Green home building : money-saving strategies for an affordable, healthy, high-performance home

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Green home building : money-saving strategies for an affordable, healthy, high-performance home

Title remainder

money-saving strategies for an affordable, healthy, high-performance home

Statement of responsibility

Miki Cook & Doug Garrett

Creator

• Cook, Miki

Contributor

• Garrett, Doug, (Building consultant)

Author

• Cook, Miki
• Garrett, Doug, (Building consultant)

Subject

• House construction -- Environmental aspects
• Sustainable architecture
• Dwellings -- Energy conservation
• Ecological houses -- Design and construction
• Ecological houses -- Economic aspects

Language

eng

Summary

According to conventional wisdom, building a green home is an expensive endeavour. The standard approach treats green as an add-on, tacking "premium" products, finishes, and equipment onto a traditional home design. As a result, many green home projects end up over budget or fail to achieve their environmental and performance goals. Green Home Building explodes the myth that green homes have to cost more. Using proven methods based on applied building science, the authors show how to: * Lower base construction costs to provide funding for high performance upgrades * Achieve a net-zero energy home, including "zero-ing" water, waste, carbon, and associated costs within fifteen years * Live affordably into the future, despite anticipated rising costs for fuel, water, materials, taxes, and health care This comprehensive guide to building green on any budget defines the strategies that maximise the return on green investments. Written for anyone who has ever been swayed by the argument that the price tag limits how green a home can be, Green Home Building is a must-read for builders, contractors, architects, designers, and homeowners. Miki Cook is a green building and sustainability consultant who has dedicated her career to educating contractors and the public on the strategies, methods, and benefits of green homes. Doug Garrett has trained thousands of homebuilders, architects, and sub-contractors to build energy-efficient homes using applied building science to improve comfort, durability, and healthfulness while meeting or exceeding the energy code

Cataloging source

NLC

Dewey number

728.047

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult