Green Making

Greening Your Home: Sustainable Options for Every System in Your House
	Author: Clayton Bennett Copyright: 2008 by McGraw-Hill Companies Useful Pages: 145 Length of Index: 6+ pages Table of Contents: Environmental Impact: Structural Insulated Panels Health Impact: Low-VOC Paints Availability: Replacement Windows Maintenance: Green Certified Doors Durability: Glass Block Sustainability: Fly Ash Concrete Renew Ability: Bamboo and Cork Flooring Recyclability: Plastic Plumbing Pipe Simplicity: Red Cedar Siding Efficiency: Recycled Insulation Electrical 1: Power Consumption Monitors Electrical 2: Timers and Motion Sensors Plumbing 1: Low-Flow Plumbing Fixtures Plumbing 2: Tankless Water Heaters Heating: Radiant In-Floor Heat Ventilating: Heat and Energy Recovery Ventilators Air Conditioning: Whole-House Fans Insulating: Spray-Foam Insulation Cooking: Induction Cooktops Washing: Horizontal Axis Washers and Dryers Personal Choices: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint Energy Sources: Green Power and Renewable Energy Certificates Financial Incentives: Tax Credits and Energy Efficient Mortgages Cooperative Buying: Community-Supported Agriculture Agricultural Independence: Container Gardening Eliminating Waste: Composting Biodegradables Reducing Waste: Using Graywater Washing Up: Making Your Own Cleaning Products Second Chances: Reducing Containers Getting Outside: Xeriscaping Organization: Three parts, ten chapters each. Part I Material Changes Part II Technology Changes Part III Lifestyle Changes Possible Uses: Selecting an area of life to improve through applying green concepts. Understanding basic green concepts. Learning essential terminology to be able to talk intelligently with suppliers and others about basic green options. Advantages: Clear explanations of basics. Covers a lot of options quickly. Good focus on return on investment, pointers on how to save money, and prioritization of options. Good references to additional resources. Cautions to avoid critical mistakes. Limitations: No captions on the pictures (have to guess their meaning). Some explanations would have benefited from diagrams.

Greening Your Home: Sustainable Options for Every System in Your House

Author: Clayton Bennett
Copyright: 2008 by McGraw-Hill Companies
Useful Pages: 145
Length of Index: 6+ pages

Table of Contents:

Environmental Impact: Structural Insulated Panels
Health Impact: Low-VOC Paints
Availability: Replacement Windows
Maintenance: Green Certified Doors
Durability: Glass Block
Sustainability: Fly Ash Concrete
Renew Ability: Bamboo and Cork Flooring
Recyclability: Plastic Plumbing Pipe
Simplicity: Red Cedar Siding
Efficiency: Recycled Insulation
Electrical 1: Power Consumption Monitors
Electrical 2: Timers and Motion Sensors
Plumbing 1: Low-Flow Plumbing Fixtures
Plumbing 2: Tankless Water Heaters
Heating: Radiant In-Floor Heat
Ventilating: Heat and Energy Recovery Ventilators
Air Conditioning: Whole-House Fans
Insulating: Spray-Foam Insulation
Cooking: Induction Cooktops
Washing: Horizontal Axis Washers and Dryers
Personal Choices: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
Energy Sources: Green Power and Renewable Energy Certificates
Financial Incentives: Tax Credits and Energy Efficient Mortgages
Cooperative Buying: Community-Supported Agriculture
Agricultural Independence: Container Gardening
Eliminating Waste: Composting Biodegradables
Reducing Waste: Using Graywater
Washing Up: Making Your Own Cleaning Products
Second Chances: Reducing Containers
Getting Outside: Xeriscaping

Organization:

Three parts, ten chapters each.

Part I Material Changes
Part II Technology Changes
Part III Lifestyle Changes

Possible Uses:

Selecting an area of life to improve through applying green concepts.
Understanding basic green concepts.
Learning essential terminology to be able to talk intelligently with suppliers and others about basic green options.

Advantages:

Clear explanations of basics.
Covers a lot of options quickly.
Good focus on return on investment, pointers on how to save money, and prioritization of options.
Good references to additional resources.
Cautions to avoid critical mistakes.

Limitations:

No captions on the pictures (have to guess their meaning).
Some explanations would have benefited from diagrams.