Best Practices in Sustainable Building Design

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  • Best Practices in Sustainable Building Design: Includes an interactive DVD

    • ASIN: 1604270683
    • ISBN: 1604270683
    • Brand: J. Ross Publishing
    • Manufacturer: J. Ross Publishing

    This unique book and DVD is an interactive learning environment composed of seven content areas: building form, envelopes, structures, climate control systems, renewable energy, lighting, and landscape design. Each of these content areas is subdivided into learning modules introducing the subject matter and investigates best practices for climate r... [Read More]

  • The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design

    • ASIN: 1119092418
    • ISBN: 9781119092414
    • Brand: Wiley
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

    The time-saving resource every architect needs The Architect’s Studio Companion is a robust, user-friendly resource that keeps important information at your fingertips throughout the design process. It includes guidelines for the design of structure, environmental systems, parking, accessibility, and more. This new sixth edition has been fully up... [Read More]

  • LEED Green Associate V4 Exam Complete Study Guide (Second Edition)

    • ASIN: 0994618018
    • ISBN: 0994618018
    • Manufacturer: LDCT Pub

    *The "Second Edition" includes sample questions in the digital resources (see page 273 for online access).PASS THE LEED GREEN ASSOCIATE EXAM WITH FLYING COLORS!Having been widely adopted as the primary course material for bachelor's and master's degree classes in architecture and civil engineering in universities throughout the United States, the L... [Read More]

  • Design Like You Give a Damn {2}: Building Change from the Ground Up

    • ASIN: 0810997029
    • ISBN: 0810997029
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

    Design Like You Give a Damn [2] is the indispensable handbook for anyone committed to building a more sustainable future. Following the success of their first book, Architecture for Humanity brings readers the next edition, with more than 100 projects from around the world. Packed with practical and ingenious design solutions, this book addresses t... [Read More]

  • Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small-Scale Community in a Large-Scale World

    • ASIN: 160085107X
    • ISBN: 160085107X
    • Brand: Brand: Taunton Press
    • Manufacturer: Taunton Press

    A 2012 Nautilus Silver Award Winner Pocket Neighborhoods: Creating Small Scale Community in a Large Scale World introduces an antidote to faceless, placeless sprawl ― small scale neighborhoods where people can easily know one another, where empty nesters and single householders with far-flung families can find friendship or a helping hand nearb... [Read More]

  • Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)

    • ASIN: 0865715076
    • ISBN: 0865715076
    • Brand: Hunter, Kaki/ Kiffmeyer, Donald
    • Manufacturer: New Society Publishers

    The only comprehensive, illustrated, step-by-step guide to building with earthbags. Over seventy percent of Americans cannot afford to own a code-enforced, contractor-built home. This has led to widespread interest in using natural materials-straw, cob, and earth-for building homes and other buildings that are inexpensive, and that rely largely o... [Read More]

  • The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book

    • UPC: 783324954340
    • ASIN: 1890132349
    • ISBN: 9781890132347
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Publishing Company

    Are you ready for the Cob Cottage? This is a building method so old and so simple that it has been all but forgotten in the rush to synthetics. A cob cottage,cobb, however, might be the ultimate expression of ecological design, a structure so attuned to its surroundings that its creators refer to it as "an ecstatic house." The authors build a house... [Read More]

  • Sustainable Design for Interior Environments Second Edition

    • ASIN: 1609010817
    • ISBN: 1609010817
    • Brand: Fairchild Publications
    • Manufacturer: Fairchild Books

    Sustainable Design for Interior Environments, 2nd Edition, builds on the first edition's premise that the interior design profession has a social and moral responsibility to protect the health, safety, and welfare of people and the environment. The text equips professors, students, and practitioners to design sustainable interiors by addressing LEE... [Read More]

  • Building Green, New Edition: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs (Building Green: A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative)

    • ASIN: 1600595340
    • ISBN: 1600595340
    • Brand: Lark Books NC
    • Manufacturer: Lark Crafts

    The best-selling and highly regarded reference to sustainable construction gets an update! It’s refreshed with a completely revised introduction, a bright new cover, and extensive online resource tie-ins.  This groundbreaking book doesn’t just tell you about “green” house-building techniques: it actually shows you, with more than 1,200 ste... [Read More]

  • Passive House Details: Solutions for High-Performance Design

    • ASIN: 1138958263
    • ISBN: 1138958263
    • Manufacturer: Routledge

    Passive House Details introduces the concepts, principles, and design processes of building ultralow-energy buildings. The objective of this book is to provide design goals, research, analysis, systems, details, and inspiring images of some of the most energy-efficient, carbon-neutral, healthy, and satisfying buildings currently built in the region... [Read More]

  • Green Building Illustrated

    • ASIN: 1118562372
    • ISBN: 1118562372
    • Brand: John Wiley Sons
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

    “Green Building Illustrated is a must-read for students and professionals in the building industry.  The combination of incredibly expressive illustrations and accessible technical writing make concepts of green building on paper as intuitive as they would be if you toured a space with experts in sustainable building.” —Rick Fedrizzi, Presi... [Read More]

  • Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities

    • ASIN: 0865716722
    • ISBN: 0865716722
    • Manufacturer: New Society Publishers

    The cohousing "bible" by the US originators of the concept. A man's home is his castle. But demographic and economic changes haveturned our castles into islands. How can we regain the elements of the traditional village – family, cooperation, community and a sense of belonging – within the context of 21st century life? Creating Cohousing: Bu... [Read More]

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

    • ASIN: 156158973X
    • ISBN: 9781561589739
    • Brand: Taunton Press
    • Manufacturer: Taunton Press

    Green construction is the building trend of the decade. In direct response to the growing demand for sustainable, healthy, and energy-efficient homes, David Johnston and Scott Gibson present the most forward-thinking theories and the best proven methods of new and remodeled green construction. They begin with down-to-earth explanations of green bui... [Read More]

  • Kitchen & Bath Sustainable Design: Conservation, Materials, Practices (NKBA Professional Resource Library)

    • ASIN: 1118627725
    • ISBN: 1118627725
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

    The leading industry association's handbook for going green in the kitchen and bath Kitchen & Bath Sustainable Design is the National Kitchen and Bath Association's complete guide to "greening" these important rooms. The first book to focus exclusively on kitchen and bath sustainability, this full color guide covers every consideration for both rem... [Read More]

  • Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, Second Edition

    • ASIN: 0470114215
    • ISBN: 0470114215
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

    Reflecting the latest developments in the green building movement, and updated to include coverage of LEED 2009,Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, Second Edition guides construction and design professionals through the process of developing commercial and institutional high-performance green buildings in today's marketpla... [Read More]

  • Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design With Nature

    • ASIN: 047177751X
    • ISBN: 9780471777519
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

    Written by the chair of the LEED-Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) initiative, Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature is both an urgent call to action and a comprehensive introduction to "sustainable urbanism"--the emerging and growing design reform movement that combines the creation and enhancement of walkable and diverse places with the... [Read More]

  • Building Systems for Interior Designers

    • ASIN: 1118925548
    • ISBN: 1118925548
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

    The ultimate interior designer's guide to building systems and safety Building Systems for Interior Designers, Third Edition is the single-source technical reference that every designer needs, and an ideal solution for NCIDQ exam preparation. Now in its third edition, this invaluable guide has been updated to better address the special concerns of ... [Read More]

  • The Integrative Design Guide to Green Building: Redefining the Practice of Sustainability

    • ASIN: 0470181109
    • ISBN: 0470181109
    • Manufacturer: Wiley

    "The members of 7group and Bill Reed are examples writ large of the kind of leadership that is taking this idea of green building and forming it into reality, by helping change minds, building practice, and design process." —from the Foreword by S. Rick Fedrizzi President, CEO, and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council A whole-building appr... [Read More]

  • The Barefoot Architect

    • ASIN: 0936070420
    • ISBN: 0936070420
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Shelter Publications, Inc.

    A former UN worker and prominent architect, Johan van Lengen has seen firsthand the desperate need for a "greener" approach to housing in impoverished tropical climates. This comprehensive book clearly explains every aspect of this endeavor, including design (siting, orientation, climate consideration), materials (sisal, cactus, bamboo, earth), an... [Read More]

  • Prefabulous and Sustainable: Building and Customizing an Affordable, Energy-Efficient Home

    • ASIN: 0810984830
    • ISBN: 0810984830
    • Brand: Harry N Abrams
    • Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

    Prefabulous and Sustainable dispels the negative myths associated with prefab homes and shows the reader how beautiful and remarkably green prefab homes are. In this guide to prefab home-building author Sheri Koones, demystifies the prefabricated house by using 25 unique homes to showcase how factory-built homes are greener, more efficient, sturdi... [Read More]

  • Best Practices in Sustainable Building Design

    Best Practices in Sustainable Building Design by Shahin Vassigh and Ebru Ozer

    Green Building Construction and Sustainable Design