Green homes:dwellings for the 21st century

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rooney E. Ashley
Group Author: Hartke David; McConnell John C
Published: Schiffer Pub.,
Publisher Address: Atglen, Pa.
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: 192 p.: ill.(chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.
ISBN: 9780764330339 (hardcover)
0764330330 (hardcover)
Index Number: X799
CLC: X799.1
TU-023
Call Number: TU-023/R777
Contents: Includes index.
Preface / E. Ashley Rooney -- Foreword : The green revolution / John C. McConnell -- You can build a beautiful green home: here's how / David V. Hartke -- Green cottages and cabins -- Those in between -- Large green residences -- Remodeled, reused, refashioned -- Multi-unit housing.
More than fifty green homes, some of them award-winning, in North America are presented which illustrate the many green terms defined in this book as well as demonstrate the many ways architects have achieved sustainability without compromising their aesthetic goals.