Download or read book Green Beginnings written by Avrim Topel and published by GREEN BEGINNINGS. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for newcomers and professionals alike, this book shares the husband and wife authors' experience building a LEED Silver home in a refreshing approach to help others understand green homes.

Download or read book Building with Earth written by Gernot Minke and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth, in common use for architectural construction for thousands of years, has in the past thirty years attracted renewed attention as a healthy, environment-friendly and economical building material. What needs to be considered in this context? The manual Building with Earth, which has been translated into many languages, describes the building technology of this material. The physical properties and characteristic values are explained in a hands-on manner: With proper moisture protection, earth buildings are very durable, and in particular the combination with wood or straw allows a wide spectrum of design options. Numerous built examples demonstrate the range of applications for this fully recyclable material.

Download or read book Dafur Early Recovery Stabilzed Soil Blocks for Sustainable Urban Growth written by Jaana Mioch and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Home for Health written by Hilton Tudhope and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Home for Health details the many lessons learned building a LEED Gold-certified healthy house for a woman with environmental hypersensitivity. With extensive anecdotes from the owners, architects, contractor and trades, the book is an invaluable resource for anyone considering a healthier approach to design, construction or remodeling.

Download or read book The Green House written by Alanna Stang and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2005-06-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the arid deserts of Tucson, Arizona to the icy forests of Poori, Finland to the tropical beaches of New South Wales, Australia to the urban jungle of downtown Manhattan, critics Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne have travelled to the farthest reaches of the globe to find all that is new in the design of sustainable, or "green" homes. The result is more than thirty-five residences in fifteen countries, and nearly every conceivable natural environment, designed by a combination of star architects and heretofore unknown practitioners including Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, Miller/Hull, Rick Joy, Lake Flato, Kengo Kuma, Glenn Murcutt, Pugh & Scarpa, Werner Sobek, and many others. Projects are presented with large colour images, plans, drawings, and an accompanying text that describes their green features and explains how they work with and in the environment. The Green House is not only a beautiful object in its own right, but is sure to be an indispensable reference for anyone building or interested in sustainable design.

Download or read book Eco House Book written by Terence Conran and published by Conran Octopus. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to home improvement the environmentally friendly way: whether you want to redecorate or redesign your home, Terence Conran provides all the information you need to reduce your home's carbon footprint and improve the quality of your life. There is a great deal we can do to convert our existing homes into greener, healthier places to live. The Eco House Book explains how relatively small and economic changes can be made, including simple repairs to improve energy efficiency, water saving tips, and productive gardening, to more dramatic overhauls such as redesigning room use, converting basements and extending your home. Environmental issues should be part of every decision you make on the home front--from selecting fabric for soft furnishings to designing and siting a home extension. Special focus is given to reducing the vast amounts of energy and water that homes consume on a daily basis, with advice on low energy lighting strategies and decorative choices, improving insulation and reducing energy use, the latest green heating systems, alternative ways of generating power, and electricity reducing appliances. As we are urged to change our lifestyles to reduce our carbon footprint and consumption of water, there has never been a better time to green your home.

Download or read book written by Senhiko Nakata and published by . This book was released on 2005-12 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Le forme del cemento Sostenibilit written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sustainable Masonry Construction written by Mark Key and published by Bre Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book counters claims that masonry is an outmoded form of construction. It examines the ways in which the masonry sector can produce sustainable buildings that not only match the environmental targets set by government, but go beyond them.

Download or read book Best of Communities XI Green Building Ecovillage Design and Land Preservatio written by Michael Smith and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: XI. Green Building, Ecovillage Design, and Land Preservation The thing about buildings and land-shaping is that they are the longest-term statements about who you are and what you value.You can change your garden every year, rearrange your demographics over the course of a decade, but most buildings last at least 30 years. For most of us, the designs of our community and major buildings are the the largest, most permanent things we'll ever manage. So we may as well do them with our eyes wide open, so that they're telling a story we're proud of. The 14 articles in this bundle give you an overview of how to read what your land is telling you, how to use materials at hand to build beautifully and sustainably, how to work creatively with zoning restrictions, and how to live and build in harmony with your natural environment. This Digital Issue on Green Building, Ecovillage Design, and Land Preservation includes: 1. Natural Building and Community: Two Ways to Build Connection by Michael G. Smith, #139 2. The Marriage of Natural Building with Conventional Building by Brandy Gallagher and Elke Cole, #139 3. Cabins, Computers, & Construction Dust by Stephanie Noll, #117 4. Lost Valley: Building Design That Fosters Community by Larry Kaplowitz, #99 5. Sirius: Becoming a Spiritual Ecovillage by Jeff Clearwater, #95 6. How Not to Build Your Community Home by Buzz Burrell, #95 7. Design Goals for Ecovillages by Marc Tobin, #126 8. Creating "Ecovillage Zoning" With Local Officials by Melanie Mitchell, Lokesh Green, Elizabeth Gorla, and Brandy MacPherson, #117 9. When No Is Just An Uneducated Yes by Brandy Gallagher, #137 10. What Does Your Land Say? by Ted Butchart, #95 11. Ecovillage Infrastructure: The Skeleton of Community by Gwendolyn Hallsmith, #156 12. Whole-Systems Design for Earthaven Village by Chuck Marsh, #95 13. Creating a Community of Homesteaders by Kim Scheidt, #158 14. Preserving Community Land: Conservation Easements & Other Tools by Olivia Boyce-Abel, #110

Download or read book Creating Homes That Sustain Our Lives Economy and the Earth written by John H. Fitch and published by Xlibris Us. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you like to live in a comfortable, well-insulated sustainable home that costs no more to build than a conventional home? Would you like this home to be capable of providing its own heating and cooling systems with utilities bills of less than 10 % per month compared to what they would cost in a conventional home? Would you like the energy used for heating, cooling, lighting, and cooking to be from renewable sources such as the sun and/or wind that are available right on your property? Would you like to be able to sell your unused power back to the electric grid? Would you like to know that the comfortable, sustainable home in which you are living is sustaining your pocketbook? And, finally, would you like to know that your home is also helping to sustain the Earth by using non-polluting renewable energy sources and building materials? If you answer "yes" to even one of these questions, you should read this book. I know this sounds too good to be true. That is exactly how I felt when I first became interested in sustainable homes. As a scientist, I am by no means a person with the skills necessary to build such a home. But as I discovered more about sustainable homes and their advantages, I decided I had to try having a sustainable home built for myself. I also learned you can build sustainably no matter whether you are in town, in suburbia, or in a rural area. I am writing this book for several audiences. First, if you are interested in any or all of the benefits of sustainable homes, this book is definitely for you. It will give you information on available sustainable technologies; how to select an appropriate area in which to build and a site in that area that would be good for building; how to select a good architect, a knowledgeable engineer, a reliable sustainable builder and crew; how to obtain financing; how to work with inspectors; and how to integrate different sustainable technologies and equipment into the home. This book will also be helpful to people who are considering joining the growing sustainability infrastructure of architects, loan officers, engineers, builders, building suppliers, computer engineers, and natural landscape experts. These experts are creating the foundation for a sustainable construction industry. This is a new, exciting, and expanding cooperative of experts who enjoy innovative and challenging opportunities. The sustainability approach allows us to integrate and balance environmental, economic, and societal considerations.

Download or read book Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales written by Nicholas B. Rajkovich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales provides professionals with guidance on adapting the built environment to a changing climate. This edited volume brings together practitioners and researchers to discuss climate-related resilience from the building to the city scale. This book highlights North American cases that deal with issues such as climate projections, public health, adaptive capacity of vulnerable populations, and design interventions for floodplains, making the content applicable to many locations around the world. The contributors in this book discuss topics ranging from how built environment professionals respond to a changing climate, to how the building stock may need to adapt to climate change, to how resilience is currently being addressed in the design, construction, and operations communities. The purpose of this book is to provide a better understanding of climate change impacts, vulnerability, and resilience across scales of the built environment. Architects, urban designers, planners, landscape architects, and engineers will find this a useful resource for adapting buildings and cities to a changing climate.

Download or read book Building Green written by Clarke Snell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sustainable Buildings written by M. Rohinton Emmanuel and published by . This book was released on 2014-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Green Roof Retrofit written by Sara J. Wilkinson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-06-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep understanding of the implications of green roof retrofit is required amongst students and practitioners to make the decisions and take the actions needed to mitigate climate changes. Green Roof Retrofit: building urban resilience illustrates the processes undertaken to develop this new knowledge and thereby embed a deeper level of understanding in readers.Illustrative case studies and exemplars are drawn from countries outside of the core researched areas to demonstrate the application of the knowledge more broadly. Examples are used from the Americas (North and South and Canada), Oceania, Asia and other European countries.The book describes the multiple criteria which inform decision making and how this provides a way forward for making better decisions about green roof retrofit in different countries and climates.

Download or read book The World s Greenest Buildings written by Jerry Yudelson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the first comparison of green building performance, using cost and energy use data that has been verified by independent third parties.

Download or read book Mainstream Green written by LPA (Firm) and published by Images Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green buildings significantly reduce the negative impact of development on the environment and they provide a healthier quality of life, because they use non-toxic building materials and provide abundant fresh air and natural light.