Building Today's Green Home

Art Smith

• 29 augustus 2009
• 9781558708624

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Make Your Green Home a Reality!

The modern dream home is practical, but doesn't sacrifice quality, and uses sustainable and easily maintained building materials. Building the right-sized green home involves making eco-smart decisions. In Building Today's Green Home, you'll learn all you need to know in order to make your green home a reality, including:

• 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