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Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies

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Green architect Eric Corey Freed knows his stuff and it shows in Green Building and Remodeling for Dummies.

Freed makes green building and remodeling approachable and very doable.

I like the checklists throughout the book and the perfect green rooms, both of which make understanding the big picture easy.

Freed does an excellent job in explaining the advantages of building green for the health of the occupants and the environment.

If you've ever wondered what the true environmental cost of a particular product is, Freed does a great job of explaining it in "the life cycle of materials from cradle to grave." If you didn't "get" greeen before, this section will show you how important it is to look at the entire life cycle of a product to determine how green--or not--a particular product is.

I also liked the handy list of green material substitutes which make purchasing very easy.

The book was very readable and concise and even fun to read. I highly recommend it.

By the author of the award winning book, Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet.

This book gives a pretty good cross section of green building methods without giving much detail of anything. Previous to that I purchased a book called The Green Home. It had somewhat different focus. It seems like if you want to cover a subject well you have to expect it necessary to buy several books. I was particularly interested in reading about ICF technology (insulated concrete forms) but there was very little in this book about that. Still, though, it has a lot of useful material that would be helpful planning any type of home. The Green Home type books usually spend a good deal of time talking about the benefits of not using materials containing formaldehyde glues. Great stuff to know if you want a healthy home.