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The Northwest green home primer
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Kathleen O'Brien |
The essential, real-world, green home manual.Everyone can make green home decisions on a budget with this inspiring, informationpacked guide. Whether you are building, remodeling, buying, or just cur… |
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Dreaming green
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Lisa Sharkey |
A guide to fashionable but eco-friendly decorating showcases a series of urban, suburban, and rural homes that are beautiful, liveable, and environmentally friendly and that represent an array of siz… |
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Green design
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Alan Berman |
As an architect, Alan Berman is used to advising clients on combining design aspirations with environmental awareness. Now in this revised edition of his user-friendly and comprehensive guide, he pre… |
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Architecture in times of need
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Kristin Feireiss |
"Architecture in Times of Need is the first book to document the projects and progress made by the Make It Right Foundation, established by actor Brad Pitt, during the redevelopment of New Orleans' v… |
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DIY projects for the self-sufficient homeowner
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Betsy Matheson |
"Step-by-step, how-to projects for home rain collection, solar panels, food storage, solar energy systems, eco-friendly improvements, bee keeping, and more"-- |
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The natural building companion
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Jacob Deva Racusin |
"Natural buildings not only bring satisfaction to their makers and joy to their occupants, they also leave the gentlest footprint on the environment. In this complete reference to natural building ph… |
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The green house
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Alanna Stang |
Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne have traveled to the farthest reaches of the globe to find all that is new in the design of sustainable or "green" homes. The result: more than thirty-five resi… |
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Healthy child, healthy world
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Christopher Gavigan |
Medical experts, scientists, and celebrity activists counsel parents on how to render a home more environmentally friendly, in a budget-wise guide that explains the link between disease and toxic ele… |
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Energy independence
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Christine Woodside |
A guide to the most viable and affordable alternative energy sources for the everyday consumer--including solar panels, wind generators, hydrogen fuel cells, wood, hydroelectric, geothermal heat pump… |
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Green living by design
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Jean Nayar |
A guide to home building, renovation, and decorating for environmentally conscientious readers or home owners looking to promote energy efficiency explains how to reduce one's personal carbon footpri… |
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The greened house effect
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Jeff Wilson |
Describes how to give residential buildings a Deep Energy Retrofit, a whole-home makeover that will make any home cleaner, greener, more comfortable, and healthier. |
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The big tiny
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Williams, Dee (Builder) |
"A personal memoir about downsizing and the author's experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle"-- |
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Superlight
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Phyllis Richardson |
"Ever since the Industrial Revolution architects have sought to liberate our houses from their solid foundations and one of the most powerful design philosophies of recent years has been Glenn Murcut… |
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Lights on
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Jeffrey R. Yago |
Provides instruction in replacing electric "grid-powered" appliances with battery-powered devices, with relevant photographs and diagrams. |
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The greening of Oz
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Robert Fraga |
Fraga presents a comprehensive account of how a small town in the Bible Belt became a model of ecological sustainability. On May 4, 2007, an EF5 tornado destroyed the town of Greensburg in south cent… |
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Your Green Home
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Alex Wilson |
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 … |
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Sustainable residential development
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Avi Friedman |
Capitalize on a Comprehensive New Process for Planningand Designing Sustainable Green CommunitiesWritten by internationally renowned architect Avi Friedman, Sustainable Residential Development equips… |
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The Homeowners Guide to Energy Independence
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Christine Woodside |
Fossil fuels make up 90 percent of the world's energy sources. Fossil fuels provoke wars, make us ill, and endanger the planet. And they're running out. Have you ever felt like declaring your indepen… |
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Green property
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Catherine Dawson |
Green Property is for those who want to change their property and lifestyle to one more ecologically sound and in tune with their environment, yet who may lack the scientific knowledge to do so. In a… |
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Choosing green
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Jerry Yudelson |
Energy-efficient, non-toxic, healthy homes are the hottest trend in the building industry. Homebuilders are constructing green homes in astonishing numbers—nearly 200,000 in the United States alone i… |
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