Your Green Home

Are you thinking about building a new home? Or just beginning to put together a plan? Maybe you're a builder or designer -- and the lion's share of your clients are now interested in building green. Here's a single book that delivers everything you need to know about building a safe, energy-efficient, environmentally friendly home. Brought to you by Alex Wilson -- the country's foremost expert on this topic -- Your Green Home offers a wealth of practical, up-to-the-minute information on every facet of green building. In terms of environmental impact, budget and comfort, the author demonstrates how making the right design choices can help you make sure your green home performs exactly as you intended. 392 pp.

Here are some of the field-tested, sustainable solutions you?ll find to some of your big-picture challenges:

• Finding the right designer and builder
• Deciding where to build
• Understanding building systems
• Energy-efficient building design
• Renewable energy systems
• Selection of products and materials
• Indoor environmental quality
• Water efficiency
• Reducing construction waste
• Environmental landscaping and plantings
• Costs of green building
• Living in a green home

With this comprehensive -- yet eminently readable -- guidebook by your side, you'll have all the advice you need to design and build a house that's truly green.