledge base to equip the reader with the concepts of green building and the premise of constructing a sustainable home or building. The Green Home is a guide for the individual, and our society as a whole, on construction, operation and maintenance. It is the complete package. Congratulations, Lynn on this accomplishment. Your work provides vital information in a time when broader understanding is needed and required on this most expansive concept.
Henry L. Green
Table of Contents
Foreword. Chapter 1: Green Homebuilding and Sustainable Design. Chapter 2: Green Home Site Selection. Chapter 3: Green Homes, Sustainable Design and the Building Code. Chapter 4: Resource Efficient Design and Material Usage. Chapter 5: Building Material Choices. Chapter 6: Indoor Air Quality. Chapter 7: Energy Conservation and Efficiency. Chapter 8: Lighting and Appliances. Chapter 9: Waste Management. Chapter 10: Water Efficiency. Chapter 11: Renewable Energy. Chapter 12: Owning and Maintaining a Green Home. Index.
About the Author
Lynn Underwood CBO received Bachelor's degrees in both Journalism and Engineering Technology from New Mexico State University. |
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