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  • The ZEDbook

    Solutions for a Shrinking World

    by Bill Dunster, Craig Simmons, Bobby Gilbert ...
    Though few now doubt the severity of the environmental problems faced by humanity there is still resistance from businesses, developers, architects, planners and government when it comes to making the step changes necessary to make our lifestyles sustainable.Based on the experience gained from their involvement in the pioneering Beddington Zero Emission Development (or BedZED) in London, and ... Read more

    $99.99 USD

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  • Making the Modern World

    Materials and Dematerialization

    by Vaclav Smil ...
    How much further should the affluent world push its material consumption? Does relative dematerialization lead to absolute decline in demand for materials? These and many other questions are discussed and answered in Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization.Over the course of time, the modern world has become dependent on unprecedented flows of materials. Now even the most ... Read more

    $38.00 USD

  • Alternative Energy For Dummies

    by Rik DeGunther ...
    The myths and facts about alternative fuels–and how they impact our livesAs the price of energy continues to soar, so too has the demand for alternative energy. But there's no clear "winner" in the race to replace fossil fuels. Alternative Energy For Dummies explores the current fossil fuel conundrum and society's growing need for more and more energy. Cutting through the competing claims, this ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Sustainable Materials without the hot air

    Making buildings, vehicles and products efficiently and with less new material

    by Julian Allwood, Jonathan Cullen ...
    Series series without the hot air
    Now in its second edition, Sustainable Materials shows how we can greatly reduce the amount of material demanded and used in manufacturing, while still meeting everyone's needs.Materials, transformed from natural resources into the buildings, equipment, vehicles and goods that underpin our remarkable lifestyle, are made with amazing efficiency. But our growing demand is not sustainable. Production ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • The Passivhaus Handbook

    A practical guide to constructing and retrofitting buildings for ultra-low energy performance

    by Janet Cotterell, Adam Dadeby ...
    Series series Sustainable Building
    'As we move towards the 2016 zero carbon target in house building, Passivhaus construction looks like becoming not just popular in the UK, but commonplace. This is a no-nonsense and engaging introduction on how to do it.' KEVIN MCCLOUD-The Passivhaus Handbook is an essential guide for anyone wanting to realise a supremely comfortable, healthy and durable home with exceptionally low energy costs ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Passivhaus Designer’s Manual

    A technical guide to low and zero energy buildings

    Edited by Christina Hopfe, Robert McLeod ...
    Passivhaus is the fastest growing energy performance standard in the world, with almost 50,000 buildings realised to date. Applicable to both domestic and non-domestic building types, the strength of Passivhaus lies in the simplicity of the concept. As European and global energy directives move ever closer towards Zero (fossil) Energy standards, Passivhaus provides a robust ‘fabric first’ approach ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • The Zero-Carbon House

    by Martin Godrey Cook ...
    Zero Carbon' is an abstract concept for most people, but we have lived energy-profligate lifestyles for too long on finite fossil-fuel resources. We now face potential environmental catastrophe from climate change and global warming, with a continuing exponentially expanding global population that doubles every four decades. The capacity of the planet to reabsorb carbon dioxide is about two to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • 50 Green Projects for the Evil Genius

    by Jamil Shariff ...
    Series series Evil Genius
    Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.50 Ways to Be a Green Evil Genius!Who knew being environmentally conscious would ever be considered evil? With 50 Green Projects for the Evil Genius, you'll have wicked fun while reducing your impact on the ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Materials and the Environment

    Eco-informed Material Choice

    by Michael F. Ashby ...
    Materials and the Environment is the first book devoted solely to the environmental aspects of materials and their selection, production, use and disposal. Written by Mike Ashby, one of the world's foremost materials authorities, the book introduces methods and tools for thinking about and designing with materials within the context of their role in products and the environmental consequences. The ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Ten Technologies to Save the Planet

    Energy Options for a Low-Carbon Future

    by Chris Goodall ...
    Respected, authoritative, award-winning author Chris Goodall tackles global warming reversal in this engaging and balanced book. Ten Technologies to Save the Planet - popular science writing at its most crucial - is arguably the most readable and comprehensive overview of large-scale solutions to climate change available. Goodall profiles ten technologies with the potential to slash global ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Can I Stop Climate Change

    What is it and how to help

    by Friends of the Earth ...
    Don’t just sit there, do something. But what? How Can I Stop Climate Change? explains what climate change is and what you can do to stop it. Written by the experts at Friends of the Earth, it gives you the facts and figures and offers practical advice and simple solutions.What is happening and why?Learn to distinguish myth from fact and find out what the future holds, based on the scientific ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Sustainable Renovation

    Strategies for Commercial Building Systems and Envelope

    by Lisa Gelfand, Chris Duncan ...
    Series Book 19 - Wiley Series in Sustainable Design
    The complete resource on performing sustainable renovations for both Historic and modern existing buildingsThis forward-looking and insightful guide explores how the sustainable renovation of existing buildings presents great opportunities for initiating extensive changes in the performance of the built environment. Great examples of existing building upgrades are examined, illustrating how to do ... Read more

    $75.00 USD