Making Better Buildings
A Comparative Guide to Sustainable Construction for Homeowners and Contractors
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP - THE PROS AND CONS OF THE LATEST GREEN AND NATURAL BUILDING MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES ...Chris Magwood's delight and mastery of the subject hums in every page. Whether you just want a broad overview, or access to high quality practical information on specific subjects, this is the book for you. - BRUCE KING, Director, Ecological Building Network ... an objective source of information on all aspects of home building from the foundation to the roof, to the energy to the wastewater systems. It's the ultimate guide to building energy-efficient, environmentally friendly and healthy green homes-quite p…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-86571-706-0
- EAN: 9780865717060
- Produktnummer: 19353991
- Verlag: New Society Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 464 S.
- Masse: H23.0 cm x B20.7 cm x D4.0 cm 949 g
- Abbildungen: 200 B&W photographs, illustrations, and charts; 8-page color section
- Gewicht: 949
Über den Autor
Jen Feigin is a designer, carpenter and natural builder specializing in sustainable design with a strong focus on straw bale wall systems and many other natural building techniques. Together with Chris Magwood, Jen is a founder and director of the Endeavour Centre for Innovative Building and Living based in Peterborough, Ont. She owns and operates Green Hammer Construction, and has been an instructor and project manager with the Sustainable Building Design and Construction program at Fleming College since 2007. Jen teaches workshops on natural building techniques across Ontario. Chris Magwood has designed and built some of the most innovative, sustainable buildings in North America, including the first off-grid, straw bale home in Ontario which became a fifteen-year research project into the implementation of sustainable building materials and technologies. He created the Sustainable Building Design and Construction program at Fleming College in 2005, and together with Jen Feigin founded and directs the Endeavour Centre for Innovative Building and Living. Chris is the author of 3 previous books on sustainable building including Straw Bale Details and More Straw Bale Building .
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