Green Remodeling

Green Remodeling
Author: David R. Johnston
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2004-09-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780865714984

An encyclopedic how-to of all you need to make your home green

Natural Remodeling for the Not-so-green House

Natural Remodeling for the Not-so-green House
Author: Carol Venolia
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2006
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9781579906542

A guide to ecological renovation that explains simple steps people can take to make their homes more ecologically friendly and offers practical suggestions for project planning.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Building and Remodeling

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Building and Remodeling
Author: John Barrows
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2009
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9781592578283

A guide to home building, renovation, and remodeling for environmentally conscientious readers or home owners looking to promote energy efficiency explains how to reduce one's personal carbon footprint, lower costs, and promote an eco-friendly lifestyle while creating one's dream home. Original.

Green Living by Design

Green Living by Design
Author: Jean Nayar
Publisher: Filipacchi Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2009
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781933231532

Laid out in an easy-to-follow format with step-by-step instructions, special tips, and material guides, this reference makes it easier than ever to remodel, renovate, or decorate a home without hurting the planet.

Green Businesses

Green Businesses
Author: Glen Croston
Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2008-07-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1599181800

Take the Lead in the Green Revolution With environmental concerns a top issue for consumers everywhere, the green market is the next big boom industry for entrepreneurs looking to make money-and make a difference. "Kermit is wrong! It's easy being green...just read Croston's book. He provides a terrific guide to an amazing array of business eco-opportunities, and tells you how to take advantage of them!" -Ray Smilor, Executive Director, Beyster Institute at the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego, author of Daring Visionaries: How Entrepreneurs Build Companies, Inspire Allegiance, and Create Wealth "75 Green Businesses gets you quickly up to speed on the fast-paced trends propelling the green economy and shows you where to find the opportunities. If you're considering starting your own green business, Croston's book has practically written about half your business plan for you. A terrific resource." -Josh Dorfman, founder & CEO, Vivavi and author of The Lazy Environmentalist "Browsing through these pages will inspire some directly toward a new career and prompt others to invent new business models. Expect to see a dog-eared copy sitting on every shelf of the next generation of entrepreneurs." -Eric Corey Freed , Principal, organicARCHITECT and author ofGreen Building & Remodeling for Dummies "The biggest opportunities of the 21st century are green businesses. This wonderful book offers people who want to get involved a very comprehensive listing of those many opportunities as well as numerous links to more information. Read it and get inspired." -Greg Pahl, author of The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis Discover 75 green startup ideas in multiple industries, including eco-tourism, small wind power, green schools, water conservation landscaping, green investment consulting and more. For each business, Croston shows you the market, product to be delivered, resources needed, major hurdles ahead, competitors and strategies for success.

Green Building and Remodeling For Dummies

Green Building and Remodeling For Dummies
Author: Eric Corey Freed
Publisher: For Dummies
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2007-12-10
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780470175590

Want to build responsibly, reduce waste, and help preserve the environment? Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your friendly, step-by-step guide to every facet of this Earth-friendly method of construction. Building a home—even a green home—uses plenty of resources and energy. This practical, hands-on book shows you how to build or remodel conscientiously, whether your dream home is a simple remodel or a brand-new multimillion-dollar mansion. You’ll start by identifying green materials and sizing up potential systems and construction sites. You’ll weigh the pros and cons of popular green building methods and identify opportunities for saving money in the long run. Need to find some green professionals to assist you in your venture? We’ll help you do that, too. This book will also help you discover how to: Understand the lifecycle of building materials Choose the right system for your green building project Put together a green team Work within your budget Use green building methods and sustainable systems Speed construction and reduce energy use and waste Refinish old fixtures and materials Beware of asbestos and lead-paint hazards Avoid costly mistakes Complete with lists of ten green things to do on every project and ten things you can do right now in your home in order to go green, Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your one-stop guide to planning and building the home you’ve always wanted.

The Greened House Effect

The Greened House Effect
Author: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2013
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1603584501

Describes how to give residential buildings a Deep Energy Retrofit, a whole-home makeover that will make any home cleaner, greener, more comfortable, and healthier.

Tips When Remodeling Your Home

Tips When Remodeling Your Home
Author: William Resch
Publisher: Encouragement Press, LLC
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2006-08
Genre: Contractors
ISBN: 193376600X

Covers the various myths and realities of building and remodelling. This book shows how to budget and plan your remodelling project and how to stick to it. It helps you with things such as choosing a contractor, dealing with problems and managing fraud, licenses, lawyers, bonding, budgeting, buying and event the kids and the pets in the mess.

Green Restorations

Green Restorations
Author: Aaron Lubeck
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1550924524

Some 40 percent of North Americans live in homes built prior to 1940, and when it comes time to remodel or restore our older homes, homeowners and contractors can find themselves lost in a morass of wildly divergent information and opinion. With Green Restorations , author Aaron Lubeck brings his expertise as a restoration contractor and preservation consultant to this first-of-its-kind guide, leading the reader through the steps for restoring historic building using sustainable practices and green building techniques. In a readily accessible room-by-room and system-by-system format, Green Restorations covers rehabilitation and remodelling questions applicable to old homes, focusing on the core techniques and debates often seen in practice. Here you'll find the answers to restoration questions, such as: Is sealing my old crawl space a good idea? Should I replace or rehabilitate my windows? Are there historic aspects of my home I need to preserve and what can I change? What are the cultural, environmental and financial implications of my proposed changes? Do residential historic tax credits apply to my home and how can I access them? Written in such a way as to be accessible for homeowners but technical enough for contractors, this book will appeal to anyone trying to green an older home while preserving its historic and cultural significance.