The Green Building Guidelines manual is now in its fourth edition. It has been updated and reorganized a bit to make topics easier to find. We’ve also added two new sections, ‘The Whole Building Approach’ and ‘The Building Envelope’. The Guidelines are intended to be national in scope, and as a result, the construction information and example details may not fit all climates or circumstances. The text has been organized to acquaint the reader with basic concepts and provide resources where more detailed information can be located. At the end of each section, readers find "Interactions," references to other sections of the book that describe design strategies, systems, components, or materials that interact in important ways with the topic of the chapter.
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Green Building Guidelines: Meeting the Demand for Low-Energy, Resource-Efficient Homes was developed by a committee of builders (both members and non-members of NAHB), architects, building scientists, product manufacturers and others over a 2½ year period (1998–2001). Their work was supported by DOE’s Building America Program through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The manual is published by the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council and is used in a workshop or seminar setting, or as a stand-alone document. It is a brief, simple-to read, builder-friendly text that is applicable to homebuilders anywhere across the nation who are interested in exploring the notion of rethinking some of the design issues in their current product.
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SBIC is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance the design, affordability, energy performance, and environmental soundness of America's buildings.
Since its beginning in 1980, SBIC membership has been open to organizations, agencies, and individuals. SBIC's members still include many of the original founding organizations and manufacturers, as well as associations and nonprofits, design professionals, home builders, utilities, consultants, product and material manufacturers and suppliers, universities, academics, and students, and many other practicing professionals and interested individuals.
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a thoughtful, succinct resource,
By awabrams (washington, DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Green Building Guidelines: Meeting the Demand for Low-Energy, Resource-Efficient Homes, 4th Edition (Spiral-bound)
This book is an elegant overview of the vast and growing subject of green building. It's an excellent starting point for the architect, designer, and builder who is getting his or her feet wet in the field.
Although publication of this book preceded the introduction of the National Association of Home Builders Guidelines for Green Building, it anticipates the organization and subject matter of NAHB's guidelines. (In fact, SBIC, the creator of this book, served on the stakeholder committee that helped produce the NAHB GBG.) It can therefore serve as a valuable companion to the builder who is using the NAHB GBG to build rated homes. The challenge of course will be to keep this book fresh and relevant, as the field of green building progresses at an accelerating rate. So I hope DOE will continue to fund the work of SBIC.
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