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eBook details
- Title: Green Building Strategies
- Author : Jeannie Leggett Sikora
- Release Date : January 01, 2012
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,Law,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 4314 KB
Description
A concise guide to current best practices for designing, constructing, testing, and ensuring longevity for new high-performance homes, Green Building Strategies explains in plain language what's happening in the rapidly evolving field of building science. Green Building Strategies has condensed current information about green building from credible sources in a format you can easily digest. With this book you'll learn how to:
• Comply with new energy code requirements
• Understand green building standards
• Sort out product manufacturers' claims
• Answer buyers' questions about high performance homes
• Build high-performance energy-efficient green homes to satisfy buyers and stay ahead of your competitors
Green Building Strategies takes you step-by-step from design through site development and construction, quality assurance, marketing, and customer service. It provides the information you need to systematically create green projects with a price tag both you and your buyers can accept. This comprehensive resource includes URLs for essential online green building resources, illustrations, and a glossary. "This very readable and easy-to-use guide will help builders and other industry professionals understand and apply cutting-edge building science to construct high performance homes that meet consumer demand." Donald Ferrier, CGB Ferrier Companies NAHB Green Building Advocate of the Year Energy Value Housing Award Remodeler of the Year Fort Worth, Texas