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Green$ense for the Home: Rating the Real Payoff from 50 Green Home Projects by Eric Corey Freed and Kevin Daum When does a green home project make financial sense? The authors of this book provide the answer to this and other questions relating to the cost (and relative value) of environmentally friendly home improvements. Eric Corey Freed and Kevin Daum are experts, respectively, in green building and in financing custom homes. In this information-packed book, they walk readers through 50 green home projects and break them down according to the positive impact they have on the environment, as well as the impact they may have (both positive and negative) on the reader’s wallet.

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Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies by Eric Corey Freed Want to build responsibly, reduce waste, and help preserve the environment? Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your friendly, step-by-step guide to every facet of this Earth-friendly method of construction. Building a home—even a green home—uses plenty of resources and energy. This practical, hands-on book shows you how to build or remodel conscientiously, whether your dream home is a simple remodel or a brand-new multimillion-dollar mansion.

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Sustainable School Architecture by Eric Corey Freed & Lisa Gelfand Get the comprehensive guide to the sustainable design of schools. The elementary and secondary school buildings and campuses built today are the schools of the future. Sustainable School Architecture is a guide to the planning, architecture, and design of schools that are healthy, stimulating, and will conserve energy and resources. Written with the needs of architects, construction professionals, educators, and school administration in mind, the book provides a road map for sustainable planning, design, construction, and operations.

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Green Your Home for Dummies by Eric Corey Freed, Yvonne Jeffery, Liz Barclay, Michael Grosvenor, Elizabeth B. Goldsmith, Betsy Sheldon, Rik DeGunther, Ann Whitman, Owen E. Dell Green Your Home All-in-One For Dummies empowers readers to make ecologically-friendly improvements to each and every area of their home. At $29.99 and 696 pages, this package is a real value and a true source book for readers looking for a substantial breadth of information and solutions yet unwilling to invest in four, five, or six books on the wide range of content that they seek.

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“Green$ense: Rating the Real Payoff from 50 Green Home Projects”
by Eric Corey Freed & Kevin Daum

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When does a green home project make financial sense? The authors of this book provide the answer to this and other questions relating to the cost (and relative value) of environmentally friendly home improvements. Eric Corey Freed and Kevin Daum are experts, respectively, in green building and in financing custom homes. In this information-packed book, they walk readers through 50 green home projects and break them down according to the positive impact they have on the environment, as well as the impact they may have (both positive and negative) on the reader’s wallet. They evaluate a wide array of projects, including insulating pipes, weatherizing doors and windows, composting and recycling trash, installing a solar hot water heater, installing green countertops, upgrading appliances, building with reclaimed materials, and installing radiant heat. This unique perspective on going green is a reference that green-leaning homeowners simply cannot do without.

Sustainable School Architecture: Design for Elementary and Secondary Schools

by Lisa Gelfand and Eric Corey Freed

Even in a difficult economy, many public and private schools are moving forward with significant new construction or renovation plans due to aging facilities or expanding school-age populations. Intended for architects of k-12 schools primarily, and the school administrators who hire the architects secondarily, this is a comprehensive book on the sustainable design of schools. Written by two architects that are experts on sustainable design, this book is filled with case studies of the best contemporary sustainable schools and organized to cover each stage of the construction process.

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Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies

Ask the Expert Columns:
September 2005 – Top Ten Green Questions
October 2005 – Ask the Expert: Cradle to Cradle; Daylighting
November 2005 – Ask The Expert: Green Churches; Green Dorms
December 2005 – Ask The Expert: Builder Certification; $ Incentives
January 2006 – Ask The Expert: Post Occupancy Surveys; Fly Ash
February 2006 – Ask The Expert: Refrigerators; Earthen Floors
March 2006 – Ask The Expert: Recycle Vinyl; Zero Energy Homes
April 2006 – Ask The Expert: Greening Your Office; Alternative Foundations
May/June 2006 – Ask The Expert: LEED Consulting; Sizing Solar Panels
July 2006 – Ask The Expert: Mirrors; Radiant Heating; Exit Signs
August 2006 – Ask The Expert: Carpet; Save Money; Rules of Thumb
October 2006 – Ask The Expert: Green Cleaning; Lawns; Historic Preservation
March 2007 – Ask The Expert: Green Innovations & Opportunities
April 2007 – Ask The Expert: Fluorescent bulbs & mercury

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“Green Building & Remodeling for Dummies”
by Eric Corey Freed

Want to build responsibly, reduce waste, and help preserve the environment? Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your friendly, step-by-step guide to every facet of this Earth-friendly method of construction. Building a home—even a green home—uses plenty of resources and energy. This practical, hands-on book shows you how to build or remodel conscientiously, whether your dream home is a simple remodel or a brand-new multimillion-dollar mansion.

You’ll start by identifying green materials and sizing up potential systems and construction sites. You’ll weigh the pros and cons of popular green building methods and identify opportunities for saving money in the long run. Need to find some green professionals to assist you in your venture? We’ll help you do that, too.

This book will also help you discover how to:

Understand the lifecycle of building materials
Choose the right system for your green building project
Put together a green team
Work within your budget
Use green building methods and sustainable systems
Speed construction and reduce energy use and waste
Refinish old fixtures and materials
Beware of asbestos and lead-paint hazards
Avoid costly mistakes

Complete with lists of ten green things to do on every project and ten things you can do right now in your home in order to go green, Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your one-stop guide to planning and building the home you’ve always wanted.

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