Your Green Home Released

Thursday, September 14, 2006
CONTACT:
Jerelyn Wilson
802-257-7300 ext. 102

Brattleboro, VT, September 14, 2006—Alex Wilson's new book, Your Green Home, providing homeowners up-to-date and objective information on creating a sustainable, healthy, and energy-efficient homes, is now available, according to BuildingGreen, Inc. and New Society Publishers.

The 256-page book walks prospective homeowners through a wide range of options and actions for designing and building a green home. It contains over 110 illustrations and includes practical advice on key homebuilding decisions including:

• How to find the right designer and builder
• Where to build
• General design issues and opportunities
• Construction system options
• Energy-efficient design and renewable energy
• Building materials
• Creating a healthy home
• Water conservation
• Dealing with construction waste
• Landscaping
• Costs of building green

Architect and best-selling author Sarah Susanka calls the new book a "must read for anyone wanting a new home that's good for both themselves and the planet." Susanka says she's often asked by homeowners if there's a single, definitive guide she would recommend for building a truly earth-friendly house. "Well, folks: this is it. This is the book we've all been waiting for, from Alex Wilson, the best author I know for delivering unbiased, practical and up-to-the-minute information on all things Green."

Bill McKibben, a well-known environmentalist and author of The End of Nature, says "Alex Wilson is the dean of green building in this country. This book synthesizes a lifetime of research and experience into an invaluable toolkit for anyone with a home or plans to get one."

Kevin Ireton, Editor of Fine Homebuilding magazine, notes that "In Your Green Home, Wilson is staunch without being strident, explaining the terms, outlining the choices, and most important, clarifying the priorities for anyone contemplating the construction of a green home."

In the foreword to Your Green Home, builder John Abrams (author of The Company We Keep) says the book provides "a wealth of information carefully explained, relentlessly organized, and neatly sorted out to make it readable and comprehensive."

To serve needs for additional references for Your Green Home, Wilson's company, BuildingGreen, Inc., has launched an online, residential-focused bibliography. At www.BuildingGreen.com/YourGreenHome, visitors will find a totally revised directory of other green building information resources. "I felt that this would be much more useful than providing static resources in the printed book," said Wilson, founder and president of BuildingGreen. "Our staff will be updating this information all the time, so it will be much more up-to-date than a printed bibliography." While much of the content of the BuildingGreen Suite (www.BuildingGreen.com), including their online GreenSpec product directory, requires paid access, the portion of the site supporting Your Green Home will remain free.

BuildingGreen, Inc. has been providing the building industry with quality information on sustainable design and construction since its founding in 1985. Publications include Environmental Building News, the GreenSpec® Directory of green building products, Green Building Products (a residential-focused directory); and the integrated, online BuildingGreen Suite.

Your Green Home can be ordered online for $17.95 plus shipping and handling at www.BuildingGreen.com/ecommerce/. For more on New Society Publishers, visit www.newsociety.com.

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Editors: Alex Wilson is available for interviews about his new book, Your Green Home, and issues related to green building. To arrange an interview, contact Jerelyn Wilson at 802-257-7300 ext. 102 or .