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Energy-Efficient Houses (Great Houses)

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Manufacturer: Taunton

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Energy-efficient houses have more than just cost savings going for them. They can be stunningly beautiful and individualistic and fit into their surroundings with grace and style. The 31 articles from FINE HOMEBUILDING magazine collected here show how designers and builders have incorporated energy considerations into both traditional and modern houses, built for hot and cold and wet climates.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 696
EAN: 9781561580590
ISBN: 1561580597
Label: Taunton
Manufacturer: Taunton
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 1993-06-01
Publisher: Taunton
Release Date: 1993-06-01
Studio: Taunton


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

dated & at times impractical, but a good starting point -
While the book was published in 1993, it is a compliation of articles that appeared in the magazine Fine Homebuilding,leading up to that point. Thus, you'll find articles from the mid to late 80s. While many of the designs are dated and at times impractical, because of technological improvements since then (and really now, how many people can live in an earth berm house?) The take home message shouldn't be lost in, at times, bizarre approaches: heating the floor via an embedded series of air ducts.

Rather, the take home message should be (and is readily apparent with the cross sectional construction drawings) in insulating the home and making it as tight as possible. Because of the excellent photography and the diagrams, I would start here, but certainly not end here. Moreover, for $5, it's not a bad starting point.

Dated material -
This book may have been good for it's time, but technology advances have dated it. It also leaves out numerous efficiency improving technologies and construction technics for existing homes. IMHO, it is better used as a coffee table book than a planning guide for your home- especially if you don't have $500,000 to spend constructing a house. Still, it gives some good food for thought.

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