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  • Understanding Green Building Materials

    A companion to Understanding Green Building Guidelines, this primer explains green building products—what they are and how to choose them.From eco-friendly sheetrock to sustainable paint finishes, the green building movement is gaining momentum. But with new products, manufacturers, and standards being introduced routinely, how are architects or designers to know what's best for their projects? ... Leer más

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    This booklet is the first in a twelve part series that walks the owner/builder through the construction of a Global Model Earthship. This installment covers building the thermal mass walls out of tires, the thermal wrap, vent tubes, cistern installation and front stem walls. Photographs, diagrams and thorough explanations of procedures will guide you through the tire work phase of the building ... Leer más

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  • How to Thrive in the Next Economy: Designing Tomorrow's World Today

    de John Thackara ...
    A visionary yet practical guide to building a more sustainable future, by one of the most important voices in environmentally aware designAre there practical solutions to the many global challenges—climate change, poverty, insufficient healthcare—that threaten our way of life? Author John Thackara has spent a lifetime roving the globe in search of design that serves human needs. In this clear-eyed ... Leer más

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  • The Passivhaus Handbook

    A practical guide to constructing and retrofitting buildings for ultra-low energy performance

    Series series Sustainable Building
    'As we move towards the 2016 zero carbon target in house building, Passivhaus construction looks like becoming not just popular in the UK, but commonplace. This is a no-nonsense and engaging introduction on how to do it.' KEVIN MCCLOUD-The Passivhaus Handbook is an essential guide for anyone wanting to realise a supremely comfortable, healthy and durable home with exceptionally low energy costs ... Leer más

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  • Compact Living

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  • Prefabulous + Sustainable

    Building and Customizing an Affordable, Energy-Efficient Home

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  • Sustainable Design

    A Critical Guide

    de David Bergman ...
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    Written for students and practitioners in the fields of architecture and interior design, our new Architecture Brief Sustainable Design provides a concise overview of all the techniques available for reducing the energy footprint of structures and spaces. With clear, simple language and a practical "can-do" approach, author David Bergman covers everything from the profession's ethical ... Leer más

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  • Climate Change and Social Ecology

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    Although strategies to prevent global warming – such as by conserving energy, relying on solar and wind power, and reducing motor vehicle use – are well-known, societies have proved unable to implement these measures with the necessary speed. They have also been unwilling to confront underlying issues such as overconsumption, overpopulation, inequity, and dysfunctional political systems. Political ... Leer más

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  • Essential Sustainable Home Design

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  • Back to the Future

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    Back to the Future explores new urbanism and urban revitalization within the context of public policy trends such as regional governance and the role of nonprofits. The purpose of this book is to provide students and professionals alike with a context for examining the beginnings of new urbanism, as well as to illustrate how this movement has become a nationwide trend in response to changing ... Leer más

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  • Reshaping Metropolitan America

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