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Green Homes
Rooney, E. Ashley; Hartke, David; McConnell, John C.
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Description for Green Homes
Building a green home or redesigning an existing home to be green is more than energy efficiency and preservation of natural resources. It is about integrating cost-effective design and materials to better the well being of inhabitants. Explore the many w Num Pages: 192 pages, 400 color photos. BIC Classification: AMCR; AMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1256.
Building a green home or redesigning an existing home to be green is more than energy efficiency and preservation of natural resources. It is about integrating cost-effective design and materials to better the well being of inhabitants. Explore the many ways architects have achieved sustainability, incorporating commonsense strategies of solar orientation, natural ventilation, recycling of household water, and making use of cutting-edge materials and building technologies such as earth sheltering, thermal mass, super insulation, geothermal heating and cooling, and photovoltaic electrical generation — all without compromising their aesthetic goals. Here are more than 50 green homes in North America, shown ... Read more
Building a green home or redesigning an existing home to be green is more than energy efficiency and preservation of natural resources. It is about integrating cost-effective design and materials to better the well being of inhabitants. Explore the many ways architects have achieved sustainability, incorporating commonsense strategies of solar orientation, natural ventilation, recycling of household water, and making use of cutting-edge materials and building technologies such as earth sheltering, thermal mass, super insulation, geothermal heating and cooling, and photovoltaic electrical generation — all without compromising their aesthetic goals. Here are more than 50 green homes in North America, shown ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764330339
SKU
V9780764330339
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About Rooney, E. Ashley; Hartke, David; McConnell, John C.
E. Ashley Rooney has written extensively on architecture and design, including a number of books for Schiffer Publishing. She resides in Massachusetts.
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