Environmentally-friendly architecture & design books

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Remodel Green: Make Your House Serve Your Life

Remodel Green: Make Your House Serve Your Life

Author: Kelly Hart
ISBN: 9780916289386
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"There are many reasons for remodeling. It could be the desire for greater comfort in your home from improved insulation...  Read More >>

Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys: Design Journeys

Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys: Design...

Author: Kate Fletcher (Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, UK)
ISBN: 9781306218443
Format: Electronic book text
$538.56

Praise for the previous edition: [A] fascinating book. John Thackara, Doors of Perception Provides the foundations...  Read More >>

Life Cycle Assessment

Life Cycle Assessment

Author: Kathrina Simonen
ISBN: 9780415702423
Format: Paperback
$71.99

Life Cycle Assessment addresses the dynamic and dialectic of building and ecology, presenting the key theories and...  Read More >>

Life Cycle Assessment

Life Cycle Assessment

Author: Kathrina Simonen (University of Washington, USA) ,  Kathrina Simonen
ISBN: 9780415702416
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Life Cycle Assessment addresses the dynamic and dialectic of building and ecology, presenting the key theories and...  Read More >>

Lake|Flato Houses: Embracing the Landscape

Lake|Flato Houses: Embracing the Landscape

Author: Guy Martin ,  Frederick Steiner
ISBN: 9780292758452
Format: Paperback
$104.00

Presents an extensive selection of landmark homes built since 1999 by the San Antonio firm Lake|Flato Architects....  Read More >>

Teaching Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences

Teaching Sustainability: Perspectives from the Humanities...

Author: Wendy Petersen Boring ,  William Forbes
ISBN: 9781622880614
Format: Paperback
$79.20

The essays in this volume represent grassroots restoration work in higher education for sustainability. Over the...  Read More >>

Redesigning the Planet: Local Systems: Reshaping the Constructs of Civilizations Through the Use of Ecological Design & Other Conceptual & Pra

Redesigning the Planet: Local Systems: Reshaping the...

Author: Alan Wittbecker ,  Paolo Soleri
ISBN: 9781499284072
Format: Paperback
$73.89

This work is about sharing the local (as well as global) resources and services of the planet to meet the needs...  Read More >>

Sustainable Building Adaptation: Innovations in Decision-making

Sustainable Building Adaptation: Innovations in Decision-making...

Author: Sara J. Wilkinson (University of Technology, Australia) ,  Hilde Remøy (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781118477106
Format: Hardback
$190.95

How to adapt existing building stock is a problem being addressed by local and state governments worldwide. In most...  Read More >>

Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies

Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies...

Author: Mark DeKay (College of Architecture and Design, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville) ,  G. Z. Brown (University of Oregon. Illustrations by V. Cartwright, Kansas State University)
ISBN: 9780470945780
Format: Paperback
$177.95

This fully updated Third Edition covers principles of designing buildings that use the sun for heating, wind for...  Read More >>

Introduction to Architectural Science: The Basis of Sustainable Design

Introduction to Architectural Science: The Basis of...

Author: Steven V. Szokolay
ISBN: 9780415824989
Format: Paperback
$105.00

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Organic Composting Made Easy: How To Create Natural Fertilizer At Home

Organic Composting Made Easy: How To Create Natural...

Author: Dr John Stone
ISBN: 9781497561403
Format: Paperback
$19.77

In this day and age it's difficult to know what is really in your food, even vegetables labeled as organic can...  Read More >>

Practical Yurts: Building and Living in a Low Cost Alternative Structure

Practical Yurts: Building and Living in a Low Cost Alternative...

Author: Steven W Hatch
ISBN: 9781496089991
Format: Paperback
$39.47

"When Steven W. Hatch found himself in a housing crisis, pressed for time and money, he discovered that building...  Read More >>

Retrofit for Purpose: Low Energy Renewal of Non-Domestic Buildings

Retrofit for Purpose: Low Energy Renewal of Non-Domestic...

Author: Sunand Prasad ,  Greg Penoyre
ISBN: 9781859465141
Format: Paperback
$103.00

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Rough Guide to Sustainability: A Design Primer

Rough Guide to Sustainability: A Design Primer

Author: Brian Edwards
ISBN: 9781859465073
Format: Paperback
$95.74

Simple, no-nonsense reference source for all students and practitioners of sustainability in the built environment....  Read More >>

Green Building Illustrated

Green Building Illustrated

Author: Francis D. K. Ching ,  Ian M. Shapiro
ISBN: 9781118878613
Format: Electronic book text
$131.87

Green Building Illustrated is a must-read forstudents and professionals in the building industry. Thecombination...  Read More >>

Building Refurbishment for Energy Performance: A Global Approach

Building Refurbishment for Energy Performance: A Global...

Author: Anna Magrini
ISBN: 9783319030739
Format: Hardback
$290.37

In Europe, the building sector accounts for 40% of energy consumption which has a strong influence on greenhouse...  Read More >>

Evolutionary Optimisation of Façade Design: A New Approach for the Design of Building Envelopes

Evolutionary Optimisation of Façade Design: A New Approach...

Author: Giovanni Zemella ,  Andrea Faraguna
ISBN: 9781447156512
Format: Hardback
$290.37

There are two barriers which obstruct optimization from being applied to building design: a technological barrier...  Read More >>

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