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Publisher
Images Pub
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Introduces advanced design concepts and international standards for SMART Landscape design. SMART Landscape' is a significant contribution to the conversation on sustainable landscape design, providing energy efficient models and water saving landscape ideas. There are many factors that would help realise energy efficient landscapes, including (but not limited to) the use of energy saving lamps, such as LED; the integration and adoption of renewable...
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Smart design can make solar, wind, and geothermal energy beautiful, affordable, and accessible to all. Thirty-five projects from around the world demonstrate that clean, healthy energy is within reach in every sector and field, from townhouses to schools and offices, and even power plants. Harmonizing nature, technology, and space, each project in Good Energy shows how design can improve planetary well-being while producing cost savings and creating...
Author
Publisher
Storey Pub
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Energy expert Scheckel offers practical solutions for adapting solar, wind, wood gasification, biogas, and micro hydro power systems for home use, complete with step-by-step instructions. Whether to live completely off the grid or just save some money on fuel bills, this guide has the knowledge and skills to do it.
Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Pretty Good House provides a framework and set of guidelines for building or renovating a high-performance home that focus on its inhabitants and the environment--but keeps in mind that few people have pockets deep enough to achieve a "perfect" solution. The essential idea is for homeowners to work within their financial and practical constraints both to meet their own needs and do as much for the planet as possible. A Pretty Good House is : A house...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A showcase of over forty of the most exciting and unique off-grid houses in North America, across a wide variety of wild and remote landscapes. Living off the grid has become increasingly desirable in recent years. Escaping the city to be immersed in nature is ever more appealing as the pressures of everyday life increase. The need to reduce our carbon footprints as the effects of climate change become a reality has brought sustainable living, particularly...
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