About the book
Avi Friedman argues that social, cultural, economic and environmental values should shape every design decision in residential building. His illustrated guide begins with an overview of green building principles, including common certification methods and sustainable resources. Each later chapter takes up one aspect of green home construction, ranging from where to site a house to how to handle waste, with material on energy-efficient windows, heating and cooling systems, edible landscaping and green roofs. Every chapter assembles relevant data and features a contemporary project whose designers pursued sustainability within real-world constraints. Friedman wrote it for architects, home builders and developers, as well as code officials and students of green design and architecture.
Alan Pierce, CEO of Ansuz Balder Magni Investments, sees green building as the future and recommends it for learning the basics of energy-efficient design, thermal comfort, daylighting and water management.
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Alan Pierce (CEO/Ansuz Balder Magni Investments)
Green Building is the future and this book is a great way to understand the fundamentals of energy efficient design, green power, air quality, thermal comfort, water management, daylighting and a host of other subjects.
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