Green By Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living [Paperback]

Angela Dean (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2003

Author and architect Angela M. Dean offers specific, hands-on advice for creating your sustainable home. Inside you'll find a wealth of information on:
o Reasons for building green
o Choosing a design team
o Hiring an architect
o Managing your budget
o Meeting building codes
o Siting to take advantage of natural resources
o Incorporating healthy building materials
o Using energy-efficient systems
With floor plans and full-color photographs of over a dozen successful green homes, this book will inspire you and give you the information you need to create a home for sustainable living.

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From the Inside Flap

"Dare to dream," says architect Angela M. Dean, who specializes in green home design. In this book, she tells you the best way to achieve your dream of a sustainable home, including how to plan, pitfalls to avoid, and the numerous ways you can take advantage of natural resources and materials. There is no one-size-fits-all plan for designing a home, and this book includes plans and full-color photographs of more than a dozen case studies to show you how varied the solutions for successful sustainable homes can be. You'll also learn about the many materials and systems you can incorporate into your home so that it has less impact on the environment and provides a healthier living space for you and your family. The book provides information on: o Natural building materials o Renewable flooring o Gray water for landscaping o Local materials and labor o Energy-efficient systems o Passive solar design o Indoor air quality Packed with information and resources, Green by Design is the perfect book for anyone interested in creating a home for sustainable living.

From the Back Cover

Author and architect Angela M. Dean offers specific, hands-on advice for creating your sustainable home. Inside you'll find a wealth of information on:
o Reasons for building green
o Choosing a design team
o Hiring an architect
o Managing your budget
o Meeting building codes
o Siting to take advantage of natural resources
o Incorporating healthy building materials
o Using energy-efficient systems

With floor plans and full-color photographs of over a dozen successful green homes, this book will inspire you and give you the information you need to create a home for sustainable living.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith; 1 edition (September 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586851721
• ISBN-13: 978-1586851729
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 9.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #632,085 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Green by Design, October 28, 2004

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Bill "Bill" (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Green By Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living (Paperback)

Although I am very much a supporter of green products and design, I found this book a little too outdated. Most of the ideas in this book I have heard before. I found that this book was similar to most of the other books I have read concerning green building. I just picked up "Green Remodeling" recently by David Johnston and Kim Master, and find the ideas much more updated and applicable to modern home design

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but not comprehensive., October 16, 2004

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Obnubilated - See all my reviews

This review is from: Green By Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living (Paperback)

This book is a very nice primer for green building and has lovely pictures, but it is not really suited as an exhaustive resource for the would be home builder.

I bought this book as an enhancement to my collection of books on the topic of green building. The ideas presented are sound and I especially like the pictures and descriptions of the various approaches people have taken with their homes.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Outdated Book, February 24, 2007

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Cate (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Green By Design: Creating a Home for Sustainable Living (Paperback)

I agree with Bill below - this book is outdated. The author seems to miss the concept of ecological footprint. The first two houses she features in her book are 3,300 sq ft (for three people) and 3,000 sq ft (for two people). Another house is 4,175 sq ft.

Even if people use green materials and building practices, the houses aren't green if they're using excessive materials and space.

There are a number of better green books, but one that specifically focuses on minimizing environmental impact is Little House on a Small Planet by Shay Salomon.