Building Today's Green Home: Practical, Cost-Effective and Eco-Responsible Homebuilding
- ISBN-10
- 1440307849
- ISBN-13
- 9781440307843
- Category
- House & Home
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-08-01
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Art Smith
Description
Make Your Green Home a Reality! Building the right-sized green home involves making eco-smart decisions. In Building Today's Green Home, you will learn: • How to choose the correct location of your building lot and what is the optimum placement of your house to take advantage of solar energy • How to design the right-sized home for your needs now and in the future • What are the best sustainable construction materials to use for building your home • About the newest insulation materials and techniques • What HVAC units are the most efficient and are the best at saving energy • How to grade the building lot for natural sustainability The decisions you make today will have a huge impact on your future and the future of your children. And, building the right-sized energy-efficient home will free up investment capital for your retirement years.
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