Green Homes: Dwellings for the 21st Century

by E. Ashley Rooney

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764330330
• ISBN13: 9780764330339
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"