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Green living : sustainable houses = des maisons écologiquement durables = umweltverträgliche Häuser = duurzame woningen
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ISBN: 9789460650086 9460650082 Year: 2009 Publisher: Antwerpen booQs


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Sustainable homes
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ISBN: 9788496424302 8496424308 Year: 2009 Publisher: Barcelona : Links,

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Sustainability is the future of architecture. Here are the newest cutting-edge ideas in sustainable residential architecture in the United States, all featured in hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations. The emphasis is on innovative ideas, new techniques, and more efficient energy systems. Unconventional building materials such as bamboo, paper, and even bottles and tires are just a few of the examples of American ingenuity showcased here.


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The nature of a house : building a world that works
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ISBN: 1610911377 1597265586 1597262404 Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington : Island Press,

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In this candid and informative book, George M. Woodwell, a leader in the study of global environmental change, illuminates practical considerations (and frustrations) involved in “building green.” When the renowned Woods Hole Research Center needed a new office, Woodwell led efforts to utilize “state-of-the-shell” green building techniques to retrofit a Victorian mansion built in 1877 into the Center’s new home. This is the story of how scientists and contractors alike confronted the limitations of available materials, laws, and building codes. Woodwell sets this struggle in a larger context, as part of the global need to minimize carbon emissions and environmental impacts. Beginning with his experience of the retrofit of a single building, he shares insights into rethinking how we design, use, and adapt the built environment to preserve the functional integrity of the natural landscape.

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Dwellings -- Remodeling. --- Ecological houses. --- Sustainable living. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Business & Economics --- Law, Politics & Government --- Economic History --- Law, General & Comparative --- Environmental Sciences --- Ecological houses --- Dwellings --- Sustainable living --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Remodeling --- Ecological living --- Green living --- Living, Sustainable --- Home remodeling --- Remodeling (Architecture) --- Remodeling of dwellings --- Alternative homes --- Ecohomes --- Environmental homes --- Green homes (Green technology) --- Low impact houses --- Sustainable houses --- Remodeling. --- Environment. --- Fossil fuels. --- Energy efficiency. --- Architecture. --- Construction. --- Environmental law. --- Environmental policy. --- Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice. --- Architecture, general. --- Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings). --- Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture). --- Basics of Construction. --- Sustainable buildings --- House construction --- Alternative lifestyles --- Environmentalism --- Green movement --- Energy Efficiency. --- Architecture, Western (Western countries) --- Building design --- Buildings --- Construction --- Western architecture (Western countries) --- Art --- Building --- Environment law --- Environmental control --- Environmental protection --- Environmental quality --- Environmental policy --- Law --- Sustainable development --- Design and construction --- Law and legislation --- Fossil energy --- Fuel --- Energy minerals --- Consumption of energy --- Energy efficiency --- Fuel consumption --- Fuel efficiency --- Power resources --- Energy conservation --- Environment and state --- Environmental management --- State and environment --- Environmental auditing --- Government policy

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