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Green Homes : Dwellings for the 21st Century, Hardback Book

Green Homes : Dwellings for the 21st Century Hardback

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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 in 400 color photographs.

Many have won major awards; others have been the subject of media attention and tours.

This book will help the homeowner, builder, and architect design homes that are more energy efficient, reduce consumption and emissions, and incorporate sustainable materials.

The residences presented here demonstrate the range of potential solutions and ideas for building a sustainable house.

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