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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $10.02
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Manufacturer: New Society Publishers
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Alex Wilson
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Publisher: New Society Publishers
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Dewey Decimal Number: 690.8047
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Publication Date: 2006-06-01
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: More and more homeowners today want houses that are healthy to live in and cause minimal damage to the environment. That's what green building is all about. Your Green Home is written for homeowners planning a new home-whether you are working with an architect or builder, or serving as your own general contractor. Intended to improve the overall environmental performance of new houses being built, the book sets out to answer some of the big-picture questions relating to having a home designed and built-and getting what you want. Your Green Home covers: Home location and its relationship to the community
Site design
Construction systems
Building design to optimize energy performance
Renewable energy systems
Material selection
Indoor environmental quality
Water efficiency
Material selection Written by the founder of BuildingGreen-North America's premier green building authority-this book will prove useful not only to future homeowners, but also to designers and builders seeking to meet this demand. Building professionals well-versed in green building may find this a useful book to give to potential clients to convey the scope and principles of green building. Alex Wilson is president of BuildingGreen, Inc. and executive editor of Environmental Building News, the oldest and most respected publication serving North America's green building industry. A green building expert since the 1970s, he has authored countless articles on the topic and several books, including Green Building Products, the Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, and Green Development: Integrating Ecology and Real Estate.
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Price: $35.00
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Sale: $20.91
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Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Stephen & Rebekah Hren
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Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
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Dewey Decimal Number: 644
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Publication Date: 2008-07-15
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: You've read the stories and watched the documentaries. So you're convinced--burning fossil fuels leads to global climate change; supplies of fossil fuels are diminishing in quantity and increasing in price. You've fretted and worried, but still go through your day consuming some quantity of non-renewable fossil fuels to accomplish nearly every task (and you may not even realize it). You want to do something besides worry but you are unsure where to begin.
Read this book--then grab your handsaw, tape measure, and drill, and get started! A life powered by the sun is waiting for you. Meant as a guide for renovating existing homes, this book gives you the hands-on knowledge necessary to kick the fossil fuel habit, with projects small and large listed by skill, time, cost, and energy saved. For every aspect of your life currently powered by fossil fuels, we offer alternatives you can accomplish yourself to get started using renewable and sustainable sources of power.
Inspired by their own determination to wean themselves completely from fossil fuels, Rebekah and Stephen Hren provide a map for others interested in the path to producing all their own energy and living a fossil fuel-free life. It shows first how to reduce energy consumption as much as possible, then how to retrofit an existing home in order to obtain all heating and cooling, all cooking and refrigeration, and all hot water and electricity from renewable sources. The Hrens also provide advice on renewable methods of transportation and home gardening, as poor choices about food and mobility often negate hard-won gains in the home. Like many today, the Hrens felt they had a moral obligation to mitigate humankind's contribution to the ravages of pollution, including global warming as a result of fossil fuel addiction. In this book, the Hrens offer practical approaches that fit into anyone's budget, and can be done over time as a way to wean oneself from fossil fuel dependency.
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Price: $24.95
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Sale: $19.96
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Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: James Kachadorian
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Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
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Dewey Decimal Number: 690.8370472
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Publication Date: 1997-06
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Reading Level: 210
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Description: This book offers a technique for building homes that heat and cool themselves in a wide range of different climates, using ordinary building materials available anywhere and with methods familiar to all building contractors and many do-it-yourselfers. A formerly patented design for author James Kachadorian's Solar Slab heat exchanger is now available for the use of anyone motivated by the desire to build a house that needs a backup furnace or air conditioner rarely if ever. This is a building book for the next century. Applicable to a diversity of regions, climates, budgets, and styles of architecture, Kachadorian's techniques translate the essentials of timeless solar design (siting a home in harmony with nature, using windows as solar collectors, achieving year-round comfort by balancing good insulation with healthy supplies of fresh air) into practical wisdom for today's new generation of solar builders.
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Price: $17.95
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Sale: $3.70
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Manufacturer: Sterling
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: William P. Spence
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Publisher: Sterling
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Dewey Decimal Number: 693.83
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Publication Date: 2006-10-28
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Reading Level: 192
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Description: Good insulation can keep a house cozy in winter, and cool in summer—while saving money and conserving energy. In amazingly thorough detail, with plenty of color illustrations, William P. Spence, author of such bestsellers as Carpentry and Building Construction, describes every step of insulating, sealing, and ventilating your home. He shows how to determine the amount of insulation needed, locate air leaks, regulate air quality, and determine the costs versus benefits of any job. Find out where to start work, which materials are most effective, and how to handle potential insulation problems. From air-sealing external walls to adding vapor barriers, all you need to know is here. |
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Price: $25.00
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Sale: $15.66
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Manufacturer: PixyJack Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Rex A. Ewing and LaVonne Ewing
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Publisher: PixyJack Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 690.8370472
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Publication Date: 2008-03-21
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Reading Level: 256
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Description: A down-to-earth guide to building solar-powered log homes, complete with how-to illustrations and photos, plus enlightening stories from log home owners across the country. Follow the authors' journey of handcrafting an off-the-grid log home in the Colorado Rockies and discover how renewable energy is a perfect match for modern log home living, from small weekend cabins to expansive year-round homes. (The completed revised edition of "Logs, Wind and Sun")
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Price: $9.99
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Sale: $5.33
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Manufacturer: Big Fish Publishing Inc
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Lonnie Wibberding
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Publisher: Big Fish Publishing Inc
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Dewey Decimal Number: 644
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Publication Date: 2006-07-21
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Reading Level: 104
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Description: Whether you're building a new house or have an existing one, "Basics of Energy Efficient Living" shares the principles behind energy efficient living. Have you ever wondered: What is R-value? How much energy could I get from my creek? Can I use alternative energy in the city? How much heat will it take to keep my house warm? How much heat will I lose if I put in a bigger window? Learn what it takes to save energy, then take the next step and collect your own. Find out how much energy you can get from water, sun, wind, and wood. Discover how much energy you need by making an energy budget specific for your house. Learn energy principles as you design a house step-by-step.
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Price: $16.95
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Sale: $10.49
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Manufacturer: Westsong Publishing
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Mick Winter
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Publisher: Westsong Publishing
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 552.282
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Publication Date: 2006-11-01
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Reading Level: 246
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Description: Three Things You Can Do to Prepare for Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse -- You can easily lead a more sustainable, money-saving life right now. But you have to do it yourself. No one, including the government, is going to do it for you. The book covers topics that list three free, or low-cost, things you can do to save money; decrease energy dependence; fight global warming and abrupt climate change; and improve your home, your community, and your environment. Topics include: Self-employment, relocation, local business, car, food, shopping, money, neighborhood, kitchen, bathroom, yard, heating, cooling, lighting, and many more.
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Price: $25.00
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Sale: $14.50
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Manufacturer: Pixyjack Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Rex A. Ewing
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Publisher: Pixyjack Press
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Edition: 2 Updated
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Dewey Decimal Number: 696
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Publication Date: 2006-01-01
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: Be your own power company and let Mother Nature provide the energy! By investing in affordable, new technologies, you can join the thousands of homeowners who get free electricity from the sun, wind and water. In this updated 2nd edition of Power With Nature, you'll learn how easy it is to use renewable energy to become self-sufficient and live well anywhere! - Off-Grid Solar PV, Wind & Micro-Hydro Systems
- Homeowner Profiles (Personal Power Companies)
- Utility Grid-Tie Options
- Sizing Your Renewable Energy System
- Charge Controllers, Inverters, Batteries
- Putting It All Together Safely
- Heating of House and Water
- Pumping Water
- Worksheets, Maps, Resources, Glossary, Index and much more!
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Price: $8.95
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Sale: $5.86
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Manufacturer: American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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Publisher: American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
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Edition: 8
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Dewey Decimal Number: 643
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Publication Date: 2003-11-01
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Reading Level: 245
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Description: Alex Wilson and John Morrill have assembled a comprehensive guide to energy-saving techniques and devices with two goals in mind: save consumers money and save Earth in the process. Wilson and Morrill offer consumers the latest techniques for making their homes more efficient, comfortable, and cheaper to live in, and they supply energy ratings for appliances, light bulbs, water heaters, windows, heating systems, and more. The language is clear and entertaining; you needn't to be a technician or an engineer to understand the suggestions and analyses. Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings will prove incredibly useful for people who are about to build a home or remodel, or who simply want to get the most bang for their buck and not waste energy or foul the environment.
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Price: $34.95
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Sale: $31.42
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Manufacturer: Island Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Stephen R. Kellert
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Publisher: Island Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 155.91
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Publication Date: 2005-09-13
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Reading Level: 264
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Description: Sustainable design has made great strides in recent years; unfortunately, it still falls short of fully integrating nature into our built environment. Through a groundbreaking new paradigm of "restorative environmental design," award-winning author Stephen R. Kellert proposes a new architectural model of sustainability. In Building For Life, Kellert examines the fundamental interconnectedness of people and nature, and how the loss of this connection results in a diminished quality of life. This thoughtful new work illustrates how architects and designers can use simple methods to address our innate needs for contact with nature. Through the use of natural lighting, ventilation, and materials, as well as more unexpected methodologies-the use of metaphor, perspective, enticement, and symbol-architects can greatly enhance our daily lives. These design techniques foster intellectual development, relaxation, and physical and emotional well-being. In the works of architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Eero Saarinen, Cesar Pelli, Norman Foster, and Michael Hopkins, Kellert sees the success of these strategies and presents models for moving forward. Ultimately, Kellert views our fractured relationship with nature as a design problem rather than an unavoidable aspect of modern life, and he proposes many practical and creative solutions for cultivating a more rewarding experience of nature in our built environment.
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