Green home building : money-saving strategies for an affordable, healthy, high-performance home / Miki Cook & Doug Garrett ; Diane McIntosh, cover design.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cook, Miki, author.

Garrett, Doug, author.

Contributor:

McIntosh, Dianve, designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecological houses--Design and construction.

Ecological houses.

Ecological houses--Economic aspects.

House construction--Environmental aspects.

House construction.

Dwellings--Energy conservation.

Dwellings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Build a truly green home for the same total net cost as the conventional alternative

Contents:

Front Cover; Praise; Title Page; Rights Page; Dedication; Disclaimer; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Section One: Show Me the Money; Chapter 1: Location, Location, Location; Chapter 2: Size Matters; Chapter 3: Design, Design, Design: Everything You Need to Know; Chapter 4: Building Products and Materials: Shades of Green; Chapter 5: Construction Waste: The 8,000-Pound Gorilla of Cost Savings; Chapter 6: Equipment and Systems; Chapter 7: Health and Environment; Chapter 8: Outdoor Living; Chapter 9: Green Bling; Chapter 10: Keeping It Green; Section Two: Getting to Zero

Chapter 11: The Zero Energy Capable Home ModelChapter 12: Net Zero Water; Chapter 13: Zero Waste; Chapter 14: Zero Your Carbon Footprint; Chapter 15: Zero Cost Premium; End Notes; Index; About the Authors; A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading; Books to Build a New Society

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 22, 2014).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed August 7 , 2024).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed April 25, 2025).

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781550925739

1550925733

OCLC:

882778470