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Green Building A to Z: Understanding the Language of Green Building

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I've always respected Jerry Yudelson. He is a fixture at USGBC and an active proponent of intelligent green building. Jerry has done the industry a service by writing his book.

This book provides one page on each term so people new to the industry can follow conversations about sustainable architecture and urban planning. It decodes green building terminology. I recommend it for first year architect students or any old AIA dog trying to learn new tricks.

It is even a good title for people who think they know it all, just to make sure they didn't miss anything.
Sometimes we tend to know concepts so well that we can't explain the simplest of terms, A to Z saves the day.

The appendix provides a great list of books and websites. For anyone wanting to shorten their learning curve (like the Regents of Higher Education perhaps?? or city commissioners??) this book is an easy one to flip through and is comprehensive enough to save hours and hours of fumbling around on Google. It is sort of like an abbreviated wikipedia of green building terms.

-Jane Talkington
PhD Student of Sustainability at OSU
www.Trifecta-Consulting.com

This would be a great book for non-technical people who have reason to work with building industry professionals on green projects. It provides an easy-to-understand overview of multiple aspects of green building, and explains what makes a building green, including various certification processes such as LEED.

This was a good overview of basic terms. It didn't have much technical detail. What it can give a reader is some familiarity with the terms. It included some pretty cheesy items, like feng shui and other new age-y stuff. An easy read you can get through in an afternoon.

Good reference book of LEED terms and concepts. I will keep this as a good reference guide.

I consider myself to be pretty green and I bought this book before I started my job at a sustainable design engineering firm. It definately laid down some basics and was a good precurser to studying for the LEED exam, which I recently passed!

This book provides you with basic knowledge of green building standards and sustainable design. This book is written in a very simple language and it good reference guide for anyone to get familiar with different designs and materials for the green building design.

Good book alot of informaion and very easy to read. It goes into detail and is a very helpful book if your thinking about doing some remodeling to green.