Essential Sustainable Home Design

A Complete Guide to Goals, Options, and the Design Process

Chris Magwood (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2017
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-850-0 (ISBN)

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Essential Sustainable Home Design walks homebuilders through designing an environmentally friendly home. Covering what makes a building green, a criteria matrix to guide design, material, and systems decisions, working with code officials, and choosing sustainable materials to keep the project goals on track from start to finish.

Design your own sustainable home

Many people dream of building a beautiful, environmentally friendly home. But until now there has been no systematic guide to help potential builders work through the complete process of imagining, planning, designing, and building their ideal, sustainable home.

Essential Sustainable Home Design walks potential homebuilders through the process starting with key concepts, principles, and a project vision that will guide the house to completion.

Coverage includes:

How to clarify your ideas and create a practical pathway to achieving your dream
A criteria matrix to guide design, material, and systems decisions
Creating a strong, integrated design team and working with professionals and code officials to keep the project on track from start to finish.
Key building science concepts that make for a high-performance, durable building
Primer on building logistics, material sourcing, and protocols to ensure that the initial vision for the project comes to fruition.
One-page summaries and ratings of popular sustainable building materials and system options.

Ideal for owner-builders and sustainable building contractors working with clients aiming to design and build a sustainable home.

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. He is co-founder and director the Endeavour Centre for Innovative Building and Living and co-editor of the Sustainable Building Essentials series. Chris is the author of Essential Prefab Straw Bale Construction, Essential Hempcrete Construction, Straw Bale Details, More Straw Bale Building , and Making Better Buildings .

Chris Magwood has designed and built some of the most innovative, sustainable buildings in North America. He created the Sustainable Building Design and Construction program at Fleming College in 2005, and co-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 .

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction

Section 1: Developing a New Approach
Chapter 2: Decision-Making
Chapter 3: Defining Goals and Criteria
Chapter 4: Rating Systems and Product Guides
Chapter 5: Criteria Matrix
Chapter 6: Building Science Basics
Chapter 7: The Design Game
Chapter 8: Creating a Design/Build Team
Chapter 9: The Regulatory System

Section 2: Materials and Systems
Chapter 10: Structural Materials
Structural Materials: Foundations
Structural Materials: Walls
Structural Wall Systems
Wall Insulation
Wall Cladding
Roofing
Flooring
Surface finishes
Chapter 11: Mechanical Systems
Mechanical Systems: Water
Mechanical Systems: Wastewater
Mechanical Systems: Electrical Generation
Mechanical Systems: HVAC
Chapter 12: Conclusion

Endnotes
Resources for Further Research
Index
About the Author
A Note About the Publisher

Erscheinungsdatum	17.08.2017
Reihe/Serie	Sustainable Building Essentials Series
Verlagsort	Gabriola Island
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	415 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
	Technik ► Architektur
	Technik ► Bauwesen
ISBN-10	0-86571-850-4 / 0865718504
ISBN-13	978-0-86571-850-0 / 9780865718500
Zustand	Neuware