Green Home Building: Money-Saving Strategies for an Affordable, Healthy, High-Performance Home
Miki Cook
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Description for Green Home Building: Money-Saving Strategies for an Affordable, Healthy, High-Performance Home
Paperback. A comprehensive guide to building green on any budget. Num Pages: 432 pages, B&W photos throughout. BIC Classification: AMCR; RNU; TNK; VSZ; WK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658.
According to conventional wisdom, building a green home is an expensive endeavor. The standard approach treats green as an add-on, tacking "premium" products, finishes, and equipment onto a traditional home design. As a result, many green home projects end up over budget or fail to achieve their environmental and performance goals. Green Home Building explodes the myth that green homes have to cost more. Using proven methods based on applied building science, the authors show how to: * Lower base construction costs to provide funding for high performance upgrades * Achieve a net-zero energy home, including "zero-ing" water, ... Read more
According to conventional wisdom, building a green home is an expensive endeavor. The standard approach treats green as an add-on, tacking "premium" products, finishes, and equipment onto a traditional home design. As a result, many green home projects end up over budget or fail to achieve their environmental and performance goals. Green Home Building explodes the myth that green homes have to cost more. Using proven methods based on applied building science, the authors show how to: * Lower base construction costs to provide funding for high performance upgrades * Achieve a net-zero energy home, including "zero-ing" water, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Gabriola Island, United States
ISBN
9780865717794
SKU
V9780865717794
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Miki Cook
Miki Cook is a green building and sustainability consultant for the oldest green building program in the nation, Austin Energy Green Building (AEGB). She has spent her career in the residential construction industry, where for the last two decades she has focused on green building certification including acting as Green Rater for the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Homes ... Read more
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