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Making Better Buildings
A Comparative Guide to Sustainable Construction for Homeowners and Contractors
by Chris Magwood

From foundation to finish, a wealth of information is available on sustainable construction methods - entire volumes have been published on individual green and natural building techniques. But with so many different ideas to choose from, there is …
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Energy-Wise Landscape Design
A New Approach for your Home and Garden
by Sue Reed

Residential consumption represents nearly one quarter of North America's total energy use, and the average homeowner spends thousands of dollars a year on power bills. To help alleviate this problem, Energy-Wise Landscape Design presents hundreds of …
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Green Restorations
Sustainable Building and Historic Homes
by Aaron Lubeck

Some 40 percent of North Americans live in homes built prior to 1940, and when it comes time to remodel or restore our older homes, homeowners and contractors can find themselves lost in a morass of wildly divergent information and opinion. With …
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Prescriptions for a Healthy House, 3rd Edition
A Practical Guide for Architects, Builders & Home Owners
by Paula Baker-Laporte, John Banta & Erica Elliott

Although there is nothing complicated about constructing healthier homes, building for health is still not standard practice, and in fact there are many aspects of conventional home construction that are detrimental to human wellbeing.
From …
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Green Building Products
The GreenSpec® Guide to Residential Building Materials -- 3rd Edition
edited by Alex Wilson
with Mark Piepkorn
foreword by Sarah Susanka

Interest in sustainable, green building practices is greater than ever. Whether concerned about allergies, energy costs, old-growth forests, or durability and long-term value, homeowners and builders are looking for ways to ensure that their homes …
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Extreme Weather Hits Home
Protecting Your Buildings from Climate Change
by John Banta

We know how to prepare our homes for each seasonal change, but do we know how to prepare for climate change? Violent weather events like floods, tornadoes, ice storms and hurricanes only tell part of the story. Climate change is frequently more …
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Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook - Special 30th Anniversary Edition
The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Technologies and Sustainable Living
by John Schaeffer

Concerns over dwindling resources and environmental degradation are driving many to seek alternatives to our wasteful, polluting lifestyle. Clean technologies such as solar power, wind power and biodiesel fuel are soaring in popularity.
The Real …
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Design for Water
Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment and Alternate Water Reuse
by Heather Kinkade-Levario

In an era of dwindling resources, water is poised to become the new oil as the entire world now faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. To avert a devastating shortage, we must not only look at alternate water sources for existing …
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