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Bibliography
Select a topic area from the menu below to view the bibliographic information of over 300 of the best books, periodicals, and other resources on green building and related topics.
For those items not available on-line, we provide contact information for the publisher or distributor. Just click on the Contact info link for each item.
Bibliography Categories:
- Green Building
- Policy and Context
- Process
- Land Use and Community
- Site and Water
- Energy
- Resources and Materials
- Indoor Environmental Quality
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Recently Reviewed Books
This book presents short essays by dozens of the world's most prominent activists, thinkers, and practitioners in the natural building realm. Topics range from relatively familiar straw-bale building, timber framing, and green roofs, to more peripheral systems, such as thatching and hemp building.
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As part of ASTM's "Standards on CD-ROM" series, this eclectic collection of 127 ASTM standards runs the gamut from soil testing to plastic lumber to solar collection systems to indoor air quality. (The price is $193 for orders shipped outside North America.)
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A bound version of the National Building Museum's exhibition, Big & Green documents recent green developments in the design of large projects, such as skyscrapers, shopping complexes, and convention centers. Fifty built and unbuilt projects are highlighted.
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Cradle to Cradle is inspiring and even intimidating, challenging us to approach every design decision from a holistic perspective. A key theme is the idea that today's conventional efforts at reducing pollution and recycling are merely slowing a process of destruction that instead must be turned around. The book is printed on a plastic sheet that looks and feels like paper but is more durable and recyclable.
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Bachman's broad interpretation of "integration" gives him a lot of material to cover, and he doesn't shy away from the challenge. Most of this amazing book is made up of 30 in-depth case studies with remarkable depth of description, explanation, and analysis, providing extensive technical data as well as the architectural and cultural context of each building. An excellent text for advanced architecture and engineering courses.
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Every oral and poster presentation from the Indoor Air 2002 Conference in Monterey, California--726 peer-reviewed papers in all--is included in this collection. Available as a CD-ROM ($50) or 5-volume set of books ($75).
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This tool kit, produced by the USGBC State and Local Government Committee, is valuable for those initiating green building programs.
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