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Green Building Bible: Essential Information to Help You Make Your Home and Buildings Less Harmful to the Environment, the Community and Your Family: 1 [Illustrated] (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 468 pages
  • Publisher: Green Building Press; Third edition (31 Oct 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1898130035
  • ISBN-13: 978-1898130031
  • Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.8 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 231,737 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Subjects covered in detail include: solar power, ecological heating options, energy conservation, insulation, how to make our buildings airtight, choosing eco-building products, healthy homes and how to avoid sick building syndrome, green roofing, painting and decoration, buying an eco-home, grants, waste management and water saving, sustainable garden design and management. There are also reviews on current trends and direction of the green building movement in the UK with hundreds of contacts and further reading suggestions. The Green Building Bible cannot fail to inform and educate homeowners about the opportunities available for improving the quality of their home for their family, the community and the wider environment. Dozens of green building experts have contributed material. The books also include a wealth of information on green products and a directory of green building professionals and product suppliers in the UK giving the reader direct access to a wide range of experts with the knowledge and experience necessary to advise or offer guidance.


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The Green Building Press is an independent publishing business run by people who are committed to sustainable living. It was established in 1990 to encourage and promote sustainable and environmentally responsible construction with the aim of delivering this information to as wide an audience as possible. Its website (which includes masses of free information) and publications help people create healthy and ecological homes and buildings. Its publications include the quarterly magazine, `Green Building' (formerly Building for a Future), the `Green Building Bible' and `GreenPro', the online eco building database. At the free web forum anyone can ask questions about any aspect of eco building. The information is presented in a user-friendly manner to appeal to both professionals and the general public. The business model also follows the same philosophy and all work is to a strict environmental policy. The offices are in a building renovated to high environmental standards on a farm managed for timber and wildlife. All in-house energy requirements are provided from renewables (wind, sun and water). --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful and up to date with useful contacts, 17 April 2005
By B. Furniss "bri13" (GLoucester UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Building Bible - Fourth Edition, Volume 1.: Essential Information to Help You Make Your Home and Buildings Less Harmful to the Environment, the Community and Your Family (Paperback)
I am a great fan of the Green Building Bible and have seen it evolve over the years from one to two volumes with the latest incarnation being the recent fourth edition; Vols 1 and 2. Both of the volumes of the 3rd edition were runners up in the RIBA International Book Award in 2007. It has continued to grow in breadth and depth with the latest edition containing even more information to make this edition the best value and most detailed books on this subject available to date. In Vol 1 the numerous articles are written by a diverse array of authors but all come together in a way that brings a refreshing honesty which I greatly appreciate with all the current hype and "greenwash" that tends to increase when an issue, such as the environment, becomes mainstream. I have seen more and more books published on green building and the majority of these are little more than expensive coffee table offerings with colourful pictures, scant detail and promoting new technologies and materials that are not even appropriate for the majority of our buildings. The Green Building Bible is different. It offers masses of information on every conceivable aspect of eco building from the very low impact approach to the higher tech approaches but it does include any drawbacks of a system where appropriate. This honesty is not surprising though as the publisher has been involved with promoting sustainable building since the 1980's and only produces these books and a regular magazine on the same subject. I was also pleased to discover that the publisher too is genuinely committed to the sustainable approach in both business and lifestyle. Volume 1 is a general introduction to the subject with information on virtually all aspects of designing and constructing a sustainable and low energy building. Though this book includes adverts these compliment the content and are usefully bundled between Topics to ease finding contacts. As green building is still on the fringe, albeit becoming more mainstream, such contacts are very useful if embarking on a project. I is reassuring to see that the publisher has a strict advertising policy that is set out with the list of advertisers at the back of the book. The policy is clear and has gives confidence to know businesses in the books have been strictly scrutinised to ensure no one is conned into purchasing "greenwash"
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Every building practitioner should read it, 17 Jul 2009
By Kindi (Sudan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Green Building Bible - Fourth Edition, Volume 1.: Essential Information to Help You Make Your Home and Buildings Less Harmful to the Environment, the Community and Your Family (Paperback)
It is really nice book which help much these days specially for those who cares about the environment... :).
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5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive and good value, 2 Sep 2009
By Ian Waghorn "hairynosewombat" (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Building Bible - Fourth Edition, Volume 1.: Essential Information to Help You Make Your Home and Buildings Less Harmful to the Environment, the Community and Your Family (Paperback)
I am studying Building Surveying and have an interest in Sustainable Construction. This book is not like many environmental construction books that want to tell you exclusively about building houses out of mud or offering a solution so expensive they will never be widely adopted. It does include these options but is extremely practical, thorough and unagendered in its approach and content, enabling you to relate sustanability to general construction. So much so that I have used it with great success to incorporate sustainability discussions inside general construction assignments at Uni. A great resource at a great price.
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